The Agnew Family aboard the "Dog House"

In an earlier entry I mentioned the fellow who brought his tractor with him. This fellow planned to go on the Tractor Ride — that would be people getting together to ride their tractors through the country side. Ed decided that we should check it out, and it was exactly as it sounds, a bunch of people riding tractors — for me it was a chance to drive on some the country roads and see hill country.

Hill Country is know for it’s wild flowers so of course there is a nursery that specializes in wild flowers. They have several fields where they grow the wild flowers for seed (which they sell), a butterfly house where they have local butterflies (of course) as well as a gift shop and garden centre. The butterfly house was different from the ones in Ontario as it is not climate controlled, but simply a screened building with lots of plants, a small pond and lots of butterflies. All of the butterflies in the house can be found in Texas and we have seen several of the varieties in the wild flying around the trees and wild flowers.

Driving back into town, Ed saw Fort Martin Scott so we stopped. There is one original building left — the stockade. I guess they built it a little better than the rest of the buildings! There are several replica buildings and lots of plaques indicating the building that had been located at the spot.


There go the tractors.


Here comes another batch of tractors. We were told that 49 tractors were in the ride.


Flower child.


Texas Bluebonnet


Field of red corn poppies.


One of the many butterflies in the butterfly house.


A barrel catus in bloom


One of the flowers in the butterfly house.


A poppy.


Ed drove over to the community airport (next door) and found a Royal Royce show.


A 1923 Royal Royce --- the owner was finishing polishing it before it join the other cars in the hanger.


Watch out bad guys --- Sherrif Zaphod is on duty.