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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.

Spike on luggage

For this trip we left the dogs at a dogsitter's house. Lily has had some back problems and needed more personal care. Even though…
Worried Oliver

Oliver knew something was up. He sat in the front seat and worried the whole trip.
Our minion co-pilots

McDonald's had the BEST Happy Meal toys when we were on our road trip. Minions!
Mannequin birth

This place was hilarious! They had really good antiques but then they had displays like this laughing woman mannequin giving birth…
Glass eyes

The owner of the store told me there were 150 antique glass eyes in this display case. All different colors.
No swimming

Another inventive display. Not quite an oddity but it was amusing.
A little creepy

A clear body filled with random doll parts...that's getting creepy.
Good Ole Days

We were well on our way on our road trip down to San Antonio, taking back roads we had never been on. When we got to Brady, TX we…
Wildseed Farms

We got to Fredericksburg in the afternoon. Instead of going to the hotel we headed to Wildseed Farms.
Wildflowers!

At Wildseed Farms they literally grow wildflowers for their seeds. These are the wildflowers that are in season now. We went there…
Zinnias

The white flowers are Polar Bear Zinnias and the Red ones are Cherry Queen Zinnias. I couldn't find out what the yellow ones were.…
Polar Bear Zinnias

We read they used to let you walk among the wildflowers but they don't anymore. We were basically standing in the parking lot behi…
Pretty!

This part was free too! It was almost closing time so we were going to come back another day to see see the gardens inside.
Cherry Queen Zinnias

Beautiful! The zinnias were our favorites.
Yellow flowers

I know I've seen these yellow flowers before, I can't think of the name.
Pretty!

They make a very pretty field of flowers!
Fence

A nice shot of the fence that was keeping us from the flowers.
Red and white

Where the polar bear zinnias and the cherry queen zinnias meet.
Good shot

A nice shot of the fence and the wildflowers!
Zinnias

One last shot of the zinnias!