Linda and I have plans to fly through DFW on our way to Roatan this week. We’re staying at CoCo View Resort. The resort is on a reef. Linda always get motion sick. So I wanted to take her scuba diving somewhere that we could walk right into the ocean and dive from shore. CoCo View is supposed to be the best place to do it.
Well, we flew into DFW on Friday and stayed over night at a hotel for our Saturday flight. On Saturday we never made it out. Turns out that there is a fire in Honduras on the mainland. They were burning sugar cane. The smoke prevented the plane from making a landing.
We decided to book another night at our hotel. We took a ride share into Dallas to see the Dallas Museum of Art. The museum is free aside from a couple paid exhibits. We didn’t see these however. We walked around taking in the rest of the artwork. I was really hoping to see if they had any Picaso pieces. On our way through the European exhibit I saw a painting and said “That looks like a Monet”. I had enjoyed his work at the Beyond Monet exhibit in Milwaukee. I was correct. They did have some Picaso work.
Back in Madison they have a Picaso but it’s just the start of a drawing that was never finished. While the DMA had several pieces, a few were in a similar state. After the art museum, we went to see the Nasher Sculpture Garden nearby. I was most interested in the sculpture garden outside. They also had work inside as well as a band. We caught a couple songs before heading out.
Klyde Warren Park is right there. They had a bunch of food trucks. We stopped there to split some sliders and cuban rolls. After that we caught another Lyft to Fort Worth. Our plan for the night was to see our first rodeo. Beforehand we saw a train turntable. We weren’t sure what it was at first. Once I realized it I got a kick out of it. Collecting Lionel trains in my youth, my younger self would have been proud to finally have seen one in person.
We saw a cattle drive. There were less than a dozen cows. They had a few people on horses to lead the cattle. The whole thing was very touristy. The Fort Worth Stockyards was definitely a tourist trap. It was still pretty cool to see, seems like something that’s very “Texas”. We ate dinner at the H3 Ranch which was a pretty nice restaurant attached to a hotel. We split burnt ends and a full rack of ribs. The food was delicious, and definitely seemed like what we should be eating in that environment.
The rodeo was fun but a little painful to see the animals get tied. That day they were doing rookie of the year. So all the top rookies were competing for the best spot. Our favorite act was probably when the women riding the horse would rope a steer but not drop it. A guy at the end of the night was hurt pretty bad by a bull. That was hard to watch too.