This has been a very quiet week at Buckhorn Lake Resort in Kerrville, Texas. We have really appreciated having the opportunity to relax and enjoy this beautiful area of Texas. Our temps have remained in the cooler sixties during the day but it can still freeze at night. Wednesday night provided a huge rain storm pelting the area around two in the morning. Roger sat storm alert that night.
One of the hazards of RV living is being able to take advantage of the wonderful local restaurants. We have been to three in the Kerrville/Fredericksburg area. All have been truly upscale with delicious wine and cuisine. The hazardous part is working off the calorie intake. Cycling, working out on treadmills and the elliptical trainer in the workout room, and walks with Bear are our ways of tackling the problem. I know, everyone should have such problems.
Thursday was a trip to Fredericksburg and the National Museum of the Pacific War. This sprawling complex houses the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the Pacific War Museum. In addition, there are several courtyards and gardens making the journey to Fredericksburg an all day event. Chester Nimitz was a five star admiral and a U.S. commander in the Pacific during World War II. He, along with General Douglas MacArthur, received the surrender from the Japanese on the USS Missouri. Nimitz was a son of the Hill Country, spending his youth in Fredericksburg. The town honors him with the museum.
Imagine our surprise in finding memorabilia from Roger's father in the Pacific War Museum! Roger's father was involved in investigating the accuracy of the assignment of credit for shooting down Admiral Yamamoto's plane in the South Pacific. Yamamoto was a major figure in WWII Japanese military command. Roger's father donated a piece of the plane that Yamamoto was in when he was shot down, together with pictures and documentation that it was the actual plane. As Roger and I were touring the museum, we happened to glance at a display showing a flight helmet of a friend of Roger's father. In the same display was the picture that hung in Roger's father's home. At the time of his father's death, Roger elected not to take that memorabilia with him and it was given to the same man whose flight cap was in the display. Bob would be so proud to know that this piece of history is in the museum. Don't you love those small world stories? What if we had not looked in that particular display? I think we were meant to see it.
Thank you for reading our blog. We look forward to leaving Kerrville on Wednesday and heading to Mission, Texas for a month.
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