Welcome to Texas!

We were really looking forward to traveling on Wednesday.  Craig worked in the morning and the plan was to leave Catherine's Landing by 2:00.  Well, you know what 'they' say about best laid plans. We ended up leaving at 2:45, which really wasn't that bad, but traffic was bad through Dallas, our GPS didn't warn us of an upcoming turn, and the directions to the campground were off by one stoplight.

Downtown Dallas

We stayed at Treetops Carefree RV in Arlington, TX (http://www.carefreeresorts.com/).  I had high hopes for this resort, but it didn't live up to my expectations.  Catherine's Landing was, by far, the best stay of the week. Sadly, we were at Treetops for three nights.  I really wanted to do laundry, and there were laundry facilities, but they didn't sell laundry detergent!  That surprised me because, whenever we'd tent camp, if there wasn't a store onsite, there would at least be a vending machine for laundry needs.

There were two wonderful things about staying in Arlington (I'm sure there are more, but these are my top two).  First, dinner at Rockfish Seafood Grill (http://www.rockfish.com/).  Absolutely amazing.  Rockfish is a family-owned restaurant, not a national chain.  If you're a fan of Bonefish Grill, you'd love Rockfish even more.

The second thing about Arlington -- it's the home of the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Rangers.  The stadiums, AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Park, are right across the street from the other.

Home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Did you know that I'm a fan of the
New England Patriots . . .
and whoever's playing against the Cowboys?

Texas Rangers!

Now, admittedly, I am not a Cowboys fan, but I couldn't resist taking a picture of AT&T Stadium, located at One AT&T Way.

The photo to the left was taken while walking up the ramp to our seats in Globe Life Park -- directly across the street.  We had tickets to see the Rangers play the Kansas City Royals.  We had pretty good seats and skipped down several levels as the Royals kept scoring.  By the time the game ended (with the Rangers losing 6-3), we were on the second level right behind third base.

It was, as you will see in one of the photos, very hot!  Thanks to our friends at Republic Services, we could clearly see that the temperature was 99 degrees in the stadium.

Did I mention it was a night game?

99 degrees!  Good thing they sold very cold margaritas!

Saturday morning we were on our way to our temporary home in San Antonio, TX, but, first, the state's capital, Austin!

Texas's Capitol Building, Austin, TX

Downtown Austin

As with everything in the state of Texas, the Capitol Building is the largest in gross square footage of all state capitols and is second in total size only to the National Capitol in Washington, D.C.  It is situated on one of the highest points in Austin.

Everywhere we went, and I do mean everywhere, there was construction.  Whether it was road construction or building construction, there's a lot going on out there! Good to see.

In the not so distant future (I promise I won't wait as long):  checking into San Antonio.

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