March 21, 2012. Double D Ranch, Texas. Lunch.

You never know what you will find driving the country roads in search of bluebonnets.  The back roads in Texas always lead to something.   The dead end roads are always marked.  And we had good maps that did take us along the Llano River on #152, past Castell,  over to Doss and finally down to Harper and then home.  But the map did not tell me that Castell had only one store and that it served barbecue, good barbecue, cheap barbecue.

We drove around the corner into Castell and came upon people standing and sitting outside, right beside a very old building with a front porch which was also full of people.  They knew something that we did not know so we stopped and went into the building, past the people visiting and drinking beer.

On Sunday, they cook meat and they stay there until the meat is all gone.  It has become a destination for bicycle riders and bikers and drivers out for a Sunday drive.  You go outside to the barbecue pit and the young men wrap up your meat, sliced to your specification.  Next you go inside and after the meat is weighed you help yourself to the sides,  three different salads, baked potatoes and bread.  You sit and eat inside, and eventually you pay the bill, which turned out to be $7.00.  Total for the both of us.  Amazing what you find driving down the back roads of Texas.