Bluff Dale, Texas (254) 728-3540 bluffdalevineyards.com A GREAT RIDE DESTINATION IS THE Bluff Dale Vineyards The owners, David and Theresa…

Having lived within a few miles of Texas 87 most of my 68 years, and for the last 15 I’ve…

Recently, I took a ride from my home in San Angelo to a small town 22 miles east called Eola to eat at the Eola Schoolhouse Restaurant and Bright Brewing. It’s an old schoolhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the owner is a one-man show, operating a restaurant, brewing his own beer, and running a lodge.

We recently rolled through Alpine on a hot Sunday afternoon. Nothing was open. We thought we might have to resort to the dreaded convenience store plastic-embalmed food when we saw the lights on at La Trattoria, next to Sul Ross University.