{"id":1238,"date":"2017-06-14T21:34:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T04:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2017-12-13T23:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T07:12:25","slug":"fredericksburg-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/fredericksburg-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Fredericksburg, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Stephanie
There was free breakfast at the motel. I met Stephanie there, who was staying for the day. She was formerly a paralegal, but quit to pursue taking care of her mother.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I left the motel at about 8:30 am. I went 4 miles (downhill) to Walmart to look for an SD card reader. It took a while to find one, but it was in the photo section for $10.<\/p>\n

I made the decision to follow Highway 16 all the way to Fredericksburg, rather than the Adventure Cycling Map.<\/p>\n

\"light
On the way to Walmart, it was actually raining slightly. I much prefer light rain to heat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"wide
There was traffic on Highway 16, but who cares, when the shoulder is 15 feet wide and smooth?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
I was off the ACA route, so had no indication of whether there would be any services along the way. A pleasant surprise was D&D Fence Rentals about halfway to Fredericksburg. Not a full convenience store, but they had a few snacks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"farm
This looked like a lot for used farm equipment, or possibly a pick and pull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"fm
Coming in on the left is Farm Road 2093, which is the route ACA would have taken me over. I had no regrets about taking Hwy 16 directly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Easy riding day, due to overcast skies, tailwind, and short distance. I reached Fredericksburg at noon.<\/p>\n

\"Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg has German roots, so a lot of the stores say Willkommen. It’s a tourist destination, and serves a transient population of 1.5 million per year, with 10,000 permanent residents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I walked my bike down the main street, I noticed a restaurant called Pasta Bella on a side street. A man came out and offered me bread. I was going in for lunch anyway, so declined. Shaun said I could wheel my bike right into the restaurant. He was the owner, and said that they had bikes inside often. I knew it was a good place as soon as I walked in, because it was packed with a lot of locals my age.<\/p>\n

\"Shaun
Shaun at Pasta Bella. He said that another cyclist had spontaneously come in 2 weeks ago, doing the reverse direction. From the description, it was Brian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"wednesday
Every day, they have a special for $8.99. On Wednesday, it was Lasagna, Salad, Bread, and Tea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The skies cleared after lunch, and it got hot. I was glad that I hadn’t tried to go the additional 45 miles to Johnson City.<\/p>\n

\"bakery
Dang it!\u00a0 (closed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
I visited the Nimitz Museum and War in the Pacific Center. My 2.5 hours there was not nearly enough to see everything. This is a memory garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"mark
Did someone try to kick in my door?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Frederick
The Frederick Motel was listed on the ACA map. At $59 plus tax, reasonable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"internet
But here is what I really like about this place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tomorrow’s goal, Johnson City. I think I’ll skip the ACA map again, and just take Hwy 290.<\/p>\n

Miles today: 35.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I left the motel at about 8:30 am. I went 4 miles (downhill) to Walmart to look for an SD card reader. It took a while to find one, but it was in the photo section for $10. I made the decision to follow Highway 16 all the way to Fredericksburg, rather than the Adventure … Continue reading Fredericksburg, TX<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[20,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}