Weekend trip in Texas

[rut-ro]

Originally Posted by Jon B

The 257/night is definitely a weekday night. Our weekend nights go for about 375/night. Get with me with some dates and I will get you the best pricing we can. During the spring (baseball season) we are booked just about every weekend. Don't have anything booked in February just yet so would be interested in making some deals.

Our farm is about 30 minutes from Franklin. May have to look into renting the ranch house out for Aggie games too lol

[RLB]

Originally Posted by Burntorange Bowhunter

WimberlEy.

Yall can stay in Bob’s man cave!!

[rvd]

Originally Posted by Burntorange Bowhunter

WimberlEy.

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Any restaurant recommendations to go with the spelling lesson Rock chalk?

[ThisLadyHunts]

Originally Posted by tnwilliams

We often go to Boerne. Stay at TheKendall. Walk the town and they have several nice restaurants. Not far from Wimberley and Comfort and other small hill country towns for day trips. My wife loves it.


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Ditto Boerne!

[DaveC]

Originally Posted by Burntorange Bowhunter

WimberlEy.

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Yeah Pat, I’d like to buy a vowel…..

Duly noted

Now that the E is in its proper place- any places to eat at or avoid?

It’s supposed to be ~34ish degrees all day on Thursday, so a good meal might be the out of doors highlight of that day.


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[ThisLadyHunts]

Originally Posted by rtp

Does Boerne still have its small town identity or has it been consumed by SA?


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Boerne definitely had not lost its small town feel but there's plenty do there.

Like many small, tourist towns (F-berg, Wimberley, Gruen), Boerne has revitalized its historic downtown, and their Main Street district is a great place to go if you like to "stroll, shop, and sip." Their downtown district has plenty of shops (a little higher-end than the schlocky souvenir shops one normally encounters in small towns trying to capitalize on tourism), great restaurants, some very good art galleries (that do not price their art by erudition), and several wineries and breweries as well.

As far as other activities go:
I highly recommend going to the Cave without a Name. I took my girls there about 15 years ago and had a blast. Sitting on privately owned land, the Cw/oN is almost pristine with very few improvements. In fact, as I recall, we had to enter the Cave by climbing down a sink hole! This experience brought me as close to "spelunking" as I'll ever get, and it was a blast!

There are a number of improved hiking trails in Boerne. Nothing too strenuous but you feel very relaxed after having strolled through some of the most beautiful land the Hill Country has to offer.

If you're both into hunting, give the sporting clay course at Joshua Creek a try. Beautiful and bucolic, the course has you winding your way through along an escarpment where you'll hear no one and nothing for miles around. If your shoulders don't drop when you step onto the course, you're doing something wrong. Don't forget to warm up at the wobble trap first.

Hope this helps. I never tire of going to Boerne!

[Goldeneagle]

Originally Posted by Goldeneagle

Last year, I took my wife to Tyler. Stayed in a B&B and checked out the rose gardens. Nothing really special, but a nice little get away.

Originally Posted by rtp

I’ll run this one by her. Thanks.


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If you decide to go to Tyler, check to make sure the gardens are in full bloom. They weren't when we were there and it would have been nicer.

[Shilo Ridge]

Originally Posted by rtp

That’s on the list also as we have never been there and my wife likes east Texas. What all did you do while there?


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I second this location. We love this place. There are hotel’s, bed and breakfast to rent. Lot’s of shopping around town and some of the biggest antique store’s I’ve ever seen. Carriage rides and a walking ghost tour. McGarrity’s restaurant and saloon has great food and atmosphere. McGarrity’s also has a 2 bedroom apartment upstairs you can rent. It’s clean and really nice. Veteran owned.

[Shilo Ridge]

AirBNB.

[LAW]

Gastropoda or Jefferson

[LAW]

Bastrop

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

About 15 minutes from Wimberley in Driftwood is Hays City Store. Arguably the best bar and grill in the hill country. The outdoor beer garden will be set up for the bad weather. Get the cfs.

