Texas Road Trip
By: Caroline McConnell
Day 1: Austin
Austin Pictures
Bullock Texas state History Museum
reggae music festival
zillker park
Day 2: Galveston
Time to Take on the Day
Day 3: Fredsricksberg
today I will be going to fredericksburg. The first place i will be visiting is A german restaurant called Aislander Biergarten. when i saw the outside of the building i felt like i was in germany. i walked in and the place was decorated and looked so cool. When i ordered i got the chicken schnitzel. It is also called Haehnchenschenkel in germany. It is a hand breaded chicken breast breaded as a schnitzel and fried. And i have to say it was not that bad. Fredsrickesberghas a lot of german culurte in it with food the music and the clothes.My next stop was to co to the pioner musem. This place teaches you about fredericksburg back in the day and it tells you about how people had to live and the culture.They have this one exhibit that i went to and was about the firefighters back in the day. There fire trucks look like wagons and the building is so small compared to our fire department buildings. The next placed i looked at was the white oak school. it is a one room school and the desks and chairs are made of wood with a chalk board at the front of the room. It is so cool and strange to see how schools were back then and how they are now. This place was amazing and cool i felt like i was taken back in time. The last place in fredericksburg was the spotted pony ranch. When i got there i got saddled up and got on a horse and was ready to hit the trail. I we went on the trail we had a birds eye view of these beautiful hills and it just looked amazing i was shocked on how beautiful it is. While i was on the trail we would go up and down hills and see beautiful flowers and wildlife. It was so quiet up there that i was so relaxed what a great way to end the day.
Day 4: Abilene
Day 5 : Amarillo
Cadillac ranch
Amarillo Botanical Gardens
Texas air and space museum
Day 6: Canyon
Today I am in canyon to take on another day of fun. I am headed to the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum. In this museum they have so many exhibits. The first exhibit i went to was the american Indian artifacts. Susan j. Allen gave the museum her collection in 1934. There were over 2,000 artifacts given. Some of the objects were baskets, bead work, pottery, paintings, silver, and katsina dolls.So many of the artifacts look warn but still are beautiful. It is cool how many things from long ago are so different and beautiful and how a lot of things were made by hand. The next exhibit I will be going to is called high fashion on the high plains. In this very fun exhibit shows all of the different clothes back in the day. In the exhibit they show thing such as silhouettes, fabrics, trims and designs. Some of the clothes have designer labels Charles Frederick Worth, Christian Dior and Chanel. I actually liked this museum because it had the fashion section. On to my next place.I will be going to the Palo Duro zip line. This big zip line can hold up to 5,00 lb wow. So the first thing is we got our gear on and got in a jeep to get to the launch tower. then you zip-line nearly a quarter of a mile across the canyon.it looks so beautiful from that view and the breeze in your face is amazing. You can also do a zip-line with three people side by side and have a race. when you get close to the end of the zip-line you see a landing pad. that is when the fun journey is about to end. This place was amazing just to see all of the canyons and wildlife was amazing. My last stop in canyon was the Texas outdoor musical. It is a family friendly show. They tell sing and dance on stage and tell stories from back in the day. i got a big taste of there culture all of the actors did really well and i thought like they brought it to life. In the show they have water and fire effects it was so cool. I loved visiting canyon. day 6 complete, only 2 more days until my amazing trip ends.
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
palo duro zipline
Texas outdoor musical
Day 7: Alpine
today i am in alpine. The first place i will be visiting is the museum of the big bend. This museum talks about natural history, human history and confluence of cultures in the Big Bend region. There are so many exhibits. Some of them are about the railroads, trade, cowboys, mining, big bend national park, buffalo soldiers, and the stage coach. This place also tells about the Indians and the Spanish. The exhibits make you feel like you have just gone back to the past. The next place i am visiting is Murphy St. Raspa Co. this place sells Mexican hot chocolate with whipped cream and cinnamon. when you walk in it feels so warm and cozy.They also have art in the front of the building, and kids like to hang out in the front of the building and eat ice cream or drink hot chocolate. There is this delicious flavor It's ice cream with raspa ice and flavoring . They also sell Delicious Mexican cookies, breads, cupcakes, fudge and lots of treats .The next place I am visiting is big bend national park. This place has beautiful trails and a nice breeze. a lot of wildlife comes here.There are so many different kinds of plants. This place just made you want to walk for hours and look at all the land forms. I had a good day today tomorrow is going to be a big day.last day tomorrow.
DAY 8: El paso
Today i am in el paso and the first place i am going is The Tigua Indian Cultural Center. this place tells you about the five centuries of rich Pueblo tradition. With native american dances,jewelry, artifacts, and timeless mementos to make it interesting and fun. They have a traditional bread called the tigua bread. This bread looks so delicious and soft. Their traditions are a lot different than ours it it is really cool to see the difference between the two. I have always wanted to know more about the tigua indians. there exhibit where great and that it was so cool. the next place i will be visiting is the Magoffin Home State Historical Park. I got to see some of the old artifacts that they said were found near the house in the ground. so many of these artifacts are so elegant and beautiful. I Then went on the Magoffin Historic District Walking Tour. I learned all about the architecture of the neighborhood and the interesting people who lived there over time. It is amazing to see how people lived back then. MY last place i am going to go on this amazing trip is Scenic Drive - Overlook. This let me see all of el paso and it was pretty amazing and a good way to end my day. You could see tall mountains and some wildlife i thought that this was so cool and beautiful. I had fun in el paso and i had fun traveling around texas for 8 days i can't believe my journey is over. This is something i will never forget.