Crawford & Waco

Today, a couple of us decided to take a break from our studies and head down to the Dr Pepper museum in Waco. On the way, we detoured into President Bush's hometown of Crawford for lunch. There was only one restaurant, so we ate there. I had a burger and "President Bush's Favorite Onion Rings", Ellen had a BLT and "The First Lady's Favorite Fried Jalapenos".

After lunch, we went to the tourist shop, and as we were about to leave, a lady pops out of her car and asks if we are tourists. I say, "Yeah", hoping that it wasn't too obvious, and she asks if she can interview me for a special program that she is doing for her Mexican news agency. So, she asked me some questions about why we decided to come down and if I had bought any souvenirs. It was hard-hitting investigative journalism.

After we left downtown, we drove by the President's ranch. You can tell you are getting close because of the bright orange signs that tell you not to stop your car.

After we left the ranch, we went to Waco to visit the Dr Pepper museum, which was cool. I learned that Dr Pepper has never had prune juice in it, and that the period was removed after the "Dr" in "Dr Pepper" because it made the stylized "r" look like a semicolon. Hmm.



More Mexicans get their news from Dan than from any other source.


Ellen is standing slightly in front of the sign, which I guess wasn't illegal.