Our destination for our Pre-Valentine event is Brownwood, TX.  As per the usual, we will avoid freeways and travel on country roads.  Our lunch venue will be The Turtle Restaurant, owned by fellow Fort Worth MBCA member Mary Stanley.  The Turtle is a casual fine dining restaurant in the heart of Downtown Brownwood, and specializes in Slow Food, i.e. everything that Fast Food is not (Slow Food is good for you, good for local producers, sustainable, and just plain fresh and delicious).  Mary's establishment also features a gelateria and a wine bar.  We will make our selections from The Turtle's seasonal menu.  

After lunch, we will visit the Lehnis Mini-Railroad Museum, a sprawling display of model railroad layouts inside, plus rolling stock outside.  Then, we will visit the Brown County Museum of History, located inside the old fortress-like country jail - itself recognized as a historic landmark.  Apart from the old jail, the museum contains a firearms display and, of all things, a functioning toy circus layout.  We will also see artifacts from the history of Brown County in an annex across the street from the old jail.  We will have docent-guided tours of both museums.

Sign-up:  CLICK to email DJ de Jesus, or call him at (817) 319-3033, to sign up.  Please indicate number of people in your party.  Pay for your own lunch.  Please plan to make a $3 donation per person to each museum (total $6 per person).  The club will not charge an event fee, so you will be responsible for all expenses incurred during the trip.  Bring the kids and/or the grandkids. 

Note:  Please sign up as soon as you can.  We need to provide headcount to the restaurant and the museums.

When:  February 11, 8:30am.

Meeting Place:  At 8:30am (come earlier if you wish to have breakfast), we will meet for a briefing at the Cracker Barrel at 8010 SW Loop 820, Fort Worth (I-20 and Winscott Road, west of Fort Worth), (817) 249-3360 ‎(see map below).  We will depart immediately after the briefing.