Texas, here we come!

We hit the road again clicking off state number 33 on our quest for all 50…. TEXAS, here we come!

This is our first Spring Break that required air travel. We have covered all states within an 8- hour radius of home, and that is the maximum daily travel distance for our crew. So off we went… wow! Good Friday travel is hectic! But with extra travel time and an extra measure of patience for the RDU parking situation, we made it to the airport, plane and ultimately – TEXAS!

Rental car located, off we go to downtown Dallas. We even found a bridge or two to qualify for Leo’s STEM assignment.

We are stepping away from our normal Holiday Inn Express this trip because we need more room. The boys are now like a man-child(s) and we need hotels with pull-out couches. (After more that one night sleep wrestling together, it’s like traveling with the Hulk). So Hampton Inn & Suites in Downtown Dallas for the win! The 17th floor has great views of the city and plenty of room. The front desk recommended we check out “The Exchange” for dinner… think fancy food court. Delicious and so fun! Leo tried out the Nashville style chicken place, Michael and Mike tried the Tex-Mex and I tried the fish tacos at the Seafood stall. Food was fantastic and pretty reasonably priced – that’s a win!

And then off we went to the American Airlines Center to watch the Dallas Mavericks/ Chicago Bulls game 🏀 It was a great game… came down to the last 10 seconds!

Tonight was Luka Doncic/Slovenia night which suited the boys who really like Luka. The half time show from the Slovenia Devils, a trampoline/dunk team and the pride of Slovenia. Their dance routines were the best! Imagine 90’s boy-band meets rhythmically challenged basketball players🤣 awesome!!🤣

The Mavericks ended up losing by 3, but it was so much fun… even if we may have been sitting behind the sister of Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky from the movie Dodgeball 🇸🇮