Hampton Inn Dallas-Lewisville

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it" - Henry Ford

I couldn’t even get out of country without having my first travel adventure. My Dad dropped me off at the airport an hour before my flight. I had used frequent flier miles to get my ticket from Dallas t...

"Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word". –John Steinbeck

Texas might as well be another country. I come to this conclusion every time I head south. I guess it serves as a good transition into leaving the US. There are many things about it that I love.

My ...

"When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money." -- Susan Heller

One-way Ticket to Lima, Peru - 15,000 frequent flier miles on American Airlines

Rio de Janerio, Brazil - Capetown, South Africa - Johannesburg, SA - Athens, Greece - Dublin, Ireland - Dallas, ...

What a
day! I survived my first proper western riding experience and I can
still walk normally, well as normally as I did before! We were
formally introduced to our mounts and a few additions, all of which
seem to follow the sorrel (chestnut) theme. I was given Peppy for the
day, who decided to test me from the start by ...

Hello
America! I have arrived with the ground crew in Dallas Texas and
after leaving a gloriously sunny Heathrow airport, I have returned to
a more wet and murky environment. The lovely gentleman that my team
and I are staying with for the next month of preparation calls it
'Irish Weather'. They have had similar amounts ...

You asked for it, here it is. Just wanted to get everyone started with what you will be devoting your life to for the next 3 months ... staring blankly at your computer and praying to sweet baby Jesus that Iris will post a blog any minute. Let the games begin.

Outside our resort, we have several deer that come to see us. A few come to see if we're there and within minutes, we have about 19 of them. The bucks are a little pushy with their little females so we have to be careful to make sure they all get something to eat. Every evening around 5 they show up. We feed them bread, apple cores, and corn. If...

Dallas not only had one of the coldest winters EVER, but we had the most snow I've seen in the 13 years I've been here. I know you northerners are laughing at me for posting this, but it was about a foot of snow that this city is NOT prepared to handle. I got a day off work and used it well to plan my European adventure. Wrigley loved playing ou...

A nice, un-eventful run to Highland Village, north of Dallas run concluded about 3pm at Shirley's home. We got 12mpg on this flat piece of road but due to construction around her development, had trouble finding the address. Shirley obtained a permit from the town so that we could park the rig on her driveway or street next to her house. We park...

Kudzu and I finally made it to my cousin's house in Dallas around 2:30 in the afternoon. What we had originally thought would be a three or four hour trip ended up taking around seven hours total thanks to traffic, rain, and wrecks. I have also discovered that there are three impediments to Zoobley and I arriving at a predetermined location and ...