Fredericksburg

We had tickets to see Rob Thomas at the Majestic Theater in San Antonio on July 11th. We decided to go on a mini road trip to get there. We left on Friday morning, took back roads, went to antique shops, saw oddities and wildflowers, stayed at the Hangar Hotel in Fredericksburg and made it to the concert Saturday night.

Packed

These flowers were packed with butterflies!
Landed

Once I started taking pictures, all the butterflies landed. Strange.
Ready to plant

We walked a little farther back and they had beds all ready for planting.
Pretty!

I think this is a small butterfly bush growing behind the fence. It's very pretty!
Hundreds of butterflies

I'm not sure what kind of flowers these are but they attract a crazy amount of butterflies. All of those dark spots on top are but…
Close-up butterflies

Here's a close-up of those flowers. You can see the butterflies a little better.
Jendaya parakeet

A very pretty bird! He was in one of the shade gardens.
Posing

He posed for photos for a while and then went back to eating. I think he could speak but he never said anything while we were ther…
Waterfall

This was built behind the Wildseed store. Very pretty and it had fish!
Admiral Nimitz Museum

The Nimitz family is from Fredericksburg. The Admiral Nimitz Museum and Pacific War Museum is on Main St.
Nimitz Hotel Historic Marker

The Admiral Nimitz Museum was originally the Nimitz Hotel, builty by Nimitz's Grandfather, Charles Henry Nimitz, Sr.
Admiral Nimitz Statue

It's a GIANT statue. When we were taking this picture we overheard one girl saying, "I don't know, maybe he WAS that tall."
Cool switchboard

I asked about the switchboard when we checked in. The guy said it worked but it wasn't plugged in for safety reasons. It would hav…
Majestic Theater

The whole reason for the road trip was the Rob Thomas concert in San Antonio. It was at the very cool Majstic Theater.
Beautiful!

There were so many people walking. I wished I could have stopped and taken better photos of the beautiful hallway. and ceiling.
Floor

Even the floors were cool!
Ready for the concert!

All seated and ready for the concert to begin!
Checking out the upper level

There was so much stuff to look at. Besides the carvings there was a white peacock somewhere over on the left side.
Ceiling

There was another regular stuffed peacock on the right side. The ceiling had stars. It was very neat!
Concert Selfie!

Selfie before the music starts!