{"id":13173,"date":"2025-02-04T08:32:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=13173"},"modified":"2025-02-09T06:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:50:46","slug":"waco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=13173","title":{"rendered":"Waco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#090d8e\"><strong>Home to Columbian Mammoths &amp; Dr. Pepper<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Baylor-University-Stadium-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13191\" style=\"width:227px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Baylor-University-Stadium-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Baylor-University-Stadium-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Baylor-University-Stadium-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Baylor-University-Stadium-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Baylor-University-Stadium-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Baylor-University-Stadium-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Also home to Baylor University, of interest mostly because Gail&#8217;s baby brother spent his freshman year there. It wasn&#8217;t a good fit for him, hence one year.  We drove by the stadium a few times, but never made it on campus.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, short, 3-night stay, mostly for our :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit to <mark style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(29, 106, 6);\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/mark> new <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\">National Park Site<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Waco Mammoth National Monument<\/strong><\/mark> (#276), where today, fossil specimens represent the nation&#8217;s first and only recorded evidence of a nursery herd of ice age Columbian mammoths. Standing as tall as 14 feet and weighing 20,000 pounds, Columbian mammoths roamed across what is present-day Texas thousands of years ago. Columbian Mammoths were twice as big as Wooly Mammoths. We took the Ranger Tour of the <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Dig Shelter<\/strong><\/mark> and took the short hike around the grounds. The remains excavated from Waco Mammoth through 1990 are now housed at Baylor University&#8217;s Mayborn Museum Complex, which we didn&#8217;t visit (this time).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"5\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13193\" data-id=\"13193\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-b-Waco-Mammoth-NM-3-683x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-b-Waco-Mammoth-NM-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-b-Waco-Mammoth-NM-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-b-Waco-Mammoth-NM-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-b-Waco-Mammoth-NM-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-b-Waco-Mammoth-NM-3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-b-Waco-Mammoth-NM-3.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Perspective on Mammoths &amp; Elephants<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13196\" data-id=\"13196\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-8-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-8-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-8-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-8-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Overview of the main part of the Dig Site.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13204\" data-id=\"13204\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-5-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-5-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-5-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-5-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">One of the few adult males, from thousands of years after the nursery herd<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13195\" data-id=\"13195\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-21-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-21-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-21-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-21-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-21-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-21-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Another adult female, from thousands of years after the adult male<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13197\" data-id=\"13197\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-12-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-12-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-12-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-12-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-12-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An American camel, a companion mammal with the mammoths<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13194\" data-id=\"13194\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-16-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-16-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-16-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-16-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-16-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-16-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Rendering of what a Columbian Mammoth might have looked like, a bit smaller, as the wall wasn&#8217;t tall enough!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13192\" data-id=\"13192\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-18-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-18-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-18-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-18-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-18-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-c-Waco-Mammoth-NM-Tour-Dig-Site-18-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Painting of what the Nursery Herd might have looked like, running down the creek bed as it was flooded.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#090d8e\"><strong>Other visits <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>We took a short walk along the Brazos River on the East Side Riverwalk, and visited 2 Waco Museums:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#090d8e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Dr. Pepper Museum<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong>, where we spent way more time than anticipated&#8230;3 full floors of exhibits in on building, and then a few more across the courtyard with the Soda Fountain.  The price of admission includes a Dr. Pepper.  We, of course, upgraded to a Dr. Pepper Float.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#090d8e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Texas Ranger Hall of Fame &amp; Museum<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong>, where we learned the history of the Texas Rangers, <strong>which started when Tejos was part of Mexico!<\/strong> Interesting exhibits. The surprise was, in the &#8220;Rangers in Pop Culture&#8221; exhibit, it was almost all about the &#8220;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#090d8e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>Lone <strong>Ranger<\/strong><\/em><\/mark><\/strong>&#8220;. The only exceptions being a couple of movie posters from the 1940s, and one display case for &#8220;<em><strong>Walker, Texas Ranger<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"5\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13205\" data-id=\"13205\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-1-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The 3-story Dr. Pepper Museum &amp; Courtyard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13206\" data-id=\"13206\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-88-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-88-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-88-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-88-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-88-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-02-e-Dr-Pepper-Museum-88-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Who doesn&#8217;t love a model train?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13208\" data-id=\"13208\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Texas-Ranger-Museum-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Texas-Ranger-Museum-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Texas-Ranger-Museum-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Texas-Ranger-Museum-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Texas-Ranger-Museum-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025-02-03-Texas-Ranger-Museum-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Texas Ranger Hall of Fame &amp; 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