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2000 April 15-16 by
Amtrak Boarded the Amtrak
Heartland Flyer Saturday
morning, 2 level cars with a snack bar. We brought our own snacks.
Arrived in Fort
Worth Around noon. Stayed at the Radisson
Hotel on Main Street where the Fort
Worth Arts Festival has been held in the past but moved due to the
tornado in March. We saw glass still falling from the high rise
buildings. We took a cab to the Cultural
District where the Arts Festival was moved. Watched the Fabulous
Thunderbirds and Sourdough
Slim entertainment. Went to Sundance
Square Tandy Center's ice skating rink and subway. Sunday morning
rode the trolley to the Stockyards
Watched a Long Horn cattle drive, and I road a Long Horn. Went to Billy
Bob's and back to Sundance Square and ate at Billy
Miner's Saloon. Went to the Water
Gardens. Fort
Worth also known as Cowtown
is where the West began, and the beginning of the Chisholm
Trail. Boarded the train Sunday evening about 5:30 traveled
over the Red River
and the Arbuckle Mountains and watch the sunset. Arrived into OKC at 10:00
pm. |
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