texas hill country

Since the easist way to get around Austin is in a car, we decided to really hit the open road and go west to Texas Hill Country.

During our trip west, we drove through Johnson City which had this eerie old mill (feed mill cafe) with lots of strange decor and past a good # of peach stands. We didn't have time for Becker Vineyards in Stonewall, but it came recommended by our innkeeper. We ended up in Fredericksburg which was settled in the 19th century by German immigrants. There is some different archtiecture and a sizeable stretch of shops on Main Street. We had a nice, shady lunch of german food at Altdorf Biergarten. I really wanted to try famous pie happy hour the Blue Bonnet Cafe in Marble Hills, but we headed back to Austin instead.