Because I worked a half a day today, we decided to make a half day trip to Marble Falls. This allowed us to do a little grocery shopping, have some Lupper, and do a little driving around.
Our first stop was Margarita’s. We arrived at 2:30 and the parking lot was half full. I have not been there before, but my Tracy has. I can honestly say this was a good decision. I had their Margarita Special and Tracy had the Chimichanga plate. Both of us enjoyed our meal. We were happy to taste a Tex Mex meal that did not taste like it came out of a package. The majority Mexican places we have visited taste bland like it was pulled out of a package and heated. Her plate was crunchy and had a very good taste with the fajita beef. Mine was hot, tasty and plentiful.
Next was the dredded food place. We went to the new HEB on 1431. It has been about three weeks since the new building was opened. The old building is just a pile of rubble now. Parking is a little difficult with the construction still going on. When we walked in we were greeted by an employee asking is there was any assistance needed. Nope, we were going to risk it and take the plunge into the new place. Wow, it is huge compared to the old one! It is bright, cheerful. I have been told fresh produce department is the largest HEB has outside a HEB Plus store. Yes there is much more products available on the shelves compared to the older store. We found everything except finding lentils. When we went around a corner an employee saw our confusion and asked if we needed help. He grabbed his handy dandy gizmo and punched in lentils and off we went to the isle. After about a minute he found it for us. The meat department is about twice the size of the old one and well as the bakery. I did try a sample of the sushi. Off to the checkout. We found nine of the 16 checkouts open. In less than five minutes we were off to the truck with a half a cart load of food.
I can honestly say it was a nice experience. Most Saturdays we have to wear shin pads and a crash helmet to keep from being injured from isle hogs.
We then decided to just drive around. There has been quite a few new projected happening in Marble Falls lately. Besides the Chick Fil A, there is a new Panda Express next door and a Burger King at the corner of 1421 and 281. There is also a new Little Caesars Pizza just north of 1431 on 281.
We drove around the square in Burnet. The Steam Train just left when we arrived. You could hear their whistle blow.
We then took the back roads to home. It was a nice, relaxing drive. We noticed a few Bluebonnets popping up. With all the rain we have last month we should experience a real nice crop of Bluebonnets and Indian Paint Brushes by Easter.