Franklin Adventures: May 2016

Mark and Brenda hosted this rally and what a great rally this was.

Glen Rose Texas is the "Dinosaur Capital of Texas"
We had a total of 14 RV's attend this rally.

Lost of good eating places in and around Glen Rose Texas. Close to Granbury TX and Lipan TX where we visited a Cheese Factory.

We also took in the German Restaurant in Granbury. Ketzler's

Lots of shopping in Glen Rose was a very interesting small Texas Town with a heart bigger than most. We were met on the town square every day by Dennis Moore who is Council Member to boost tourism, for Glen Rose what a great man. He kept us informed of everything that was going on it town and all the shops.

Great soda shop with great shakes. The Green Pickle was great also, we shared a hamburger there and it was plenty for us.

Some took in the "Big City Music Revue" in Granbury also.

Sure hope we have another Rally here soon as there are so many things to do and you can not get all done in a week. It may take a month. LOL

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http://www.fossilrim.org/
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This was the first of what we saw when we arrived in Glen Rose Texas

The entrance to the Oakdale RV Park.
This park was first built in 1925 .
Purchased by the City of Glen Rose 2014 for $1,000,000. Then refurbished the park for an additional $1,000,000.

A walk around the park.

The "Oakdale Plunge" is a 330,000 gallon swimming pool built in 1925 and is the centerpiece of the Park. It was dug out with horse and mule and was originally a sulphur/mineral pool. Today the "Plunge" retains the original shape of the original pool and there are pictures showing the original diving platforms and slide. In 2011 the pool was upgraded but the two horizontal walls in the pool separating the kiddie pool and the deep end are original and reworked. While the original slide
and platform diving boards are no longer there, there is a slide and diving board for today's guests. Guests could rent a wool swimsuit for a nickel.

Our Rally Room

Sharon G. and Janet L.

Karen and Dan

Some shops on the square.

Crafts for sale

Oh my! look what we found.

She made the shakes for us. They were so good.

Local at the Court House.

Dan is getting his History lesson today.

What an Ice House we have here.

Great place to eat.
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A Dinosaur Foot Print the was replaced on the Square.

Nice small garden park

Lots of benches for everyone.

A visit to Fossil Rim a must if you are in the area.

American Bison

Starting our trip thru the park.

Ostrich

Wildebeest

Bongo

Greater Kudu

Wild Turkey

Maria had the right idea. Thru the sun roof.

Fallow Deer

Giraffe

At the halfway rest area.

Nice family here

Aoudad

Cheetahs

Southern Black Rino

American Bison

Then for lunch back in Glen Rose.

Book tree.

Back to the RV park. Pat and Edwina relaxing

Elibeth, Maria and Margret taking a breather.

Now to Granbury Texas

the Square in Granbury TX

Old Jail House

Granbury Courthouse

Good German Food here.

Good German Beer

Our waitress, very good

Desert

My Lunch today. Home Made

Our waitress took our picture. Thanks

Pat L. hard at work

Mark and Brenda had water front site this morning.

The cross street is Vine. So this is Hollywood and Vine.

Time for lunch again. A new eatery in Glen Rose.

Then a stop at another park in Glen Rose.

CPL Rhett Butler
Memorial
To read more please go to the following web page.
http://ourfallensoldier.com/ButlerRhettA_MemorialPage.html