A few last images from Texas

We are now home from our second Texas adventure. We drove like crazy the last couple of days and finally made it home last night. The cat was a champ and we had a great time playing, talking and reading on our long drive. We had a great time in Texas even though it was REALLY hot. We had almost all days over 100 degrees, wow! Here are a few odds and ends that haven't been put up yet. Some excellent street signs from Dallas, the skyline of Dallas from the freeway, Pete being silly, etc. Also, the pics of a place that looks abandoned is called Heritage Park. I found it by accident wandering downtown Fort Worth. How excellent! Onward and upward.

Rhome Texas

Rhome Texas has two very interesting things. One: a great little war memorial (we love the actor Barry Pepper and couldn't resist getting a photo of another, and I'm sure just as outstanding, Barry Pepper). Two: a confederate flag actually flying in someone's front yard, wow. On it's behalf, it's also quite a pretty little town and real estate is quite cheap. We actually saw a cute little house for around $83,000.00, unheard of in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Downtown Fort Worth

A few minutes drive from our hotel is an outstandingly beautiful cathedral. In front, there are a handful of metered parking spaces where you can get 50 minutes for a quarter, quite a bargain. It's become a favorite activity of mine to park there, drop in 35 cents or so and walk around for an hour. Here are some of the great places I've wandered by. The giant horse statue is in Barnes and Noble. The angels are on the Ft. Worth symphony building. Also, the picture with "women" next to a door way is the bathroom in a gorgeous old baptist church. The strange gold candlesticks are from there too. Hey, leave a door open and I'll come snooping. I won't be able to resist.

Dido the "ghost town"

We love ghost towns. Abandoned places, that sort of thing. So, a couple of weeks ago we did an internet search of ghost towns around the Fort Worth area and found one called Dido that sounded promising. Turns out that Dido is not a ghost town, people live there. There was a thriving golf course next to the only ghost town-esque place in town, the cemetery. Luckily, it was a beautiful area and an interesting drive. We loved some of the strange sayings on headstones as well as a warning sign posted front and center.

Back in Fort Worth

We are back in Fort Worth, TX for awhile and I thought I'd best put up a few favorites. Of course, one of my very favorite things in the whole world (Ben's too) is this little guy. Here he is enjoying his hard life in a sunspot he found. We have very large windows in our rooms here and he loves them. Outside of our window we can see the pool and Trinity Park next door. We are loving the view.

Alfred P. Murrah building

We love historical places; so, we headed off to Oklahoma City, OK a couple weeks ago to see the Alfred P. Murrah building. The Murrah federal building was blown up in 1995 by Timothy McVeigh. An absolutely horrific event has been transformed into a lovely, very touching memorial park. I was really, really moved and so glad we had a chance to be a part of this historical piece of American history.