We stayed at the Frederickburg Inn & Suites (thank you, Groupon!) The rooms were nice - nothing fancy, but nice and clean. The location was great! It was just a block from Main Street, so everything was within walking distance. Also, the inn was situated on some acreage, so there was room to run and play outside and a pretty little creek just outside our door. Exploring the grounds was the first order of business after checking in and unloading the car.
We had packed food and drinks for our trip, so we didn't go out to eat for every meal during our stay. But the two spots we did hit were awesome! There wasn't much open for supper on a Sunday evening, but one of the places that was is pictured below. Panda Chinese. YUM. Not only was the food here very fresh and tasty, the service was amazing. We have not been treated that well in a long time. I would totally go back to this place! I got the sweet and sour chicken meal with crab ragoon, egg roll, egg drop soup, crunchies, and fried rice. Oh, I am getting hungry just thinking about that! The servers were friendly, attentive, and quick. We were never more than 1/2 way down in our water cups, and an empty plate didn't sit on our table for long.
After ending our evening with a swim, we finally wound down enough to go to bed. After breakfast the next day, (pancakes, sausage kolaches, bagels and cream cheese, and Cherrios all made their way onto our plates) our time was spent seeing the town. We walked all along Main Street, did some shopping, and had lunch at the Fredericksburg Brewery. Great food! The boys' favorite stores were the big toy store (that had a fort and play house outside) and the joke store. The owner spent quite awhile with us showing off magic tricks. Southern especially was loving it. I think my favorite shop was James Avery. We enjoyed reading all about the history and watching a short video on Mr. Avery. I drooled over jewelry, and Southern even picked out a couple things he wanted to get me. I told him to ask Daddy ;) And, of course, Dustin's favorite stop was the outfitters store.
Fredericksburg has a lot of nice little playgrounds. I was happy to see that most of them had shade covers.
After a hot day spent walking, another dip in the pool to cool off was in order. The boys had a blast swimming, splashing around, and sliding (Remington tried it once). The inn also had a smaller pool with a volleyball net strung over it. And they had a hot tub, fireplace, and TV located outside among the lounge chairs.
We stayed in room 141. It was located just between the creek and the swimming pool - what luck!
We went to the Old Tunnel park to watch the bats emerge Monday evening. It was pretty cool. Dustin and I had been before, but the kids had never seen it (I was actually pregnant with Southern at the time), so a return trip was on our list of must do's this trip. Southern especially was super excited. The last time we saw them, the bats rose up really high in the air, and you could see them flying around everywhere. This time, they kind of just swarmed around right outside the cave opening. There were a few that darted out high, but it was kind of hard to see most of the bats with the naked eye. Luckily we had taken binoculars with us. So the boys took turns looking through them and could see really well. We were the last ones to leave ;)
Day 3 consisted of venturing further out around town.
More playgrounds, fishing, Das Peach Haus, Opa's Smoked Meats, and the Wildseed Farms.
Southern and Remington LOVED these cows. Southern wants to add one to his Christmas wish list.
On our way home, we just had to drive through Luckenbach. It was the kids' first time there. "Let's go to Luckenbach, TX..."
We had one more fishing stop as we headed for home. The boys quickly fell asleep in the car. They had so much fun - and I did too!
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