I’ll trade a history book for this anytime
Being in Texas this weekend for the All-star game was fun, but hey, there’s more to see in Texas than basketball. We took advantage of some downtime and decided to drive around and explore some of the other things that Texas has to offer.
That day, we drove to Arlington in the morning to scope out the parking situation at Cowboy Stadium. We had found a place online that was pretty reputable and only $30 as opposed to the $50 prepaid parking pass cost at the stadium and close to $100 if not prepaid. Even though the $30 parking was pretty great, later that day, we found parking for $20 
OK, continuing on. First stop post-parking scoping was the Historic Stockyards of Fort Worth. There is no place that speaks rodeo, saloons and general stores better than the stockyards. It was once again super cold, so as much as we wanted to walk around for a longer period of time, the fact that my earlobes felt like they were going to fall off, decreased our enthusiasm for a walking tour.
Cowtown Coliseum -- like hollywood, they had rodeo stars on the sidewalk outside
REAL longhorns, not the orange logo one.
hello there buddy--cold?
We stopped for lunch at H3 Ranch. Since we're in Texas, I had to get some Texas bbq. Bbq brisket, baked bean with pork, and coleslaw. I was so hungry that I started digging in, then realized that I hadn't taken a picture yet! If your mouth hasn't already started watering, how about I tell you that the brisket was so good that it just fell apart without needing to use a knife.
We had initially driven to Fort Worth to visit the JFK museum because we thought that he was assassinated there. However, he wasn’t. We were pretty bummed that we drove all the way to Fort Worth and didn’t actually complete our mission. We didn’t have enough time to drive all the way back to Dallas before the game, so we had to postpone it.
After the game (probably around 11pm) we grabbed a bite to eat at Whataburger.
Whataburger burger I actually really liked this burger because it wasn't overly loaded with sauces like lots of fast food often is.
It was about midnight, and as we were driving back to the hotel, Steph said that she still really wanted to go see the Grassy Knoll, Tiffany and I agreed and off we went! Nothing like a midnight run to see historical places. Wikipedia entry on JFK’s assassination.
It is said that JFK was shot from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository on Elm Street.
Tiff & I standing on the Grassy Knoll with Dealy Plaza behind us. Freezing our butts off.
Here’s a picture that gives you a good idea of the layout of the land.
X marks the approximate spot where he was shot.
We figured, since we had come all this way, and it was 1am, that we needed to take the opportunity to document our visit to this historical area. Please pardon our smiles, we’re just used to smiling in pictures. It definitely isn’t a smile worthy historical event.
An awesome 3-day weekend completed successfully.
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