Home, Home In La Grange

We were due to leave our camping spot at Wilderness Oaks RV Park in Rockport, Texas. But Denisa got permission to stay late enough so she could go to the line dance class in the club house before we hit the road. Once again, she was dancing while Mark did the last minute jobs like hooking up the car and unhooking all the utilities. She is obviously a pampered traveler! We were on the road by 12:30 towards our next destination--La Grange, Texas. This is the county seat of of Fayette County, and their town square is graced by one of those majestic Texas courthouses.

It was a beautiful blue-sky day, so we took the historic walking tour around town. Of course, it was centered around the courthouse square.

We had to take a picture of the bug-eyed gargoyle that was glaring down at everyone that entered the front door.

The brochure we got for the walking tour described the buildings on the square, and showed how little they have changed since many of them were built in the 1800's. They had some interesting brickwork and front facades that are still fashionable today.

Our tour also included the Episcopal Church. Built in 1855, its architecture mimics the European roots of this community.

This has been a German and Czech community since it was settled in the 1800's. The Weikel Bakery is famous for its kolaches, and their display case is as pretty as a picture. We could tell we were going to like it here in our new home town!

This is also home to the Texas Quilt Museum. It is only open on the weekends, but "Grandmother's flower garden" next door features a mural of some old quilt designs.

Denisa loves a good flower garden, and the old-fashioned roses are just beginning to bloom this spring.

Not as showy as the more modern roses, these old-fashioned flowers are simply elegant. It looks like we have wandered into another of His wonders on this little walk around town.

We had a picnic lunch situated right under the historic old bridge that takes traffic across the Colorado River. Denisa picked this lovely spot, without thinking of all the noise associated with cars and trucks rumbling over that bridge right over our heads.

We drove around town and visited a far quieter river-side park that would have made a much better picnic spot. The Colorado River looks very serene this afternoon in March, but it was quite the opposite this past August.

We took pictures of the fence line high above the river, still full of the debris from when the Colorado River flooded all the low-lying areas of La Grange in August. With all the extra rain from Hurricane Harvey, it flooded everything down river. 

We are staying at the Colorado Landing RV Resort in La Grange, Texas. As we continue through eastern Texas, we are finding a new kind of damage from Hurricane Harvey--flooding. Situated right on the Colorado River, our entire campground was covered with four feet of water when the river flooded out of its banks. We learned from the owners that the 15 mobile homes left here floated off their platforms. We also found that all the trash and debris that was left after the flood is the responsibility of the landowner to remove--no matter where it came from. They have had a monumental task of cleaning up all that debris, and they just re-opened in January.

We will be at home in La Grange for a couple days, wandering around just to see what we can find. Join us!