Haelie here, filling in for Kristen, who apparently needed a blog day off. Today we started at the crack of dawn because we had an ambitious agenda. Starting with 9 am mass at St.Maria Goretti and then the 10:30am tour of AT&T Stadium (you know, the home of America’s team). Because mass conveniently ended 5 minutes early, we were able to squeeze in a quick local coffee stop at Dutch Bros. – the must try southwestern joe joint. The stop took longer than expected which made our drive to the stadium a bit more stressful than necessary. We parked and got to the tour start JIT. We pulled up right to lot 1 right by the entrance- so unlike going to a football game. Ironically no drinks other than water were allowed on the tour so we chugged our gourmet bougie drinks and joined this exclusive group of 35. Our guide Phil was very knowledgeable and his enthusiasm was infectious. Later we found out he used to be the team pilot for the Cowboys away games and he has been a tour guide for 14 years. We ended the tour with some much required merchandise.
After the tour we found a local Tex mex bbq joint called Hurtado’s Barbecue which was absolutely outstanding! This is what Texas is all about.
We embarked on our 4-5 hour trek to San Antonio with Kristen driving- which is one of the reasons she needed the night off. She learned right quick that in Texas, the left lane is not exclusively for passing, but can be use by drivers that should be in the far right lane. Our 4 hour drive turned quickly into 5 because Texans also like to stow furniture and boxes of clothes on their trucks which are not tightly secured. Needless to say, lots of rubbernecking going on as bags of clothes are blown of said trucks.
Well you know it is very hot when the AC in the car is in full blast, and I’m still not cold. We thought it was hot in Dallas when the temperature hit 104 degrees. Today we saw 107!
We finally made it to our hotel after battling the highway and the heat. We are right on the Riverwalk and a sangria was much needed. As always, Kristen found an excellent Tex Mex restaurant and we split a chicken enchilada with chilies and chips and guacamole. We trudged back to the hotel and decided to call it an early night.
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