Dallas, land of the cow boys

Monday was Labour Day! So it was time for our first road trip, so we decded to stay fairly near by and went off to Dallas. First we stopped off at Turner Falls in the Arbuckles for a quick visit.

We then headed into Dallas on the crazy interstate 35. People just don't know how to drive here, and we all agreed that we were probably some of the best drivers on the road.

When we got to Dallas we were going to go up Union Tower but unfortuately it was closed for renovation, instead we headed straight into the centre which was very empty. I've since found out that as city centres were so dangerous in the 1970s, people went out to the out of town shopping centres where there was better security and lots os city centres are like this.

I saw the place where JFK was shot, literally, there is a cross on the road, a bit like x marks the spot.

There were some intersting new buildings being made though and it was nice to walk around although it was swelteringly hot out in the sun. We found a proper cow boy shop and I really want to get some proper boots now, I'm not sure about a stetson though.

Next we I drove us over to Arlington where the big baseball stadium is and we watched a game between the Texas Rangers and the Seattle Mariner's. It was one of the most bizarre things I've every seen as there is alsorts going on in between innings to keep the crowd entertained, but it was all good fun, We even saw some cirrus clouds that were from the outer bands of hurricane Gustav.

The game finished late and it was a long drive back to Norman which took us a bit longer than we wanted so it was straight to bed.