We left Albuquerque by 8:30 and made it to Amarillo in time for lunch at Dyer's Bar-B-Que, one of our favorite places and our absolute favorite place for bar-b-que sauce. We bought a couple of jars to take home, and the store wrapped them securely so they would travel with us safely the rest of the way. The trip went well although it was long. By the time we got to Decatur, we were ready to eat again and saw Catfish O'Harlie's right on the highway. Phil's catfis...

We had breakfast in the hotel again, checked out and left for the stadium tour about 9:30. The self-guided tour started at 10:00. I purchased tickets online so we wouldn't have to do that when we arrived, but the line for tickets did not look very long. There was a mass of people standing outside the stadium. I guess they were groups assembling or waiting for their entry times. We went on inside and were led upstairs to the entry for the self-guided tours right a...

We had a full day of Cowboys fun today. After a good, hot breakfast at the hotel, we had only a short wait to go to the first event--a tailgate party with Dallas Cowboys legends signing autographs. We left the hotel to drive the 1.5 miles to the parking space I had booked and paid for in advance. The stadium had no parking left when I bought the tickets, but I booked a space through ParkWhiz.com at the TailGate Tavern. It's just north of the stadium and about a...