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A Day in McDade

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McDade you say, where is that?
Well its on the edge of Bastrop and Lee counties and was once a thriving agricultural center, mainly for the growing of watermelons.  It is on a spur railroad, now not in operation.  The call for this trip was a parade celebrating watermelon days, a barbeque lunch, a car show, and later on a race of lawnmowers around a circular track.
Off the agenda, but on our agenda was the historical museum.  It was rustic, but it was good. We spent about an hour there. One noted old sign was on the wall listing all the killings that occurred over the years.  Those who lived were called the Yegua Notch Cutters.  Yegua is a creek that runs through the area. (note that Print Olive was the notch cutter for awhile, then he was the notch)
The parade had a few floats and lotsa horses.  Two horses had the smallest of riders. This one a little cowgirl, the next one a little cowboy. (back in the line a bit)



Stockdales float was the best!  Stockdale is some two hours away from McDade. 



Well  we saw the parade, then we hiked to the park grounds to see the food situation.  We stood in line in the sun and heat for about 20 minutes with the line not moveing very much.  We bailed.
Off to Elgin for a lunch at Lucy's café, a recommendation we got from the local who was in line behind us.

Theres  more to the story, but it will be in the next post as the subject changes pretty dramatically. See ya there.





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