Because it was Mother's Day, we stopped at a HUGE outlet mall in San Marcos, just north of San Antonio. It was the biggest mall I've ever seen. Dave joked that he could have left me there for a week and I still wouldn't have time to see everything. We checked out about 4 stores but then it was time to move on.
We arrived in Dallas on Sunday evening just before dinner. It was great to see Rod and his dog Sasha again. Rod took us to a rustic little burger joint that evening and I had my first taste of watermelon tea. It was different but very refreshing. After we placed our order we were given a slip of paper with a name on it and when they called the name on the paper our order was ready and we could go get it. Dave’s paper was She-ra and it was really funny to see him answer to that name.
Monday morning Rod took us to breakfast at LePeep and then to the Goodwill headquarters where he is the Executive Director. They were having some HVAC problems so while Rod investigated the situation Tex and I watched the workers sort donations and get them ready to be shipped to all the stores. I watched a couple of guys tear apart computers and rebuild them. Rod told us that they had recently opened a computer store where they sell the refurbished computers. Of course I had to see the store and before I left, one of the technicians built me a custom system with a 200GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM and a pretty fast processor. All for less than $200! I can’t wait to get home and try it out.
We also visited Stroker’s of Dallas which is a custom motorcycle shop that used to have a reality program on the Speed Channel. Dave met the owner, Rick Fairless, and got to visit with him a bit. Rick told Dave that there may be another TV show in the works. There were some pretty awesome custom bikes at the shop as well as a line of Victory motorcycles that Tex really liked.
Rod took us to a small diner that at first glance didn’t look too impressive but when we started looking at the cars parked around it we saw a Jaguar, Porsche Cayenne, Cadillac, Lexus and lots of other high end cars. Rod told us that when actors or politicians come to town they always frequent this diner. We met the owner who is a nephew of one of the members of the Hunt family (Hunt’s Ketchup, etc).
We also went to Cabella’s. I had never been there before and I was shocked at how gigantic this place was. We visited the aquarium and the animal exhibits and then we checked out the gun room where the antique guns were on display. We saw pistols from the Wild West, guns used in the Civil War, specialty guns used for trap shooting, etc. We even saw Dirty Harry’s 44 Magnum. The craftsmanship and detail on some of these weapons was amazing.
Tuesday morning we left Dallas for New Orleans. It was a long day of traveling so when we checked into our room I cooked a little supper and we crashed.
Tuesday morning we left Dallas for New Orleans. It was a long day of traveling so when we checked into our room I cooked a little supper and we crashed.
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