Collin County

Tod and Celia took us into McKinney to see the town and have lunch at Spoons. Excellent lunch! Heather had a BLTA and I had a grilled roast beef with horseradish and provolone. I forget what Tod and Celia had, but it looked good.

Then Celia, Heather and I wandered around the shops surrounding the town square. McKinney is a lovely working historical town, with interesting shops and restaurants around their town square. Everyone was dressed up for Halloween, and Heather especially enjoyed ogling all the bling in the windows from bejeweled cowboy boots and red cowboy hats to quite exotic dresses with feathers and things.

On the way home, we stopped at Chestnut Square, a small collection of restored homes from when the town was established. They were beautiful buildings that told a story of early Texas settlement.

In the evening we went to Rudy's, which has the best BBQ in Texas! Skip ordered about 6 kinds of meats which they place in a big paper-lined box that you take to your looooong Family-style table. They give you a full loaf of bread (we opted for the wonder-bread style which is apparently required for proper enjoyment of Texas BBQ!). We grabbed a bunch of condiments, sat down at our square of butcher paper and chowed down! We felt we got a real Texan experience.Read more