Fredericksburg, TX: Closed on Tuesdays

 No RV chores today after spending most of the morning yesterday removing the damaged awning roller assembly from the VRRV.  RichardM was very helpful in this endeavor; and now we await delivery of the replacement awning in about ten days or so.

The plan was to drive in Bridget's Jeep to the town of Fredericksburg to tour the Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Museum.  

Along the way, one cruises through the small town of Bandera, which boasts a Roadside America attraction:

We also cruised by Camp Verde, an old Army post where the US Camel Corps once was based.  Near the site of the camp, there's a ranch where we'd been told were White Bison!

There were indeed, cropping the grass sedately, close to the fence line so we were able to get pretty close without disturbing them or being in danger ourselves.

The donkey? It came right up to us asking for a treat, I think.

Either that or he was telling us to leave the Bison alone.

Sadly, we would find out later that these Bison were raised for the purpose of "hunters" to shoot them as trophies!  Apparently, it'll cost you $13,500.  I don't get the point of it all but such is the fate for these magnificent animals.

We got to Fredericksburg and parked the car to wander along Main Street for a half mile or so to the museum.  The whole area has buildings made out of the local limestone rock, very neat.  Here's the old bank as a representative example:

However, when we arrived at the museum, we found it closed.  None of us had thought to check beforehand as it was a Tuesday!

Oh well, turns out, I'd forgotten I'd been at the museum before with Martha while we were riding on Scarlett.  Probably did a mental block of the whole day as it was the same day the engine seized on Scarlett:  LINK

Here's a pic of me at the statue of Admiral Chester Nimitz:

We walked about Main Street, perusing the tourist trap stores.  Several were also closed!  The joke became that the whole town was closed, especially when we found the "Oldest Brewery in Texas" restaurant, you guessed it: closed!

Some more wandering and we happened on the Auslander German Restaurant which although a bit pricey, had pretty good offerings of the Germanic Culture.

My Schnitzel Sandwich, it completely covered and 

overflowed the sandwich bun!

RichardM's Rouladen

Bridget's Jaegerschnitzel

We were all stuffed but not stuffed enough to not share a small Apple Strudel, very tasty.  Sorry, no pics, we all dived at it when it was brought to the table.

Here's an example of the tourist type stuff available both in Fredericksburg and the Bandera.  There was of course the standard stuff, with some kind of Texas motif.  No one ended up buying anything however.  

The drive back to the SKP co-op was without incident though I was having trouble staying awake due to the heavy lunch.  We did make one stop at the Harbor Freight in Kerrville and I picked up some packing blankets to try and use for window insulation in the VRRV.

Good day of touristy wandering.  I return home tomorrow via plane to take care of some paperwork.  I'll be returning with Martha and the Honda CR-V.