Final Day at Inks Lake

November 21, 2011
Today is our last day at Inks Lake State Park. Tomorrow, we will be moving close by family for Thanksgiving.

I spent Friday in Austin going to Christmas Affair with my daughter, Lisa and granddaughter, Karli. Jim spent the day playing golf at Packsaddle Country Club in Kingsland.

We spent the weekend just hanging out around the park. Some more pictures of this beautiful place.


















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Location:Inks Lake State Park, Texas

Murmeration, One More Time

November 15, 2011

We spent most of the day just relaxing and catching up on chores. We did go to the other side of the lake just before 5:30 to see the murmuration of the starlings from a different perspective. We realized there was a place we could sit about 50 feet from where they roost at night.







It was spectacular to see them fly right above us.



































Here's a video of some of what we saw.

Location:Inks Lake State Park, Texas

Fredericksburg, Texas & Nimitz Pacific War Museum

November 14, 2011

I woke up to this beautiful view this morning from our window. It looked like a painting.






Our plan today was to drive 65 miles to the little central Texas town of Fredericksburg.



We have been there many times, but we had never been to the Nimitz museum.



Chester Nimitz who commanded the Pacific fleet grew up around Fredericksburg and his father owned the Nimitz Hotel which was built in the shape of a steamboat. Part of the museum is here. There is also another new section, the George H. W.Bush Museum. It is big enough to house airplanes, boats, and other artifacts from World War II. There are video reenactments of Pearl Harbor and the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. It is extremely interesting and definitely worth the trip.












After that, we still had time to make a quick trip to Fredericksburg Winery and then returned home.

Location:Fredericksburg, Texas