Sunday, April 4, 2010

Giving It A Scratch

Saturday we once again headed into town.  It was absolutely mobbed!  Hopefully the crowds will thin out tomorrow.  We went to the far end of Main Street to the Pioneer Museum.  There were 7 buildings - a house which  reminded me a lot of my grandparents' house in Des Peres, especially the basement, a blacksmith shop, and a few other miscellaneous buildings.  One had this collection:


Who knew there were so many different kinds of barbed wire.


                        
         This reminded us of the old welding shop on Manchester Road.


This plaque was on a building farther into town.  Missouri native Albert Patton constructed the two story building that housed Citizen Bank from 1897 to 1932. Maybe Mark had a relative we didn't know about.


Even though it was crowded, we headed to Rustler Bob's Goumet TX Food to try more of the dips, etc.  I hope they don't start recognizing us.

We later had happy hour at Don & Jane's trailer.  I can feel the Ard ounces being piled on after all the wonderful snacks we bring to these happy hours.  Sherl brought puff pastry pinwheels stuffed with brie and carmelized onions, and are served warm.  Way too fancy for me to make, but we'll eat them if she brings them.

Happy Easter to all!  We headed into town around 11:00 this morning but at least 90% of the stores were closed on Sunday and/or Easter so we headed back to the park to research how to get to the city of Hunt for the Stonehenge replica.

The drive was very scenic while we drove along the Guadalupe River for several miles.  What a different view of the Guadalupe in Hunt vs. Victoria where it was very muddy.  It was bright greenish/bluish and deep up north.  We weren't sure exactly where we would find this stonehenge - we just knew is was 2 miles down a farm road.  You cross a bridge, round a corner, and there it is, in the middle of an empty field.



It's about two-thirds the size of the original Stonehenge in England, but still quite impressive.



Farther out in the field there are two Easter Island statues.



He had a itch!

1 comment:

Pam said...

I recall the old welding shop in Des Peres as being much dirtier!