#15 - Lorena 5/31/2010

Our last city for the day was Lorena which was about 15 minute drive south of Waco on I-35. We saw this sign on the say into town and pulled over for a quick picture. I'm not sure if there was some bull nettle or stinging nettle or what it was, but the girls (wearing shorts) got into some weed here that caused their legs to burn for the next 15 minutes so. Ouch!

We stopped by the Chamber of Commerce to grab a quick family picture with Tex, our armadillo mascot for our travels across the state.

Amanda and Tex took a nap on the way home.

#14 - Waco 5/31/2010

Our second city on today's Memorial Day outing was Waco. We drove up and down I-35 looking for a Waco sign and could not find one! I carried around a picture of this wall asking people in Waco if they knew where it was so we could take a picture, but nobody seemed to know where it was.

One of the goals for today's trip was to find a city that had something to do. Amanda's first request was a museum, but as we were looking at various cities, Brooke found the Cameron Park Zoo near Waco and Amanda quickly changed her vote. Here are the girls behind a waterfall at the zoo.

Here's my picture of a regal tang...we just called her Dory at the zoo until I had time to look up what kind of fish it was. Captured this one using the macro setting on my camera.

Lion fish...yup, had to look up this one when I got home, too. No, I did not read the sign on the aquarium.

Not sure of the name of this bird or even how to look it up. In my photo album, I just called it "cool bird". If you know the name, feel free to paste it in the comment section.

#13 - Hillsboro 5/31/2010

Since Amanda was out of school and Brooke and I were off work for Memorial Day, we decided it would be a good day to visit a few more cities. The first city we hit on the way out was Hillsboro. Here we are at the Chamber of Commerce.

On the way into Hillsboro.

The Hill Country courthouse in Hillsboro.

#12 Hico - 03/18/2010

Hico was town 4 of 4 on our Thursday day trip during Spring Break 2010. This turned out to be quite an enjoyable town to visit! As I researched Hico on the internet, I saw a picture of the bank and knew I had to get that picture. This is the picture I took. I edited it and made it monochrome for that "old look".

Downtown Hico was fun and interesting.

More downtown Hico.

This was our first "Hico sign" as we were driving into town.

We could not find the "official" town sign. I asked a shop keeper downtown where it might be. She must have been connected cause she called City Hall and said "Hi (calling whoever answered by name), this is Shy..." and she asked about the sign. They didn't have the answer so she called some other city official she knew by name and got the answer for us.

Hico (pronounced "high-coh") is a city in Hamilton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,341 at the 2000 census. Each July, Hico hosts the Hico Old Settlers Reunion.
Ollie P. Roberts a/k/a "Brushy Bill", a resident of Hico, claimed to be Billy The Kid. Although his claim has been largely discredited by historians, Hico has capitalized to a small extent on his fame (or infamy) by opening a "Billy The Kid" museum where visitors can decide whether Brushy Bill was or was not the infamous outlaw. (Hico, TX web page)

Amanda demonstrating her flair for the dramatic and for fun posing in front of a Billy the Kid statue.

The Billy the Kid museum wasn't all that exciting, but the story was interesting.

I can't remember if this was supposed to be an actual jail cell that held Billy the Kid or not. It was a fun picture nonetheless.

OK, these things always look goofy, but why is it we always want to stop and get our picture taken anyway?

#11 Stephenville - 03/18/2010

We stopped in Stephenville only long enough to take this picture. We were on our way to Dublin, TX to tour the Dr. Pepper museum. Took this day trip on Thursday during Spring Break. Seems like there might be more to see in the "Cowboy Capital of the World", so perhaps we can pass through this way again.

#10 Glen Rose - 03/18/2010

We took a day trip to Glen Rose last year and visited Dinosaur World, so we didn't spend much time in Glen Rose on our way through visiting four of our Texas towns on this day trip during Spring Break. We did, however, come back through Glen Rose returning to the camp ground so we could have dinner at one of my favorite BBQ places, Hammond's BBQ. The food was great, as usual, but I was disappointed that they were out of peanut butter pie. :(

#9 Cleburne - 03/18/2010

On Thursday of Spring Break we took our second day trip. We hit four of our Texas cities and stopped by the Dr. Pepper museum in Dublin. Since we had a number of cities we were trying to hit including the tour at the Dr. Pepper museum and making it back to Glen Rose for dinner, we didn't stop long in some of our cities. We just took pictures in Cleburne as we passed through.

Welcome to Cleburne!