Day 15: Dallas - Frontiers of Flight & The Bureau of Engraving and Printing

We tried to get an earlier start today. Carys was up at 7:30am, but she was so crabby. She is wearing down. The lack of a regular routine and enough sleep are getting to her. Anyway, we headed to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth. You aren't allowed to take any electronic equipment in, so I don't have any pictures. It was a really cool place to visit, though.

After lunch, we headed to the Frontiers of Flight museum at Love Field in Dallas. The docents at the museum are all veterans. We had the privilege of having the undivided attention of Charles Mohrle, who was a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot in WWII. He was an awesome guide and really gave us a unique experience.



He taught Landon how to "fly" this PT-22.


Gerren and Chase got a birds-eye view.


Carys looks at the plane display.


There were tons of other planes there, too, including this Beech Staggerwing.


The actual Apollo 7 capsule was also in the museum.


After leaving the museum, we headed to Cedar Hill to meet up with my cousin Jennie, whom I haven't seen in 8 years! Kids really slow you down. We then headed for Babe's Chicken in Burleson to meet Julie and Carson Taylor, our hosts for our stay in Dallas (Mike, the dad of this family, was out of town on business). Anyway, the restaurant was awesome! Really, really neat. If you live in this area and have never been there, you must check it out. We had a fun waitress who did a few "tricks" for us. Gerren snapped a picture of one.



We had such a great time here, but we didn't get to do half of what we would have liked. We must come back soon!