Texas Bluebonnets, 2009 Edition

Thursday after work, after a couple of cool, rainy days, the sun was out, the weather was warm, and I was ready to be outside. Amy had never seen bluebonnets, and it's bluebonnet season, so we decided to get Chick-fil-A, go find a patch of bluebonnets, and have a picnic and take pictures.


Well, that turned out to be easier said than done. We drove toward Benbrook Lake, but saw no flowers. Meanwhile, the fries were getting cold, so we pulled them out and had half of our picnic in the car. I mean, cold french fries is a crime! We finally ended up on I-35 headed south, and pulled off at a rest area to eat the rest of our picnic before continuing on our quest.

A little south of Burleson we started seeing patches of bluebonnets on the sides of the interstate, but we didn't really feel comfortable just pulling off on the side of the road to take pictures. So we took the frontage road and found a nice patch that was just perfect for our purposes. It wasn't nearly as big as some of the pictures suggest, but we had a good time taking lots of pics and just enjoying the warm spring weather and the Texas state flower.