OldSchooling on the "Lone Star Trail"

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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Bleached Longhorn/The Old 1886 Blanco County Courthouse[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT] riding trails :thumb[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT][IMG]http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/466143570_VMzGm-XL.jpg[/IMG]
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT] dodging steers[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT] snapping pictures[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]visiting Church[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT] touring the home of Real Ale Brewing Company - Blanco, Texas[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Henzilla, nice meeting you and your future wife Helen, thanks for the tour and hospitality.[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]

[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][QUOTE=Manfred;418552][SIZE="3"][B]Welcome to Texas - it's like a whole 'nuther country![/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]


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[B]Stonehenge II[/B]
The replicas of the famous Moai Statues of the Easter Islands are located on F.M. 1340 near Hunt, Texas :scratch

This is truly a unique and mostly unknown site.[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]

Glad to see you survived Big Bend and can't wait to see the report and pics.
We also enjoyed your visit to Blanco...Happy trails:thumb

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Stonehenge II
Conceived by Al Shepperd and Doug Hill
Constructed by Doug Hill

The original, located on the Salisbury Plain in England, was built over 3500 years ago. Its purpose is unknown... and, perhaps, unknowable[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]



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Stonehenge II will almost make you think you and your motorcycle were abducted by aliens and re-deposited on on another continent in another time . . . .

Welcome to Texas - it's like a whole 'nuther country![/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]

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1885 Cotton Gin, home of the Sisterdale Winery, Sisterdale Texas,.

Texas now ranks fifth in the country for grape and wine producing[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]

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Edwards County Courthouse
Date: 1891
Style: Romanesque Revival[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]

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Bandera County Courthouse - Bandera, Texas
Date - 1890
Style - Renaissance Revival
Material - Native limestone[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]

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The Sutton County Courthouse - Sonora, Texas
Date - 1891
Style - Second Empire
Material - Local limestone[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]


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Sutton County Jail

The jail housed prisoners until April 1980[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]


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[SIZE="3"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Texas Pecos Trail National Scenic Byway.

Approx. 725 miles[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]

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Hackberry Road, just off the Three Sisters of Texas[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/FONT][/SIZE]