Saturday night at the Stockyards

Last night we went to eat at Cattlemen's Steak House which is right off of Main over by the stockyard's. It is so crowded in that area you have to park way down the street and walk. I am not a steak eater so usually I just get a baked potato but the rolls are to die for. I got a dozen to take home too. Guy gets calf fries and no way would I eat those. I had never heard of those before I met him.

As we were sitting there eating I was looking around and I thought to myself this looks so familiar. Then it dawned on me. I had seen the Ewing men from Dallas go to that place lots of times. JR used to sit in this very place.

I have lived in Fort Worth for 25 years and I had never been in that restaurant or walked those streets by the stockyards. I have been to Billy Bobs which isn't very far from that restaurant. Lots of times. I have seen Loretta Lynn, George Jones and Dwight Yoakum just to name a few.

They have lots of shops right down the street from the restaurant. We walked quite a ways. Enough for my ankle to be swollen this morning. It was a brick street and the bricks were so uneven. They had one store that just had barrels of candy. A lot of western stores. We stopped at one and got  sodas. Very pretty bottles. I got a sprite and it was an aluminum bottle in bright green. Guy got a  coke in a red aluminum bottle.

They had steers you could take your picture with. I wasn't getting close to it. Did you see those horns? I did take a picture in front of a 56 Chevrolet Belaire. Pretty turquoise color. We had a car almost like that when I was a child.

That was a long walk and it was so crowded on the streets. Old people, young people. All kinds dressed all different kind of ways. Interesting. Some wore short shorts. Some were dressed like Cowboy/Cowgirl. Some had on dresses and high heels. Some were drinking beer on the sidewalk. I had never seen that either.

After we got home I was so tired. I was asleep before 10 pm. Awake before 6 am. And a swollen ankle. It was fun though.