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A Day in Taylor

Taylor is not too far away for a one day exploring trip---besides, they advertised a festival of sorts to bring the likes of us to their town.
So, we went to Taylor, choosing not to go through Austin to get to Taylor, we took the roads around Austin, going past the airport, and through Manor and up into Taylor. 
Taylor is a railroad town for sure, with lots of track running east/west, in and out of Austin.
First things first, we checked on a place to eat after parking in town, only a half block from all the "goings-on". Wouldn't you know it, there was a barbeque joint not more than an easy walk away.
The name of the place escapes me for now, but at 11 am it was already getting busy.  Ordered a pork sandwich and a beef sandwich, plus three pork rib bones to sample (big sample).  Cost came to about 30 dollars, which is expensive for barbeque. The taste was good, but a bit too hot, even without any sauce.  Seems as if it was Mexican styled with regard to spices.


Strolled the booths with all the handicrafts (one can get a good snapshot of the culture of a small town by seeing what is featured in handicraft shows.)  Saw nothing of interest, but did take a lot of photos of quilts that were hanging in display on the main street bank porch.





After all this excitement, we went to the coffee shop associated with the Great Texas Beer Company, which was having its grand opening.  Didn't get any beer (not 5 o'clock yet) but in walking though the line to get to the coffee shop, I told two young ladies waiting to be served their beer: "beer makes you fat".  They got a hoo hah out of that, but stayed in line.
Coffee was good, but they had a marketing ploy not encountered before.  Price was $2.50 per cup or did we want the "bottomless cup" deal?  Well, we said yes, and that was $3.50 per cup.  Coffee was good, but so strong, we didn't need a second cup.  Two bucks to the wind.
In the coffee shop we met a lady sign painter who was interesting to chat with.  She runs the Red Rider sign painting shop in Taylor and even has a website.  Sign painters are getting to be a scarce art.
Drove home on an even more easterly route to avoid any Austin related traffic.  Over to near Bastrop and then down Texas 21 to San Marcos.
Good day was had by all.

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