We drove up there on Sunday. One of the booth workers suggested we start off with the rock tower climbing since it got crowded fast. Son almost made it to the very top, 4 rocks away. His fear of heights and tired little muscles just couldn't take him further. We walked through the tents of our state parks. They were grouped by region. The guy from the Panhandle looked familiar. Turns out we saw him a few times this summer while staying at Palo Duro. There was a "calf roping" area just outside their end of the tent and son had a blast roping. We made some simple crafts with the staff of various parks. Good thing we brought our backpacks. They were full by the end of the day. Jason and Stacy from South Llano were there. I had taken a picture of Jason with a fawn in July and made a copy for him. We visited with them a while ( they also suggested we NOT have hamburgers for lunch).
The living history section was great. My son loves that stuff. I know he will do well in history class. We took a turn around at the trout tank. They let 30 or so people go at a time, when the five minutes is up, they clear the pool and get 30 more anglers. Only 4 fish were caught in our round. We caught one of them. YEA! From there we went through the fishing area, casting for accuracy etc.
We stopped for lunch and caught the Sea World show. On the way out, we stopped to make a few purchases and a visit through the snake display. I started to take pictures but was having so much fun myself, I forgot about the camera.
If you like to go outside, or know some kids who think outside is boring, take them to the Expo next year.
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