Plan B...

So after we found out that we were not getting Steeler, Carter being the smart man he is, had a Plan B. First we had to take the rental car back to the Phoenix airport and while doing so was able to see my dear friend Tina and her husband, Mike. I used to work with Tina at WebMD. We also got to see our friend Tamara and meet her family. We had a great time getting to know them and experienced what it would have been like to live in Arizona. While we were at Tamara's sister's house one of the kids got stung by a scorpion... in the HOUSE! Kenzi was actually playing right next to Cole. We were so thankful Kenzi was not stung but highly concerned about Cole. He was OK, after some normal side affects, but definitely a very memorable experience!

After we left Arizona on Sunday morning, (as fast as we could!) we made it to Fort Stockton, Texas that evening. The next morning we stopped so see a few random sights, on our way to San Antonio. First up was the second largest Roadrunner in the world. We did drive by the first largest roadrunner in the world but did not know it was the largest in the WORLD or we probably would have stopped.

Kenzi being the coyote! Funny girl!

The next stop was a Deer Antler tree in Junction Texas. Yep it was a tree made up of deer antlers.

After seeing the tree Kenzi started asking questions of how the antlers got on there and it led into hunting. She asked if she could go hunting and I told her she should talk to her Uncle Mike, as he hunts a lot.

"Would you be OK if I went hunting with Uncle Mike?"

Me: "Absolutely honey, your Uncle Mike is a VERY responsible hunter. Though the number 1 rule of hunting is you eat everything you shoot!"

"Do you shoot deer?"

"Yes"

"Can you shoot fish?"

Me: "Well, honey a hook works better."

Carter: "Really Kenzi, dynamite works the best!"

When we made it to San Antonio we went to the Alamo. There Carter got to play tour guide as he is well versed in history. Fortunately Kenzi was a good listener!

After the Alamo, we had lunch at Buckhorn's Museum. It really could have been called the Mike B Museum as I am sure he would have wanted to move in if he had seen this place. This first picture is a picture of a 78 point buck. I could hear my brother drooling as I took the picture!

Kenzi loved this shooting game! We all did pretty good.

So the deal with this museum is it started out as a bar. The owner of the bar would offer a drink to the hunter for animals horns, antlers, skins or anything the hunter was willing to give up. And then him and his wife would make things out of those items. Or stuff them.

We also went to a short part of the River Walk. We saw a boat almost run over a duck. Though not sure why the duck didn't move out of the way before like the rest of her friends. Here is a mama duck and her ducklings. Kenzi thought they were so cute. I think she wanted to take one home!

So on our way out of San Antonio we found this restaurant called The Cove. It was featured on Diners, Drive in and Dives. It was really good food and a lot of options for those that are vegan and have gluten allergies.

Well, while we wanted plan A to work out, Plan B was fun. We got back home safely and we are getting back into the swing of things. Thank you for the love and support, I can not tell you enough how much our family appreciated it!