Come and Take It!

Bryan and I took the girls to SBR for a few days alone early last week. We drove into Gonzales, TX for a few hours. Bryan wanted to go to Walmart and get a pair of shoes (someone *me* forgot to bring his tennis shoes and all he had with him were work boots.) Cameron & Brenna really wanted to show him the Old Jail Museum.

After that we drove over to the Gonzales Memorial Museum & Amphitheater, built during the Texas Centennial of 1936 and honoring the Immortal 32, the volunteers who responded to Travis' call for aid from the Alamo.

Here rests the Gonzales cannon that led to the beginning of the Texas Revolution and inspired the flag "Come and Take It!"

After spending a little time steeping in Texas history, we went to Walmart, bought fireworks and headed back to Silver Belle Ranch.

Despite the Texas Hill Country flooding and pouring rain in San Antonio, it was a clear night, with about an inch in the rain gauge, and we shot off fireworks that night.