About That Luckenbach, Texas (December 19 -24)

Merry Christmas Family and Friends,

Roger and I send our holiday greetings to you and your families. We wish you much happiness and joy in this week leading up to Christmas Day.

We love our spot at Buckhorn Lake RV Resort in Kerrville, Texas! We are in the beautiful surroundings of the hill country located in south central Texas. Because this is an RV resort, the social life is quite busy and the facilities are the best that we have seen. On Saturday, we went to a dinner that featured a prominent Texas, country western singer, Thomas Michael Riley. Those of you that love country music would recognize some of his songs that are sung by other artists. He has written over 500 songs! He, along with his backup group of three, performed for us and we became FANS. Not only did he give a great performance, he was extremely personable and had time for all of us.

On Sunday we drove to Luckenbach (about 45 minutes from here), to hear Tommy play at the barn/ stage made famous by Waylon Jennings's song, "Let's Go To Luckenbach, Texas." What a thrill to: (a) get to see Luckenbach and (b) hear Tommy (you bet we're on a first name basis) sing again.

Thomas Michael Riley in the center.

On Tuesday, we went to Fredericksburg, after dropping Bear off at the groomer in Kerrville. Even though I am trying to groom Bear, myself, I need some professional help every once in a while.

Fredericksburg is this great little town located 25 miles from Kerrville. It traces it's history to German immigrants which is apparent by the abundance of Germanic names and foods. It truly is a very special town and one we will revisit many times while we are in the Kerrville area.

A German Candle Pyramid in the town park. Every bit as good as the ones I just saw in Germany.

Fredericksburg's Christmas Tree

We couldn't resist this huge buck made out of scraps perched atop an old car, located on the road into Kerrville. As we continue our adventures in the RV, we are amazed at what we see along the roads.

Since we are huge fans of the three books by Steig Larsen,  we had to be among the first to see the American version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." On Wednesday, we drove an hour into San Antonio, to see it. It did not disappoint us. We loved the Swedish films, as well as the books, and this Hollywood version was even better. I won't say anything else about it in case you decide to see it.

Thursday and Friday were spent doing the final errands and preparations for Christmas. Although we are without our family, there are plenty of new friends here at Buckhorn Lake RV. There is a Christmas dinner planned for the 25th in addition to the regularly scheduled dinners that occur throughout the week.

 We did manage to get a bike ride in and loved feeling the sun on our backs! The unusually cold and wet weather has made cycling difficult, but Buckhorn has an excellent workout facility and we have made great use of the treadmills, elliptical and weight machines.

We look forward to next week when our six year old granddaughter, Abby, will join us for five days! We will remain at Buckhorn until the end of January.

Roger joins me in wishing you and your families a very happy Christmas. We appreciate you keeping up with our new way of life.