"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

March 28, 2009 The afternoon found us at Ladybird Park outside of Fredericksburg. The evening led us to Cowboy Doug playing at the Hilltop Café, about 10 miles north of Fredericksburg on US87. The place was jumping! All the tables in the two rooms were filled and people spilled out on to the porch. The voice of Cowboy Doug filled the space with songs old and new. We sat at the bar for a time then got a table right beside Doug. We ordered a quesadilla and ended up with a Greek cheese appetizer too that the waitress missordered. It was a good evening with good company and good food.

March 28, 2007 We woke to the call of roosters. Vehicles were pulling in to the legendary town of Luckenbach since seven this morning. Candace Kunz (She has a CD out and does graphic design for many other artists; she is known as the “Sweetheart of Luckenbach”.) and Danny were at the Luckenbach bar sipping coffee when we walked in. We had a nice chat catching up a bit on family and careers. Candace and T-Roy are going on the road with their music lining up gigs all over the state. Danny’s grandson has only two valves in his heart instead of three and may need an operation. His two year old great grandnephew has lukema-please keep these two young boys in your prayers. We hung our Van Go cap on the light in an effort to stay at Luckenbach forever and drove off to Fredericksburg. Ladybird Johnson Park is just west of town. The nature walk is a work in progress but we saw lots of critters-turtles, raccoon prints, butterflies, hummingbird, chickadee, chased off two cats in the birding area,...