Horton

Horton is a quiet little town of a little less than 2000 that has recently been working hard to renew, refresh, and reinvent itself. Recent changes include a nearly new town swimming pool!

The streets were quiet and we saw several nice buildings, including St. Leo's Church, which was very pretty! We had to be sure to stop by the mortuary that our friends Chuck and Phyllis Maple used to own.

We were also hungry, so we stopped at Grandma's Depot Cafe and had a nice lunch. The kids loved the model train outside and the train decorations and memorabilia inside!

I bought a copy of The Brothers Karamazov at the cafe's gift shop. I mentioned that I really like Dostoevsky, to which the proprietress gestured vaguely and responded, "Oh, yes -- we sell a lot of religious books here."