May 13th 2006
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Note: Restaurants (of all standards) are Everywhere
| 1 Mi - Shopping & Train - Downtown Plano. Antique & Specialty Shops plus Light Rail access to Downtown Dallas | 10 mi - Shopping - Galleria - Intersection of 635 and the N/S Dallas Parkway (Tollway) | 10 mi - Amusement - Deep Ellum - Near Downtown Dallas - Similar to Chicago's "Old Town" |
| 10 mi - Amusement - South Fork Ranch (Dallas TV Show). Parker Tx. Get a discount coupon on the internet. | 12 mi - Museum - Dallas Art Museum. Downtown Dallas - Art District, Near the West End. | 12 mi - Museum - Sixth Floor Museum - Located at the West End Downtown Dallas. Space Program, Racial Integration and Kennedy assassination. |
| 12 mi - Dallas Historic West End - Party Zone (next to the Sixth Floor Museum) | 15 mi - Amusement - Improv Comedy Club. Dinner and Comedy. Menu similar to "Friday's". Located in Addison. Dallas Parkway & Beltline. | . |
| 15 mi - Amusement - Dallas Zoo. Near Downtown Dallas | 30 mi - Amusement - Six Flags and Hurricane Harbor. Off of Hwy 30 in Arlington. Famous for all types of roller coasters | 30 mi - Museum - Wax Museum & Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Hwy 30 in Arlington. |
| 30 mi - Amusement - Grand Prarie Horse Track (Lonestar Park). Hwy 30 in Grand Prarie. | 30 mi - Amusement - Mesquite Rodeo - Indoor (A/C) rodeo with BBQ Restaurant inside | 30 mi - Amusement - Tarantula Train. Steam Engine that goes between Grapevine (town) and the Fort Worth Stockyards. |
| 30 mi - Shopping & Amusement - Grapevine Mills. Shops + State of the Art Arcade. Near Grapevine Town and the DFW Airport. | 30 mi - Amusement - Grapevine - Wineries. Home to 25 Texas wineries and old western town. Grapevine Tx. | 50 mi - