Day 144 - USA Tour - Shreveport, LA

Sightseeing Mileage in Arlington area: 0
Starting Mileage Arlington: 11,986
Ending Mileage arriving Shreveport: 12,196
Miles Driven: 210
Avg. MPG: 7.4
Gas Price: $3.15--Tyler, TX

Overnight: Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport KOA
Travel Day

This morning we dilly-dallied a bit while we waited for the traffic to subside in downtown Dallas. We ate dry cereal for breakfast as we traveled. Oh, yum. But, it did the trick.

We were surprised to see this hill between Arlington and Dallas.



Here's the skyline of downtown Dallas.



Surprisingly, we didn't get lost and made it just fine to Dealey Plaza--where President Kennedy was shot. You will recognize some of the pictures from the Zapruder tapes. Dave was as surprised as I was at how small the plaza really is. I first saw the plaza in 1965.



We also were able to get a glimpse of the book depository, where Oswald fired his dastardly shot.



The book depository is the last building on the right side of this picture.



We had decided not to go into the book depository museum--we have seen so much of this information already throughout the years. But, we did make one mistake--we headed for a pay parking lot, which had no place to turn around. But, true to Dave's expertise, he turned the RV around on a dime.

And, along the way to Louisiana, we saw another huge camel ranch. Wonder why camels in this area? It's not really a dessert area, so that's a puzzle.

After going around the plaza twice to get a better look, we headed onward toward Louisiana for the night. We stopped in Tyler, Texas, for lunch at Juanita's Mexican restaurant.

We really liked the atmosphere and climate at Tyler so we picked up a couple of real estate books. Wow. It sure is reasonable in this area. Guess we'll have to give the no-state-tax and great-health-care benefits of TX some serious consideration. Hee Hee.

Out of scenery boredom, we started a very productive game of "Name That Road Kill." There was so much to choose from: armadillos, skunks, opossums, foxes, raccoons, deer, and some unidentifiable creatures.

After that challenging game, we found ourselves Shreveport. The campground is getting out of the KOA franchise, so we didn't get our "points" for staying here. But, the rate was less and WiFi was great. CATV was good, but without Bravo.