DALLAS, TEXAS

Day 234

Dallas, Texas USA

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FIRES in California! I wonder if that wind we felt in Vegas was the same one doing all the damage in San Diego...we're glad we didn't go there now! We were thinking about going to California..but we'd both been there and decided to see places neither of us have...but...it's serious. 500,000 people have been evacuated and people have lost their lives. News of FIRES in California is dominating all news!
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We left Las Vegas early..and felt a bit relieved actually...it was so exhausting being CASINO WORKERS!!! We won a bit...then lost what we earned...but we did have fun!
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Arrived in Dallas about 4.30pm..and checked into a hotel that advertised on the board at the Dallas / Fort Worth airport (Motel 6!) and that was that...the shuttle picked us up..and we got to our hostel and panicked!

It was actually 30 miles out of town....

AND! There was nothing there! No internet access which we needed to pay bills (We're in the Dallas Library at the moment!) and to book future accomodation..but worst, there was no transport anywhere other than cabs (which was going to cost $50 to downtown!)

Food was also order in, or nothing.

Dallas seems so deserted!

I kept thinking..Dallas, the BIG TEXAN STATE..home of JR Ewing! (From the show, 'Dallas'!)and also home of the spot where JFK was killed.

We ordered pizza and seven up..and wondered what to do.

We orginally planned to stay two nights..but changed that after thinking it'd cost us a fortune to get downtown and back each day..and besides, how do we get to Memphis!??? Bus, car, plane, superman??

We made a few enquiries and found it was going to cost $75 by bus from downtown..and $450 to fly..

So...we decided to get out of Motel 6..and go downtown..and catch a bus to Memphis...

We slept on that....or tried to, I couldn't sleep AGAIN...(sorry about those 'sleepless in Dallas' texts haha!)...

Oh yeah, everything IS big in Texas. Even the streets are six lane highways!!! (The pizza is not as big as New York tho!) ha!

Tomorrow..we go exploring downtown..