We were up early this morning so we could get our walk in before we left for Fredricksburg. It was a beautiful morning with warm temps and little breeze.

After breakfast, we finished packing and loaded our things in the car. Since some of our friends would be leaving before we returned to the fort, we made a couple of stops on our way out. First stop was the RV Park to say good-bye to Lloyd and Ginny Johns. Lloyd does wood carving with John and we have gone on many of Mary Ellen's adventures with them as well as playing 31 on Tuesday evening's. Next stop was Unit 37 to bid farewell to Wallace and Becky Inge. Wallace is the head of carvers--he has the shop where the carvers meet each week. He and Becky live full time on the fort, but he was leaving Thursday or Friday for several weeks to teach a wood carving seminar in northern Texas. With our good-bye's out of the way, we headed off.

Fredricksburg is a German town about 175 northeast of Fort Clark. The ride up was beautiful with the trees turning green and wildflowers blooming in the fields and by the road. There are many shops, wineries, and museums in the area. In other words, there is much to see and do. After checking into our hotel, we headed off to the Wildseed Farms. We had visited here several years ago and John wanted to go back and buy some more wildflower seeds. He wants to put a wildflower garden on the west side of our home in Minnesota. We spent the remainder of the afternoon walking through the different flower displays and buildings.

We stopped at Wal Mart to pick up several items and then headed off to Pizza Hut for supper. The Fredricksburg RV Park is just across the road from where we are staying, so after we returned to the hotel we took a walk around the RV park. It was filled to capacity and seems like a very nice place to stay. We ended the evening watching a little TV.