3 mau lā o Scenic Drives ma o Texas Wildflower Country
ʻO ka laweʻana i ka hoʻokele Sunday i ka mauna e nānā i nā'ōhū puaʻaʻo ia ka tradition o Austin. No ka poʻe e aloha maoli nei i ka nānāʻana i nā māla pauʻole o nā'ōhū, akā,ʻaʻole paha i lawa kahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi. Hāʻawiʻia kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻolālāʻia e nā lā heʻekolu lā i ka manawa e nānā i nā'āina likeʻole a me nāʻano pua'ē aʻe. Ma muli o kona wahi ma ke alahaka o nā alahele wildflower,ʻo Kerrville kahi wahi kūpono loa e lilo ai i kumu home no kēia kiʻi.
I ka lā 1
E nānā i ka Carlton Club Inn (126 Plaza Drive, 830-353-2799) ma Kerrville. Ma mua i kahi lumi liʻiliʻi, aia nā hale o Carlton Club Inn mai nā lumi lumi lumi hoʻokahi aʻelua lumihale me nā piha kīkī piha. Hiki iāʻoe ke waiho i ka lumi kuke me nā mea kūʻai mai kahi HEB kokoke (300 Main, 830-896-3600). Inā ponoʻoe e hoʻolālā i kou mau wāwae ma hope o ke kaʻa mai Austin, e hele mamao ana ka hōkele mai ke kahawaiʻo Guadalupe.
Inā hikiʻoe i ka hōkele i kaʻauinalā kakahiaka, hiki iāʻoe ke manawa no ka wā pōkole ma mua o ka napoʻoʻana o ka lā. Mai ka hōkele, e lawe i ka TX-27 ma ke komohana i ke kauhale o Hunt. E noho ma ka hema e like me TX-27 i hoʻohuiʻia i TX-39. ʻO kahi paha he 20 minute wale nō ka holoʻana, a ke holo nei ia i ka muliwaiʻo Guadalupe. Ma waho aʻe o nā kiwi o ka nahelehele, hiki iāʻoe ke hālāwai i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona e nānā aku a kau i nā kahawai he nui.
Ma ka hōʻeaʻana i Hunt, e hele pololei i ka Hug Rock Cafe (1634 TX-39, 830-238-4410) no kaʻaina awakea.
ʻO ka haleʻainaʻaina ka mea e hoʻonāukiukiʻia ai, e pili ana i ka momona momona i lawelaweʻia me ka mīkini mango a me ka crab enchiladas me kaʻaila mīpī. Aia kahi noho i loko a me waho, a hiki i nā keiki ke pāʻani i nā lio lio ma ka pā hale paʻa. ʻO kahi hale kūʻaiʻo Hunt e pili ana he wahi kūʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me kahi'ākoakoa kaiāulu.
Lae 2
ʻO ka wahiʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi loa ma Kerrvilleʻo ka Rio Ranch Cafe (2590 Keʻena o ke Alakai, 830-367-1850). No ka māmā,ʻo ka kakahiaka kakahiaka maikaʻi, e ho'āʻo iā Johnny's Homemade Granola, me nāʻohe i ka'ōpala, ka walnuts a me nā kiliana. ʻO nā mea makemake nui e makemake paha e koho i ka moa a me nā waffles, i lawelaweʻia me kahi waffle nui Belgian a meʻelua mau'āpana momona a me ka umauma mīni paʻi.
No kāu kiʻi ma hope aku, e lawe i ka TX-16 ma ka'ākau a hiki i Fredericksburg . ʻO kēia hapa o ke alaloa he mau momona ka nui, akā,ʻo ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka hōʻailona ma kahi o nā mile ma mua o Fredericksburg. ʻOiaiʻo ka huakaʻi i Fredericksburg heʻaneʻane 30 mau minuke wale nō,ʻaʻole pahaʻoe e mākaukau no kahiʻai'ē aʻe. Eia naʻe, he nui nā mea'ē aʻe o ke alanui nui o Fredericksburg, mai nā hale kūʻai kahiko i nā mea hanohano o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Pākīpika o ka Pākīpika. ʻOiai ināʻaʻoleʻoe e hoʻolālā e lōʻihi lōʻihi,ʻo ka moku nui o Fredericksburg kahi nui nui no kahi hele maikaʻi a me kahi kūʻai kūʻaiʻuʻuku.
No ka mahele hope aʻe o ka huakaʻi, inā e hahai anaʻoe me kāu GPS, hikiʻole ke kiʻi iāʻoe. ʻO ke Willow City Loop he wahi wahi liʻiliʻi ia e hikiʻole ke hōʻike ma kāu palapala'ilika. E neʻe i ka'ākau ma TX-16 ma ka'ākau o Fredericksburg no 13 mile. E huli pololei ma ke alanuiʻo Ranch 1323.
