DFW day trips and backroad destinations
I like to take a drive in the fall to see the fall foliage. November, leaves changing colors, and long drives in the country just seem to go together. If there’s one time of the year that I am most likely to drag out the tent and sleeping bags to go camping, it is this [...]
Traveling west out of Mineral Wells on Texas Highway 180 you will travel for several miles and eventually arrive in Palo Pinto Texas. Palo Pinto is a real small town. The town square consists of the county courthouse and a few old run down buildings. Not much prosperity in Palo Pinto, apparently. The last time [...]
The town of Mineral Wells sits at the intersection of Texas State Highways 180 and 281. Highway 180, previously U.S. Highway 80, crosses the whole state of Texas, east to west. State Highway 281 crosses nearly the whole state north to south, running from Wichita Falls to San Antonio. Before the Interstate Highway System, Mineral [...]