Random Waco-ness

On my recent trip down to Waco, there were other noteworthy sights besides the cool Dr. Pepper museum....

We also drove around on the Baylor University's campus.

Their mascot is the bear, so of course they have a live bear right there!

And what is a Texas town without a cowboy/longhorn statue??

Then we went to a bar/restaurant for a late lunch. They had a massive amount of beers on tap - it was insane! I'm not a beer drinker, but if I was...........

How's this for a weird Texas liqueur?!

And when you hear "Waco" - who doesn't think about the terrible Branch Davidian tragedy that happened in the early nineties with David Koresh??

I know that it's probably tacky or morbid, but I wanted to see the site.....but we drove out there and only saw a sign for the "new" church, not the big compound that we've all seen on video a million times. It's back there somewhere, but we got to a big gate that said "No Trespassing" and stuff like that, so we just thought it was smart to stay out!

Here's a sign for the new church there:

Here's a picture of the new church - definitely a far cry from the compound that they had before!