Across north Texas

Another day, another 300 miles of Texas.  Feels like it anyway.  Today we went from Quanah to Bonham TX, through Wichita Falls (the only town name I recognized).  Lots of flat, lots of rolling hills.  Lots of oil wells.   More cattle than previous days.  And a section near Gainsville with horse farm after horse farm, must have been over a dozen big farms each with acres of white fenced pastures.

Nocona (named for Peta Nocona, a Comanche chief) is the home of Nocona Boots, we saw the factory but since it's Sunday there were many closed up towns, not just businesses but whole towns closed.  We noticed an interesting museum in Nocona, Tails & Trails, with a history of the town and the boots that made it famous and a collection of old cars and old farm equipment.

Bonham State Park is set on a small lake with a few miles of trails around it.  Nice quiet comfortable place.  James Bonham was one of the heroes of the Alamo.  The town was the home of James Wesley Hardin (gunfighter & outlaw).

It was overcast and sometimes raining today, so the photos are generally from the truck window.  Too often the window was closed so it's through the dirty glass too.    Lousy photography but you still get a feel for the countryside.

Carlene was quite taken by the color of these purple blossoms on the trees.  We saw them often today.

Back to hiking in the trees!