Texas cont.

Our first day on the road to Austin, we stop in Waco.  What do you do in Waco on a Sunday afternoon?  Not much.  Most attractions and restaurants are closed on Sundays.  But there is the Dr. Pepper Museum.  Yes it origination is in Waco Texas.  And within eyesight of the Magnolia Silos.

You can get an original Dr. Pepper made at the fountain with syrup and carbonated water.  She said she preferred the bottles.

But I digress, we are in Waco Texas, yes the land of Baylor University and Magnolia at the Silos.
What this all means is waking up at 6am to dine at the Magnolia Table.  We were warned that the waits can be up to 3 hours in the heat.  Turns out our wait was 2 minutes.  What a relief.  The food was not bad, the service great.  It reminded me of Disneyland, Jojo style.

Then the trip to the Silos.  It is 100 degrees out and the place is crowded.  In the store, there are two sections, one air conditioned and the other larger area downstairs, cooled by gigantic fans.  I found a spot by the entrance behind a display table where there was no traffic.  Once I planted myself, I did not move for however long it took for her to shop.

Can you find Waldo (Gayle)?  she is in there.  And she is one of the few Asians or for that matter minorities in the whole place.

The Texas Ranger museum, next to the visitor center.  Why the visitor center when the two (and a half) major attractions have been seen?  She wanted a picture of her and a cut our of Chip and Jojo.  It was closed so the next thing to do was walk over to the museum.

Now if you are thinking Baseball, no think more of Chuck Norris and his TV show.  Those Texas Rangers of the law enforcement kind.  It was interesting, especially if you like guns, but there seemed to be a few gaps in their history, WWII and JFK.

On the road again,  Texas has two lane divided highways in the back roads.  Except the left lane is for passing only, everyone else drives in the right lane.  There are numerous Historical Markers along the way, but you can't tell what they are except by the small number at the bottom of the sign.   I haven't looked on line yet, but am just glad the heat is keeping Gayle from making me pull over every time she sees one.  The last observation is that there are signs that say bridges ice over in cold weather, for every bridge.

We are now in a AC hotel room not willing to venture out just yet, remember the hottest time of the day?  Yep, 5pm.