One day late...but we spent yesterday in Dallas. We got up early and went over to the Cowboys' stadium to purchase tickets for a tour for later in the day. After that, we headed into downtown Dallas (the stadium is actually in Arlington) and visited the 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The museum was very well done and included an audio tour, which always enhances the visit. It was incredibly sad, but fascinating at the same time. And now I have to watch JFK, which I have never seen. After our visit (we spent about 2 hours there), we walked over to the grassy knoll...another beautiful day.
From there, we walked around a bit in the historic district and stopped for lunch at RJ's Mexican Grill...they had some delicious specials and $4 margaritas...not to mention the outdoor patio. So, we had lunch and relaxed for a while before we had to leave to head into Arlington for our tour.
We got to the stadium around 3:30 and got on the 4:00 tour. We actually got to see quite a bit of the $1.4 billion monstrosity. I'm sure it would be lovely if it were the home of the Jets, but because it's the Cowboys', it seems ostentatious. Everything's bigger in Texas, as they say. We were able to sit in some cushy seats, visit a suite, check out the Cowboys' locker room AND the cheerleader's locker room and finally went down to the field, which was cool. They encourage photos on the star, but we passed (again, as Jet fans.)
Luckily, the football stadium is right across the way from the baseball stadium and we had tickets to the Texas Rangers' game. We were heading to Austin that night, so we planned to stay until around the 5th inning. We walked all around the stadium and checked out their Hall of Fame, which was nice. We split a Chicago-style hot dog and headed out. There were impending thunder storms (and tornadoes to the west), but we were lucky enough to only really experience lightening...rain didn't hit until we were about a half hour away. Finally, we arrived at Kristi's apartment - our gracious host and informative tour guide! More later on our first day in Austin.
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