Vacation

After two weeks of school it was time for a vacation!  My parents rented a cabin in the Texas hill country and we spent four days in the area.  This turned out to be a great "field trip" for Eleanor.

Our trip actually started out on a the wrong foot.  We left on Monday, Labor Day, and had plans to stop in Shiner so my dad could see the Shiner Bock brewery and then in Gonzales to see the cannon there.  But, alas, both were closed, so we headed to a wonderful barbecue place we had heard about but it was closed, too!  Then the place we wanted to eat dinner at was closed, too!

The next day went much better.  We headed to Natural Bridge Caverns, the largest cave in Texas.  Eleanor was in love!  She didn't mind the dark, the moisture, or the long walk down and then up.  She listened well to the guide and then asked us when she would be old enough to go caving. 

Tonight we read this book I checked out for her from the library:

She informed me after reading it that it was okay to go caving in a dress!

After the cave we went to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch next door. She was really tired from cave and didn't want to go at first.  But as soon as the first animal came up the truck she was hooked.

The ranch has antelope, deer, goats, bison, donkeys, ostriches, emus and zebras that you can feed from your car.  By far the hit of the trip was the zebras.

As you entered the area with the zebras there were signs on each side showing huge zebra teeth and proclaiming that the zebras could bite.  So Daddy was really (unpleasantly) surprised when one zebra came to his window and showed it's teeth!  He had to keep throwing food in it's mouth to keep it happy.  Eleanor still thinks this is the funniest thing ever and will find pictures of zebras to "scare" her daddy.

We were also able to feed and brush goats.  One tried to eat Granddad's phone and one chewed on my jeans!

The cabin we stayed in was very nice and Eleanor collected many rocks to take home with us. 

Next week we'll be back to our schoolwork!