Day 37 – Dallas, Day 2

Miles traveled: 40
Hours on Road: 1
States covered: 1 –Texas

We ate breakfast at the hotel then hung out a while waiting for a call from Matt. Once we heard from him, we headed to his house. Chris stayed with the kids again while Matt took us out to lunch at his bar, Vickery Park. The food was amazing. I had a brisket sandwich with a sweet, creamy sauce on it. I never would have thought to put something sweet on a meat sandwich, but it worked perfectly.

After lunch, we went to downtown Dallas to walk around. We drove past the Alexander Liberman sculpture that the boys’ Uncle Keith and his family erected in front of the Bank of America Plaza. It’s pretty cool how it balances on three pointy legs. If you Google “Dallas sculpture liberman” you can check it out.

After that we parked and prepared to walk around, but we all had to pee, it was 106 degrees out, and Matt soon contacted a friend of his who could show us around the House of Blues, so we decided to do the indoor activity instead.

Some famous groups have played at this venue, so it was pretty exciting to get to check out the behind-the-scenes areas. We saw where the bands hang out while waiting for their stage time, the boys got to go up on stage, we went into the private area in which the band members can hang out after a show, either on their own or visiting with fans. Matt's name is engraved on a mirror in the private section because he was one of the original sponsors of the building's opening. I would love to see a show there. Maybe Jeff and I will make it back some time in the near future.

After the tour we went back to Matt’s. Everyone was pretty tired, so we picked up Chris and went back to the hotel to relax for a while. The Littles swam for a short time, then Chris and I went out and bought some food for dinner. We have a full kitchen so we could have bought anything. We ended up getting the boys sandwiches.

We visited with Matt and the family again for a while, then we said our goodbyes. We’re back in the hotel now; Chris is sleeping, the Littles are watching TV, and Parker and I are on computers. A nice relaxing way to end the evening.

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