I rode with a couple of friends (1 Ural and 1 Monster) to Washington Texas for one
excellent burger. We rode out 290 East and then cut south at Paige to run on some Farm to Market Roads then cut up through Round Top and follow the old La Bahia Road all the way to Washington. It was a nice day - low 60’s in the morning when we set out - not a cloud in the sky.
A Russian and Two Italians - I know there is a joke in there somewhere...
We visited the tombstone for the Goucher/Indian attack.
We made it to Highway 237 to run into Round Top. I decided that I'd try some good Russian air in the tires, so I borrowed my buddies Ural air pump.
In Independence, TX there are the remains of the original Baylor University chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845 As Baylor Female College. Here are the columns from the original building. (check out info on it here:
http://www.independencetx.com/BaylorPark.htm)
All three of us next to the columns.
A bit farther down the road - almost to Washington (where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed) - is the B&S 105 Grocery and Gas.
They cook up a big, mean burger, and excellent tater tots. The burger was fresh cow, hand formed, had to be over half a pound, fresh cut veggies, four friggin pickles, big thick slices of onion - definitely worth the drive.
After inhaling the burger we did a little loop over past Washington, and back to Independence.
And back down FM390 (La Bahaia Road). In Old Gay Hill there's a neat old 1 lane brick arch underpass under the railroad.
I needed to stretch my legs or fart...can't remember which.
A nice 280 mile out and back. If you're within a hundred miles of Washington, Texas, and consider yourself any kind of carnivore - go eat one of their burgers. (B&Js 105 Gas and Groceries, 17255 Highway 105, Washington, TX)
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