Yee Haw!
In the late 19th century, Fort Worth gained fame as a stop on the Chisholm trail. Cowboys would drive their herds down the streets of Ft Worth to be sold.
The old stockyards are mostly gone now, but Ft Worth has maintained its old west image. The historic stockyard area is now home to western wear stores and steakhouses. Many of the old buildings are still there. You'll see cowboys on horseback, and twice a day they drive a herd of longhorns down the street to amuse the tourists. On weekends they also have rodeos.
After watching the cattle drive, we spent a few minutes in the Stockyards Museum, and drank a cold one and checked out the immense interior of Billy Bob's Texas, the world's largest honky-tonk. We enjoyed dinner at Joe T Garcia's, a famous Ft Worth Tex-Mex restaurant.
We're staying at a nice park called Cedar Hill State Park, just south of Dallas. Full hookups and a lake view for $30. One more great Texas state park!
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