A Day in the Hill Country

I left Kerrville around 7:00am and headed north to Fredericksburg. I didn't realize that the trip would be quick and I was there in less than a half hour. I made my first stop of the day at Lady Bird Johnson Park just outside of town. Here I walked the Nature Trail and found Lone Star Quilter's The Yellow Roads of Texas (a great little stamp) and Scooterboots' Where the Wild Things Are. I enjoyed my early morning stop here - there were birds everywhere and the sounds were incredible. When I was done here I made my way to Cross Mountain. I looked for and found Silver Eagle's Hangman Game 16 and I also looked for but didn't find Baby Bear's House Cat Blues. After enjoying the views I made my way to downtown Fredericksburg. I stopped to look for Baby Bear's Fredericksburg Winery but came up empty handed, then I looked for Boots Tex's Unbroken Promises and again came up empty handed. My next stop was better in that I found the box but the stamp was a little clear rubber store bought stamp. So far I wasn't really doing well in Fredericksburg. But I continued on. I drove to the Visitors Center and found Boots Tex's Nimitz box. Another beautiful Boots Tex carving. After replacing the box I went into the Center and got a map and some information and then crossed the street and spent a little time at The National Museum of the Pacific War.

Cemetery Angel

This place is huge and packed with information - I didn't have time to see everything but I did like what I had time to see. I hope to be able to come back to the area and spend more time here. After the museum I drove to Der Stadt Friedhof Cemetery where I found two more store bought stamps. Time to move on. I drove on to Stonewall and stopped at the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site. I searched for four boxes here. Baby Bear's Scooby Doo (I think I found the spot and I found the bottom of a small tupperware container but no stamp or logbook or cover), Lone Star Quilter's The Road to the White House (which I found and loved), Silver Eagle's TX Peach (which I am not sure I looked in the right spot but didn't find) and Lucy Locket's My New Hat (which I also didn't find) - even though I only found one of four boxes I still enjoyed my time in the park. I decided I needed to get to Austin but I wanted to make one more stop - the Miller Creek Cemetery to find Baby Bear's The End of Scott Cooley. I enjoyed the story and the stamp.

After leaving the cemetery I got onto US290 and headed for Austin.

Peacock at Mayfield (Not My Pic)

I made my first stop at The Apothecary Shop (owned by Whiz Gee and Bell Motel) to find two boxes - A Cat's Opinion of Pharmacy and Bad Pill (or What a Pill Looks Like to a Cat) - both are great stamps and boxes. By this time it was mid afternoon and I decided to pick one place to go and letterbox for a little while before heading to my hotel. The place ended up being Mayfield Park & Nature Preserve. This is such a beautiful place and I truly enjoyed my afternoon here wandering the trails and finding some great boxes. When I first arrived I spent time taking a few pictures of the peacocks and relaxing in the garden.

View of the Lake

Then I headed out for the trails. I looked for and found the following boxes - sewsewbizzy's Come Quilt With Me - Austin, TX series, Wry Me's Halley's Comet, Eoghan's Mayfield Park Letterbox, Dreamwalker's Mayfield Lake View, Silver Eagle's 20 Questions Game 2 - Thing and finally screamin' meemie's ATX Graffiti #2 - 'Til Death Do Us Part. The trails here are really nice and there wasn't a lot of people around so it was very relaxing.

But I have to say I had a busy and a long day and I am exhausted. Now that this is done it is time to get some rest. Tomorrow I plan on doing a little more boxing in Austin and then head to Bastrop for TX TALEgate.