That Day in Dallas

History.

I love history and who isn't still fascinated with

the Kennedy assassination.

This is the Texas Book Depository.

Two floors chockfull of information and photos.

 Dealey plaza from the grassy knoll.

There are two X's on the street.

The X closer to the bottom were the first shots

and the 2nd X is the fatal shot.

The grassy knoll.

 The sixth floor window that Oswald shot from.

This is a replica of the rifle he used.

The actual rifle is housed at the National Archives.

 The window next to the window where Oswald actually shot from.

Quite a shot.

 This diorama shows the line of the bullets.

These are just highlights.

There are movie screens, picture boards and artifacts

 with lots of information.

It's quite overwhelming actually.

So.much.stuff.

A young man joined us in the elevator and said that

he was astounded. I asked if it was good or bad astounding.

He said good, that it all just consumed and

overwhelmed him. Quite emotional.

I told him that the assassination consumed a lot of people

for a long, long time.

4 wheelin' down the Old Ore Road

Big Bend National Park.

The sign said recommend 4-wheel drive.

Well I highly recommend 4-wheel drive - this road was

built by horse and wagon and its rough 

in quite a few places.

But the views were amazing and the ride fun.

 And this roadrunner - he was the best poser.

 Ruins of an old house.

 The cactus were beautiful.

 The Rio Grande.

 Hot Springs House.

Will be returning tomorrow to see the mountains

up close and personal.

The ride to the Cameron Jetty Campground then some

 The ride was pretty and sort of fast.

We camped in a parking lot that had a pretty view and lots

of critters came out to play.

Someone, and I won't mention who, forgot to bring the ipod

for our internet hotspot and it wasn't me.

Therefore, when the internet strikes - gotta roll while its hot.

 So if you'll notice facebook I got up close and personal with a shrimper.

I adore shrimpers. I love shrimpers. They have so much character.

Anyway I bought fresh shrimp.

Evidently I am shrimp illiterate because I thought I done good.

Well............

I bought itty bitty little shrimp that were a pain to peel which someone 

did under protest because of the size.

I have issues ripping off their heads but I can do the rest however,

my skills were not employed.

So..............even though I caught some grief for

the itty bitty shrimp, DH cooked them up lovely and delish to go with

some black beans and rice.

Highlights of our Road Trip to Texas

We like staying off the main highway as much as possible

and its then you see little

gems like the town of Shinersville and

their old buildings - 

Don't they make you swoon?

 It was a Sunday and all the stores were closed

and the streets were bare.

 Evidently there was a shindig going on and they

didn't tell us where.

That's ok because we were headed to the Alamo.

 Of course you can't wander through Texas without seeing

an oil rig or 3M. LOL.

Tried to get this statue of all the lost

from the fight at the Alamo without a bunch of people

posing. So its at a very weird angle and the names are hard to read.

 From across the street - again it was full of people

because we picked the 4th of July weekend to visit and

6 million others had the same idea.

 The lines were around the block to get into the actual Alamo

and it was extremely hot so we admired it from the outside.

 There were entrances into the courtyards that

were green, lush and most important cool that we hightailed into.

There were nooks and crannies to explore- too dark

to capture on the camera, this well that was in the center of this

courtyard.

 And cannons - what's a fort without cannons.

And a gift shop.

That has this amazing diorama (under glass) of the fort/mission as it

would've looked back in the day when it was under seige.

It was alot bigger than you think.

I took this with my phone and that is the front of the mission that

still stands today (fixed up), and the walls that surround it today

were two stories back then are now one story and wooden slats have

been installed in the arches.

Around the back side of the diorama show a lot more buildings

and courtyards with a force of soldiers "attacking"

that really emphasises how outnumbered they really were.