Halloween 2006 and the Munster Mansion

There is a family (McKee) in Waxahachie, TX (a few miles south and east of us) that built a replica of the Munster's home - and they live in it year 'round! Mary and I visited on October 28, 2006. Every year they host a charitable event so the cost of visiting goes to charity. A few of the actors from the series have appeared as guests to these events. For more information about the mansion, here is their web site: http://www.munstermansion.com


Our pics at the Mansion:





We rode a school bus from a school (Middle school? Jr. High?) on Brown Street in Waxahachie (across the street from the Waxahachie LDS chapel) to the Mansion. They prefer to provide transportation since the mansion is located on a dangerous curve in the road. Their address just happens to be 1313 Mockingbird Lane! Anyway, others got to ride in a limo to the mansion. We were lucky enough to get a ride in the limo back to the school after our vist ended. This limo also brought Pat Priest (who played Marilyn on the TV series).



Here we are with Pat Priest. She was very, very personable, friendly and down-to-earth! We enjoyed meeting her.

TravelBlog North Dallas

I have promised that I would post pics of places Mary and I have visited here in Texas...and other places as well. So, here we go!

I'll start back in 2005. It was December. Plano, TX on Saturday, December 3rd...

A pest shop...hmmmm...

The owner (Mike) greets his guests

Small museum. Hey, notice the hatband...

Marilyn Monroach

Liberoachi

Combates Motel

As fascinating as a visit to the Cockraoch Hall of Fame Museum might be, we didn't stop just there. No sir. The day had just begun!

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Parker, TX

What's in Parker? Well, back in the early 80's there was a popular TV series about a Texas oil baron and his family. They were the Ewings and the show was called "Dallas". Most of the filming occurred in sound stages back in Hollyweird, but a lot was also shot at the Southfork Ranch in Parker, TX. We had to check it out...

Fans of the series recognize this

...and this

...and this site where celebrations and fights happened!

Do you remember who shot JR?

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This will do for now. Maybe tomorrow I will post the next trip we made. For now, I have to find a fence contractor to rebuild our fence, which the Texas winter winds obligingly demolished.