Decatur Doings

For more than six months there’s been construction at an intersection

Buffalo

close to our house. Eventually there was a sign posted that gave information about what businesses were being built. We were a bit surprised that two restaurants were opening, a chicken place and a steak house. Both are Texas chains, but one we’d never sampled. And since it’s a hot Texas summer and doing outside exploring is rather limited by the temperature, we decided to make the journey to Decatur to sample the food at the original steak house before its clone arrived in the Keller area. Another reason for visiting Decatur was to see the hometown of the Dave’s movie idol, ‘Big Boy’ Williams.

Notations from Northlake

Northlake

There are four little towns close to us with related names: Southlake, Westlake, Eastlake, and Northlake. And of course I’m curious about all of these little towns. With this blog we’ve visited three of the four. To find what we learned about Southlake and Westlake, take a look at Two Sides of Southlake, Food in Southlake, and Wet in Westlake. Now on to Northlake!

Collecting in Cleburne

Vince said that he wanted fish for lunch, but we were all weary of our

One of the many older houses in Cleburne

usual seafood places. It’s amazing what you can find online, and I found an interesting place for fish in Cleburne. Off we went! We weren’t quite sure about the location of the restaurant, and our GPS took us to it, but we decided the GPS was wrong. It is in an old fast-food building, but the food is much better than fast food! To top off our adventure, we also took a drive through the older part of Cleburne to see what we could discover about its past. Collecting pictures of Texas Historical Markers is one of the ways we collect knowledge about what happened in our state’s past.

Around the Island (Γύρω από το νησί)

House in Margarites

On our last day in Crete we hopped on a tour bus for a trip around the island. Again, I saw scenery I hadn’t expected on this island and heard mythology I was completely unfamiliar with – I didn’t know that Hera was the second wife of Zeus. It’s great to learn new things! If I could do this trip, again, I’d do it in reverse order – this tour first, then Knossos, then time spent exploring Chania – I think it would help to put things in a more historical perspective and allow me to more closely investigate this unique part of the world.