So, imagine if all the parents of the kids going to school in Denton went for a visit, liked the coffee shops and the interesting stores, came back, and decided we want all that fun stuff, but let’s not go overboard with it?  That’s totally Decatur.  We’ve seen similar examples of this courthouse (looking at … Continue reading 236. Decatur, Wise County →

This one is interestingly complicated because it’s full of memories. On one hand, this has a fond memory because it’s the courthouse in the original Benji and my daughters and I love that movie (other scenes we filmed in McKinney, which I have yet to visit). On the other hand, long before the girls were … Continue reading 235. Denton, Denton County →

This seems like a hip, little happening town, like there’s some stuff going on here like in Ballinger or maybe Odessa?  No doubt Gainesville’s proximity to Dallas has a little to do with it.  It’s only a little over an hour away from downtown so it’s probably almost a suburb at this point.  Of course, … Continue reading 234. Gainesville, Cooke County →

At least this one is a little less ambiguous about its front… Haven’t seen one of these in a while.  I’ve said everything I feel I need to say about this already, but I sometimes wonder if the folks who are doing this are trying to mean well, but just don’t get it?  Then again, … Continue reading 233. Montague, Montague County →

This is a weird courthouse.  I cannot for the life of me figure out where the front of this thing is!  I usually use two criteria to determine that in questionable situations: the flagpole, which is usually in the front, and the dumpsters, which are usually in the back.  There are flagpoles for the war … Continue reading 232. Henrietta, Clay County →

This courthouse is very much not illuminated which is probably a good thing because it gave me a chance to stop and get some sleep.  Might as well get a cache first before, though… Welcome to the World’s Littlest Skyscraper.  It’s so tiny!  Isn’t that cute?  To sum up, in 1919 a guy got a … Continue reading 231. Wichita Falls, Wichita County →

This, too, is nicely illuminated!  Let the photography commence!  There’s something about these rough-hewn stone courthouses that I really like.  I can’t entirely explain it, but it feels like more work went onto them.  I get a feeling of each stone being cut by hand, each one being shaped and placed.  Of course, bricks and … Continue reading 230. Archer City, Archer County →

...I completed cache #254 on Monday January 20th, 2020. I DID IT!

That looks pretty illuminated to me!  Being a couple of steps further than I expected, I hadn’t even really thought about which cache to get here, so as I have many times, I went for the closest one a few blocks away at the Jack County 4-H Museum. Clever name and lots of favorites for … Continue reading 229. Jacksboro, Jack County →

Now this is a lovely courthouse.  There’s a nice little architectural addition of the door from the previous courthouse, too.  I’ve only seen a few courthouses do something like this, but there’s something I really like about it that I can’t put my finger one.  Probably something to do with the nod to the past … Continue reading 228. Graham, Young County →