Jacksboro for Lunch Loop
Saturday, 06/14/08
119 Miles
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It's not easy talking my wife into going for a ride with me. But because I said I wasn't going far, she decided to go. So we made a little loop from home up to Jacksboro for lunch. More on where we ate later.
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We stopped for a drink in Graford. It's around 11:00AM but it's already getting hot.
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Here's a classic. This is all Harley. It's what they called Servo or something like that. When I first saw it, I thought it was built on a VW differential, but it's Harley.
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From the other side. That's the owner stocking the ice chest with a case of beer.
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Here I am at the same break in Graford.
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Here's where we ate in Jacksboro. I've eaten at Herd's in Jacksboro before and it's good and gets most of the writeups in various motorcycle literature. However, there's a couple on things I like about Dairyland over Herds. First the hamburgers are ever bit as good if not better and you can sit in air conditioned comfort while you eat. Here's a third. They have a much larger menu including BBQ, Fajitas, ice cream and more. They're closed on Tuesdays, so plan accordingly.
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Here's a fourth reason, you can park in the shade.
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Here's a different shot of the place.
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I parked under the awning in front. This is looking north on 281.
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This is David Inman, son of Harold Inman who started the business here 45 years ago. You've got to be good to stay in the restaurant business that long.
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After lunch we headed home on Hwy. 199 South. We stopped here for a short break. This is where FM920 intersects Hwy. 199 and goes south to Weaterford.
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The Malt Shop in Weatherford was celebrating their 50th Anniversary. Boy did they have a crowd. Hamburgers were $0.50 and soft drinks were $0.05. There were probably around 500 people there when we stopped for the photo.
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Another shot of the Malt Shop. This was the last photo of the day as the Malt Shop is only about 5 miles from our house. It was a nice short ride, but very hot.
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