Well, just over the bridge from Vicksburg is Louisiana, and we stayed on I-20 alllllll the way across the state. Skirted around Shreveport (a larger city than I thought it was) and on into Texas, the yee-ha state.
The big event for this leg of the trip was meeting Kelly's son (Christopher) and his wife (Nancy) for dinner in Dallas. I last met Chris in 1996 at our USF graduation ceremony; I think the last time Kelly saw him was 5 or 6 years ago when he came out to California for something like a dentist or eye doctor visit. The exciting part about meeting Chris is that he's just started going to culinary school, Le Cordon Bleu, in Dallas, and his love for what he's doing and learning is showing. He was practically beaming about it the whole time. We had a lovely dinner at the local BJ's Brewhouse with him and Nancy, until he had to get Nancy home so he could go on to school that night.
We continued on to the Navy Lodge at Fort Worth, but not before getting lost and finding a federal penitentiary instead. We finally found the east gate entrance to the Fort Worth facility, and despite seeing 3 signs that said the gate was open, it was closed. We maneuvered our way back to the main road and on to the main gate, where we were directed to the Lodge.
What a surprise! This building was relatively new, maybe 3 or so years old, on a lake and next to a landing strip - where we watched (but mostly heard) some cool jets take off and land. The room was a mini-suite with sitting area, kitchen, and balcony, where we saw a beautiful sunset. We also watched the TV closely because there were tornado warnings for the area, but the storms stayed north of us.
Luckily, the jets weren't running at night, so the evening was quiet and peaceful.
On to Day 4, Ft. Worth to Amarillo, TX!
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