What constitutes a museum?
Today we woke up without any plans. Grandma Kathy and Michelle began looking through the visitors brochures. They found some info about two museums, New Braunfels Railroad and Fire Museum. Like I mentioned in Tuesday’s post, the kids love trains so I’m sure they’re gonna love the that museum.
Now I ask again, what constitutes a museum? It’s a restored railroad station located adjacent to the Union Pacific tracks in downtown New Braunfels. This place was tiny, but the size doesn’t detract from the fun. It has three rooms. Two of which contained antiques and collections of railroad memorabilia. The third room had an impressive miniature train model. Our kids used every bit of restraint not to touch every single train in that room. Behind the station sits a real caboose and a saddle-tank steam engine. All of the kids, including the big kids like Grandpa Earl, were allowed to climb abroad and play inside.
After the train museum, we walked across the street to the New Braunfels Fire Department Museum. Unfortunately, it was closed. But next door to that was the New Braunfels Central Fire Station. We spoke with a couple of the firemen and the kids got an up close view of the fire trucks. A little irony, the kids were very thirsty so who better than a fireman to give them water? They also suggested a great local restaurant, The Red Rooster Café and Antique Company. The unique thing about the Red Rooster is you sit on the chairs and eat off the tables that are for sale. Every so often a few customers walk around while you are eating to look at these tables and chairs.
The heat and food took their toll on the kids. One minivan ride and 20 minutes later Sadee, Josh, and Morgan were knocked out in their car seats. In order to give the kids a good nap Michelle and I drove around the area. A little later I remembered seeing a street sign for the Canyon Lake Dam. We headed towards the park near the dam. This gave me a wonderful opportunity to take some shots of the dam, lake, and scenery.
You can view more photos from today…HERE
by Sonny Cantu
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