So...every year, when the start of school rolls around, I always get the feeling that things are going to change so drastically that we can never have fun again. While not necessarily true, I can't seem to shake the feeling and knew that we had to do something "vacation-like" on the last weekend before I officially go back to work.
So we decided to go to Jefferson, Texas. It is only about 40 miles from Longview and is the 5th oldest city in the state. It's an old water town that connected on a trading route to New Orleans via the Red River and Mississippi River.
While we were there, we rode a boat on the bayou and learned some of the history of the town. We went to antique shops, the old general store (which was amazing, with old wooden toys, old timey candy, milkshakes, etc.), a fudge shop, an antique car museum, and rode a steam engine train. It was a great was to get out just for a day and see something that we didn't even know was so close...
