Road Trip

Glen Rose, Texas

Weather: low 43 degrees in Bay City, rain, high 56 degrees in Glen Rose, clear skies

Part of our planned activities for this period of time that Terri and Thomas are visiting us was to go to the Glen Rose/Granbury area to show them where we lived for over two years while I was working at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant. Today was the day we decided to take that trip, and here we are in Glen Rose. Terri had been to Austin and San Antonio before, but not here. Also along for the trip are Lori and her family.

I'm usually the person who plans our little outings, and everyone was supposed to be ready to leave Bay City at 0800 hours this morning. Haah! It was after 0900 hours before we got on the road. It's a good thing I didn't say we would leave at 1000 hours. Anyway, we finally hit the road, and stayed in the rain until we reached Columbus, where it stopped.

Traffic was fairly light, and we pulled into our hotel in Glen Rose about 1430 hours. Everyone rested up a little, and then we went to Granbury so Terri and Thomas could see what that area was about. I've spoken in the blog in the past about the quirky things that can be found there. One of them is Jesse James' headstone, located in the Granbury City Cemetery. That was the first stop we made, and Terri took some pictures as everyone else wandered around looking at old markers and plaques.

The next stop was near the Granbury courthouse square, which has been dressed up and revitalized as a tourist haven deluxe. Of interest there was the old courthouse.



Also located on the square is an old store where John Wilkes Booth supposedly worked after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His name while there was John St. Helen, and there is still a store there using the name of St. Helen. Drawing some notoriety is the Old Opera House, which is supposedly haunted.



By the time we finished touring the downtown area of Granbury, everyone was getting ready for supper. We stopped at The Jalapeno Tree, a good Mexican restaurant Carolyn and I had tried last February. It was still as good as we remembered, and by the time supper was finished, everyone was stuffed.

On our way back to the hotel, we decided to go by the courthouse square in Glen Rose to see the Christmas lights. Beautiful!



I think I wore everyone out today. It will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings.

More later, be safe.

Today's Town - Granbury, Texas: Where Texas History Lives

Not all who wander are lost.