It took a while to get everyone out of bed but we had one more attraction to visit before leaving San Antonio – Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Museum. I first visited Barney, 3 years ago and he was a sprightly 92 years old. His wife was still alive back then but passed not long after my visit.

 

3 years on and Barney is now 95 and although he is slowing down a little in his movements, he amazes with his memory and thought processes.

 

The kids did not know what to expect but once there and listening to Barney, they were enthralled. Barney even enlisted Rachael to help out on some restoration on one of the Geocaching seats.

 

Both the kids signed the seats from their respective Universities – Rachael on the University of Texas one and Bradley on the University of Illinois one. Barney made me sign the latest Geocaching seat (#9). I last signed the Geocaching #6 seat on 8th April in 2013 (Bradley’s birthday).

 

After an hour looking around the 1200 odd seats, we bid Barney farewell and hit the road to Houston – a 330 kilometre journey.

 

There was one more stop along the way to the Natural Bridge Caverns. We always like to visit caves when we travel and there was not a lot of fanfare with this one but it would have to be one of the best that we have visited. There were so many great formations which you could get up and personal with and they were in excellent condition despite being able to get very close to them. It involved a lot of walking up and down with minimal special effect lighting. Certainly worthwhile making the diversion.

 

It was a good drive until we hit the traffic of Houston, arriving at our motel around 8:00 pm. Our meal for the night was pizza’s from Pizza Hut where you could choose whatever you wanted for toppings and the kids certainly did.

 

Another big day is planned tomorrow at the Johnson Space Centre.