The Lee Family: Ft Worth

Friday, June 4, 2010

Ft Worth

Once we arrived in Ft Worth, we had the perfect amount of time to walk around, grab lunch, watch the cattle drive and slowly head back to the train. I think every time we've been to Ft. Worth it's been well into the 90s and this was no different. A few of my local friends suggested we go to Love Shack for outstanding burgers, however, we realized the entire place is outside and it was just too hot to enjoy a meal, even in the shade. So, we headed across the street to another recommendation, H3 which was outstanding! First, it was air conditioned which felt like heaven after the hot train trip and their food was delicious. Despite the entire bag of popcorn eaten by Sofia, she still managed to gobble down her grilled cheese.

After our meal, we headed back toward the train depot and Sofia went for a pony ride. She really loves it and it was great to watch how much she enjoyed it. Green Beup Beup went with her, probably because she was so tired that she could hardly see straight! Just after her pony ride, we watched the longhorns getting "driven" down the road. These longhorns looked a lot healthier and younger than in our previous visits. They slowly walked down the street as if they'd done it a million times already, but it's still fun to watch and think of how Ft. Worth was back in that time.

We headed for the shaded train depot and relaxed while we waited for our train. Sofia wanted to ride on EVERY one of the mechanical horses (she did ride most of them thanks to Grandma's quarters). We tried to get her to "shoot her guns" like she did when we visited the previous time (over a year earlier). After the additional pony rides, we found some seats out of the sun and enjoyed our hour-plus ride home. It was a great day and we were ready for some pool time. As soon a we were on the train home, Sofia feel right to sleep and she slept for nearly the entire trip.

Walking around, heading to H3 for lunch (and some much needed A/C)