Searching for a Retirement Home: Texas Day Five
Our goal today was west of Fort Worth, around the Azle and Eagle Mountain area. I have friends that live in the Azle area. We choose to end the Texaz search in the Azle area based on my memories of the area.
We left Tyler, Texas in the sun and headed west. We crossed through Dallas on the interstate just fine. Going through Fort Worth, the interstate was closed for over an hour as they removed an eighteen wheeler from the road. Sitting on the interstate not moving for an hour was very irritating.
Entering the city limits of Azle, our expectations were quickly dampened. The terrain is rolling hills which we like, but the land was a lot more arid than we like. We drove through the old town and then into a residential area. Again the first part of town we entered was depressed. Trying to stay positive, we drove around Azle some more until we found middle and upper class homes. Leaving Azle we drove around the eastern tip of Lake Eagle Mountain and then north along the lake. The lakes water level was very low.
In Azle and east of Eagle Mountain we found plenty of residential areas. Scattered throughout the area were a variety of small commercial and cottage businesses. What we didn't find were area's of commerce to support all the residential areas. The absence of restaurant and shops was very noticeable. Where do all the locals go?
On the north end of Lake Eagle Mountain we found the Kenneth Copeland Ministry. LoriAnn and I had contributed to the televangelist ministry in the past so we were curious. The organization has lots of land, with a private landing strip, video studio, recording studio, a school and then their church. Its easy to see why there might be controversy regarding this property.
From Eagle Mountain, we headed into Fort Worth to the Stockyards to site see and to have a good dinner. Fight through rush hour traffic we got to the Stockyards early enough to cruise through a few stores before we went into the restaurant for Steak.
Of course, I just had to have a little fun in the stock yard!
We left Tyler, Texas in the sun and headed west. We crossed through Dallas on the interstate just fine. Going through Fort Worth, the interstate was closed for over an hour as they removed an eighteen wheeler from the road. Sitting on the interstate not moving for an hour was very irritating.
Entering the city limits of Azle, our expectations were quickly dampened. The terrain is rolling hills which we like, but the land was a lot more arid than we like. We drove through the old town and then into a residential area. Again the first part of town we entered was depressed. Trying to stay positive, we drove around Azle some more until we found middle and upper class homes. Leaving Azle we drove around the eastern tip of Lake Eagle Mountain and then north along the lake. The lakes water level was very low.
In Azle and east of Eagle Mountain we found plenty of residential areas. Scattered throughout the area were a variety of small commercial and cottage businesses. What we didn't find were area's of commerce to support all the residential areas. The absence of restaurant and shops was very noticeable. Where do all the locals go?
On the north end of Lake Eagle Mountain we found the Kenneth Copeland Ministry. LoriAnn and I had contributed to the televangelist ministry in the past so we were curious. The organization has lots of land, with a private landing strip, video studio, recording studio, a school and then their church. Its easy to see why there might be controversy regarding this property.
From Eagle Mountain, we headed into Fort Worth to the Stockyards to site see and to have a good dinner. Fight through rush hour traffic we got to the Stockyards early enough to cruise through a few stores before we went into the restaurant for Steak.
Of course, I just had to have a little fun in the stock yard!
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