A little further down the road is the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument. They only take 2 tours to the actual quarries twice a day during the summer (only once a day during the other times) and the tour is 2 hours long and since we had a slow morning, we skipped the tour. But the kids could still earn their badges by watching the video and filling out their booklet so we explored the visitors center. We found some fun things that had nothing to do with the quarries.
We saw 2 of these huge grasshoppers. They were about the same size as Izzy's hand. She tried to catch them, but they were far and fast jumpers. Plus I wasn't sure if they'd bite.
Texas has so many cool bugs. Fun black haired spider.
This looked like such a cool bug and stayed in the same spot for most of our stay, but then I found out it was a wasp. I guess it's still pretty.
Check out that fun long lizard. We're going to miss Texas' cool creatures.
The quarries are on the other side somewhere out there. We watched a video and there were flint samples inside the visitors center with lots of colors. My favorite part was watching the video and seeing the ranger make an arrowhead. They make it look so easy. But I guess that's what the warriors of the past did.
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