Monday morning took us from Lawton to Grapevine, TX for a yummy lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. With the exception of Cami freaking out with the crocodile at the entrance, we had a really fun time.
Check out this dessert! It could've fed 10 people!
JC & I took pictures in honor of Stegmann :-)
After a quick jot through Dallas, we headed to Ft. Worth.
We pulled up in front of our hotel just in time to see the 4 p.m. cattle drive through the Stockyards. How fun!
Here's a picture of our hotel, right-smack-dab-in-the-middle of the Stockyards
After checking into our hotel, we walked next door to the old train depot that is now full of stores and restaurants. Here's the gang sitting outside of the Candy Barrel.
After playing around at the Stockyard Station, Brendan, JC & Cameron raced through the Cowtown Cattlepen Maze.
Brendan made it out in 10 minutes!
JC & Cam took a little longer...
Gross! On the tops of the maze walls were rats (fake, of course)
We went to the famous Billy Bob's Texas for dinner. Food, dancing, drinking, pool, arcade, shopping...you name it, they have it!
Brendan had some HUGE chicken strips - they were yummy!
Walking back from our hotel, we ran into this steer, named Lonestar.
This man was just standing in the street, letting people sit on his steer and taking pictures for them. Tips, kindly accepted, of course!
Preparing to check out Tuesday morning...
This was our view of the Stockyards from our hotel room
Margaret took the boys down to watch the morning cattle drive while JC & I packed up our room. But, we stopped to watch the longhorns go by from our room.
After leaving the Stockyards, we went to Joe T Garcia's for lunch. A must if you're in Ft. Worth.
We had some of the best Mexican food, GREAT service and they have the most beautiful, humongous floral patio I've ever seen.
We stopped by the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, which currently houses the Ft. Worth Science Museum (Omniplex). The kids had a fun time playing before we got back on the road.
And we're "on the road again"...
And we're "on the road again"...
Last, but NOT least, a trip to Texas isn't complete without a stop at Dairy Queen.
3 comments:
looks like y'all had a super duper time! The Candy Barrel sounds like my kind of place.
how fun to see a cattle run.
great pictures as always =)
Your title is so true... Always an Adventure.
We will have to check out the stockyards next time we go to Tx.
Dairy Queen...you don't realize what you don't have until some else blogs about it. hee hee...nothing like a DQ!!!
Looking at the pictures makes me sooooo happy remembering. It was indeed a wonderful, great mini vacation and I sure glad I got to go along!!!!
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