Clear River Pecan Company is the place to go for homemade ice cream. Perfect after 4 or 5 hot stages at Tin Star Ranch. It's okay to wear your cowboy duds
Fredericksburg has a World Class Wine Bar, Lincoln Street. When we got there this time the place was surrounded by motorcycles. The Redhead said, "Oh, oh, it's been discovered." But I knew not to worry. If they were at a wine bar they had to be Hell's Accountants. They were.
Nearby are several wineries. All offer tastings and sales. Here are three favorites:
Bell Mountain Vineyards -- fine quality estate bottled wines since 1976
Becker Vineyards (Becker Chardonnay Reserve and Cabernet Reserve were served at the Crawford Summit)
Grape Creek Vineyards -- Award winning wines and a neat bed and breakfast.
And there's Wildseed Farms:
You can get all kinds of stuff for your garden there, including wildflower seeds.
We stayed a lot at the new Holiday Inn Express, pretty generic hotel, right?
But check out the painting at checkin:
And the cowboy in the lobby, and the sign, "We don't dial 911" with a six-shooter displayed below. Could it be they thought of us?
There are hundreds of Bed and Breakfasts in Fredericksburg and hundreds of hotel rooms from cheap to expensive. Finding a place to stay shouldn't be a problem.
Check the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce's website for things I've left off.