Dallas, Texas first 4 days
By Max
12/12/22
On the first day, we got to the house, played the arcade, then I fell asleep early. The next day, we got ready, then went to the second biggest church in America. There were so many chairs that there were two levels. I went to kids’ church, and it was fun. After church, we got lunch, but there was a 45-minute wait. In that wait, we walked around and even met Santa! By then, our table was ready, so we went in and ate. We asked our server where the best work boots are, and she said either Cavender’s or Justin’s boot company. We went to Cavender’s because it was closer. When I was in the kids’ area, size 6 ½ did not fit, so I went to the men’s section because the kids’ section was too small. I got a cool pair of work boots that has American flags on them. everybody got boots and they were super cool. My dad’s boots were the same as mine, except they were not work boots and had no grip. They slid on carpet. After boot shopping, we drove to the Reunion Tower. When we got there, we got water then went to the elevator. It was kind of scary because I don’t like heights. When we got to the top, we walked around and went outside. After the tower, we went to a fountain show that coordinates with Christmas songs and happens every night at 6:45 PM. We then ate at a Mexican restaurant, and I got shrimp fajitas. They were delicious. Then, we went to our car and went home.
The third day started out with school in the morning. Then, my mom and sisters went to a park. In the afternoon, me, my dad, Brooke, and Hailey went biking around White Rock Lake, a 9-mile bike ride around it but two extra miles from the bike shop to the lake and back. Around halfway, we pulled off the trail and went to a Chick-fil-A. It was cool because someone came to take our order, and a Chick-fil-A robot programmed to the tables brought us our food. We just got a little snack and then we were on our way. The robot even said my pleasure when we said thank you, so it acted like a Chick-fil-A employee. We finished the bike ride and brought three of the bikes back to our house for my parents and I to bike the next morning. We got back, changed, then went to dinner. After dinner, we went home and fell asleep.
Next morning, I woke up then went on a bike ride with my dad and mom around the lake. When we got back to the bike shop, we realized that it opened at 11, and it was 8:30. We biked back to the house, and it was a 13-mile bike ride in all. We did school, then went to the arboretum (a zoo for plants). I had a bad headache, but it went away a little bit when we got there. It got fun when I shot a mounted water gun at a target. We also climbed around in a fake tree. We saw a mini-Christmas town there and got rosemary sourdough and caramel sourdough bread. After the arboretum, we went to Highland Park Village, but on the way stopped at Cavender’s because one of my mom’s boots was the wrong size. When we got to the Highland Park village everything was closed, but we wouldn’t have gotten anything anyways because all the stores were super expensive, and it was just a random Tuesday. There was even a Beretta gun store! We ate dinner at a place called yo Lobster, and I got lobster mac’n cheese. It had a lot of lobster for the price. After yo lobster, we went back to the house and went to sleep. That was the end of the fourth day in Dallas.
