Sunday, June 5, 2011

Picking Strawberries in Fredericksburg

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Our little family went on an adventure this past weekend to the Texas Hill Country. Fredericksburg is a treasure, ripe with history and natural beauty.

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This unique German town is one of our very places to unwind for a weekend.

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Once a year, usually in the late spring or early summer before it gets too hot, we pack up the car and head out.

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Last year I was too pregnant to travel so I had been itching to see God's beautiful rolling hills and feel the warm, dry air on my face again.

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Our weekend is always filled with delicious food (Fredericksburg Pie Co. and Cabernet Grille to be exact), a little shopping and sight-seeing, the bat cave at dusk (nearly a half million bats emerge every night), and swimming in the hotel pool (our 4-year old lives for hotel pools).

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But the best part of the trip is picking fresh strawberries, blackberries and peaches at Marburger Orchards.

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We have made such wonderful family memories between those rows of vibrant green plants.

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Before we discovered this local farm, I had never tasted warm strawberries right off the plant.  

I'll tell you now, it's a challenge to go back to grocery store fruit afterward.

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This gorgeous box is sitting in my refrigerator right now.

Oh, the possibilities... jam, shortcake, pie, ice cream.

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What about you? Where does your family go to forget life for a weekend and just enjoy one another?

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3 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, I'm jealous! I'm actually getting married in Fredericksburg :) I love love love it there. I'll have to try that orchard! We went a few weeks ago, and I was hoping to get some fresh peaches, but I didn't see any.

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  2. Love the new look and beautiful bright pictures!

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  3. Ok, you had me at warm, DRY air! I am already melting in the hot, sticky, humid air we have here in central IL! Looks like such a great family trip...and I am loving your new blog look too! Very fresh!

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