Several years ago, I read about the installation of a sculpture, Walking to the Sky by Jonathan Borofsky, at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Since then I have wanted to visit the Nasher to see this piece but never got around to doing so. Finally today, Mr. JJ and I got a chance to visit the Dallas …
A few weeks ago, Sonny JJ asked if we could visit the National Videogame Museum in Frisco. Being a videogame aficionado and having heard from a couple of friends that it was worth a trip, he wanted to visit. Now, videogames are not quite down my alley but I was surprised that a national museum …
Last spring, I came across the website for Trinity Forest Adventure Park (TFAP), an aerial adventure course in Dallas. I planned to learn more about it last summer, but with our trips to Iceland and Greece and everything in between, I completely forgot about it. This summer, we are staying close to home and decided …
The day of our Safari dawned grey and cloudy with hanging mist and intermittent rain. The access road from the Lodge to the Guest Pavilion crosses a shallow area where water flows across the road sometimes making it difficult to cross after a night’s rain. The staff monitors this situation closely and we got the …
The drive to Glen Rose was uneventful. In fact, we were pleasantly surprised by the Chisholm Trail Parkway en route to Glen Rose. Recently constructed, the Parkway was smooth and traffic was streamlined making it easier to travel to Fossil Rim. The entrance to The Lodge is separate from the entrance to Fossil Rim Wildlife …
Introduction and trip planning Breaking from tradition, this spring break, we stayed home, thanks to the Zika Virus. My carefully orchestrated plans to visit Aruba and Panama were shattered mercilessly by the Zika onslaught. It was then that I came across the safari trip and overnight lodging at Fossil Rim in Glen Rose. We had …