Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
Our friend Dave invited us out for a hike at the this national preserve northeast of Houston. Not much to see this time of year but nice to get out for a hike again anyway. This was one of those areas rich in natural resources prior to discovery in the 1800's. After man discovered of course logging stripped of most trees and then they drilled for oil and after using up the land it was pretty much left again... the National Parks has taken over handling of land now and it is coming back but of course this takes many years. Interesting to see and imagine it could be quite pretty in spring when the wildflowers are in bloom.
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