Summer Vacation 2013: Day 5 ~ Dallas, Texas

After morning rush hour, we headed back into Dallas to visit Dealey Plaza and the 6^th Floor Museum. The weather was hot -100 degrees according to our car thermometer. For those of you who have not visited it, the museum was very moving with photos, videos and information about the assassination of President Kennedy, his presidency, family, politics, the television coverage, his funeral and mourning, along with the coverage of the investigation and arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald and his murder by Jack Ruby. They also have information on the Warren Commission and conspiracy theories. It was easy to spend hours there. Although no photos are allowed on the 6^th floor, they do have the corner and window, from which Oswald fired, in the same configuration that they found it. We headed up to the 7^th floor then, where you are allowed to take pictures from the windows, looking down on Dealey Plaza. Interesting perspective. After that, we wandered over to Founder’s Plaza with its controversial log cabin – supposedly the home of Dallas' first resident and founding father, John Neely Bryan, although it is said to be hotly debated whether it really is. Because it was so hot, we ended our walking tour there, and headed back to the house. We then set out to find Claire a pair of cowboy boots, for which she has been saving all of her money. We went to a western wear shop that Marcia suggested and she found what she was looking for and bought them. She also found out that cowboy boots are expensive. After a fun dinner with the family again, we packed up and got ready to leave in the morning. We were so glad to be able to spend time with family we don’t get to see too often.