This weekend, my lovely wife and I took a much needed mini-vacation. The house has really been wearing us out and we just needed to get away. So, we headed up the truck and we moved to ... FLATONIA!!!! Now this may not sound that romantic to the uninitiated, but let me assure you, for folks like us it just doesn't get any better. For the third year in a row, we rented the Gander's Down cottage on teh Goose's Roost Ranch (http://www.goosesroost.com/Ganders-Down.htm). This cottage is beautiful and it is set in the middle of their ranch far from the city. They have lovely views and tons of various types of fowl for your viewing pleasure. Here are a few pics of our neighbors:

Here is a great shot of the front a a peacock. No one (except me) ever pays much attention to the back of the peacock. Well if you were wondering, here is what a peacock butt looks like!

In hind sight, we really didn't spend that much time there. We were too busy seeing the sights. Saturday morning we headed out. Our first stop was lunch at the Swiss Alp Dancehall (http://www.swissalptexas.com/). We split and great burger and toured the hall. Decided we would be back for dancing later in the evening. After that, we stopped at the Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum. This was really entertaining. Two brothers from Schulenburg started this in the late 20's. Their business grew and the produced flying toys until the early 80's. They made a ton of money and left it in a foundation that still benefits the folks of Schulunberg today. In additon to the museum, the grounds also host the home they were born in raised in.

The yupneck in front of the Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum in Schulenburg. Whoop!!!

Below is a lovely shot of the grounds through a red yucca. I really loved their house.

After leaving Schulenburg, we went to the "Fiddler's Frolick and Songwriter Serenade" in Hallettsville. Lots of good music and a dang fine little festival. From there we checked into the B&B and then attended mass in Flatonia. That was fun as we took part in Palm Sunday parade where we marched into church waving palms and singing. After mass, we headed out for dinner. We went to Senglemann Hall in Schulenburg. This is another restored dancehall with a Houston/Austin style resturaunt. It was ok. Ate in the beir garten with a bunch of folks from the songwriter's competition. On the left is a great view of the LaVaca County courthouse in Hallettsville.

After that, it was off to Swiss Alp for dancing. We listened and danced to "Almost Patsy Kline". Good group and a great time. The sides of the hall were open and the temp was around 50 degrees. A perfect night for dancing. We had such a good time we stayed till past midnight. That is a late night for the foggies.

Sunday was nice but kind of a downer since we had to head home. Piddled around until the afternoon and then drove back into remodeling reality around 3:00. All in all it was a wonderful and much needed weekend get away!