TY for the info on what brought you to my neck of the woods! Let me know when you are next up around here, looking forward to meeting some fellow VCA folks. Haven't had my car 2 weeks yet, so I am definitely feeling more impressed every day too as I get more and more familiar with it (slowly, and carefully, mind you!) I keep finding excuses to drive it here and there, and since I'm in the countryside, going almost anywhere for anything involves driving.
I'm a little over an hour away from Tyler itself, though I work over there (see, there's an excuse right there) - the second part of that is a run down 271 from Gladewater which is usually pleasant. When I'm on day shift (like tomorrow) I leave here about 4.15am, and am on that stretch around 5am, so it's nice and quiet. Before that, I'm mostly on smaller country roads which are fun for being winding, but not so fun from being a bit rough.
Haven't got too many favorite driving routes picked out beyond what I have to drive. Now if only the weather is above freezing tomorrow morning at 4am, I may just have another one of those excuses