Remember I mentioned that I had a couple of friends with ancestors who are namesakes for counties?  Well, here's the second one.  The courthouse seems tiny, but I like the aesthetic of it.  Something about the wings coming off it sets it apart a bit.  Otherwise another courthouse down.  At this point, the girls decided … Continue reading 168. Emory, Rains County →

A fine example of the WPA at work, here in this tiny little town. I don't really know what to say about Canton because even in the moment it left little impression. But it is a nice little town, I guess. That being said, the cache location, grabbed on the way into town, was slightly … Continue reading 167. Canton, Van Zandt County →

Another stop on the way to East Texas. Unlike Corsicana, however, Athens has a great loop around it so this is probably the third time I've ever actually been in in town. It was also getting close to lunch time so the girls and I decided to get some food after we grabbed the cache. … Continue reading 166. Athens, Henderson County →

We have been to Corsicana many times.  It's one of the traditional waypoints on our way out to or back from East Texas.  We have specific gas stations we would stop at or specific restaurants to eat at.  Sometimes we would even stop at Collin Street Bakery, home of the fruitcake (as fate would have … Continue reading 165. Corsicana, Navarro County →

This trip was not like the others.  Normally I jump in a car in the middle of the night, begin at or about the crack of dawn at the beginning destination, and then alight from county to county with nothing other than my constitution and local speed limits (usually) slowing my progress.  This time, however, … Continue reading 164. Hillsboro, Hill County →

Some friends of mine have been talking about making a trip down here for quite a while. And we had some special impetus to do so. That's why we all piled into a van and went! Two of us had our own side missions to attend to: one person wanted to visit the Davis Meat … Continue reading 163. Houston, Harris County →

What have we learned?  After 2209 miles of driving, I'm not entirely sure that we learned anything specific from this.  Everything went about as well as could be hoped.  One thing I think I learned about is quantity vs. endurance.  The more counties I try in a day, the harder I have to push myself.  … Continue reading Lessons from the Panhandle →

It's a courthouse.  There were some vaguely interesting bits, but my focus was on getting the cache so I could get home.  I had driven over 2000 miles since Saturday morning (remember this is Tuesday at this point) and tunnel vision had kicked in at this point.  The only thing keeping me from heading straight … Continue reading 162. Meridian, Bosque County →

Ok.  Now you have my attention for a bit. The grounds have a few interesting things going on here... ...but dinosaurs and tracks are all over the place here!  The town bandstand is the coolest of all! Not only that, but Ivan Stang, cofounder of the Church of the SubGenius lives here!  Sure, Glen Rose … Continue reading 161. Glen Rose, Somervell County →

Seriously, when I'm done with the project, somebody remind me to take all my courthouse photos and arrange them into broad categories.  I don't think there's a regional style or anything, but I also look at different areas at different times so there are connections I might not be making.  I say all this because … Continue reading 160. Granbury, Hood County →