On December 16, 2006, K.C. flew to Dallas, Texas to spend Christmas Break with Bob. We spent a couple of nights at Lake Vineyard RV Park in Grapevine, TX and then headed south to the Thousand Trails Park at Lake Whitney, south of Dallas. It was a fun couple of weeks even if the weather was a tad chilly.
Driving in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is always a thrill…
We took a little side trip to Abbott, Texas which is the town where Willie Nelson grew up. Here’s the general store in Abbott…
This is the church in Abbott that Willie and his sister have bought. We were told it is going to be made into a museum, but at this time it appears that it’s still being used as a church…
We ate a couple of times at the “Up in Smoke BBQ.” Now that’s some good Texas BBq!
We also took a trip to Crawford, Texas which is about 20 or 30 miles from Lake Whitney. Crawford is where President Bush has his ranch and he was at the ranch while we were in Crawford. We didn’t run into him. Darn. K.C. was looking forward to giving him her opinion of “No Child Left Behind!”
Merry Christmas, GW!
Danged if K.C. didn’t run into Clint there too!
We took a trip up to Dinosaur Valley State Park. Wow!!! In prehistoric times that part of Texas was beach on the edge of the ocean. Two kinds of dinosaurs lived there. When the climate changed, the sand they walked in was covered and the sand turned to rock with their tracks forever imprinted there. As the Paluxy River erodes away the upper layers of dirt and rock, the tracks are exposed. There are enough tracks there that the experts came in and studied the tracks to find out how fast dinosaurs traveled. I can’t remember the exact name of the dinosaurs that lived there, but one stood on two feet and had three toes, and the other walked on all four and looked like a brontosauras. Here is what they looked like and here are pictures of their tracks. Way cool, eh?
We drove to Waco to see the Texas Ranger Museum and the Dr. Pepper Museum. Did you know that Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas?
Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco…
Dr. Pepper was invented in an old time pharmacy. Back then the upper floors of the building were used to mix and bottle the Dr. Pepper. On the ground floor they had a cigar shop…
A fountain…
and the pharmacy where Dr. Pepper was actually invented….
It has a working old time fountain there but don’t buy the soda – it’s flat!
The Texas Ranger Museum is particularly fascinating if you are interested in firearms. There are thousands of guns in there!
Look! It’s long lost Uncle Sam, Texas Ranger….
In our travels we came upon some interesting sites – like this drive through liquor store…
and honest to goodness Texas Longhorns!
Somedays we just stayed in camp and enjoyed the facilities.
Or went out to dinner at the local buffet…
Although too short, Bob and K.C. enjoyed their time together. Bob is flying up to Washington on January 20th and will stay a month of so. K.C. can’t wait for him to get here! They already have a trip to the coast planned, so check in later for more pictures and narrative! Be well and stay warm, y’all.
