Nov 11, 2012 - Day 68 Gruene TX

day 68 we did gruene hall again, day and night bands - we had lunch at the cantina and dinner at rudy's bbq house we closed gruene hall and went back to camp... leaving tomorrow for san antonio to do the river walk and some shopping...   our photos and videos for today... https://picasaweb.google.com/110975240111565319818/Day68GrueneTX?authkey=Gv1sRgCKKDgof32dXANw#   where we are http://fms.ws/AKsM4/29.69391N/98.10657W   where gruene hall is... http://fms.ws/AM1Xq/29.73805N/98.10410W   sent from our ipad ron & bebe mcgehee who are living...

Nov 10, 2012 - Day 67 Gruene TX

day 67 went to gruene hall dance, great little older band playing many "old" country songs... 3 piece "bill hearne trio"... walked about the town of gruene saw several other bands...   todays photos & videos... https://picasaweb.google.com/110975240111565319818/Day67GrueneTX?authkey=Gv1sRgCN6AtKf7zqKY-QE#   our spot http://fms.ws/ALPBi/29.73857N/98.10391W   sent from our ipad ron & bebe mcgehee who are living for "beyond" the moment

Nov 9, 2012 - Day 66 in Gruene TX

our day 66 we were dissappointed that gruene hall did not have a band as usual today, so we never got to dance to a band but we did dance a few to juke music... but we were the only dancers so we didn't stay, we had lunch at the cantina and walked around the town meeting and talking to many people... - the biggie here in town is a big german fest held every year, wurstfest [ http://www.wurstfest.com/ ] ( sorry tom heit., we didn't go, have you ever been to this one?) the entrance fee was a bit too much for us and we had other plans...

May 25, 2012 - Day 19 River day/Gruene Hall nite

  day 19 (friday) day, we went down to the river at camp, stopped by gruene hall, had lunch in gruene old town mex rest.   day 19 (friday) day photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/101217188791439331471/albums/5746498916761504513   day 19 (friday nite) we went c/w dancing at the concert at gruene hall, the opening act we were a little late and only couple of songs and cute lady singer..."bri bagwell" band but we got the full load of the main band "max stalling", look at the videos, these guys were super and sorry but the hall was very dark...

May 24, 2012 - Day 18 Gruene TX

no photos for day 17, day 18 drive to gruene tx from san anton., tx, camping on the river went into the town of gruene (green) for lunch, walked the old town and photos, that night we went dancing in the oldest known dance hall in texas... we plan a three day stay here dancing, photos and stuff - this is where we had planned to find, visit and dance on this trip our day 17 photos w/videos: https://plus.google.com/photos/101217188791439331471/albums/5746368900084936081 maps of where we...

Mar 5, 2012 - Gruene Texas A Charming Historic Texas Village

March 5 2012 Gruene Texas March 5th was a beautiful sunny day and wall to wall blue skies. Nancy had been to Gruene a few days before, traveling with several women from the RV Park. She thought it deserved a spot on the trip journal. Here is a little history on Gruene. Arriving in Texas in the mid 1830’s German farmers became the first settlers of what is now known as Gruene, Texas. A German immigrant Ernst Gruene and his bride Antoinette, had reached the newly established city of New Braunfels in 1845, but acreage was scarce. Thus, Ernst...

May 6, 2011 - FSH - Historic Gruene

Another fun outing today! This time heading in another direction to the small historic town of Gruene (pronounced like the color “green”) just outside of New Braunfels to meet our friends Linda and George at the Grist Mill Restaurant. We first met George and Linda through mutual friends, Mary Jo and John, all living in Canyon Lake. Mary Jo and John introduced us to George and Linda because they had just come off the road from full-time RVing after a wonderful seven year stint. We all clicked immediately and we found in George and Linda two...

Mar 14, 2011 - Gruene, TX

Tina has now been cancer free for 3 years!!!!!!! Day trip to Gruene and New Braunfels, TX. Gruene (pronounced Green) has been designated a historic town by the state of Texas and has several old buildings that now house cute shops. Gruene Hall, a bar and dance hall, was built in the 1880s and is the oldest dance hall in Texas. Several famous country singers have performed in the hall over the years, but an unknown singer was there when we visited - he was good. Gruene is a pretty town overlooking the Guadalupe River lined with huge trees....

Oct 16, 2010 - Gruene Craft Fair

We have been enjoying beautiful weather here in New Braunfels with sunny, warm days and cool nights. The high temps have been in the mid 80's with not much humidity and the lows at night have been in the 50's and one night it dipped down to 45. Today was warmer, however, and tonight it is supposed to be around 60 - still pretty damn nice! -- I have been visiting a lot with Zac and Devon while John holds down the fort - or the home on wheels. John took Suki in for new tires and brakes on Friday which turned out to be expensive, but she rides...

Sep 20, 2010 - Guadalupe River Trip in Future

We left Gruene, Texas and said we come back to do tubing trip or rafting trip. Several families rafting and looked like fun. Next year plan on it. Whole lot of German influence in this part of Texas. Left Gruene and drove straight to WinStar to spend the night. Oh, yeah, they have a casino too. We won a little and decided to spend the night. RV hook ups $21 not bad. We won enough to pay for 2 nights. Later Sooners, etceteras.

Apr 13, 2009 - Mary's 88th Birthday

Mary wanted to go to The Wildlife Ranch for her birthday. It's like an drive through exotic zoo. For $14.50, including senior discount, you get a free bag of animal food. What a deal! Then we went to Gruene (Green), Texas for lunch. It's a neat place. We are having cake and ice cream tonight.

Jan 31, 2008 - People I have met in Gruene...and my thoughts on Border Patrol

I've enjoyed my stay in this little town of Gruene, population 20, which is really part of New Braunfels, population in the 1000s. I'm glad I decided to splurge on the B&B and just hang out for a day or two. Just so I remember who I want to write about - Kris, Robin and Joanne, voice over guy, Cecil, Linda?, Steve, couple celebrating their anniversary (Honduras and Austin), George, potter from Buck Pottery, woman from Lone Star music, Zach Walther and the Cronkites, guy at the front desk, young couple from Ventura Megan and husband. I...