Goliad, Texas

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Tree in street in Goliad.

Sign we had made in Goliad.

Some of the street vendors in Goliad.

Pat's new Texas earrings.

Garbage can fried potatoes.

More art vendors in Goliad.

Pat with huge yucca plant at Presidio La Bahia.

Reenactment volunteers drilling.

Volunteer actor preparing lunch.

You all know we have nothing to do, and all day every day to do it. Yet, somehow we seem to stay busy. The past weekend we traveled about 75 miles to the north to a small town named Goliad. It is a site that is important in Texas history, being the place where the fight for Texas independence took a large turn. In 1836, General Santa Anna had 341 men executed there, twice as many as died at the Alamo. The Presidio La Bahia, the fort of the bay, is there, now restored, to commemorate the event. The day we were there many volunteer reenactment actors were present to play to the tourist audience. Impressive show. If you are interested, you can access the fort website at http://www.presidiolabahia.org/.

Following our visit to the fort we went into historic Goliad for the Market Days event. Goliad is a quaint city with lots of historic buildings. On many of the streets large, old trees have been incorporated right into the right of way. Traffic has to go around the trees. It's quite unlike Spokane where they simply cut the trees down if so much as the shade from them encroaches on the street.

The weather here has been great!