FIELD TRIP

We left early this a.m. to pick up Melody and her children and head out to the Barrow Museum in Eola, TX. Our first stop was a gas station to wait for other members of the homeschool group. Melody was the coordinator for this month’s activities.

This museum is cool. It’s still a working Longhorn ranch and the profits from the cattle are invested into the foundation that runs the museum. It began as one couple’s love of collecting things. They eventually built a barn to house their collections and then it GREW. There is now a house you can tour, a big barn of antique cars and farm machinery, a caboose, a HUGE barn of antiques and thousands (Jared thinks over 14,000) of arrowheads, a building of pianos and instruments and a tipi used annually in reenactments. The weather was beautiful – perfect for our picnic lunch! The only down side to the day was the dueling babies on the ride home. Rowan and Stacia decided to have a vocal competition…possibly inspired by the antique organs and pianos they had witnessed.

These museums really defy “categorizing”. There was china, crystal, old clothes, old toys, rocks, coral, lots of “dead heads” (taxidermy specimens), a giant AK King Crab, combines, currency from around the world, weapons and military uniforms various time periods and countries…amazing! Jared’s personal favorite was the 1935 Morris Eight car.

Here are some pictures of the day (some of my favorites won't upload)!

We began at the tipi – here are Noah, Shiloh, Nolan and Arielle inside…note the paint with “Indian Paint”. The guide participates in reenactments and shared lots of great info.

Shopkeeper NoahThis ones for you, Mom! {grin}

Lunch counter - check out the prices

Various pendulums making various shapes

Melody & Shiloh

Farmer Noah!

Farmer Nolan!

Girls can be farmers too!

Jared's favorite was this 1935 Morris Eight

Awesome carving on this clock from Black Forest, Germany