Time for the Mother-Daughter Trip!

So this year for the Mother-Daughter trip I told Pamela I was going to take her to new places that Daddy and I found and a new route to get there.  So Thursday late morning 4/21 we took off towards Belton first. Our first stop was for an early lunch at the Gin on Nolan Creek. . This place has proven to be so good. I got their fish and chips and Pamela got the fish tacos with some kind of mac n cheese.  Pamela was impressed too.

We couldn't pass up their cinnamon roll bread pudding. It was very yummy.

From here we headed to Texas Legato Winery. We were greeted by the winery pups. This is their newest addition Bandit or was it Ranger. He's a party Yorkie. It's really a breed and he is adorable and friendly. 

But of course we were there for the wine. Pamela had to try the Dreamcicle wine that I had told her about and she was like yum but then she moved on to the more dry wines. The owners are super nice and fun.

It was starting to get later than I had planned so we got on the road to San Saba to try another winery and have dinner. We pulled into Wedding Oak Winery. We had tasted their wine before when they came to Rockdale's sip and stroll but now she could try a bigger variety of their wines.  We bought a bottle and sat out on their patio to relax before dinner. 

Have I mentioned how windy it has been. We had to hang on to our glasses and the bottle so they wouldn't blow off the table. The wind was with us for the next 3 days. We didn't finish the bottle so we sealed it up and placed it in the ice chest and headed to dinner.

Dinner was at the Pecan Grill. Our waiter was the best. He was funny and Johnny on the Spot.. When David and I was in San Saba we picked Diggs over Pecan Grill because we wanted steak Totally different atmosphere but both are really good.. Time to head down the road to our hotel in Kerrville.  We made it to our hotel at 9:30 and we were tired.

4/22 Friday we got up and started moving and getting ready. We went to one of my favorite quilt shops but didn't stay long. I just wasn't in the mood. I kept thinking of my little sewing buddy Lilley

We went to lunch at El Sombero. After lunch we headed to our first winery of the day. It's on Hwy 16 heading into Fredericksburg call Santa Marie Cellars. We go by it more than once every time we go to the hill country but they're usually closed. We're either to early or too late. LOL  They have some great wine. We got a glass and sat out back just enjoying the view.

Our next stop was Ron Yates Wines in Hye. Oh my goodness. 

We got there and the fun started. I got a single glass while Pamela did a tasting and another and another...+ The guy goes you drinking with me and as he walked by he'd pour her another glass and another. He asked who was driving and I said me and he goes good cuz she'd about to get drunk.

We met a realtor from Austin with a Tesla. Lots of fun hanging with all the folks in there.

I bought a bottle for David and one for my Physical Therapy guy. He asked if I'd pick one up for him and he'd pay me back. No problem. Got it to him just before his anniversary.

 From here we headed to another new

winery called Signor Winery. You're greeted by this longhorn. He's pretty. We only had a little over an hour to spend there. LOL We spent way to must time hanging at Ron Yates. The wine was good but pricy. Their landscaping was beautiful for sure.           

 

 

 And  She walks away.

Time for food. We hadn't been to Pasta Bella in a couple years so we decided that sounded good. This place isn't overly big but they pack folks in with no problem. I was so tired and my knee kept talking to me.  It wasn't talking nice either. But the food was so yummy. I've been on a shrimp kick so got a shrimp pasta and I forgot what Pamela go.t.  This is how we ended our day with a yummy dinner.

Saturday 4/23, we stay out of the Fredericksburg area because it's so crazy busy. We headed to Comfort, TX  First on the list was food and we decided to try yet another new place called The High Cafe. The menu was a little different for us but Pamela got Crab Cakes and I got Smoked Salmon Crostini's. Another Win. Food was good!

After our yummy lunch we headed to our first winery of the day.  Singing Waters Winery. We go here every year generally. No tastings, just a bottle to drink and hang out and listen to the music.  We hung out here for about and hour and it was time to go to my favorite place. They have music wine and food.

Now for our favorite place to go to hang out for drinks. Hill Country Distillers.   I love the sign they have behind the bar.

 I got the Bloody Marie with Jalapeno moonshine and 5 dashes of Tabasco.  mmmmm Now Pamela may have gotten a Dreamcicle or a Mule with a kick. I don't remember not. Maybe one day I'll make notes. Yeah right. 

While sitting there Pamela saw that my former co-worker Ashley was in town with her new husband so Pamela sent her a message to come join us.. I haven't seen Ashley in 2 years. While waiting for her and Elliot we had a shot for Esme's birthday. We've been coming here for almost 8 years now and always around her birthday. Her son Avery was there too but he got busy. This day Esme actually performed a wedding outside. She was so nervous but she did it.   Ashley and Elliot finally got there. It's been a long time. 

