Visiting Texas - Day 5 to 6

Continuing the family visit/road trip to Texas...Day 4 is here.                On the fifth day of our visit we took a field trip to Cabella's. There is plenty of entertainment even if you don't go for the shopping. We started with the aquarium.

           There are rooms full of animals.

              There are spectacular horns on these and other sheep. By the time we finished eating and shopping it was getting dark and we headed to Wimberly for the Trail of Lights.

         Dozens of local businesses and families light and decorate the gardens of the 12-acre EmilyAnn Theater & Garden. This is an annual event and a major fundraiser for the theater.

Dan and Matt and I had planned to leave on Sunday for Part 2 of our Texas vacation.

First, a few more photos of cute grandkids. Actually I was trying to get a photo of a baby with a handwoven baby blanket that is part of a project I am working on. This baby is a little too mobile for that to be easy to do.

          Containing him worked a little better.

                We had the truck loaded and I asked nicely made everyone stand in one place for a group photo. This is the only one of all of us together during this trip.

            About 10 am. Dan and Matt and I got in the truck and headed for Big Bend National Park, about seven hours away.

             Here the Chisos Mountains rise out of the desert. The park entrance is at an elevation of 2848'  and the peaks rise to over 7800'. Our camp the first night was at 5400' which meant that there was still snow from the storm which had come through.

               We got there towards dusk and found a campsite just as it was getting dark.

To be continued...