Driving Around Texas

 

We will be moving out of our apartment in Dallas toward the end of January but are taking advantage of the extra living space to get the Flying Scotsman back up for another multi-national run this spring. As a consequence while the bus is at Camping World in Fort Worth for a month or so we are using the nice weather to hit some spots around us in the car.

 

The first was to the little town of Granbury which is a short distance southwest of Fort Worth. We had been there many years ago and were impressed with the quaint town square and so went over to see what the housing market might be like there for future reference.

 

 

The iconic county court house and square were all decked out for the holidays and the square was as filled with neat antique shops and restaurants as we had remembered. Because it was Sunday morning a brunch venue of some sort was required and facing the square was the neat little place called Christine's.

With about five or six tables in the back of a fun shop we ordered their champagne brunch ... up there at the very top of the culinary list! This was a Mediterranean omelet with fruit cup and grits. Everything was bright, fresh, and even the grits for us non grit lovers were good. The total was less than $30 including as many mimosas as you would like.

Keeping with the festive season here is the toast of the day from the Italian Grotto, Alla Salute! Cin Cin!

On another day as we were in College Station we always go walking in the Veterans Memorial Park. The walkway is a time capsule of all the nation's conflicts and they have just dedicated a new Vietnam piece of art.

The bronze bas-relief is really well done and the old helicopter pilot almost blends into the artwork!