Fredericksburg and Luckenbach Texas

Last night was a lot of fun. Also, overnight was much cooler than the previous night but still did not need any heat.  Woke up to about 55° outside and 64° inside.  We have lots of propane at this rate.  

Mid morning we left to check out downtown Fredericksburg downtown old town area.  Lots of interesting stores in some old buildings.  Many 1880 era structures.  Among them was Chester Nimitz’s birthplace.  He also has a museum of the Pacific War which we wanted to visit but there just wasn’t enough time for everything.  So that’ll wait for another trip, it’s not open tomorrow.  If you’ve forgotten the name Nimitz, he became Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, following Pearl Harbor.  

This afternoon’s show was two guys playing with amplified sound.  One was scheduled and the other came to join in.  As we sat there with Skye we got acquainted with Di, the wife of Cowboy Jim, who had joined in because he wanted to pick with the lead guy, John Bardy.

This evening’s show was four musicians, two scheduled, T-Roy and Candace Miller, plus Cowboy Jim who had stayed to play some more and another guy.  That was a fine show too.  Jim and Di come down from Manitoba for up to 6 months in the winter enjoy the warmer climate and for Jim to play lots of music venues.

This guy looked out on the audience (all 6 of us) looked at me and said “doesn’t he look like Rollie Fingers?”   “Did you ever play baseball?”

Rollie Fingers, pitcher, Oakland A’s 

He grew that mustache around 1972 as part of a team promo, and kept it.

It became his trademark look.

During the evening show one of the local cats came out and surprised Skye.  

Skye really wanted to “meet” the cat.