Athens btw is in East Texas on hwy 31. A prominent Cedar Creek Lake city that was built along the T&P Railroad out of Corscicana in late 1880s. They used to have THE BEST pizza at Mazio's. I was there on my bike and ate at McDonalds in March.
I was on my way to Longview on a back roads road trip on my motorcycle. Athens, Gun Barrell City, Maybank.