Flat Stanley Travels Around Round Rock (TX) – December 2013

 This was not a prior blog entry, but probably should’ve been.  So I received a “Flat Stanley” in the mail from my niece Kayla, with an assignment to take him around my neighborhood.  I was to take pictures of parks, schools, are other interesting things in my area, and return those so Kayla could present to her class where Flat Stanley had been … and what she learned about the area.

 Stoop thought it was a great idea, as it gave him a chance to have some nice walks in various places.  So we went to the Chisholm Trail Park to see the cattle statues, as well as the actual rock the city was named after.  We went over to the Dell Diamond for a brief look, and the got some exterior shots of the schools nearest to me (as it was part of the assignment).

 We also went over a short time later to get some shots of Memorial Park, which was just east of Chisholm Trail Park.  You can see the old wagon tracks which were made in the muddy ground before it hardened into the rock it is now.  The “round rock” served as a marker for water depth for the wagons which once traveled the Chisholm Trail.

Dick’s Classic Garage (San Marcos, TX) – September 2013

 I’ll let the original blog speak for itself on this one, as this museum closed in 2019.  Most of the collection was auctioned off, and the remaining went to other locations.  Between the closure of this and the similar museum in Rosanky (Central Texas Museum of Automotive History), that was a loss of great history which was available to the locals to experience.  All the more reason to get out and support these places.

 

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