March 19, 2023 Kristi and I made a short trip to visit the gravesite of an American Revolutionary soldier. Mark Manning is one of two veterans of the American Revolution who are buried in Walker County. (The other is James Tinsley, whose precise gravesite has sadly been lost.) Manning was born in North Carolina in… Continue reading Manning-Brimberry Cemetery
Category: East Texas
Midway Loop
June 11, 2022 We had planned on going to the beach today. The truck was packed, and we were sitting in the driveway, ready to go. But sometimes things don’t work out as planned. The beach report we follow described conditions as being difficult, even for 4×4 vehicles. There were an above-average number of visitors,… Continue reading Midway Loop
Creeks and Ghost Towns
March 5, 2022 Today, Kristi and I once again visited some familiar roads, but also explored a few areas we have never been through before. We stopped at a few ghost towns along the way. Well, to call them “ghost towns” is debatable. They were more like communities than towns. The fact is that at… Continue reading Creeks and Ghost Towns
Bishop Road
February 6, 2022 Today we took a quick trip along a road that is very familiar to us. Bishop Road runs between FM 1696 and TX-75 in northwestern Walker County. Kristi grew up in this area. We used to explore this and other nearby roads together back in our younger days. Not a whole lot… Continue reading Bishop Road
Roads to Nowhere
January 29, 2022 Sometimes an adventure doesn’t work out as planned. This can be either good or bad, depending on whether we find something else interesting along the way. Today’s adventure did not work out as hoped for, but there was at least a small consolation prize in the alternative plan. Before I get into… Continue reading Roads to Nowhere
Around the Lake
January 23, 2022 The Spaceship Car is still not back from the shop. They are waiting on one critical part for which shipment has been repeatedly delayed. Hopefully they will be finished soon, but we are not holding our breath. This weekend had been busy, but we thought it might be good to get out… Continue reading Around the Lake
Retracing Our Steps
January 17, 2022 Rumor has it that the Spaceship Car might be coming home this week! Kristi and I have been pacing the house and wanting to get out and explore again, so we decided that today was safe enough to make the attempt. (Don’t worry, nothing bad happened!) In a previous post I mentioned… Continue reading Retracing Our Steps
The Bridge Was Out!
November 28, 2021 Today we took that route that we intended to take when we made our unplanned drive on Chalk Cemetery Road. Well, sort of… The journey began on Bo Brown Road (aka, Brown Road) off of FM 230 in Kittrell’s Cut-Off. The road starts off paved for a short distance, then turns to… Continue reading The Bridge Was Out!
Houston County and Kittrell’s Cut-Off
November 6, 2021 Kristi and I went on an adventure today! It began in downtown Trinity, Texas, heading west on FM 230. FM 230 is a paved road, of course, but it goes through some pretty country on the north side of the Trinity River. Our intended target was Bo Brown Road, but we got… Continue reading Houston County and Kittrell’s Cut-Off
Clouds on 75
October 23, 2021 One of our favorite “regular” drives is along TX-75 south of Madisonville, Texas. We usually take this route any time we have business in Madisonville. The drive itself is very pretty, but every now and then there is something especially interesting to see. We had been visiting the gravesite of two of… Continue reading Clouds on 75