Horns and Rangers - the shooting kind

Yesterday we decided to stay somewhere where there was air conditioning, so we headed in to San Antonio on the city bus (that was interesting in itself!). We went to the Buckhorn Museum by the riverwalk. It is basically a shrine to taxidermy, but alot of the things in there were world records or very odd species or whatever, and the sheer number of horns in the place was impressive. There were several exhibits in this museum, such as Texas life, Alaska, under the sea, and birds of flight.
Also attached to this museum is a Texas Ranger museum (the shooting, law keeping kind - not the baseball players). Colton wanted to be sure to go to the Texas Ranger museum in Waco, but when he saw where we were, it never dawned on him that this wasn't the right town. Of course, alot of the displays in this museum were pictures or possessions of a certain former Ranger and their acts of heroism, but there was ALOT of reading - which was quite interesting to the average adult, but to a 7 year old, after the 30 seconds it takes to look at these 5 guns, we should be moving on. They also had an old west type town set up inside with little facts here and there. This was alot more interesting to Colton! However, by this time, it was mid-afternoon and we were starving!
We decided to head down to the riverwalk and see what we might find to eat down there. We did find a place called the Lone Star Cafe - DO NOT stop to eat there. It was fairly priced had the food been edible. However, after showing the waiter the state of our dinner, he did throw in a free Texas brownie for dessert! By then it was time to head out of the heat and back to camp.
Colton had seen some bikes for rent all week at the campground, so this day we finally got back in time to rent one. He got to ride the little bike/dune buggy thing for a while hour, then spent the rest of the evening in the pool with his goggles. He loves them!
Today, we packed up camp early to avoid the heat and headed back to Victoria. It's nice and cool in the house! We are both getting pretty homesick by now. I don't want vacation to be over, but I do miss home. I'll try to get some pictures added to this post. It took all day to add them all to dotphoto!
The last picture is a picture of Colton and his "friend". This guy and his family were camping next to us for the last few days. They are from Venezuela originally and now live in Houston. I think because of growing up with Joe, Colton likes to socialize with kids Joe's age. This kid was a very nice and respectful guy! He and Colton exchanged email addresses before we left.