Carl Henning

I enjoy history, including history of World War II. My father landed on D-Day in a glider of the 101st Airborne. Finally made it to the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans.

We expected more Halloween displays along the San Antonio Riverwalk. We took the boat ride at night for the first time.

A taxidermist dream of hundreds of animals grace the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum in San Antonio… plus some eclectic history and the included Texas Ranger Museum. Thought this would be a 15-minute museum visit, but turned into 2 hours with quick lunch in the saloon.

We stopped at the San Antonio Zoo on our way to a birthday dinner. They don’t have elephants. The big cats were all hiding. The sculptures were the interesting things.

A walk in the gardens with flowers and butterflies. We’ve been to Mercer Gardens before, but there were butterflies this visit.

The highlight of Houston’s Downtown Aquarium is the Landry’s Restaurant. Not that we didn’t enjoy the tigers, the fish, and the train ride through the shark tank.

We completed our visit to the Beck building at the Museum of Fine Arts. We still have several buildings to go. We saw a lot of works from familiar masters like Cezanne and Rodin and from unknown artists. There were rooms full of religious art too.

Continuing our first visit to the Museum of Fine Arts… This is as far we got in the Beck building. Paintings, clocks, silver, and telegraph wire.

Continuing our Texas tourism, we visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. The museum occupies several buildings and we did not get to everything in the first building, the Beck building. So look for more posts coming soon.