E hele 2.5 mau mile ae hoʻoili hema ma Willow City Loop. Ma hope o kēlā, e holo anaʻoe ma kahi o 13 mau mile o ke alanui'āina, nā māhele o nā bluebonnets, nā'opena pale nani Indian a me nā pua waina winecupʻulaʻula.
E noʻonoʻoʻoe he'ōkela kaulana kēia, ma loko oʻApelila a me Mei, no laila e makaʻala i nā mea hoʻokele'ē aʻe a mai hoʻokaumaha nuiʻia e nā hiʻohiʻona hanohano. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka'āina ma kēlāʻaoʻao a ma kēiaʻaoʻao o ke alanui, he waiwai pono'ī ia, no laila e noʻonoʻo i ka manawaʻelua ma mua o ka holoʻana i kahi holo wāwaeʻole ma kahi'āina o kekahi. I koʻoe hoʻokeleʻana, e piʻi aʻe nā puʻu, aʻoi aku ka nui o nā manaʻo. Ke alakaʻi nei ke ala i TX-16.
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe i makaukau e hoʻi i Kerrville, hiki iāʻoe ke hele i kahi 20 mau mile ma kahi'ākau a hiki i ka TX-16 a hiki i ke Enchanted Rock State Natural Area (16710 Ranch Road 965, 830-685-3636).
ʻO ka puʻupuʻu māliko māliki nui ke kikowaena o ka papa, akā ua uhi pūʻia ka'āina a puni i nā ulu lāʻau ulu i ka puna.
Ma ka huakaʻi hoʻi, e mākaukau pahaʻoe no kaʻaina awakea ma ka manawa e hoʻi aiʻoe i Fredericksburg. Inā heleʻoe me nā keiki, e aloha lākou iā River River (138 E. Main Street, 830-997-8490) ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Fredericksburg. Ma waho aʻe o nā'awaʻawe kiʻekiʻe me ka palaoa i hanaʻia e ka home, ua loaʻa ka'ōmole ice, nā pies, nā pōpō, a me ka lole - nā mea a pau i hanaʻia i loko.
Lā 3
E hoʻi i Kerrville, kahi wahi nui no kahi meaʻai kakahiaka nuiʻo Save Inn Restaurant (1806 Sidney Baker, 830-257-7484). Inā makemakeʻoe i kaʻaina kakahiaka kakahiakaʻo Tex-Mex, e ho'āʻo i ka migas. ʻO ka oatmeal flapjacks me ka meli a me ka kinamona kekahi'ē aʻe kahi punahele. Ua like paha ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolālāʻana mai ka makahiki 1970 mai, akā,ʻo ka mea wale nō e hoʻonui i ka launa liʻiliʻi.
No ka wikiwiki o kēia lā, ke poʻo hema i ka TX-16 ma ke kauhale liʻiliʻi o Medina. Ma Medina, e lawe i kahi'ākau ma ke alanui Ranch 337 e pili ana i Vanderpool. He nui nā wili a huli i ke ala a pau o kēia ala, me nā hanana hou o ke kiʻekiʻe, a he nani loa nā hiʻohiʻona'āhiu.
Ma Vanderpool (he wahi liʻiliʻi wale nō), e kūkulu i ke kūkulu'ākau i FM 187 no nāʻelima mau mile a hikiʻoe i kahi moku'āinaʻo Lost Maples (37221 FM 187, 830-966-3413). ʻO kēia paha ke kūlana nani loa o ka huakaʻi. Ma waho aʻe o nā ulu puaʻa, heleʻoe ma nā lāʻauʻoka kahiko a me nā pāʻani idyllic. ʻO Lost Maples kahi home i ka nui loa o ka nui o nā mapletooth ma Texas. ʻO ia kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi loa i Texas me ka hulu hāʻule. ʻO ka Hikina Hikina ma ka pāʻani he wahi mākaʻikaʻi akā he holo koʻikoʻi loa; inā makemakeʻoe eʻoki i kou'ūpili i ka muliwai, hiki ke hele iki ma kahi o ka wai.
No ka huakaʻi hoʻi, e huli hou i ke ala like a me ka noʻonoʻo e hoʻomaha no kaʻaina awakea ma Patio Cafe (14024 TX-16, 800-449-0882) ma Medina, ke kīpopo'ōpiʻa-ulu o Texas. Hiki i kahi e pili ana iā Love Creek Orchards, he mauʻano kalo a me nā kāleka i ka haleʻaina, akā waiho kahi lumi no ka meaʻai. Hoʻohana ka cafe i nā'ōlaʻa e hana i nā pīpī apple apple, nā kinakoki, nā muffins a me ka ice cream.