ABILENE TO GRANBURY

We left Abilene this morning and headed to Granbury, Texas where we checked into the local RV park in the middle of the afternoon. We will be here until Sunday.

We were in Abilene a total of 9 days when were scheduled for a two day stop but the truck took longer than expected. However Kathy threatened to help and it was amazing how things got hurried along.





To get her out of the garage the dealership rented a car and encouraged us to do a little touring in Abilene. We spent part of one day going through Frontier Texas which is a museum with audio visual presentations of the area from 1770 to 1870 which we found to be quite interesting and informative. The sculpure of the Buffalo is just outside of the Museum in downtown Abilene. The buffalo is the one without the sun glasses.



We then took a trip over to Buffalo Gap and spent part of the day visiting the Museum which portrayed how Buffalo Gap originated and how it became the county seat, It then shows how it lost the position as Abilene took over as the county seat when the railroad went through Abiline.






After touring the historic downtown of Buffalo Gap we headed for Abilene State Park where we had lunch and then did a little hiking. It was very serene and quiet except for the narrowing, life threatening encounter with a charging armadillo. We were lucky to get out alive.



We ended the day with a meal at Perini Ranch which is on an actual working ranch and is known for its world famous bread pudding and its steak. I had a very nice filet and Kathy opted for the chicken. I was impressed with the steak and the service but Kathy was not impressed with her chicken and in fact her exact words were " It's nowhere near Ricky Donny's "

Sunday we head for Vineyards RV park in Grapevine, Texas.