The Big D -- Day 3

Today we ventured a bit south to Fort Worth... specifically to the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards. We saw a "cattle drive," wandered the in and out of stores and shoppes, took pictures of the boys sitting on a long horn, perused the Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame, ate at Riscky's, and watched the boys navigate a maze made of wood panels like stable walls. It was COLD out today... barely got to 50 degrees, and it was windy. Not an ideal day for walking around mostly outside, but we survived and warmed up when we were in the shoppes. :-)

When we left the Stockyards, we went to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to do a tour. However, we neglected to see the part of the website that said they aren't open for tours on Mondays. Oops.

We went back to the hotel and rested for about an hour, and then headed over to Hubby's grandma's to visit. We pounded on the door, but there was no answer. We called from outside her door, but there was no answer. But as we were leaving, we ran into her downstairs neighbor who helps her out. He pounded on the door with his cane, and then used his key to go in. She was just getting in bed. Oops. But she wanted us to come in, so we went in and visited for about an hour and a half. I had taken my laptop and external hard drive so we could show her some pictures, and that's what we did for most of the time we were there. The boys had taken a deck of cards, so they entertained themselves. We sat much closer to her tonight and she seemed to be able to hear better. :)

After we left, we stopped at a Golden Corral for dinner and then came back to the hotel.


Several things I/we learned today:

1. You aren't going to necessarily have warmer weather if you go south. (It was almost 30 degrees warmer at home today than it was here.)

2. While we had fun, the Fort Worth Stockyards were much more entertaining in Hubby's and my mind from our visit 17 years ago.

3. Golden Corral, no matter how many times we try it when we travel, is just a really bad restaurant, even though I remember it being so awesome from eating there as a kid.

4. No money printed in Texas on Mondays... or at least not so the public can see.

5. Construction around here is almost as bad as in Pennsylvania, which makes traffic on some roads almost as bad as I-66 at home.

On tap for tomorrow: Sports!! Cowboys stadium tour and Stars arena tour. :)