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[huntmaster]

Wildcatter Ranch by Graham/PK

[Richard M.]

We are looking at doing a trip to Boerne soon.

[jmac24]

Kevin Fowler has a restaurant in Wimberly called Creekside. Make reservations if you go it fills up fast. As mentioned above the Hays City Store has good food and cold beer. There are a couple of places to eat right on the river also.

You can run over to Gruene from Wimberly and hit Gruene Hall for music, eat at the Gristmill, Mozies and there is another one on the side strett that is pretty good, but cant remember the name.

[rossn2]

Originally Posted by BobbyJoe

Check out Wimberly, TX

Seems to fit the bill for what you’re looking for

and, right down the road is Old Town Gruene...and New Braunfels..

https://gruenetexas.com/

https://www.playinnewbraunfels.com/

Dont forget River Road along the Guadalupe...

https://www.riverroadreservations.com/area-information/

[Raising3arrows]

We did the Waco thing for our anniversary last year, found some cool antique “junk” shops just outside of town proper. Stayed in our camper on Lake Waco. First year we didn’t go on a fishing trip. That being said, we’re going fishing in Florida this year!!

[JHT]

Someone mentioned Glen Rose earlier. It's a small town near our ranch. I think yall would get bored pretty quick. Worth checking out if you have time.

Look into Granbury. Its 30 min from Glen Rose. Its within your drive time window.

My hunting buds wives went for the first time two years ago for a funeral and since have made it a ladies annual trip.

[bullhead44]

Originally Posted by ThisLadyHunts

Boerne definitely had not lost its small town feel but there's plenty do there.

Like many small, tourist towns (F-berg, Wimberley, Gruen), Boerne has revitalized its historic downtown, and their Main Street district is a great place to go if you like to "stroll, shop, and sip." Their downtown district has plenty of shops (a little higher-end than the schlocky souvenir shops one normally encounters in small towns trying to capitalize on tourism), great restaurants, some very good art galleries (that do not price their art by erudition), and several wineries and breweries as well.

As far as other activities go:
I highly recommend going to the Cave without a Name. I took my girls there about 15 years ago and had a blast. Sitting on privately owned land, the Cw/oN is almost pristine with very few improvements. In fact, as I recall, we had to enter the Cave by climbing down a sink hole! This experience brought me as close to "spelunking" as I'll ever get, and it was a blast!

There are a number of improved hiking trails in Boerne. Nothing too strenuous but you feel very relaxed after having strolled through some of the most beautiful land the Hill Country has to offer.

If you're both into hunting, give the sporting clay course at Joshua Creek a try. Beautiful and bucolic, the course has you winding your way through along an escarpment where you'll hear no one and nothing for miles around. If your shoulders don't drop when you step onto the course, you're doing something wrong. Don't forget to warm up at the wobble trap first.

Hope this helps. I never tire of going to Boerne!

Was this review stolen from the Boerne visitors center?

If not, you should consider applying for a job there!

[rtp]

Thanks for all the replies. Very good info. I’ll let you know what she decides.


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[jshouse]

i am not following rules, but broken bow is great if you want to stretch the drive a bit

[Graysonhogs]

Originally Posted by Jon B

Guys, I'd like to throw out that we have a great little place listed on AirBNB and VRBO that we will offer a TBH discount on. www.vrbo.com/1581559?unitId=2142817

Nice place.

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

My wife and I like Sage Hill Inn. It is outside Kyle Texas and there are a lot of options from that location.

[ThisLadyHunts]

Hah! Thanks for the compliment but it’ll take living in a box under a bridge before I go back to work!


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[rtp]

Well the verdict is in. After viewing this thread a doing research on the places mentioned she has opted for Boerne on this short Bday trip. I think the post by ThisLady made the difference. Jefferson is probably next up for us when we do a long weekend trip. Thanks again everyone.


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