Today we set off about 8:45 for Glen Rose, Texas to attend a Roadtrek Chapter Rally. This is a gathering of people who drive Road Trek rv's, planned by volunteers.
The 4-hour-plus drive takes us through College Station and around Waco, through mostly rural Texas. Lots of cattle and, as we get into rockier, drier countryside, many goats. Most all of the small towns have outstanding court houses on their squares. Many were built in the second part of the 1800's from local materials, mostly stone. This one is in Meridian.
Then we arrive in Glen Rose. Here is their courthouse.
We head to Oakdale Park and pick up our rally packet. Over 60 Roadtreks are here, from all over the US - and one from Ontario, Canada. We find our site, 85, and set up.
Then we walk a short way across the highway to Big Rocks Park, a city park. There is a nice trail along the Paluxy River, but it is closed after about 1/4 mile due to flooding damage this Summer.
Back to our rig and we head to a nice large meeting building, thankfully air-conditioned, for "social time". Some of the folks frequently attend rallies and know each other. This is only our third, so there are only three people that we recognize, but we meet several others and end us sitting with Tom from Wausau and Jill from El Paso when dinner time rolls around. Dinner is catered by Linda's Southern Restaurant and includes pork chops (or chicken), potatoes and green beans with an apple cobbler for dessert.
After dinner there is a break and then welcome announcements and a local speaker who talks about the history of the Glen Rose area. Founded in the 1850's by many folks from Missouri who left the Kansas/Missouri area because of the violence going on there due to slavery issues. They were only here for a few years before Texas left the Union and they ended up fighting for the Confederates!
Interesting talk, and we called it a night.
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