We
stayed at Bottomless Lakes State Park and it was adequate, if
uneventful. Several days of travel across west and central
Texas followed, culminating in our arrival in the metro Dallas
area to visit our U500 buddy Vince. We stayed at his shop
for several nights before heading northeast toward
Arkansas. While in the Dallas area, we took in some of the
sights.
The photos below are what we saw.
We left
Bottomless Lakes State Park and drove onto the "caprock" area of
eastern NM. What the area lacks in features, it makes up
for with flatness. I wonder where the road goes?
We drove
all day across west Texas and ended up the drive in some random
town in a small RV park. Next to the park was a field with
some large flowers that were attracting insects.
The
flowers were the size of a tea cup, and while they looked like
sunflowers, they were likely not.
The
owner/operator of the park was not willing to take the effort to
come get money from us, so we were told to "drop it in the
box'. The facility was basically a mowed field, which was
fine with us.
After a
quiet night we continued east and encounter substantial road
construction which delayed us for several hours (in
aggregate). The road repair was long overdue and we were
beaten-up by the uneven asphalt when traveling at highway speed.
The line
of cars waiting for construction grew as time passed.
We
reached the interstate and continued to meet traffic
challenges. Outside Weatherford, TX we encountered fire
equipment blocking the road.
There
was a significant traffic event, with injuries, blocking the
flow of traffic. Once we were past the accident, traffic
flow was restored and our speed was only restricted by Thor's
horsepower (about 60 mph max).
We
arrived at Vince's shop in the north Dallas area and spent the
night. The following day, he suggest taking us to the
local mall followed by a trip to Reunion Tower in downtown
Dallas. We readily agreed and realizing that we were
several hours early for our tower appointment, we headed to the
Dallas Galleria Mall to blow a few hours.
The mall
was the original inside mall and has been refurbished several
times over the years. Our malls in SoCal are mostly
outdoor, so this was somewhat novel.
Interesting
interior architecture. In general, this is "just a mall"
and our visit was rather un-noteworthy.
Reunion
Tower is a substantial structure a 560 feet tall. This is
the 15th tallest building in Dallas. The tower is a
tourist observation tower.
Vince
drove and that allowed me to take a few photos of the
surrounding area. This is one of the local bridges.
Dallas
has many monuments to the automobile with some of the
structures, like this bridge, being much older.
Vince
arranged our tickets for the tower and once we were on the top
we had an expansive view of the Dallas skyline.
A lot of
Dallas real estate is dedicated to transportation: highways,
streets and railroads.
Another
view of the beautiful bridge with a checkered past. Vince
told us that the bridge was originally conceived as a foot
bridge over the river, but was later re-purposed for
automobiles.
The
amount of infrastructure dedicated to the automobile was almost
as high as L.A.
From the
elevated viewpoint of the tower I could see that some of the
locals had been using the grass for doughnuts.
The
(original) Dallas County Courthouse was an interesting brick
structure.
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