I slept in.
I visited the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Hall of Fame and Museum.
And I went to dinner at County Line.
RT and I had lots of fun at the museum. It’s one of my very favorite places. If I lived here, I would absolutely get a membership. And I’d go all the time. The building itself is awesome, but there’s so much other stuff inside and outside. Here’s a little pictorial of RT’s trip through the museum. (click to biggify. I didn’t want to make them all large like I usually do … way too much space)
He played some checkers in front of the fireplace
Then we visited one of my favorite parts of the Museum, Prosperity Junction
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It’s a “replica” of a turn-of-the-century western town. The train just came through, and the town just got a generator. We took a tour, and RT did lots of exploring.
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We visited the blacksmith’s shop so we could see where the horseshoes are made.
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He stopped and had a drink at the bar
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Stopped and had a little snack at the table while listening to the player piano in the background
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He decided he needed a little extra cash for later, so we stopped at the bank
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Lucky for RT it appears to be summer. The schoolhouse was closed. I was gonna make him do some homework!
Oh, and if you’re curious, take a look at the Pledge in its original form. I like to wave this little fact in the face of people who got all fired up when deleting “under god” from the pledge was being hotly discussed.
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Another stroke of luck – the doctor/dentist office was closed too. I wouldn’t want a cleaning or check-up using 1900 technology!
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If RT looks a little scared in this picture, it’s because we were at the U.S. Marshall’s office. Apparently, they had heard that the furry little guy occasionally has sticky fingers
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He found himself in the lock-up for a bit. But then I cleared it all up with the Marshall and we were on our way.
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After his jail experience, RT was in a pretty big hurry to get back to 2008. So we hung out at the train depot for a bit and left Prosperity Junction.
We then headed out to the Cowboy Corral. RT saddled up and had a little fun with that
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Then he got up close and personal with a Texas Longhorn
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We then did something I’d never done before – headed outside and explored the rest of the grounds at the museum (have I mentioned that I love this place?)
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We saw the huuuuuge statue of Buffalo Bill that is positioned so that it can be seen from I-44 (westbound)
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This is the view from the outdoor patio of the “End of the Trail” statue. We’ll get back to that later.
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I forgot to write down the name of this statue, but I thought it was fun, so I’m putting it in. It faces the previous photo.
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This is RT in front of the “End of the Trail” statue. It’s a really neat quite famous statue and it’s huuuuge. It is the centerpiece as you walk into the museum.
With that, we said good-bye to the Museum. I will most certainly be back!
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Bye-bye!
We had one more stop to make. Dinner!
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We highly recommend County Line. It’s yummy.
More tomorrow..
4 comments:
Looked like you had a really cool day off. It will be interesting to see how you top that tomorrow.
I would have baked RT a cake with a file in it, no problem!
I'm with Jenn!! :) Hope you're having a good time out there. I love the museum shots!!
How fun! I love all the pictures, it gives me a chance to 'visit' a place I will probably never see! Thanks to you and RT. :)
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