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opened by the organizer of the annual Houston quilt show. Two refurbished
mid-19th-century buildings make an excellent home for permanent and special exhibits.
While you're in town, be sure to stop by
Weikel's Bakery
(
http://weikels.com
;
2247 W Hwy 71; pastries
$1-3; 5am-9pm)
for some site-baked
kolaches
(Czech-inspired rolls stuffed with sweets or
savories, such as fruit jam or jalepeño sausage and cheese); they serve barbecue, too.
Less than two miles north of town you and the little ones can take a hay ride, milk a
cow and meet the herd that has starred in Blue Bell Creameries TV commercials at the
Jer-
sey Barnyard
(
www.texasjersey.com
; 3117 Hwy 159; tours adult/child $8/6.50; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 1-6pm Sun;
6002 FM 2981 ; tastings $6; noon-6pm Wed-Sun)
may be for adults, but there is a picnic area out-
side for families to enjoy.
Note that Shiner (
Click here
)
, home of Shiner Bock beer, is only 40 miles to the south.
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Chappell Hill
Talk about a one horse town. The historic area on Main St is hardly three blocks long. But
that is where you'll find
Bever's Kitchen
(
www.bevers-kitchen.com
;
5162 Main St; dishes $7-14;
11am-5pm Mon-Thu, 11am-8pm Fri, 11am-5pm Sat)
, another classic country cafe. On weekends a
picker plays on the front porch while you eat your burgers and pie. Chappell Hill is known
for its locally made smoked sausage, which you can pick up at any one of the barbecue
joints along the highway.
Eight miles northeast of town, spring smells awfully sweet at the
Chappell Hill Lavender
Farm
(
www.chappellhilllavender.com
; 2250 Dillard Rd; admission free; 10am-2pm Fri, 9am-5pm Sat &
11am-5pm Sun Mar-Oct)
, Here you can picnic, roam the fields and cut your own lavender - or
shop for related products in the gift shop.
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Washington-on-the-Brazos
Nicknamed 'the Birthplace of Texas,' this Washington is where Texas declared its inde-
pendence from Mexico on March 2, 1836. The
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site
(
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks
;
12300 Park Rd 12; admission free, tours adult/child $5/3;
Visitor center
