Ever since my first trip to Houston (and my first trip to Texas, actually) back in January, I have wanted to go back and really
visit the city. After coming home from that trip a bit disappointed
that I didn't get to see much of the actual city (our hotel was out by
theGalleria mall and a $50 cab ride just to get downtown), I did some
research and found more than one reason to go back and take the whole
family. You might think Downtown Aquarium OR Houston Zoo OR Space Center Houston, of course, but it was actually this place, that piqued my curiosity most...
Yes,
a parking lot chock full of ginormous busts (and some just the heads)
of the U.S. Presidents! In all honestly, I actually found out about
this sign first...
and
then about the heads... So, I knew that we would just have to take our
B one day. Well, that "one day" came today and B was literally beside himself.
"Where's my head, Mommy? I'm going to be President one day."
Oh me, oh my...
"Mommy! Look, here's number 33!"
I think that he even found his favorite, James K. Polk...
at least, I think that one is him?
B literally
wanted his photo taken with every... single... one... I kid you not,
that we took more than 50 photos in this parking lot and as we were
leaving he just wasn't satisfied...
"Mommy, I don't want my picture taken with just half of the Presidents (it was physically impossible for us to get to them all), I want my picture taken with ALL of them..."
Like I said, "Oh me, oh my"...
Oh, and you think that the heads are huge? Check out The Beatles...
After this CrAzY stop, we grabbed lunch at a lucky find, Freebirds World Burrito, a neat motorcycle-themed burrito place...
(they even had motorcycle handle controls to dispense salsa at the salsa bar)
and headed out to Space Center Houston, of course!
I'm
going to have to dedicate an entire post to it (since this one is
already about like the parking lot from earlier today, "chock full of
ginormous busts of the U.S. Presidents!"), but here are a couple of
highlights from our afternoon...
Finally, we couldn't leave Texas without giving the old Whataburger a whirl...
Goodbye, Texas! We've definitely had a BIG time!
More {Road Trip} 2012 Fun
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