Fredericksburg

This is a town that we thought we would love...... we'd been there before, and happily criss-crossed their Main Street looking into all of their shops. The population of Fredericksburg is 8911, according to the sign posted just outside of town.

However, once we got into town, we saw the Wal-Mart signs...... and our hopes of finding a vacation home in Fredericksburg were forgotten. We parked the car and walked along Main Street for a few streets...... couldn't criss-cross back and forth the way we'd done before because we would've gotten flattened out by the traffic-- mostly huge trucks. Trucks! Have The Powers That Be in that town lost their minds?

And so many gas stations and car repairs shops on Main Street! Another sign of poor planning. After driving past so many peach orchards and vineyards before getting into the heart of Fredericksburg, we were just too disappointed for words.

We were also hungry for lunch by that time, so we stopped at one of the Main Street cafes for lunch...... all the while shaking our heads over the too-busyness of the town that we thought would be a good contender for a vacation/weekend home. My husband and I ate quickly and couldn't wait to leave........ the whole time we ate our lunch, all we could hear was the traffic on Main Street.

I doubt very much that we'll ever go back to that town.