Category Archives: Wandering Fool

This little town in Texas has secrets. One is Babe’s. The other is that it is supposedly the most haunted town in Texas. Home to John Wilkes Booth (yes, THAT one), a haunted opera house, a creepy jail and the Nutt House (surprisingly not an asylum). Here for dinner, the majority of the touristy placesContinue reading “USA! Granbury”

Everything is bigger in Texas, or so the saying goes. I guess for some things I would have to agree but not everything. Food servings yes, houses depends except that guy that’s building a house that looks like a castle then definitely bigger. Even the sky seemed bigger. Prices, in many cases no. Different absolutely.Continue reading “USA! Fort Worth”

Finished up at the museum and had to walk to the infamous Grassy Knoll. The wooden picket fence is gone, replaced with a memorial. Even though there was a section about conspiracies in the museum, walking around almost every conversation on the knoll was about assassination conspiracy theories.

History lesson! Shopping and eating took a back seat to taking a self guided tour through the JFK Museum at Dealey Plaza. If you slept through your history class, the Texas School Book Depository Company building is where Lee Harvey Oswald was working as a temporary employee at the building, and fired three shots fromContinue reading “USA! The Sixth Floor Museum”

Heading back from Hearst Castle we decided to take in the view of the ocean. Right beside the car park was a bunch of squirrels happy to eat our peanuts. First time outside of a documentary or a cartoon.

We decided on the Grand Rooms Tour. Worth it. Best for first-time visitors, this overview of Hearst Castle offers an itinerary through the main building called Casa Grande: the Assembly Room, Refectory, Morning Room, Billiard Room and Theater. Tours begin outdoors with several stairs to negotiate on the terraces.

So it’s a pool. Holy hot damn.

This place is amazing. And big. I don’t think a day is enough to get through everything and when you look at the website, there are 10 different tours so yeah, lots to see and do. And I split my experience into three posts, mostly because lots of pics. Home

Spent too little time here but enough to make me want to come back so I’m already planning a Pacific Coast Highway road trip for 2021. Atascadero is a great little place right between San Francisco and Los Angeles. There’s a surprising amount to see and do here and every major brand seems to beContinue reading “USA! Atascadero”

We had about 12 hours between flights so planned to get off the plane and go find some food. First cab off the ramp was a limo. Little bit surreal but hey, when the universe sends you a little, no sense saying no.