Blue Skies in North Texas.

 

Right now is a really neat time in Texas as it is about 70 degrees and a wonderful 25% humidity ... winter is nice so enjoy it, eh. For a couple of weeks we booked the Sandy Lake place in Carrollton, not for its esthetic appeal, but for the closeness to our daughter and the apartment we were clearing out and the storage space where the 10,000 pounds of stuff went. 

 

 

After we vacated the apartment we celebrated by going over to a pub in the historic downtown of Plano. The greater Dallas area consists of many cities, all a merged mass of humanity, but once each city had an old downtown and some of them are trying to update themselves.

Below is Fillmore's Pub in Plano. We did a couple of passes through the old center of town and settled on this place, and we weren't disappointed.

We settled for a couple of house merlots as we looked over the extensive menu. The place even has many single malt scotches as well as a hundred beer labels to choose from ... too many choices!

Finally we ordered a baked brie with honey dripped Granny Smith apples and crackers. Jo-Anne then had their potato soup and I had the tomato; both excellent and a nice combo for lunch. We will be back to Fillmore's Pub.

There has to be a caption for the below picture. "I thought I heard a loud noise coming from the basement of the bus ... I thought he was working in there but he's sound asleep!"

Nah ... just resting a bit and figuring out how I could extract myself from this space without further pain or embarrassment. And if you believe that ...