We are OUTTA here! It's time for a road trip and I'm more than ready. Mister and I have not wandered off alone for a week since last October and our beach trip. We are, once again, doing some Texas exploring. When one lives in this large of a state --- it takes a LOT of trips to conquer the state and we are not even close yet. In fact, I think I want to start marking the routes we have taken on a map so that we can actually discover what areas are left for day trips and what will require more time. Onto the task list it goes. Well, I went off track there, didn't I?
So . . . we really didn't move too quick this morning, finally having the car loaded and driving west at 10:40. Well, alrighty then. A phone call to Jen so that she can meet up with us later is made and we are on the road. Somehow we bypassed breakfast in our plans to depart and by the time we are in Eastland, we're hungry. A stop at Heff's Burgers fixes it all, but now I'm stuffed. That burger was HUGE.
After our lunch, a quick drive through Eastland follows and I'm able to learn a wee bit about this town that we pass quite often. The old Eastland County Jail contains many artifacts and memorabilia of Eastland county and Law Enforcement history. The jail once hosted one of the infamous Santa Claus Bank Robbers in 1927 and is the site of the last public lynching in the State of Texas. It is only open by appointment and since today is Saturday, no one is available to do just that. A picture is what we get.