Jan 15 2010
Polly’s Chapel near Bandera, Texas
As my readers know, we like to take the back roads when we travel. Sometimes this means turning off a kind-of back road onto what is really a back road. It’s all part of the adventure.
On our day driving in Texas Hill Country (which wasn’t nearly enough time to spend there), we spotted a sign that said “Historical Marker ahead.” Always game to stop and snap a photo of a historic marker, we turned off the road, and then saw the sign: Polly’s Chapel–3 miles.
Since the aim of our day was to see the countryside, we kept going.
Over the clear, clear Privilege Creek…
Past beautiful rock cliffs…
Through potential loose livestock…
Over the river again…
And not worrying that the rains of the previous day had washed the car clean.
It was perhaps one of the most interesting and picturesque three-mile stretches I’ve driven.
Finally, we arrived at Polly’s Chapel.
It was built in 1882…
by one man.
You never know what you’re going to find when you venture down a back road, but if you have your eyes open, you’ll almost always find something interesting.
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I love these little detours! This one certainly looked like it was worth the drive.
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I love the sense of adventure that your family has when on road trips! My mom, sister and I joke around about how some of our best road trip memories are when we got horribly lost!
I also like how you are able to get history lessons into your traveling…it is so important and CAN be fun!
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