One of the pretty natural areas near Fredericksburg is Enchanted Rock. The park is well run by the state park department, with a nice balance between plenty of amenities for visitors and scenic trails with a minimum of invasive elements to spoil the experience. There are parking and camping in the front of the park and then well maintained hiking trails in the rest with no bikes let along cars allowed. You can choose between camping sites close to the parking or primitive camping areas where you pack in your tent and supplies by foot. One spot I wanted to see is Moss lake but it can only be accessed by 2 miles of hiking which I cannot do.
This morning the weather was perfect, cool, bright, breezy, and fabulous for July 1st here! Because of the nice rains we have had, the countryside is green beyond my remembering for July.
I was in search of pretty spots to paint plein air for an upcoming workshop, and I found many! Every where you look is a painting. I took over 50 photos.
Fredericksburg is intensely patriotic. We do up the 4th celebration in a style to make Norman Rockwell proud. Our parade on Main St lasts over an hour. I hope to be there Saturday morning. Happy forth of July. e
