After seeing an amazing Solar Eclipse just east of Dallas we decided to backtrack for a few days to see a good friend of ours from Maryland who is living in Fort Worth. We had such a great time catching up with Josh Daughaday and seeing him play at Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar. We also had lunch the next day at Shady Oak BBQ. The barbecue was excellent and it was nice to spend more time visiting.

We also visited the Fort Worth Stockyards. As we were walking around we had this strange desire to wear a cowboy hat and boots, and walk around with a beer. We skipped the hat and boots but did go with the beer! Then we figured we had to get some barbecue and stopped at Riscky’s. The food was good but not as good as we’d hoped for.

As a valued added bonus, right next to the campground we were staying at is the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base … which happened to be hosting the Blue Angels for a weekend air show! We actually got to see the show several times while they were practicing for a few days prior to the weekend shows!