On The Road – Day 3

We drove to little Texan town, Columbus, saw a pretty park and decide to enjoy a picnic.

Even though it was hot and humid, it felt nice to be taking it easy outside.

We were at the park for over an hour, saw some people kayaking on the river, took some photos of the bridge, one another and the huge trees that provided a decent amount of shade. I remember thinking, “I wonder how old these trees are. You don’t see big trees like this in a lot of places back where I live. They are so pretty.”

After our break at the park, we headed to Austin and drove along side and underneath the double decker freeway.

We talked about how it was the Fourth of July and how we didn’t have any big plans. I mean, again, my boyfriend was working and the priority was to get as many miles in as possible. But, we did have some time before we had to be in Dallas. So, today my boyfriend was driving a little slower, looking around a little more and deciding to stop more often.

Our third day on the road proved to turn into one of the best evenings of our trip.

We approached Dallas at around 9pm.
All of a sudden my boyfriend said, “Oh, wow! Look at that.”
He was pointing off to his right and then I saw it, a burst of color.
“Oh, cool,” I said smiling.

For the next 30 minutes, while driving into the city on E35, we saw a fabulous fireworks show. I’ve never seen anything like it. There were ten, maybe more, fireworks shows happening on both side of the city, all up and down the night horizon.

We’d see a burst of beautiful sparkles on one side of the city and then a minute later, on the other side of the city the sky would light up with color.

“This is incredible!” I exclaimed.
My boyfriend chuckled and replied, “I know. This is really something."

If you ever get a chance to be in Dallas on the 4th of July, then late in the afternoon drive out of town, stop somewhere, have some dinner or a late picnic and at about 9pm start drive back into town on 35. You’ll see what I’m trying to describe. You’ll also see the gorgeous Dallas cityscape at night with all of the skyscrapers lit for the 4th of July. That alone was a beautiful sight. Then, with all of the fireworks going off up and down the horizon, wow! It is really something special to see and makes for a great 4th of July.

But, the night wasn’t over. Earlier in the day my boyfriend asked me to try and find a place where we might be able to go out in Dallas that evening. Thanks for modern technology, I used his smart phone and found Cowboys Red River off of the Northhwest Hwy.

We parked the truck in the huge parking lot that surrounds Cowboys Red River, cleaned up and headed in to the bar.

Well, it’s not just a bar. It’s a big place with numerous bars, live music – the sound of Runnin' Behind greeted us when we walked in – and a good size dance floor.

We grabbed a couple of Shiners, stood in front of the stage and watched the band as we took in the place.
Then, my boyfriend looked at me and asked me, “Do you want to dance.”
I smiled and replied, “Of course. I love dancing with you.”
I do. He dances well, is nice to look at and smells good. ;-)

On our third day we drove 395 miles.
To my boyfriend, it was like having a day off.