Fun in Abilene

Abilene was a very cool town. The architecture of downtown was amazing, but sadly most businesses had relocated to the newer parts of town so it was mainly empty buildings. I hate that! Why not use those cool buildings for stores? Anyway we checked out the local Air Force Base BX (because that's what military people do), and then decided to visit the local zoo.
The Abilene Zoo was a really nice zoo, and it has one amazing feature that makes is stand out...the "Giraffe Bridge"! There is a bridge that spans the Giraffe enclosure, and it allows visitors to walk up and see the giraffes eye to eye. The zoo also sells Giraffe Cookies, and visitors are allowed to feed the giraffes! This was SUPER cool!! The giraffes have long black tongues that have amazing dexterity! The kids had a blast feeding them crackers, especially Lucy who thought that the giraffe tongues were hilarious!

There was one small breeze, and this ostrich was feeling it!

Next we visited a museum outside of Abilene, that was a collection of buildings from the early part of the century. All the buildings & artifacts had been collected from around Abilene and put in one location. The museum provided handsets that provides visitors with historical information. I have to mention that this museum was a little out of the way, and we were expecting something different...it kind of gave off a little bit of a creepy vibe. But we plunged ahead, and boy we were glad that we did. It was a really neat place to explore!

This old merry-go-round was definitely their favorite thing!

Enjoying some cold ones!

After that we meandered back into San Antonio. It was a great trip, and we all had fun! It was especially fun to share the trip with Oma. Maybe we will actually make it to Mt. Rushmore next year!! :)