Waco and Fort Worth

Howdy!

We are still in Texas. Our camping site is right on Lake Waco and we are loving the views. 

However, we are not loving all the burrs in the grass that get stuck in our paws. Ouch!!

 Mom and dad came to Waco to buy a "fixer-upper". Just kidding, but they did come because our Nana is a fan of the TV show "Fixer Upper"  and she wanted to make sure we came to Waco to visit Magnolia at the Silos, so we did.

and while the setting was nice, 

the Magnolia store was full of merchandise, 

most if not all "made in China". Mom couldn't believe how crowded the store was at 10:00 on Monday morning, 

and was amazed at all the people buying goods they could get anywhere, and even standing in line to have them shipped home! Of course, mom had to buy Nana  a souvenir.

 and no, she didn't buy any seeds.

Quite a money making venture for Joanna and Chip Gaines, and a boon to Waco tourism, certainly more positive than the Waco siege of the Branch Davidian compound in 1993.

We  visited the Waco Mammoth National Monument.

It was quite a find that two teenagers made in 1978. This site represents our nation's only recorded discovery of a nursery herd on Columbian Mammoths that were trapped and drowned in a flood here about 75,000 years ago.

Last stop in Waco, Bare Arms Brewing, the only brewery in town

From Waco we took off for Fort Worth. We had been to Dallas before, but had not visited Forth Worth. Brody and I were looking forward to going to the Fort Worth Stockyard

to see the herd of longhorn cattle

and watch the cattle drive. Boy, were they big! I sure stayed out of their way!

After that we went to see Billy Bob's Texas,

the world's largest Honky Tonk, and it was huge!!

Lots of famous singer and bands have performed here

and left their hand prints. Walls of them, spanning from Loretta Lynn

 to the Grand Funk Railroad.

  There was even a ring for bull riding every Friday night.

Hey look, dad's  back in the saddle again...

On our only cold day of this trip so far, mom and dad went to the small, charming town of Granbury



















and  went to the Revolver Brewery for a weekly Saturday event.

They enjoyed some good beer and sat and listened to a great country rock band.

On Sunday, they left us home again while they went to a large Arts Festival in downtown Fort Worth.

President Kennedy spent his last night at the Hotel Texas in downtown Fort Worth.  Early in the morning on November  23, 1963, before leaving for Dallas he came out of the hotel to give what would be his last speech. There was a lovely memorial in his honor.

On our last day we visited the Japanese Garden, appreciating it's beauty and serenity.

Feeding the koi

and watching the turtles taking a sunbath.

We really enjoyed our time in the Fort Worth. area. There are many small towns in the area, with beautiful homes on acres of land, and so very affordable, pretty tempting....

Adios,

Yuki and Brody