I'll start out by explaining that I didn't know where Bonham was. I only knew that I offered to drive Landon there. His Sunday school was having a camp out there and rather than miss the whole thing because he had to work, I offered to drive him there EARLY in the morning so he could spend the day and then drive him back that night so he could go to work.
When I got there, I was served Blueberry pancakes, okay I mooched them, but they were offered to me and it was a nice breakfast that I didnt have to cook! 
Rather than interfere with the camp out bonding and rather than drive all the way back home just to turn around and come back, I decided to see what there was to see in Bonham for the day!
First, I went to a Thrift store.............
gross....leftover Bonham is not pretty.
Next, antiquing. Wonderful antique store / coffee shop where I was invited to sit down with a couple of local ladies and shoot the bull...ahem, excuse me, I mean, discuss the days events. Wonderful. I spent an hour there and bought a pretty medicine box.
Next off to a book store where I bought a BIG coffee table picture book about America. The gentleman that runs the book store is growing tomaotes right now and selling them by the side of the road. In case you wanted to know.
I enjoyed my picture book while eating ribs at a local eatery where comic book and other lively characters are spray painted on the wall! A group of bikers came in and I eavesdropped on their days adventures until I worked up the nerve to ask if I could take a picture with them....it didnt come out right....very disappointing.
This is where it gets interesting. I started driving around. Before I knew it. I was going over a large bridge. Being directionally challenged and afraid I was getting lost, I took a picture for reference, (notice the slanted angle of the picture achieved by hanging my camera out of the window)
I later realized I was crossing the Red River and had entered into Oklahoma territory. (observe Texas sign)
The Red River was very high.
As I was realizing where I was, I happened to notice some sort of ramps and four wheelers below me. When I followed the trail there, I met a nice man who told me that for ten dollars I could bring any thing I wanted to drive onto his acreage and go wild! While eating a hot dog that he gave me, I told him I wish I had a four wheeler. At this time a little boy named (Mustard?") i dont know what, said that I could ride his. Before I knew it, I was on a four wheeler attempting do-nuts! Observe pic of ramps etc.
Well, back to Texas. I found a long trail in Ivanhoe (sp) that at one point got so dense I could not see the end of it or a clear view of the sky.
Amazing. At the end of this was a clearing with flowers.
It led me to a local vinyard and a woman named, for real, Darcus. She and I were the only ones on the property and she gave me a wonderful tour.
Time to go back and pick up Landon. He had had a wonderful day at the camp out.
And that was my trip to Bonham.
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