CLANG, CLANG, ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!! We went on a really fun, really OLD trolley ride today. There were 3 of them, and they were Free,(very good price), so, after driving around for almost an hour, looking for the station to 'buy' tickets, the gal at the turist info said, "it only cos ya a dolla fity fo all dia" we finally went to the tracks and simply followed them to the end, saw one of the trolleys that said "RIDE ME FREE", wahl of ahl thangs! So paid to park the car, and hopped on! The trip only took about 15min. or so, the driver was anything but congenial, and almost nailed a blue dodge pickup, had I wanted to I could have reached out and touched it,( the pickup.) At this point we weren't sure about this,but continued on, and it landed us rat smack in the middle of Yuppie town with 5 star hotels , fancy restaurants,and stores. On the trip in we saw this really cool restaurant called "Truelucks", but wanting to go to the end of the line to see where it went, decided that on the way back, we would stop there and grab a 'bite' to eat.Well now. we trooped in, both in our hats, mine being floppy, put it on cause my hair was awful and Bill didn't want to wait or me to curl it, and me and my big mouth, I say to the little lady at the desk, "Do we look like tourists or what!?" She looks at me and says with her nose up JUST a bit,"Welcome to Truelucks, we have a NO HATS policy here, pahleese remove your hats!" Oh Ratz, my hair is a mess, I've been sweating like a coke bottle just set in the sun, and this gal tells me to take off my hat??? I did it, and decided I didn't care what it looked like, glad I didn't know til later. Asked Bill," does my hair look awful?".He says, "it doesn't look bad", LIAR,LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!! But we sit down anyway, the cheapest thing on the menu was a cup of soup at $6. , that's what Bill got, not me, I got skewered shrimp with sauted veggies. What a kick in the pants it was, all these folks, all fancied up in suits & ties, the ladies in fancy dresses and high heels, and here we are in shortpants, tennie runners and flat, bald heads, looking like deer in the headlights! Our server was quite nice, they do it all for you, everything but eat your food and wipe your mouth, the Chef even delivered my shrimp in person, and he ALMOST smiled when he saw me, but then gathered himself together, and ask if it looked alright to me,and about that time, Garrett, our server came around the corner and asked "how are we doing?", Ol' big mouth me says, "don't know how you're doing, but I am just great! He laughed out loud! Anyway we got through the meal, Bill about choked as he was paying the bill, and Miss Congeniality at the desk said, "Pahleeze have a good awfternoon", nice of her. We then proceeded to take a walk, and I will put some of the pictures on for you, Went by a Huge hotel, 5star, with shops, (the finest), Saks, Neiman Marcus, etc., walked through them, what a kick. Down the street about half a block was a private jewelers house, where the elite go to buy jewelry I guess, guarded like Fort Knox! After that we stood on the corner and just waited for the trolley to come back. Whiles there I took a picture of a place called PEI-WEI, and we decided it must be a place for little people, Or I guess you could us your imagination! Oh the weird names we saw, and a lot only known in Opra Land!! Once back to the real world, we headed for the Heritage Village, where we were told we would see Texas,and how they lived from the 1800's to 1900's. With people to explain about what they did then, they would be wearing period costumes, and performing jobs done back then, such as gardening, horseshoeing, etc. Fun! We got there and saw 3 people in costume, 2 who said not a word, and one that was very informative. The houses were super, all had been moved from different parts of the Dallas area to this piece of land. I will put on some pictures to show you. We did enjoy looking, they had a regular little town with School, Church, Bank, Saloon,General Store, Livery, and many other things, even a TiPi, where it told us that the Cherokee came to Texas from Arkansas, but that the local indians didn't want them here so they drove them into Oklahoma! Rotten 'Ol Texas injuns! By that time we were so pooped, it was 97* here, didn't seem as hot as yestrday, but when you 'aint usetait, it makes a body sluggish really fast, and we had been out in it most of the day, so headed home, feelin' good.
Today was the Sassys birthday, she is 8 yrs in people, and 56 in dog years. She was so glad to see us, and just as glad that she got to go with us to do the laundry! Well folks, it is midnight here and still haven't put on the pictures. Gotta be ready to move out in the morning, heading for Kilgore to an oil refinery museum, then Fri. to Jefferson. Hope that this was at lest a bit entertaining! Smiles and Love to ya, Arlette & Bill,too, and the birthday girl, Sassy
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