Lockhart is a neat small town about thirty miles away. It is the county seat of Caldwell County, with the county courthouse holding supreme in the center of the town square with most of the businesses around the square doing fine, quite unlike so many small towns which seem to have abandoned their town center where the local shops move in the direction of all the newly built action, like Walmart, Tractor Supply and all the fast food places. But in the case of Lockhart, this ruination of the town center has not occurred---mainly because the original courthouse still serves the county. That means that the banks stay, the lawyer offices stay and when they stay, other fine business are attracted. Also on this town square is the Southwestern Museum of Clocks and Watches, a place not to miss. We had lunch at Loop and Lil's a small cafe noted for its pizza and subs. It was good, but not the place for great pizza that it was in years past. It sure raises the question of how a café, on