Day 274

We got up as soon as the alarm went off.  We got the cats prepared, ate breakfast, and left for Waco.  The dog was really glad she was coming along.

We went up I35.  Traffic was OK for most of the way except for a miles long construction zone in Temple.  We got to Waco by 10:30 (good time) and got great gas mileage - 34.4 mpg.

Ellen stayed in the parking lot with the dog while I went to the show.  It took up 2 pretty big buildings.  I saw two things I was interested in.  The first was a .450 Webly.  Unfortunately it had been converted to .45.  The second was a nice 20 gauge Model 12.  At least it was nice until I saw they seller wanted $1,000 for it.

Most of the ammo guys don't seem to have heard that .22 isn't in short supply anymore.  They all wanted $18 for 100 CCI's that yoiu can get at Cabela's or McBride's for $12 or less.

After the show we went to the gun club and shot some 5-stand.  Ellen managed to last one and a half rounds before she couldn't do anymore.  The 5-stand was entertaining except for a unhittable rabbit target.  I shot like shit.  8 months with no shooting has really degraded my shooting.

After that we went looking for a place on Waco lake for Lucy to swim.  All of the parks were closed due to the high water.  So we went downtown.  The first stop was a waterfront park on the river.  It had a cool bridge over it that was built in 1870.  It also had a group of life size sculptures of a cattle drive - two cowboys on horses and a dozen longhorns.

The river was really dirty and had obviously flooded earlier in the year.  So we ran the dog in the park.  It was really hot, so she didn't do many retrieves.

The next stop was a snow cone place at the park.  They weren't as good as the Austin ones.

Then we drove around downtown Waco and looked at the buildings.  They have some really cool ones that I'm sure are near 100 years old or more.  We drove by the original Dr. Pepper plant.  It's a museum now.  I'd have gone in if we didn't have the dog.  We also drove by the silos the Fixer Upper people renovated.  It's a large multi-building complex.  There were a huge number of people there.  The line was out the door and down the block at 3 in the afternoon.

It was really hot by then, so we went to the hotel.  I went out later to get some food, but we didn't go anywhere else.  About 8 a big thunderstorm built up nort of town.  The radar had it "red".  It broke up into two sections before it hit town.  One went east and the other went west.

The evening was TV and reading.  The dog really liked laying on the bed with us and sleeping on it during the night.