105. Colorado City, Mitchell County

It’s a little bit embarrassing how little time I spent here in Colorado City. I mean, I usually don’t schedule much time to do things while I’m in any county. When I’m trying to hit 15 or more in a day? Fuggedaboutit. I walk, I take my photos, I go. That’s the long and short of it. Not that this courthouse isn’t a beautiful old girl, but I have things to do. The visit was especially short because I managed to grab my cache on the way here…

There’s always a cemetery. I saw this one on the way into town and thought to myself that there is probably one there. And there was! There’s a series called the Texas Spirit Quest that is devoted to bring people to cemeteries. There’s well over a hundred, mostly clustered around Houston and here. In fact, this area is where it all started. I’ve been to lots of them and this is adding one more to the list. I can’t remember exactly what the cache was, though I believe it was a micro in a tree (<sarcasm>my favorite kind</sarcasm>). I do remember a family coming to a nearby grave site and beating a hasty retreat. I did have a courthouse to visit, after all…

I want to say that there was more to this town, but I can’t. The most interesting thing I saw was a couple of old men sitting around a few blocks away and talking. A sleepy town and a completed destination, I left to reach my newest destination…