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Sunday was a later departure, 9:30 AM |
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Doug held the Driver's Meeting
before we headed out.
The Rosettes, Brefczynskis and Peeler departing on their own |
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...our first stop was
Grapetown, TX, a ghost town, just 13 miles from
the hotel |
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The town dates from 1848 when one John
Hemphill settled alongside the Fredericksburg-San Antonio
road. Six years later he was joined by eight other settlers.
This loosely-knit community took its first step toward
becoming a town when Friedrich Wilhelm Doebbler opened his
Doebbler's Inn hostelry in 1860.
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David couldn't resist checking out "the
Community Club House"
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Doug capturing Grapetown for a historic G
City for 2 CCP points |
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we followed the back roads for 5 miles, over to
Luckenbach, TX, our second
ghost town to visit today |
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...at noon, a benefit for the
Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe in Galveston was
being held - lots going on today |
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we talked a passer by from Alaska to take a group photo by
the old Post Office for us - the cameras
just kept coming |
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...the post office is now the general store
where you will find a little of everything - and
everybody is somebody in Luckenbach |
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the back half of the general store serves refreshments |
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...our Sunday lunch was at the Feed
Lot... you walk up, pick your choices from the menu
nailed to the outside of the building, they fix it and you
take it over to the outdoor picnic tables |
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ya just never know what might come riding up the road in
Luckenbach |
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the restroom facility is located behind the general store |
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need a hat? |
a small stage for a band |
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...we loaded up and headed on down the road |
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our next stop was 15 miles down the road to
Albert, TX, another ghost town |
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