So, yesterday got off to a late-ish start. Went out to Tyler, TX so see the Rose Garden. Though the main entrance/parking is undergoing remodeling, we were able to enter thru the garden side. Due to the season, the roses weren’t in full bloom, but also due to the mild fall we’ve had, several were still blooming & it was a nice day. The smell of roses was definitely in the air!
After rose garden, drove thru a historical district with red brick streets, which was pretty cool. Here’s an article from 2015 regarding that for you history fact people:
We were originally headed to “Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ” for lunch and they were so busy there was NO parking anywhere near the building, or even on adjacent streets, so we abandoned that idea. Wanting to check out the Buc-ees phenomenon, we headed towards Terrell TX, and figured we’d stop somewhere along the way. (Pretty sorry when a mega gas station is the destination…
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Still wanting to try TX BBQ, we ended up at “Brisket Love BBQ & Icehouse” in Lindale TX. The food (Brisket stuffed baked tater w all the fixings & jalapeños, jalapeño & cheese sausage, hand battered onion rings) was excellent!
Next up - the aforementioned trip to check out the Buc-ees. We’ve got them in Ala, but never went there before. It was huge. It had everything and then some! And nope didn’t eat there, but browsed around, picked up some cinnamon glazed pecans, fudge, coffee, & gassed the truck. (BTW the restrooms were impressively large & very clean!)
Our little day trip covered about 200 miles. Saw our first “75 MPH” speed limit sign. Saw some pretty scenery, & some of the usual road trip stuff such as roadkill… call me weird, but roadkill totals were 4 deer, 1 coyote, and 1st time ever seeing a hog, yes, 1 HOG dead on the side of the road! (Don’t worry, no pics taken of that 
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Looking fwd to tomorrow, 1st day of camp 
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Pics from yesterday:
