We set out on Thursday November 11 in the afternoon some time. Holy....cow....what a long drive! We finally arrived to Texas around 2:30am. It took about 12 hours. We slept so good that night and began our Texas adventure on Friday.
We woke up bright and early Friday morning and drove out to the Red River. It was a pretty funny river though because I hardly saw any water! There sure was a lot of mud though, so we went driving and sliding around in the jeep. This was the first time a little dog like me had been off-roading before. Just when I thought the day couldn't get any more exciting, we went for another trip to the Wichita Mountains. Here, we went for a nice hike. It was pretty funny though because the few hills that Jessica called mountains were the only thing in sight for miles. Geography is pretty funny!
When we got back to base, the sun was about to set and we only had about 20 minutes to hurry up to the hangar and check out all the fighter pilot jets. Boy, was this a beautiful scene! Neat-o jets with the sunset in the background.
Then Saturday we set out on a 2 1/2 hour drive to Dallas. Man, driving through Texas is just as boring as driving through Illinois. Who would have thought?! In Dallas we visited the Dallas World Aquarium.
It was nice to see some fellow animals! Although it's sad to see them in cages like that. I don't like my cage at all, but I'm lucky that I don't have to stay in it all the time.
That night we went out for dinner. Jessica says it was the best steak dinner she ever had in her life... even though the bill made her cringe, she said it was worth it!
The next day we went on another mini road trip to Austin. What a hip place! Here we ate at a Ramen Noodle restaurant. I did not know that was a thing. It smelled very strange in there and Jessica did not seem as satisfied as after she ate that juicy filet mignon. In Austin we drove around and checked out the scene. We walked around the town and saw some pretty cool places! Lots of yummy food! Here is me with the Austin Capitol Building!
We spent a night on the town in Austin, but had to head back to Wichita Falls the next morning. I could tell Jess was very sad to end her trip and I was too! We drove five, long hours back to the base. Jessica slept the whole time and made her friend drive. She's such a princess sometimes.
The worst part was that once we drove five hours back to the base, we had to immediately leave and drive 12 hours back to Carbondale! WOW were we tired. But it was an awesome trip and I'd love to go back to Texas sometime!
Traveled with Jessica: 2,086 miles
Hernando's total travels: 6,978.4 miles
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