A really neat place, don't miss it if you go through Fort Davis!
Afterwards we drove out to the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute Nature Center and Botanical Gardens. We happened to come on a special day, "Herp Day" at the institute. They were hosting several schools and had some experts on snakes and lizards there to teach the kids about them. Definitely not my thing! ha! Thankfully, the kids were busy at the institute, and we had the gardens mostly to ourselves.
After the garden, we drove up to the McDonald's Observatory and wandered around some there. We try to go there every time we're in Fort Davis -- it's a must! As we came around one of the many switchbacks on the way up the hill, we saw a whole family of wild hogs crossing the road right in front of us!
Who says we don't have fall colors here in Texas?!
Back to Fort Davis for a late lunch, then we spent the rest of the afternoon at the Fort. They've done so much work there since we were there last. As a matter of fact, they were roofing some of the building back in the officer's row while we were there, using cedar planks like might have been used back when the fort was originally built, all though he was using an electric nail gun! ha!
Women had some very narrow, small feet back in the day!
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