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Franklin BBQ

Full fanboy mode waiting in line for 2+ hours at Franklin BBQ! 😊 Brisket, ribs, and sausage on the way. 🤤

The brisket was the best I’ve ever had by a bunch. The ribs were delicious. The pulled pork was good. Also tried the Turkey special which was tasty. 👍🏻🤤🍽

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Lick Honest Ice Cream is todays Vacation Ice Cream stop! Delicious! Some of us may have even got a second cone. 🤪

Four hands holding ice cream cones and cups with scoops of chocolate, vanilla, and poppy seed flavors at an ice cream shop.
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We had a fun time seeing Austin on 2-wheels with Your Biker Gang today! Super cool electric bikes too!

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We attempted the “Incoming Transmission” room at Perplexium in Austin. It was a really unique puzzle room. A lot of fun, but proved too difficult for us today. 🔐

Family of four posing at Perplexium escape room holding sci-fi themed signs reading Don't Panic, Made It So, and So Say We All.
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Final piece of “Magnolia Day” in Waco was the Brazos Tours “Fixer Upper Tour of Waco”. We visited the 3 Little Pigs House (S3E12), with a stop inside. We also went met Jimmy Don, who does the iron work for Fixer Upper.

Group of visitors gathered outside the 1902 teal Fixer Upper house with a wide front porch and metal roof in Waco Texas Farmhouse kitchen with navy blue lower cabinets, white upper cabinets, marble island, wood range hood, and globe pendant lights Five people posing in front of a white Brazos Tours van, including two children and a man in a cowboy hat wearing a JDH shirt.
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We continued “Magnolia Day” in Waco with a visit to the Magnolia Silos. Went in the morning and in the afternoon.

Family of four posing in front of the Welcome to the Magnolia Silos mural painted on a white brick wall in Waco Texas Family of four taking a selfie in front of a large rusty grain silo at the Magnolia Silos in Waco Texas Family of four posing under a hashtag MilesToMagnolia sign surrounded by potted flowers at the Magnolia Silos in Waco Child in a blue jacket and Magnolia cap playing cornhole on the lawn at Magnolia Silos in Waco TX
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We started “Magnolia Day” in Waco with an early breakfast at Magnolia Table. Good food, and a lot of it. 🍽🥓🍳

Black-and-white photo of the Magnolia Table roadside sign in Waco Texas with a marquee reading Hot Coffee Is Brewing Chip Magnolia Table restaurant exterior in Waco, a two-story white stucco building with red tile roof, black bollards, and people walking toward the entrance. Family of four seated at a wooden table inside Magnolia Table restaurant in Waco, smiling at the camera
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Heritage Creamery was today’s Vacation Ice Cream stop. The Salted Caramel was very good, and the homemade waffle cones were amazing!

Four hands holding waffle bowl cups filled with scoops of ice cream in flavors including mint, caramel, and chocolate chip. Two kids smiling and posing against a rustic wood-plank wall painted with the Heritage Creamery logo
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The snakes at Cameron Park Zoo Cameron Park Zoo in Waco was great. So many snakes! I had no idea there were dozens of types of Rattle Snakes! 😬🐍

Green tree python coiled tightly around a dark branch, head resting on its body, vivid lime-green scales with white spots Coiled rattlesnake resting on gravel among rocks and a spiky plant inside a zoo enclosure Brown and tan patterned snake climbing over pale limestone rocks in a zoo enclosure with gravel floor and succulent plant Coiled rattlesnake with open mouth on gravel amid dry grass and rocks in a zoo enclosure
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We had a great morning at the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco this morning. Impressive natural settings for the animals.

Lioness lying on a flat rock surface gazing upward, with rocky cliffs and a small pool visible behind her African elephant with tusks and curled trunk standing in a zoo enclosure surrounded by black vultures on a sunny day Three white rhinoceroses grazing on a dirt path in a zoo enclosure surrounded by green trees and fencing. Meerkat standing upright on a rocky outcrop in a sandy zoo enclosure, with a second meerkat partly visible at right