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We had a beautiful drive on the morning of our second day, traveling through the hill country of Texas. For many summers while I was living in Israel, I taught seminary groups from Texas and many times I was told that the Texas hill country was similar to Israel’s hill country. Having been there now, I think that what they mean is that for a Texan, the hill country = beautiful, and Israel = beautiful, so therefore the hill country is like Israel. :-) <\/p>\n

By noon we made it to a park outside Fredericksburg where we enjoyed a picnic lunch and took a few family photos using the new tripod. They came out pretty good and if you ‘re on our Christmas list, you ‘ll be seeing one of them before the year is out.<\/p>\n

Many people told us that we couldn’t miss The National Museum of the Pacific War. I was a little perplexed by this repeated admonition since the stated purpose of our trip was to see Texas <\/em>and learn about the history of Texas<\/em>. What they were telling us is that out in the middle of nowhere there is a world-class museum on the Pacific side of World War II. They were right, and we enjoyed it very much. If we had had a year to study and prepare, we would have enjoyed it more. We spent the entire afternoon here and got a small taste of all there was.<\/p>\n

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The National Museum of the Pacific is located in Fredericksburg, Texas, because this was the hometown of Admiral Nimitz, the Fleet Admiral of the Pacific.<\/p>\n

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This plane was used in the famous Doolittle Raid.<\/p>\n

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In the garden markers were erected for each U.S. president who served during WWII. I was amazed to see that every president between FDR and Bush Sr. served in this war.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know what this is, but it looks cool.<\/p>\n

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Anything can be a toy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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