East Texas at it's best.

[flamin lib]

I made a 175 mile trip through some twisty country roads in really rural East Texas.

This is Blooming Grove, one of many small towns in East Texas. This is just south of where I hit the bird with my face. Here a kind young woman at the only gas station/convenience store taped my face shield back to my helmet so I could continue my ride.


It may be hard to read in this low rez image, but the sign says "City Hall and Municipal Court". I've got a feeling they hang bikers here instead of issuing citations.


This is the General Store. I think there was another building between this one and the next. Probably a victim of a tornado.


This is the other end of the photo above. It's a Real Estate office.


This isn't part of Blooming Grove, it's just one of several houses that have accumulated an awful lot of garage sale stuff without the will to actually hold a garage sale. This isn't the worst example of pack-ratism on this particular route but I was afraid the others had pit bulls guarding them.