We caught a shuttle to the airport this morning. Our flight was once again cancelled. They made a special flight Monday for us. We planned to take our chances again tomorrow and spend another day in Dallas.
We went to see The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The landmark here is the location where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK. We did the tour at the museum although we didn’t have enough time to see everything. It was an eye opening experience for the defining moment of our parents’ generation. For us the moment would have been 911.
We saw the window where Oswald was sitting when he fired the fatal bullet. We saw photos of the motorcade. They had a replica of the rifle he used, which was a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 38. A lot of background for Kennedy’s life and presidency was documented in the museum. We went outside to see the grassy knoll where people thought a second shooter may have been. The street was marked with an X where each of the bullets hit JFK.
We left to see a couple more attractions. One was the Cattle Drive sculptures by Robert Summers. The cattle were crossing a stream in the park where they were located. I bought a Popsicle from a vendor here. We followed the line of cattle up a hill. On top we saw a sculpture of a cowboy on a horse. Words inscribed in a rock indicated that the cowboy was the trail boss responsible for leading the cattle. I got a kick out of this because one of the smokeless powders I use for reduced loads and revolver loads is actually called Trail Boss. The powder was intended for cowboy action shooting.
We left to see the Giant Eyeball. While we were downtown we saw a lot of people going by on dirt bikes and 4x4s making lots of noise. I can only assume that’s a Texas thing. They also had some sort of community non-police security patrolling downtown. I believe they have a similar team in San Francisco.