Destination: Albany, TX 2013

I had to put this post up a day earlier than usual since Margaret and I will be taking a 3 day road trip over the labor day weekend.  Hopefully we will have good fortune with our camera and Gopro and get some good media to share over the next couple of weeks.

Last Sunday we decided to take a ride to Albany, TX.  It can be a very long ride depending on the roads you choose to get there. Our route took us almost 300 miles round trip and we were out for 10 hours.  The first part of the ride took us through Granbury, Lipan, and Strawn, TX which takes you through some very nice hill country type of riding. Then as you move further northwest the land begins to level off giving some wonderful far seeing scenic views. The weather forecast was saying 97 for the high but the temperature ended up over 100 at the peak of the day.  We were careful to take a lot of stops and stay hydrated.

Our plan was to eat the Icehouse restaurant but when we got there it was shut down.  We couldn't tell if it was out of business or not.  The windows were papered to block the view inside.  We stopped for gas and asked about any other restaurants that might be open.  The only place to eat on Sunday was Dairy Queen.  Kind of a bummer to ride all that way just to get a fast food burger.  Fortunately this setback was the only downside to the entire day. This ride definitely followed the saying: Its not about the destination, its about the ride. 

We had also planned on visiting the historical Fort Griffin but it was hot and getting late by the time we arrived in Albany from all of the little back roads we took to get there.  If we didn't have to go to work the next day we could have gone there but, duty calls. Our plans were bigger than the hours in the day. Albany however has some very nice historical architecture so we spent time around the main plaza and took a bunch of pictures before heading home.

Destination: Albany, TX 2013