Short Hike and a Trip to Jefferson

This morning after breakfast we set out on a short hike in Brushy Creek, actually along a hunting road. We had walked in part way a couple of days ago and finally got a map yesterday.

The Corps of Engineers guy who gave us the map told us that the "trail" is really a hunting road maintained for a special annual hunt. It's for disabled hunters, and there are several "Wildlife Feeding Plots" along the way, including this one, which also has a blind.

It's a good thing we had the map, because we came to a T in the road at which we would not have known which way to go without the map.

We emerged successfully back onto the road we had started on, but up towards the entrance. The entire trip was only just over two miles. We heard but didn't see many birds (except for buzzards and crows). We did spot a couple of deer.

We did some trip planning for a while before lunch. Then after lunch we drove to Jefferson to see what we could see. It's a quaint small town with lots of antique stores, so we browsed lots of antiques and miscellany. One store was called "Granny Had It." I recognized many of the items in the stores from my childhood. Suddenly it came to me that I was now Granny! We stopped at the City Drug, known for its soda fountain, in operation since 1953. We had a hot fudge sundae and a chocolate milkshake, both made from Blue Bell ice cream and quite authentic tasting!

We bought some groceries at Brookshires in Jefferson. That's the first time in years that I've been in a Brookshires. It was small but adequate.