Friday 2-17 Schulenburg Texas

Where is Schulenburg Texas? It is located in southern Fayette County about 130 miles from our house. It was founded in 1873 by Louis Schulenburg for the Union Pacific railroad. The heritage for the town was German/Czech. Schulenburg was known for the railroad but today it's known for the Painted Churches. Schulenburg offers a self guided tour of the Painted Churches, they also have the Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum and you can have fun at  Sengelmann Dance Hall.

Fishing lake at Schulenburg RV Park

Camping at Schulenburg RV Park

During the weekend we're staying at the Schulenburg RV Park. The park is small, it has 45 pull through sites with beautiful big oak trees throughout the park. Bonnie, the lady who works at the desk is very friendly and helpful. There is a fishing pond, laundry room, individual bathrooms with showers in each one, very nice..

We arrived at the park around 11:30 which gave us a lot of time to find the dance hall and to drive around. After we checked in one of the hosts escorted us to our site and directed us n it. Each site is full hook ups. After getting setup we took Flo for a walk. Then Larry and I went on a drive. We did the Painted Church Tour. When Larry checked in he received a brochure about places to see and a map on where the churches were located.

The altar at St. Mary's Church of the Assumption in Praha

Historic United Methodist Church in Freyburg

The altar in the historic United Evangelic Lutheran Church in Swiss Alp

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Ammannsville

St. Cyril and St. Methodius Catholic Church in Dubina

St. Mary's Catholic Church in High Hill

There were seven churches on the Painted Churches Tour, three of them were historic churches and four were painted churches. We visited six of the churches. The churches were located around the Schulenburg surrounding area. The first church we visited was in Praha, it was a painted church called St. Mary's Church of the Assumption Catholic Church. The second church was in Freyburg, it was the historic United Methodist Church. The third church was in Swiss Alp, it was the historic United Evangelic Lutheran Church. The fourth church was in Ammannsville, it was a painted church called St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. The fifth church was in Dubina, it was a painted church called St. Cyril and St. Methodius Catholic Church. We were disappointed with this one considering it was gated off so no one can go in. You had to look through the gate to see anything. The last church was in High Hill, it was a painted church called St. Mary's Catholic Church, this one was the most impressive we saw during the tour. All the churches are still being used. We had a super time looking at the churches.

The Piano Bridge

 As we were driving from Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church to St. Mary's Catholic Church we drove over a historic bridge called Piano Bridge. It is one of the last iron bridges n Fayette county. The name of the bridge came from how the bridge was made and the iron looked like the wires in a piano. The road through the bridge was wooden.

When we got back to the RV park and were driving to our site we saw a car at one of the RVs that looked like friends we met in the valley so after parking the car we walked over to check it out. It was our friends. We visited for a little while. When we got home I took Flo for a walk. When we returned I fed her dinner then I walked next door to the Dairy Queen and bought a four piece chicken strip basket for dinner.   

In the evening we attended the opening dance for the weekend. There were four squares plus three extra couples. We had a pleasant surprise, Gary and Betsy Chamberlain were there. They came all the way from Georgia so Betsy can dance A. We had a great time.