Day 14 - Dallas and Fort Worth Today i took the car back to the rental place at Fort Worth airport, had to pay more than expected but what could I do!!! We all headed out to Fort Worth to see the Longhorn Steers and historic stockyard area. We stopped at a Railhead Smoke House, I had a bisket sandwich with BBQ sauce, now this place was a real experience! We were certainly in true cowboy country now!!! Then we headed to the stockyard area, which has been restore...

Day 13 - Dallas - Alissa's birthday The day started with Alissa, Mary and I heading to dowtown to Dallas to have a manicure and pedicure, where we were joined by Lindsey, a friend of Alissas. We had the deluxe treatment which was fantastic. It was the first time for Mary so it was quite an experience. We followed this is lunch at a great Mexican Restuarant, where i finally have had a proper coffee!! even with a smiling face! We then headed to the street that JF...

Day 12 - Dallas After a great nights sleep, we headed out for a picnic at Dallas Arboretum next to white rock lake! It is Dallas version of botanical gardens, which different types of gardens in sections!! Mother, I took lots of photos for you!! the picnic was great and we sat and chatted some more! Alissa then gave us a quick tour of a section of Dallas and where she works, which is the gold building that JR worked at in the tv series - Dallas!! Some shopping...

Day 11 - Amarillo to Dallas The day was an early start, in the car by 7:30am, heading to Dallas and Alissa!!  I made get time only stopped once at an iHop for some lunch!! Caramel and apple pancakes!! Yummy!!!

Day 9 - Journey to Amarillo I started the day with a bagel breakfast at the silver saddle!! I head out for the ling drive to Amarillo! I stopped for lunch at a place which I can't even pronounce! I stopped just outside of Amarillo at a tourist attraction the Cadillac Ranch, where all the cadillacs are in the dirt nose first, with graffiti all over them!! You can add to the graffiti as well!! Very bizarre!! I finally arrived in Amarillo at 5pm but of course had ...