I slept well enough in Dallas but I was too excited about how close I was to Austin. Still, I made the time to check out the Sixth Floor exhibit to make up my own mind regarding JFK’s assassination; it was early 1994 and there was a guy at DG who obsessed over the details (or falsehoods) brought up by Stone’s recent movie. For laughs, I called their toll-free number, got my old boss, told him my prank about a message from Colonel X; CJ (my former boss) enjoyed it.
Quite a little museum for a city that didn’t like Kennedy much. My verdict after 15 years? I don’t really know since so much of it all is pretty implausible, namely the grassy knoll because it’s awfully close to the street. However, I can see why people have doubts in Oswald’s ability; the street curves in an S-shape and it’s downhill. In the long run though, Kennedy has been dead for over 45 years now. The game of “what if…” and conspiracies surrounding him were supplanted by the 2000 election results and September 11th. His assassination will be relegated to history with McKinley, Lincoln and Garfield.
My curiosity satisfied, onward to Austin I went. It was raining but the temperature outside was a balmy 50F, how I loved being in Texas now. Back in Illinois, it was still freezing!
I had a call today from a co-worker in Chicago. He let me know just how cold it was too.
Anyway, I’m cutting it short at this. The rest of Austin has been a great time.
Here are all the entries I wrote about it in 2006.