Sunday, March 30, 2014

Sun March 30th - Enchanted Rock and Iguana Grill


Sunday March 30th   Enchanted Rock, Iguana Grill
We Made it

Great Views
Pink Granite Dome.. Enchanted Rock.. going to the top!
Decided that we would head to the Enchanted Rock State Park for a hike. It was a lovely 90 minute drive North of Fredericksburg. A beautiful day that just got better and better. We stopped for gas and couldn’t resist grabbing a portion of fried chicken from Chicken Express  $2 for a really good fried chicken breast… not healthiest thing to do, but boy it is good for an occasional treat.  Arriving at the Enchanted Rock we headed up. The rock is a huge domed outcrop of  Pink Granite rising 425 feet (largest pink granite outcrop in The US) and was believed by the native Indians to be ‘enchanted’ as they would hear creaking and groaning coming from it. Geologists have suggested that this was the effect of cooling at night after being heated during the day by strong sun.  We set off to the summit, knowing that the trip down is known to be a little precarious. It was quite a hike, but we made it and were glad as we sat and enjoyed a bottle of water and took in the 360 degree views of the beautiful Texas Hill country. The hike down was a little tough for someone who is still recovering from one unplanned fall!! We made it without incident and felt pretty good. We started our drive home, stopping along the way to look at a couple of HUGE longhorn cattle and then to admire the prolific Bluebonnets (Texas State Flower) in full bloom at the side of the road (they are quite stunning). We drove via Fredericksburg and stopped for for a quick walk around the shops and an ice cream. 
Yes apparently it does rain in Texas!!
Texas State Flower.. Bluebonnet
Bluebonnets
View from the Iguana Grill
Another view from the grill
AND ANOTHER!
Picked up some meat at Randal’s on the way home and treating ourselves to a BBQ’d filet mignon, which I have to say was cooked to perfection (by Master BBQer Derek) on our grill, which now has a new regulator.. it gets much hotter.  We then trotted off to a local bar, The Iguana Grill.  We have been intending to see this place for a while. Just so happened a guy (Dave) from the RV resort was performing there, so we joined a large group of supporters and had a beer and great social chatter. The view from the place is quite awesome and the locale is wonderful, but we both feel that it could be so much better, if they improved the sound and had a menu other than Mexican…. Something similar to the Skull Creek Boathouse on Hilton Head Island… live music and great food, and  busy every night, rain or sun.  We had fun though, and headed back to camp feeling lucky and privileged to be living this dream of ours.  I thought I would spend the night in the cottage as we only have it for 2 more nights. I was woken by the fire alarm, in the bedroom, going off at 1am… after several stops and starts and me wildly imagining that it may be a carbon monoxide alarm, I headed back to the rig, clutching a flashlight and making a racket trying to get in the locked rig!!! Derek was kind enough to let me in!! Good to be back in a familiar bed, feeling safe!!
Chatting on the patio at the Iguana Grill
AND Later from the Grill

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