Thursday – April 15- After breakfast at Panaderia again (it was just that good), we packed up and headed to our next stop : Waco.
We arrived around lunch time and thought we’d try eating lunch at the Magnolia Table restaurant, but it was an hour and a half wait, so instead, we headed over to the Silos and ate at the food trucks. I had an amazing grilled cheese with gouda, bacon and basil. Trevor had some Chinese food.
After lunch we walked around the little shops in the area and tried to stay dry. It started raining not long after we got there so we couldn’t hang around outside for very long.
This was a cute little church that Chip and Joanna had restored.
Silo pictures and cute little shops.
And of course we had to try the bakery and the coffee shop. Yummy!
After we left Magnolia, we did something a little different. It was still raining and we couldn’t really do anything outside, so we drove past the site of the David Koresh Commune. Remember him? When Trevor and I were growing up, that was what Waco was known for. The Waco tragedy or whatever you wanted to call it. So we decided to drive by for old memories sake. It now has a building as a marker for the site, as well as some trees with plaques in honor of all who were killed. There is also some relatives still living on the site, so it’s fenced off and private property now.
But Waco is now known for the Silos and Chip and Joanna Gaines. So not too many people talk about Waco in a bad way anymore.
We then drove over to a small area called the Homestead Heritage. It almost seems like it’s own little town. They people that live there own a restaurant, a cheese shop, a coffee shop, a woodworking shop, a candle making and pottery making shop, as well as a market. There’s also a mill, and they give classes to learn how to make furniture using the old style tools. They also grow most of their own food. I didn’t see any animals other than chickens so I’m not sure if they have cows and pigs, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the did. They almost seem Amish in their way of living. They have a lot of the old style tools and lifestyle but still have cell phones and electricity and cars. The shops were all closed by the time we got there but the restaurant was open so we went there for supper. The owners/workers are all Holiness Pentecostal but non denominational Pentecostal. It was so refreshing so see some Godly dressed ladies serving you food.
The food was excellent.
To be continued….
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