November 3 to 5, 2012; Lake Whitney, Dallas & Ft Worth, Texas

NOV  3, Saturday, Louisiana to Dallas, Texas
Whereas Mississippi and Louisiana have Virginia climbing vines and Spanish moss, Texas has the Mesquite trees.  We were on the road by 9:15 am after a horrible night; I say this because we were right besides railway tracks and a train came by at least 4 times during the night and blew its whistle and it sounded like it was coming right through our bedroom!  Anyway, back on I-20 to Texas where we stopped at the Info Centre to gather some pamphlets on things to do in Dallas then we headed West on Hwy 80 but first we stopped for fuel at Flying J for $3.83.  I got off the Interstate as we enjoy seeing more of the country side and the small towns which we did.  The country side was mainly flat with lots of farms and cattle ranches.  We also saw some oil pumps along the way.  In Wills Point, near Dallas, we got back on I-20 and stopped at another Flying J, $3.93.  We turned south on I-35 and got off at exit 370, Hillsboro, and headed north on 22 to Whitney Lake and our resort, and ROD member so it doesn’t cost us anything.  We set up and are now relaxing (4:30 PM).  We are here for 5 nights.  We did have a bit of hard time to find this place due to poor signage.

We travelled 275 miles in 5.5 hrs @ an average 50 MPH

N  31* 59.814’
W 097* 21.066’
Alt: 637 ft

 

NOV  4, Sunday, Whitney Lake, Texas
We set our clocks back one hour this morning; we are now on Standard Central Time!  A beautiful warm sunny day!  I continued setting up our stuff than we decided to explore the nearby town and Hillsboro which is a bit bigger and has Outlets stores which we explored but didn’t find anything of interest so we went to Walmart and got some needed groceries and had a bite at Subway.  Valerie was looking for specific sandals and food for Tucker so we drove 30 miles to WACO, a much bigger city.  Its claim to fame is the Texas Ranger museum and the religious group that committed suicide by burning their compound and the FBI accused of being partly the cause.  Anyway, we did find food for Tucker and a new harness but NO sandals!  We came home and I BBQ’ed steaks then we watched the tube

 

NOV  5, Monday, to Dallas
First thing I did was drive to Whitney and find a garage to get my A/C fixed.  The guy looked at it and found that the heat core needs to be replaced; I made an appointment for tomorrow.
I came home and we all drove to Ft Worth to visit the famous Stockyard which dates back to the early 1800’s.  We walked around and took some pictures, Tucker loved the walk too.  Fort Worth was much bigger than I thought and the stockyard was interesting although not as big as the one in Oklahoma.  We took I-30 to Dallas and visited Grassy Knoll and Elm Street where JF Kennedy was shot.  It was interesting and there were guys there with books and pictures still claiming that it was a conspiracy.  We visited the museum on the sixth floor of the Texas Library where Oswald shot the President.  We also walked to the memorial in his honor and I must admit, we were not impressed.  We also saw a cabin with a claim to be the first US Postal office in Dallas.  It was time to get back home.  We stopped at a small bar, “The Rebels Bar” and had dinner and a couple beers.