Drew and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary by taking our first big trip away without Griffin. We chose Dallas/Ft. Worth since I had never been and it was just a "short" 8 hour drive. Drew would prefer to drive anywhere, and I like seeing the country so that works out. The only draw back is that Oklahoma and Texas aren't very exciting looking. I'm nervous about my upcoming flight out to see Shasta without my two guys, but I realized on this trip.......the odds of having a fatal car crash in 16 hours worth of driving are much higher than trouble with 5 hours of flights. I'm feeling much better about that.
We left Friday evening and finally stopped in McAlester, OK. The next day I convinced Drew to make a small detour to the current city where Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert live, Tishomingo. She opened a store there last fall (genius marketing strategy) and I was the sucker that paid $30 for a t-shirt.
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| drink created by Miranda - carbonated water with cherry and vanilla flavoring, yum! |
Our first stop in Dallas was Dealey Plaza. One of my high school history teachers was slightly obsessed with the assassination of JFK (it took place here) and I had decided if I ever made it to the big D I would have to go check it out. We did not wait in line to go up in the old Texas Schoolbook Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly shot him from. The line was snaked back and forth 37 times. We did however walk around and take all the touristy photos. Super cool.
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| deep in the heart of Texas..... |
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| *tear* |
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| we'll have to go up to the museum on another visit |
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Lee Harvey Oswald was sitting in the second window from the top
........far right side of the building on the left
I'm standing where the car was |
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| X marks the spot of the President's car at the moment of shot #2 |
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| in case you couldn't find it...... |
We made our way to our hotel in the historic Stockyards district of Ft. Worth, and quickly got busy walking and seeing all it had to offer. Highlights from the weekend include:
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| across the street from the hotel |
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| yes, that's cow skin furniture |
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| mooooo |
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| "because that's what I am", says Drew |
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| our window is the 1 you can see after 'Yards' |
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| Stockyards Rodeo |
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| pretty cool pic for a cell phone |
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| daily cattle drive happens at 11:30am and 4:00pm |
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| people pay for this..... |
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| Cowtown Colliseum, home of the first indoor rodeo and the one we saw |
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| took a lot of convincing to get Drew to wrestle a bull |
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| ....it got the best of him |
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| anniversary dinner that was $$$.$$ |
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| last night at the dueling piano bar |
We had a great time but were definitely ready to get home to Griffin. That kid has changed us completely.
Aw! You guys look like you had some good fun. Happy Anniversary!
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