Big Tex

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It was great to see Big Tex. If you can name a food they will deep fry it at the Texas State Fair. The best I had was the deep fried chocolate brownies. The least successful was the deep fried lemonade.
The people of Texas are all very nice. They will tell you whatever you want to hear. i.e. Yes, there is a shuttle to the fair when you ask the front desk, now go ask the valet. The valet then directs you to the public transit train.
Texas is BIG and they spread out. The flight from Seattle to Dallas was three hours. The ground transport from the airport to downtown was four hours. Okay we were on the heels of a major storm and the system broke. We had to transfer three times and beg the last bus driver to let us off in the middle of the block. He did it to get rid of the Grumpy Geezer. The trip back to the airport was only two hours.
The hotel we stayed in (the Magnolia) was sweet except the elevators do not work well, so they hand out free drink coupons to the guests. Big mistake for them I drink like a fish. Obviously they did not know that I spent ten years working at the King County Admin building home of the slowest elevators on the west coast.
We only went to the fair for one day because after nearly six miles of walking we saw it all. A little known fact for you is She Who Must Be Obeyed loves pig racing.
Our second day we walked down to the Texas School Book Depository and relived that horrible day, November 22, 1963 when Jack Kennedy was assassinated. I was fifteen taking a history test. The museum is very good. This was truly when America changed.
Our trip to Dallas was highly successful and I recommend it to everyone.