Our first stop was the town of New Sweden, a wide spot in the road. The only thing of note that we could find was the New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church out in the middle of nowhere.
Next stop was Coupland, population 298, home of the Old Coupland Inn and Dance Hall.
Next door to that is the other main tourist attraction in town, the former train station.
Coupland is also the birthplace of Morgan C. Hamilton. Exciting.
Leaving Coupland we headed north on 95 to Taylor, 8 miles up the road. The countryside out here is flat, mostly farmland growing maize and hay. Boooring to look at.
Taylor is a big larger town, about 17,000 people. There are definite signs of growth, as it is one of the hottest new bedroom cities to both Austin and Georgetown. The old downtown district still had some cool old buildings, but it looks like they are quickly being gentrified with new construction.
The original bank building for the area. It's all boarded up now. What a badass home that would make for someone with the $$ to rehab it.
After our bit of sightseeing, we headed to Louie Mueller BBQ, owned by the Mueller family for three generations. For my blog post and review of that, click here.
Sorry about the fuzzy pic, I didn't take it.
Our trip home took us through Hutto, where they are frantically building to handle the overflow from Austin. We did stop at a nice little veg stand outside of Hutto and picked up a few things for supper.
All in all, a nice quiet little half-day trip. I look forward to the August trip!
