Short Drive to Dallas/Ft Worth

YEAH! Halfway point ahead! - After our wonderful stay at the Tornado Inn we got up at the crack of 10 and hit the road.. I should mention that we ordered some questionable take-out Chinese food the night before so i was expecting alot of unexpected bathroom breaks.. I was pleaseantly surprised that we all survived the local cuisine.

Today was a big day because it marks our journey to our halfway point. It's also a day we'll see some friends in Fort Worth. Our plan is to stay 2 or 3 days to rest up for the last leg of this adventure.

Thanks to our tour guide (Garmin Nuvi GPS) we found a cool little food joint called the Whistle Stop along the way.. I think it's after vernon tx..

The food at the whistle stop was awesome! Home Cookin' at it's best..plus it was Really Cheap! 'It's a winning combination!' (ed2go inside pun :) - The folks inside this 'very local' place seemed to be checkin us out the entire time.. a little strange, but I guess we kinda looked like the circus coming to town.. Another thing that threw us for aloop was the massive over-powering tobacco aroma the second we walked in.. man o man! - it's smelled like a 70's vegas hotel room.. none-the-less, the food and atmosphere was awesome!

Sari liked it so much she did not want to leave and refused to get in the mini-van.

After convincing 'the princess'  back into the car we were off to Dallas/Ft Worth. We hit a little rain but all in all it was a very easy and quick drive. btw - There are so many beautiful green rolling meadows off of the interstate here in Texas it's ridiculous! If i had deep pockets i'd be buying land like a champ!

Arrival

As soon as we arrived in Ft Worth we hooked up with our buddies at our hotel room followed by a nice dinner at a local mexican joint.. It was really cool hangin' out with our friends. Our first day in Fort Worth was great and look forward to hangin out more, seeing the sites and resting up for the trip to Virginia.

Chillin in Childress Texas

ALRIGHT!! - Made it from Albuquerque NM to Childress Texas.. not too shabby with three boys and a screaming baby! We stayed at a Days Inn in Childress Texas that had recently been visited by a tornado.. how cool is that! - no wonder the rates were cheap ;)

We drove through a whole lot of nothing but still found the beauty in God's vast creation. The kids saw their first real live rainbow and Sari never seems to get tired of pointing out cows and choo choo trains!.. priceless. As for the mini detours and offramp fun.. for some reason we find great pleasure in 'Truckstops, Roadhouse Diners and Wooden Indians'. hmm sounds like a good title for a country song.. but I digress.
Next stop Dallas! - Here's some pix from the road.