We took a weekend getaway to Historic Glen Rose Texas to take in the sights. We stayed at Americas Best Value because they had an awesome deal where you got tickets to all the area sights for a discount. Also, the prices were not that bad to begin with.
We got there LATE Friday night and little man wanted nothing to do with going to bed as soon as we got there. After crawling into bed with him and wrestling him to sleep, we finally dozed off at 2am.
Saturday morning we woke up, got dressed and headed out to Dinosaur World to take in all the life size dinos they have there. It was really interesting, but in hindsight we should have taken the stroller. Not even halfway little man got tired of walking and daddy got the job of keeping him on his shoulders the rest of the way. Boy was it HOT. It hit 102 degrees before we left Dinosaur World. Little man, loved all the dinosaurs and wanted to touch each one (explicitly NOT allowed) so we had to move quickly to avoid a little dare devil climbing fences.
We then headed over to Dinosaur Valley State Park. They have several different track sites where you can see actual dinosaur tracks. (Also known as dinosaur choo choo tracks). We took the main hike first and got to cool off as we crossed over the shallow rocky Paluxy River. We saw several that were roped off and under some stagnate water, but then we saw some off to the side that were dried out. So cool!
After making it almost all the way back to the car without slipping and falling in a puddle, little man did just that. Ending up with soaked sand covered pants that had to be removed before getting in the car. We didn't have any spares in the car so little man got to ride back to the hotel in style.
We grabbed lunch and headed back to the hotel where we all enjoyed real Dublin Dr. Pepper (if you haven't ever had this pleasure, find it, indulge, and thank me later) and some fried chicken. After lunch we made it over to the hotels indoor pool. It was EMPTY! Yay for small favors. Once I finally talked a little man into wearing his life jacket, he had a BLAST swimming by himself. We swam and splashed and jumped for almost 2 hours. Insert awesome 2 hour family nap here.
Post nap time we headed back over to the state park to check out some of the other track sites and a few of the trails. It was still pretty hot so we didn't stay too long. For dinner we went to Riverside Grill which was inside a beautiful historic home right off the square. Little Kyle kept saying we were eating dinner in the White House. Great food and amazing dessert!! After all of that we were pretty much exhausted so we went back to the hotel watched a little TV and then went to bed WAY earlier than the night before.
Sunday morning we woke up in time to enjoy breakfast at the hotel before we checked out. We left the hotel and headed over to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. This was great! We got the bag of feed from the front and let little man stand in front of the passenger seat. He had a wonderful time feeding the different animals by hand, including zebras! He thought it was pretty cool that all the animals came up to him and he got to pet them and feed them. We had lunch at the halfway point in Overlook Cafe. A gorgeous view of the property was everywhere you looked. The second half didn't take as long, but we did get to see a giraffe, a cheetah, and a rhino.
We headed back to Houston and decided to make a short stop at the Dr. Pepper museum in Waco. Little man had a good time running around and trying all the different buttons and crafts they had laid out. Our last stop in the museum was the soda fountain where we enjoyed a (as usual) extremely yummy Dublin Dr. Pepper float. So good!
All in all we had a great time, took WAY TOO many pictures, and decided we want to go back, but maybe in cooler weather.
If you want to see more pictures from our trip you can check out the scrap book I made with Picaboo. By the way, LOVE this program.
To view the book, click the following link:
http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=9da9681f821529e89a43eb710be36781&version=25171
I spent many summers visiting Glen Rose growing up! Not only taking in the sights, but also accompanying my mom to work (she works at the nuclear plant out there). So glad y'all had such a great time! :O)
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