Celebrating 76-days on V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!

October 17, 2013

Bye-bye to Fort Worth Family

 Awwww....

 Grandma Gloria and Cooper

Overnight paving job at the back door
(to keep the dogs out of the mud during the upcoming rainy season).

Home Sweet Home on North Ridge Road

 Fort Worth TX Skyline

Fort Worth TRAFFIC!

Waco TX

Homestead Heritage Craft Village

 http://www.homesteadheritage.com/

A Quercus (Oak) Tree.  Very unusual (to me) cap/nut.

Homestead Heritage Craft Village

http://www.sustainlife.org/

 The Forge

This man was taking a class to learn how to make this axe-head.

 The Grist Mill

 Fiber Crafts Center

 Wood Working Shop

Potters Shop

(Totally amazing hand made pottery!)

 Gift Shop
(Selling items from the Forge, Woodshop, Fiber Shop (textiles), Pottery Shop, and Gristmill).

1800's Sampler quilt.  $4200.

Austin TX

Congress Ave Bridge Bats

http://batcon.org/index.php/get-involved/visit-a-bat-location/congress-avenue-bridge.html

 People gathering to see the bats.

 Sunset over Austin TX

 Bats come out from under the bridge at dust and fill the sky in clouds of black.

 The black "clouds" are thousands of bats.

The state capital building in the distance.

In the forground, the crowds that gather on Congress Ave Bridge to watch the bats.

Evening Accommodations

Dinner at Chili's in Austin, then off to our evening accommodations;

Oak Forest RV Park in Austin TX.  http://www.oakforest-rvpark.com/