Fredericksburg is a charming town in the Texas Hill Country just oozing with German heritage. While staying at the RV campground at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park we explore Fredericksburg and its surroundings, including the Sunday Houses, the inspiring and sprawling National Museum of the Pacific War, the sights and sounds of the legendary country music venue Luckenbach, hiking at Enchanted Rock, and the Presidential History of Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site, and the LBJ Ranch district of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park.
Filmed: October 3-10, 2021
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:26 Fredericksburg
5:22 Sunday Houses
6:33 Lady Bird Johnson Municipal RV Park
8:49 The Dyrt PRO
9:29 National Museum of the Pacific War
15:04 Luckenbach
16:55 Hiking at Enchanted Rock
20:24 Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site
23:42 Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
27:34 Wrap-up and what’s next
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* Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lyndon-b-johnson
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43 Comments
The Hill County has been a regular vacation spots for my family including Fredericksburg. Other famous towns close by include Bandera, Wimberly, Utopia, and of course, San Antonio. Other highly visited locales include Garner State Park and Lost Maples State Park. Again, super job, Marc!
Just wondering about your driver's license photo that is stamped on your thumbnails. Have you found that it increases engagement?
We love that area of Texas. Our favorite is New Braunfels. We will have to visit the museum next time we are in area.
Great part of Texas. Great episode
Really close to us as we pack up and sell the sticks and bricks.
Awesome video Marc.
Good one Marc!! The south Pacific brings back memories, I was at Guam in the mid 80s SeaBees. Still a few pill boxes left along the coast and the POW airfield runway.
All around neat area there at Fredrichberg
Yes, we owe ourselves more time in the Hill Country. Great vid and looking forward to your Gulf Coast adventures! 👍😎🇨🇦🐾🪶🌲
Heading to Fredericksburg next week and enjoyed ur video!
Thanks Marc, great video. Can't wait to be able to travel and see our Country.
Another one to add to the list. Thank you.
Very informative video with great editing. Thanks
Was there two years ago and enjoyed it immensely. You a precisely correct that it take a complete day to the WWII museum. We did it in 2 half days and they will allow that. I helps break it up as Ofer awhile, museums fill me up and I need to take a break. Doing that way, really made the entire tour more meaningful! The German restaurants are not to be missed. Great and authentic food. We took one day to go to San Antonio and one day to go see Austin, which were wonderful. The LBJ ranch was very educational and made me appreciate what Johnson did as President more meaningful. He was a truly advocate for education and equal rights. Could not get in to Enchanted Rock as you definitely need to make reservations ahead of time and be prepared for limited parking. We stayed a the Lady Bird Park and truly enjoyed the facilities. The planes were a bit annoying, but comes with the territory. Highly recommend this as a destination location and your video was EXCELLENT, very well done!
Texas sucks….don’t move here 😉😝
kudos on a really thorough job showing all the wonderful things to see and do around Fredericksburg. You are so right, the Museum of the Pacific really needs a full day. We love how you share so much history about the areas you visit and though we've been to this area, we still learned a lot from you. Thanks for sharing!!👍
Fredericksburg is no longer a good place for peaches, 90% of peach orchards are now wineries. Just be really, REALLY careful driving 290 between Johnson City and Fredericksburg, I call it Wino Alley and there are a lot of traffic accidents.
Hondos and Crossroads steak house are nice. Try the French dip at Crossroads.
