Mulert's Great Adventure

TRADERS VILLAGE

We stayed at the Traders Village campground, so we wandered over to the flea market, which is mostly junk.

Recently I got an e-mail from a cousin of mine that I had never met, but was happy to find a representative from that branch of the family. His great-grandfather was a brother of my great-grandfather. He and his daughter came to visit while we were in Dallas, and we spent about 5 1/2 hours discussing family history. It proves he's a Moes, because we've been known to do some talking! It was nice to meet them.

GEORGE AND LAURA'S

We couldn't leave Dallas without being nosey-so we went looking for George and Laura Bush's new house. It looks like the secret service will have a hard time protecting the area. The houses in the neighborhood are large, but are close together. Soon there'll be changes.

MAIN STREET BREAD BAKING CO.

We had a sandwich at the Main St. Bread Baking Co., and thought we'd make you hungry.

This is for the Grinnell girls of the Sister act-it's called a Chocolate Nun!

DOWNTOWN GRAPEVINE, TX

We heard that Grapevine is known for their Christmas decorations. They had a lot of lights, but it's hard to get the full effect during the day.

Don and friend.

MORE ICE

Santa in ice.

They even had sliding boards-we passed-but it looked like fun.

Through a tunnel.

To an angel.

Followed by a shepherd.

And the crib scene.

Wow, what a great time!

"ICE"

The Gaylord resort flies 40 artists from China to Texas to create the ice sculptures. It takes about 2 months to make them, and they start with 2 million pounds of ice and then chip away half of it. Some of it is clear and some is colored. They give everyone a parka to wear in the exhibit, as they keep it at 9 degrees-but it was 6 degrees when we were in there. I had a little difficulty with the camera-it would go black after each picture. I had to put it up my sleeve to warm it up in between. It was kind of pricey, but truly amazing and worth the money!!!