Blog 4 - Second weekend in Texas

André and Suzette at Christmas Café



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Blog 4

We had a busy second weekend in Texas. After going to Austin on Friday as described in my last blog, we went and took our new friends André and Suzette from Quebec, to check out a little town north of Marble Falls called Burnet.

Before we left, we were advised by Sherman that a curb at Dairy Queen had jumped up and tripped Carol when they were in town yesterday and she had taken a bad fall, mashing her top lip and chipping a couple of her teeth. She also fell onto her wrist and leg and injured her second toe on one foot. Warren got her into an Emergency Medical facility and after a 2 hour wait, she got it stitched up. Thankfully, her lip is healing and the other injuries are not causing her much pain, so we are praising the Lord that she is okay. So Saturday, she was quite happy to stay at home and rest all day.

The rest of our group traveled to Austin to attend a Home and Garden Show where the host of “This Old House” was a featured guest. Over-all they were expecting something more GRAND, but it was worth spending an afternoon there to get their picture taken with the “star”.

Before leaving, we called Paul and Mary from the pay phone at Walmart, as our Tracphone does not work for cell phones. Ironically, their group was all at the Winnie Flea Market. Mary had been vividly recalling our visit there last year when some of us ladies went together. I wonder if she bought another Funnel Cake for old times’ sake… It was sure nice to talk to them. We are hoping to see them at the end of the month.

Before going to Burnet, we stopped at two thrift shops in Marble Falls. There was nothing at the first one, but we found treasures at the second one. John took a shine to a closed in cherry wood coffee table with a magazine rack on the side. The slats for the magazine rack needed to be fastened, so they had the price marked down from $15 to $7. He made “the buy of the day”. I found a pair of cowboy boots for Bryton, and we also bought a black leather look jacket in excellent shape for John for 50 cents and a cover-up shirt for me for 50 cents.

Our trip to Burnet was enjoyable. We spent some time in an Antique Shop, but it was very pricy. Then we headed over to a Flea Market in the mall and it was about the same. There were certainly no “flea market prices”.

I had been told we just HAVE TO SEE the Christmas Café in Burnet, so we went over the Old Town Square and toured through the Christmas Café. They had many rooms full of Christmas decorations and gifts and was truly a tourist attraction not to miss. They must get sick of “lookers” though. One thing that impressed me was their use of balled-up brown paper to make a closet look like a cave!

As we were leaving Burnet, we stopped at a large tourist place. The display of classic and antique cars was a big draw to get us off the highway, as well as a large veranda full of Mexican pottery, etc. The furniture and cowboy paraphernalia they had on display inside the very large building was the most incredible stuff I have ever seen. I imagine that the bedroom suites on display were the type John Denver would shop for for his ranch house. We went through positively drooling, as each item we looked at was more awesome than the last!

They also had some type of gazing balls, the same size as mine that got smashed recently, but not as fragile nor as mirrored, for a reasonable price. I have a month and a half to decide if I need to replace it…