How are you doing master Marc thank you for sharing your trips with us as foreigners subscribers as overseas students enjoy to explore places unknown to us learn new information improve our English language as well. As always iam gathering main points about places you visited briefly here it’s there are 8 places in America named Fredericksburg and Fredericksburg Texas is seat of Gillespie county in us state of Texas in 1846 named after prince Frederick of Prussia old time German residents often referred to Frederick burg as friztown nickname still used in some business town is also notable as home of Texas German dialect spoken by first generations who refused to learn English there are many. Cultural characteristics with new braunfcls which had been established by prince of Carl of solms brainfels sorry brunfels misspelling Fredericksburg in Texas is famous because it’s birthplace of admiral Chester w Nimitz commander in chief. Of pacific fleet during world war11
Last part of my research there are Nimitz museum and museum of pacific ware Fredericksburg named for Frederick prince of wales eldest son of king George 11 of Great Britain father of king George 111 in 1970 Fredericksburg historic district was added to national register of historic places in Texas it’s located east of center of Gillespie county 110 km north of San Antonio 126 km west of Austin there are points of interest such as enchanted rock is geographical landmark north of Fredericksburg liano county rock is huge pink granite exfoliation dome activities one of largest batholiths underground’s rock formations added to national register of historic places and balanced rock is local landmark who dynamited off base in 1986 cross mountain in 1847 by dr Ferdinand von roemer native Americans used location to signal each other for visitors they can shop drop in Main Street. Rest at marktplatz along to country hits at lucken Bach stop smell state flowers at wild seed farms sample European cuisine in Texas hill country there are many museums absolute charm wine tour explore Texas White House at Lynda on Johnson state park historic site watch bat emergence in old tunnel state park pick their beaches at jenschkee orchards excellence at Fredericksburg theatre company fall under nature spell at enchanted rock Iam awfully sorry actually iam not talkative but reading and writing both are great ways to improve our English as non native speakers stay safe blessed bon voyage good luck to you your family friends
I know you come from a pretty spectacular part of the globe, but I hope you enjoyed your time in what we think of as our playground. While we don't
live in the Texas Hill Country, we do have a "little slice of heaven" (as we see it) that we visit — near another German-settled town — not too far from Fredericksburg — Boerne, TX. We have a plaque on our wall there, "The stars at night are big and bright — Deep in the Heart of Texas". We think of our place as being deep in the heart of Texas. We enjoy visiting everyone's deep heart places — from Oregon to California to Utah to Colorado to New Mexico to North Carolina to Pennsylvania to New York City to the Florida Keys and back to home — Texas. How great is it that we can do this — how important is it that more people do this. Travel let's us see that there is more than one way to live a great life.
I enjoy all your videos — but, I really enjoyed this one — but then, I'm probably a bit biased. 😀
You did a wonderful showing off the hill country we all love around here. Thank you and Safe travels
been there a time or two
Marc have you found any area in your travels that you would consider leaving Salt Lake City has your home base? I would also like to add your music choices bring me closer to the story and keeps me captivated. Thank you!
Great video I’m a local in Fredericksburg if you are ever back this way give me a shout
Awesome episode love watching you channel and look forward to the episodes every Wednesday
I had my first experience with chiggers after walking the creek at Enchanted Rock…. Cept’ for that, it’s a cool place. Another good video, Marc!
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Marc great video. Are you going to Quartzsite this year?
Great video. I always enjoy visiting Fredericksburg ♥️♥️♥️
Absolutely beautiful place, we love visiting throughout the year!
My home town!
Been to Fredericksburg twice, I can see that I still missed a lot.
We are just down the road in Boerne. Wish we’d known when you were in Fr’burg. A great place. Great video!!
Really great stuff, had no idea about the LBJ attractions there and the burial of the President. Very good film and we can't wait to visit there ourselves!
Oh hey, I live here! Great video, there is just so much to do in the area it’s hard to fit it all in one visit… heck, I’ve lived here 13 years and still haven’t done some of it!
Another packed video!
I never knew there was a German community in Texas! We really appreciate you exposing us to places that we would have never known.
Interesting about the Sunday houses.
The Pacific War museum looks like it alone would be worth the trip!
I had to look up a new word: “batholith”. 🤓
Definitely a better camp site than the previous video – much more trees.
Have you bought yourself a hat or some boots yet?
I like the look of your intro and wrap up. Kind of a “portrait” style.
Thank Marc,
Ram
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This has to have been a special visit for you. I know how passionate you are about historic places. One thing that stood out to me was Germans basically habitually setting their presence in stone, literally. Perhaps it is a cultural thing, considering old Germany had castles and what not. By contrast hearing how much younger home of former president came to disrepair you can see why German structures are still standing strong.
I never knew how many germans settled in USA until I started driving about the country finding entire communities of people…. and settlements all with unique stone architecture. Imagine crossing the pond.. traveling on a wagon to the great out west and literally building something permanent. How cool.
A peaceful town, a nice video showing the city.
Fredericksburg is a cool place to go to lots to see and do
Your videos are excellent!
Your videos are excellent! 👍🏻
Great video Marc! Watched this video 11 months ago but had to view it again, it is wonderful area. I lived in San Antonio for quite a few years and love the hill country of Texas. thanks!
Just came back from visiting Fredericksburg today. Nice small town in the hill county.