While my parents were here visiting, we took them to some new places we'd been waiting to visit until their arrival. One of the nice things about living somewhere new is acting like a tourist because, well, we are!!! The weather was so lovely and we were able to do everything we'd planned.
One of the things we'd been waiting to go and see was right on Ft Sam Houston (and just mere blocks from our house). It's
Ft Sam's Quadrangle. Built in 1876, this place is still actively used.
We'd been waiting to visit this place until my mom came because one of the attractions of the Quadrangle is the wildlife that live in the park in the middle. There are deer and lots of birds and, if you bring food, you can feed them. We didn't tell my mom about the deer (which are her favorite animal) until we had walked into the Quadrangle's grounds and she saw them in the distant. She was most excited.
Elisabeth was able to feed at least 3 deer. They seemed to really like her...and the apples I'd brought along.
Eventually, one of the deer actually ate from my mom's hand, which totally made her day.
There were tons of geese and peacocks roaming the grounds too.
My dad super loved all the history. There were plaques everywhere telling about all the things the Quadrangle had been used for and the important people who had worked or visited it. This huge tree:
was here before they even built the buildings, so the Quadrangle was built around the tree. It is huge and gorgeous. It was fun and I told the girls we'd definitely be back and maybe next time we could have a picnic.
Across from The Alamo is
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, which Elisabeth was beyond thrilled to find. We told her that Pepaw would definitely want to visit that with her, so we spent a day there. It ended up being much more interesting than I anticipated. I actually learned. Here are the girls sitting in the largest tire ever made for use:
They also had cool mind-trick attractions. This was a tunnel that spun (with lights that my camera's flash whited out) while you crossed a bridge. It was very funny to watch people losing their balance while crossing. My sister was convinced that the bridge moved too, not just the spinning tunnel, until I made her stand with me at the end and watch people go through. I think the girls (and my mom) went through at least 3 or 4 times.
Part of the Ripley's Believe It or Not tickets included going to the wax museum next door. Ebeth was ecstatic to see the Harry Potter crew.
And Abraham Lincoln. (Have I told you that she is really hoping the baby is born on Lincoln's birthday on February 12th?)
Of course, since I do have a membership (!!!), we had to take my parents to visit
the zoo. It was a pretty cool afternoon when we went, so lots of animals were actually awake and active...including the BEARS!!!!
This bear:
is 30 years old. She has a sign by her area that says, due to her age, she is allowed to do whatever she wants, which includes spending days inside the inner pen area if that's what she so desires. Elisabeth was most excited to actually see her since she's never been out the few times we've been before.
It was a fun visit. The girls are already thinking of new things to do with them the next time they fly down.
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