I love road-tripping with my husband. He likes to glance at a map, see where the little roads go and just meander. We both love car trips and if we have no particular time to be anywhere we love to take the "long" way. We got to do such a trip this weekend thanks to some friends thoughtfully getting married outside of Austin. :D
We live in the Dallas area and it is about a 3-4hr drive to Austin down I-35 depending on the traffic, road construction, and if you stop for lunch... We took 9hrs to get to Austin on Saturday!! It was great!
The wedding wasn't until 11am Sunday, so we slept in a little on Sat., went and picked up our rental car (a brand new Nissan Altima - not a bad ride), and left town around noon. First stop - ITALY. Or IT-lee, if you are a local. Then on to Hubbard for a lunch at Dairy Queen... where we got stares for being both out-of-towners AND an interracial couple. IT IS 2012 PEOPLE!! I digress...
The drive took us through some neat little old towns and reminded me just how much I do love Texas and how beautiful it really is (just not where I live). We saw gorgeous old courthouses, rolling fields, ominous storm clouds, met-up with good friends, saw a lovely young couple begin their life together as husband and wife, ate burgers at a College Station institution, and drove through the pouring rain all while taking the item to talk to each other and just enjoy being together. We have vowed to do a little more Texas road-tripping from now on. (I also need to figure out how to add photos in a collage...)
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| Italy, TX |
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| A porch on a 1908 home in Hubbard, TX |
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| Hubbard House - Catty-corner from the DQ |
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| A beautiful tree just off the Cameron square, behind it a cemetery |
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| The First Girls Tomato Club in Texas | |
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| Milam Co. Court House | | |
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