{"id":868,"date":"2010-03-18T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T21:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2010-05-30T07:40:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T12:40:20","slug":"dallas-spring-break-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Dallas &ndash; Spring Break 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was not able to do a daily blog post during our Spring Break Trip so here it is in one post.<\/p>\n<p>We left Amarillo last Sunday after church. We stopped in Denton and ate at one of my favorite places, Fuddruckers.<\/p>\n<p>We then proceeded to our hotel in the Dallas area.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, we headed out to the Ripley\u2019s Museum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"P1000875\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000875_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000878\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000878_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000879\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000879_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"482\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And we also went to the mirror maze.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000914\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000914_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And finally, the wax museum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000884\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000884_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008871.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000887\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000887_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000890\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000890_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000895\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000895_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10008981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000898\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000898_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000900\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000900_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Okay, is it just me or do these two apostles look like Sean Connery and Mel Gibson?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009051.jpg\">      <br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000905\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000905_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>After grabbing some lunch, we went to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000916\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000916_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000917\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000917_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000920\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000920_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Then on to Medieval Times\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000931\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000931_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"258\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000922\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000922_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"258\" height=\"456\" \/><\/a>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000927\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000927_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a>&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000929\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000929_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Then back to the hotel for the night.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, we parked at a nearby DART light rail station and rode it downtown to Dallas Union Station. We then boarded an Amtrak Train (The Texas Eagle).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000932\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000932_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000939\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000939_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000941\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000941_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We ate lunch in the lounge car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000942\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000942_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We arrive in Fort Worth were we got off the Amtrak train and boarded a Trinity Railway Express (TRE) train headed back to Dallas. TRE is a commuter train that travels between Dallas and Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009541.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000954\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000954_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000961\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000961_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Then, the DART light rail back to our car. We then headed out to dinner in Colleyville with our fiend Caroline and her son Ben. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed catching up. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000970\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000970_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Then back to the hotel for the night.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, we slept in a little. After getting up, we checked out of our hotel. We stopped by Chick-fil-a for breakfast and then drove to the Museum of American Railroad in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000975\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000975_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000978\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000978_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000979\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000979_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P10009841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P1000984\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1000984_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We then hit the road for home arriving back in Amarillo Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>It was a fun trip.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, San Diego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was not able to do a daily blog post during our Spring Break Trip so here it is in one post. 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