A Herd of Camels....in Texas!

Our day started with the stem of Taryn's glasses breaking off in her hand. We went to Waffle House for breakfast and then to Wal Mart to see what we could do about her glasses. They looked them up and said they didn't have that frame in stock, but Taryn walked over and found one. That was a total God-thing and we were so thankful!

Next stop was the Post Office to mail Sam's birthday package and get stamps. Taryn and I were next in line and a fire alarm went off and we were ordered to evacuate the Post Office. I did not have time for this! We were in the parking lot for a bit and then suddenly allowed to go back in, so we were able to do what we needed.

Finally on the road we went thru some interesting Texas towns like Claude, Goodnight and Memphis - the cotton capitol of the Texas pan handle! Hwy 287 is a long straight stretch of road. Gary noticed some trees that were all eaten off evenly way up high and wondered what could have done than when suddenly he spotted a camel, of all things. There was a whole herd of them out there in the field. It was a very strange sight and we had to stop for a picture.

We got into Fort Worth around 5:30 and parked near the old stockyards. This historic district is so interesting. We read about it on-line and then took off to explore. All the stores were closed for the day but it was fun to walk around and get a feel for the place. We had dinner at the H-3 Ranch and it was the best bbq we have ever had. Highly recommended!

It was dark and quite late when we headed to Arlington to our "resort" There must have been quite a rain because a small river was running across the pavement at the resort. It ran right over your feet and Taryn had a blast watching her flip flops float. Biting bugs everywhere and we soon fled inside. Found a site to tuck in till morning and fell into bed.