Last Days At Fly n’ Four Ranch
We got to scratch off another thing from our ‘things to do in America list’ the other day, which of course means we fired a handgun in a dry creek bed. It feels really strange and highly illegal firing off rounds in the backyard but that feeling disappeared as quick as my hearing after the first shot.
bang!
bang bang!
bang bang bang!
We also managed to drag Clydester away from his endless grazing to pose with us in some pictures. I had a slightly bad feeling that he’d charge off and trample us horribly, but thankfully he just stood there and slept instead.
blazing saddles
giddy up
A couple days later we decided a German food fix in near by Fredericksburg was in order. Conveniently on the way is an old train tunnel which since it’s demise in the 1940s has since become inhabited by tens of thousands of bats. Consequently the bat’s have made it there own by infusing the tunnel with guano, more technically known as bat shit in these parts. The smell is undescribable, to the point where even Duffy was overwhelmed.
the bat cave
The picture doesn’t really do the scene justice as if you look at the far entrance of the tunnel you’ll see black specks darting around everywhere against the stark white contrast of the sunlight. The tunnel also has nightly viewings of the bats leaving the tunnel at sunset for their nightly feed of crickets and moths, unfortunately we were a couple hours early for that one and we had a feed of our own to hunt for.
An outstanding German feast at the Fredericksburg Brewery was in order, topped off with a few fine, german pilsners. Curiosity got the better of Uncle Bob and myself and we ordered a sample of their ‘finest’ bitter…. my oath it was the bitterest thing I’ve ever tasted! For the beer lovers out there, the IBU (bitterness rating) was 100 which may not mean anything to you but compare it to say Little Creatures Pale Ale which I find quite bitter and around 25-30 IBU and you’ll get the picture.
die shintzel ein rueben!
Unfortunately our stay with Uncle Bob and the various critters had to come to an end sometime, I think it was harder to say goodbye the second time but he’ll be in Australia next year so knowing that makes it easier.
Rob