We hung out for a while longer but we needed to leave by 6 to try to get to one more new winery and they decided to come along.  We made it to Augusta Vin and got a table for tastings for everyone but me. I just got a glass of one of the wines This place is really nice and the landscape is nice.  I had when I came with David in March. 

We had to good time talking and tasting wine. They even got Elliot to join the wine club. Elliot was a great guy and Ashley was really happy. I'm happy for her.

We all had dinner reservations at different places. They were headed to a place called Navajo Grill. We haven't been there in a few years but food was really good when we went. Our reservation was at the Cabernet Grill. We've tried to go here for the last couple of years but could never get in but Pamela was on line one night and sent me a message telling me she got us a reservation. Yippee. 

David and I need to go here one time too. The service and the food was great. We hadn't even ordered and they brought this cup of I believe pumpkin soup on the house. It was very tasty..

I ordered a shrimp and corn grits. Oh my so good.  an Pamela got Steak

 We were so full that we actually passed on a dessert but they looked good too.

They had a cool Texas sign made out of wine corks. That's a lot of corks. Cool

 And another good day and night.

      

 Sunday 4/24, is our last day.. Today we headed to Cafe at the Ridge for an early lunch.. Never disappointed in the food here. I got the chicken salad sandwich with sweet potato fries and Pamela got the green BLT.  

The was fried green tomatoes. So much food but oh so good.

We had planned on making 2 stops on our way out of town. First was Barron's Creek but they were closed for a private event. Oh well and the 2nd was El Rey Chocolate on 290 in Stonewall. You got free tastings of chocolate and they were good. Of course we bought some to bring home.

Our last stop of our trip was at Flat Creek Winery outside of Marble Falls. Actually it was real close to Austin. Like maybe 10 miles.

We had stopped last year and did a tasting and thought we'd try them again. When we walked into the tasting building I about turned around when I saw all the stairs. Thank God there was an elevator. My knew was giving me fits and those stairs would have killed it.

While here we met some really nice people including the lady that worked there. We were late leaving here. I was waiting for the lady to say time to close out your tabs at 6 but instead she called out at 7pm. Oh poop. That makes us later than I wanted to be to get home. I looked at the lady and said you're here an hour after closing. She said we were all having fun so what the heck. Well for me the heck was I was gonna be late and I had to call David.

         

          

Great trip. And lots of fun. Until next year...

Until next blog post... Every mother-daughter should make time for a trip. It's good for the soul.

 

and...

So much for catching up on my posts. April was an extremely busy month for things that needed to get done before May, but more on that later.

While at quilt retreat David sent me a picture the tomatoes saying he got all 32 planted. Uhhh yeah he called and said I made a mistake there was more and now you have like 74 tomato plants. I see a lot of canning in my future. But all the veggies are now planted. 

David is my over achiever for sure. We shouldn't starve that's for sure.  The bed is full of squash and zucchini I think.

David and I were running errands in Bryan/College Station and I saw the car of my dreams.  Cough cough.  I really expected to see a clown in the car when we drove up beside it.  Nope just a regular guy. LOL

4/12 As we drove out the driveway David had to show me our bluebonnets that showed up at the entrance. LOL In the next couple weeks had a few more plus 1 batch showed up along the fence line with Red, White and Pink poppies. Not many but a few. Maybe more will show up next year. Headed to the dentist and and orthopedic appointment for David.  We had just enough time after the dentist to try a new place for us in Tomball call Tejas: Chocolate and BBQ. I wish I could give it raving reviews but I can't but apparently other people loved the place because they were packed by the time we got there.  The prices were crazy. I think we paid almost $60 for food and drinks before we left. My loaded baked potato with meat was like $17. 

A side was $8. The meat was tender but we didn't taste the smoke flavor. Sorry we won't be going back. We'd be bankrupted. It was disappointing because we'd heard so much about the place.

On Tuesday 4/19 we lost our beautiful fur baby unexpectedly. We are devastated and the tears still come easy. She woke up that morning like normal. She was ready to eat and play with David bright and early and when they came back inside she was ready to get back in bed with me till I woke up.I felt her walking around and when I opened my eyes she fell against me and her legs shot out straight and stiff. She looked at me and sighed. It was over. 

We just don't understand. The Vet checked her out but the only explanation was a brain aneurism.  It has been very lonely with out her. She was our constant companion. She supervised David while he planted the garden and me when sewing or cooking. We miss her dearly. 

This post got a little long so I'll post the rest later.

Untli next blog...Dogs are like friends, a great source of comfort.