i then traveled to a suburb of Dallas to visit Ruth Vol who I worked with in China. We walked around and talked, catching up. We also did a road trip to see a few sites.
Dinosaur Valley State Park. There are actual tracks left in the riverbed when prints were left in the limestone and over time the other sediment that covered them was worn away. Before we got there, we saw a bunch of dinosaur statues in a a pasture (and of course there are dinosaurs throughout the town outside of the park).
At the park ar two dinosaur statues that were at the 1964 world fair.
The prints in the river. I needed to wade across to the other side. The water was cold but not very deep.
We walked to the second site that had both types of prints with rocks that you can use to walk across.
From there we drove to Waco to visit the chapel at the site of the Branch David is compound siege that occured in 1993. It was definitely propaganda that is anti government even though there were plenty of reasons for the federal government to come into it that day. Unfortunately many people lost their life that day. Maybe it could have been handled differently. However, the information on the inside was definitely cultist.
From there we headed to downtown Waco and found the Dr. Pepper museum. Interesting intersection on sodas and the int rejection with history, innovation, and culture. Getting a free drink and upgrading to a Dr. Pepper float was a highlight.
I also visited Magnolia, the site of the Gaines’ media empire after their days on HGTV.
On our walks in the neighborhood we looked for wildlife and Texas bluebonnets.
