Texas Barbeque

We were in Texas checking up on the old home place. On the way out of San Antonio we stop at Rudy's. We're tickled that they bill themselves as the "Worst Bar-B-Q in Texas". It's good, though. When my grandmother and great aunt did the run out to the country house, they always stopped here. In Texas it seems that barbeque is not served on plates. You get a kind of deli paper for the meat, and rectangular paper bowls or styrofoam cups for the beans and potato salad, etc. When you order your barbecue, you don't order a sandwich, you order by the pound. And the bread, at least the bread I've seen, is always from a loaf of soft white bread.











































The rest of the pictures are from Woody's, the barbeque/gas station/convenience store down the highway from the old home place. Much the same scenario... house barbeque sauce for sale, and all manner of meats and other foods for sale, including fudge, pecan pie, and those pink peanut patties I used to eat all the time when we visited grandmom in the summer. Two big stainless steel serving canisters of iced tea, one sweet and one unsweetened. Picnic tables and loaves of bread just laid out on the table... help yourself. The gentlemen behind the counter were pleased to provide samples of everything they had for sale, including buffalo and venison jerky, and elk summer sausage.

Spring

WDW 2008 - Welcome home.

WDW 2008 - These are a few of my favorite things...

Some of our favorite WDW things... the Cinderella Carousel and Castle, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, entering the Magic Kingdom and heading down Main Street, the Indiana Jones show at Hollywood Studios, Space Mountain, and It's a Small World.

WDW 2008 - We Like Trains

Magic Kingdom



















Animal Kingdom















OK. Not officially a train. But it's the Thunder Mountain Railroad engine. I think it counts.

WDW - Animal Kingdom and Lodge

This is the first time we've been to the Animal Kingdom or the Animal Kingdom Lodge. Like the Kingdom... LOVED the lodge.

Expedition Everest












We saw the vine woman! She's on stilts and moves ever so slowly...




















Animal Kingdom Lodge - looking over the pool area. We had a reservation for a dinner buffet at Boma. So delish... they were kind enough to email some of the recipes for dishes we liked most.






























This is the lobby area. We (I, that is), decided we have to save all our pennies in order to be able to stay here a few days.


































Detail of the chandeliers.















In amongst all the artful "inspired by" were many original pieces of African art.

WDW 2008 - Dumbo and The Teacups

Two of our most favoritest places in the Kingdom.




































The view from Dumbo.

WDW 2008 - Port Orleans Riverside, Contemporary Resort

A new resort for us this time... Port Orleans Riverside. Very charming and peaceful (for WDW) atmosphere. You can take a boat from here to Downtown Disney, but we never had the time!










































On day four it was back to our favorite resort so far, the Contemporary. Mostly because of the monorail going through the hotel, the size of the room & bathroom layout, and because we can walk to the Magic Kingdom.

































The mural in the Contemporary.



















The view from our window. Yup, it's zoomed a bit. In the real view you can see the parking lot and construction. But it is the cat's PJs to see the fireworks from your room...






























Chef Mickey's. Start twirling your napkins.

Winter 2007-2008

An exceptional winter.