The commute from Blanco to Brady yesterday morning to renew my driver's license was most enjoyable. The day before, I doubled checked the list of what was needed to renew my license. The list accessed fr…
The commute from Blanco to Brady yesterday morning to renew my driver's license was most enjoyable. The day before, I doubled checked the list of what was needed to renew my license. The list accessed from the Brady location seemed extensive. From memory it included: proof of identity, social security card, proof of registration for all vehicles owned by you, proof of address.
We picked up our friend Wayman Curry whose driver's license expired two days before mine and we were off on an adventure. I suggested to Wayman to ride in the front seat and I took the back seat. The General was driving.
As we were going through Johnson City, I asked the General to stop at the post office. I needed to mail something. She was goal directed and had no plans to stop anywhere until after when finished at the driver's license office. She said, we will stop on the way back.
The beauty of springtime was in abundance the entire route. For starters, pasture grasses were green, blue bonnets, Indian paint brush, yellow flowers and white flowers lined the roadway and filled some of the pastures. The vivid colors were an incredible contrast to what recently had appeared as the dead of winter.
We arrived in Brady thirty minutes ahead of schedule and had to kill time before we arrived at the State of Texas – McCullough Law Enforcement Complex which is designated at the McCullough Sheriff's Office. The building looked relatively new and the parking lot was mostly empty.
Instructions indicated that we needed to arrive thirty-minutes early and that we could not enter the building before that time. I walked inside and was startled. The lobby area which included rows of straight back chairs was virtually empty. Signage indicated to take a seat. There was a kiosk next to the sign for you to enter you identifying information.
There was a law enforcement officer talking to a man near the front of the room. Other than that, no one else was visible. I was expecting a crowded building and the lobby area was virtually empty.
Within a couple of minutes, a lady walked into the lobby and invited me to her office. She said that she needed to see my expired license and birth certificate. I asked in a passport would work and she said "yes". Those two items were all that was needed to renew my license.
I asked about the other things on the list, and she said, the list was for people who had never had a driver's license. All of my information was already in their records. Since my expired license, included my current address, they needed nothing more from me.
Within ten to fifteen minutes, I walked out of the building with a temporary license. Wayman had the same experience. The lady voluntarily told me that most of the people who come in to renew their driver's licenses drive two to four hours to get there.
I will be eighty-five when I need to renew my license again. Wayman will be ninety. We agreed that we would come back to Brady. It was the easiest in-person driver's license renewal I have ever experienced.
We then headed back through Llano to have lunch at Cooper's Barbeque. I highly recommend the pork chop. It was delicious. From there we headed to the Willow Creek Loop near Fredericksburg. It is known for the flowers of springtime. I can assure you that it was not disappointing. The loop is a narrow two-lane road and traffic travels slowly. It was a great way to conclude our adventure.
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