Sometime in August we went to Dallas with friends Jock and Becky. August is probably the wrong time to go to Dallas; it's HOT. It was so hot that the undercoating of our truck melted. But you go when you can, so we went. Jock and Becky are fun to travel with!
One of the first things we did was visit Southfork, the house used in the opening shots of "Dallas". This was our first lesson in TVs ability to skewer the facts. Southfork looks like a huge center building with additions on both sides. However, the center section is a modest sized house, not very big and no taller than any 2 story house; there are no 10 or 12 foot ceilings here.
The house was closed to visitors so we walked around outside a bit. They have a few buffalo inside the gate. They are tame as cattle but we didn't get too close.
Jock and Becky had things to do in the area, and we spent a lot of time with Theresa and Tom. They have the world's cutest daughter - a natural blond with big dark eyes!
The eyes she probably got from Tomm's side of the family.
The blond hair and little girl cuteness are definitely from Theresa. Hope Nichole gets Theresa's sense of humor, which lets her put up with her big brother when he's being ornery - which is most of the time.
Theresa's humor led her to take Becky and me to a strip club, where hunky guys strip for women. Neither of us had ever done that before!
The whole vacation was fun. Theresa's apartment building had a big pool, where we played water volleyball, and Randy grilled outside for us all.
