The Woman enjoyed her time with Kendy and Mike, as did I. We
hit a bunch of local gems, including the Museum of Natural Science in Sugar
Land Texas, another upscale suburb of Houston. Housed in the old Central State
Prison Farm building constructed in 1939, the museum is an interesting mix of
dinosaur remains and other prehistoric fossils combined with mineralogical and
hands on exhibits.
We also visited San Filipe, a booming town in the early 1800’s.
Sam Austin was an activist in San Filipe, and actually spent two years imprisoned
in Mexico City for having the audacity of establishing a local government in
San Filipe.
In 1836 as Sam Houston and his Texas troops fell back after
the defeat at the Alamo, he came through San Filipe, not wanting to accidentally
provide Mexican General Santa Anna any supplies or materials, he ordered the
town of San Filipe burned, and it was. We visited the J.J. Josey General Store
there, the longest continuously operating general in the state. Built in 1847 after
the end of the Mexican American War, it was continuously operated as a general
store until 1942.
We also visited a Texas landmark, Buckeyes. A truck stop on
steroids, Texans love Buckeyes. We drove through the stop, and found gas pump
number 260 – can you believe 260 gas pumps! Our daughter Karen, a Texan at
heart, told us to be sure to get one of their kolaches, which we failed to do.
But we did gawk at the Guinness World Record holding longest car wash in the
world. Great fun!
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