Looking out on the 9 mile ridge above lies a valley where an Indian trail and later a pioneer road crossed. In 1846 this became known as McKee's Gap after Thomas McKee led a group of Presbyterians here from Tennessee. Around 1900 John Wesley Love developed a 600 acre Peach Orchard there and this point became known as Love's Lookout.
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Thank you Cooley Bay Winery, a Harvest Host in Van Alstyne, TX, for letting us spend Sat. night with you. We won't have far to go tomorrow. We are heading to a state park about 40 miles west of here and north of Dallas/Fort Worth but they didn't have an opening Sat. night. |
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Another Charcuterie tray for dinner and Pat did a flight taste-testing. They even had live music. Enjoyed visiting with a nice couple from near Chicago, Shelly and Steve, who are also spending the night here with Harvest Hosts. Learned, or rather tried to learn, how to play Monopoly Deal. |
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Thank you Valle Della Pace Vineyards and Winery in Garden Valley, TX for participating in the Harvest Host program and letting us spend Friday night. |
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A nice charcuterie board and we came away with 2 bottles of wine and a port. |
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No, he's not real. |
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The largest quilt store in Texas. It was nice and had a lot of premade quilt kits, but after having been to Missouri Star Quilt Company in Hamilton, MO it would take a lot to impress me! |
I wanted a t-shirt but this display was too hard to watch.
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Alexa is a member of Deer Park's Art Park Players. |
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We split a sandwich. Neither of us were fans of having french fries ON the sandwich. |
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Deep fried Oreos or Twinkies for dessert. |
A couple of pictures on the camera from our trip to Galveston Island State Pstk.
Where are the Piepers now? Van Alstyne, TX
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