Sunday, March 29, 2009

Flower Mound & Dallas TX - 3/20 - 3/22/09

After leaving Tucson on 3/18, we headed to Texas. We drove to El Paso, TX where we spent the night at Fort Bliss, then continued our journey crossing Texas and spending the next night at a little campground in Clyde, TX. Continuing on we reached Flower Mound on Friday, 3/20 where Rene's nephew Mark and family live. It had been a few years since we had seen them and it was wonderful spending time with them.




Here is Mark, their daughter Melissa and Dana. Melissa and her mom were arriving back on Saturday from spending time with Dana's sister in FL. We picked them up at the airport and then went out for pizza. Flower Mound is a beautiful city with beautiful houses and just a nice area, which we enjoyed driving around. Had the best BBQ ribs there!






Melissa with Jake. He is the cutest puppy and is a boxer mix, who just loves everyone and has a great personality. We got such a kick out of him.








Here is Rocko with Jake -- they are neighbors and best friends. There's a hole under the fence that the dogs go under to get to each other's yard. When we were there, Rocko went to the back door and began howling for Jake to come out to play. They are about the same size and have such fun chasing each other. They always visit each other's houses and are very comfortable in both yards. Jake is a smart little fella who knows how to open the back door to get inside when he's had enough of being outside.



Saturday Mark took us in to Dallas to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza which was the Texas School Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot JFK. The exhibits examine the life, death and legacy of JFK from his 1960 presidential campaign through his influence on current events. There are documentary films, historic footage and lots of photographs and artifacts. There are two areas that appear as they did on November 22, 1963 -- the sniper's perch and the staircase area where the sniper exited the 6th floor and a rifle was found. Lee Harvey Oswald was shot on television by Jack Ruby. Some say Less H. Oswald was just the patsy for a larger conspiracy. I remember so well where I was when JFK was assassinated -- Mr. Riley's English class, Sophomore year -- what a sad time for our country.

Grassy knoll and picket fence where some say shots were fired from and not just from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.



Author Robert J. Groden who has done extensive research to debunk the Warren Commission Report on the assassination of JFK. Beside him is an individual who was 13 at the time and was there when shots were fired. He says he heard the shots and saw the smoke coming from the grassy knoll.

This beautiful building is the Dallas County Administration Building located in Dealey Plaza near the museum.







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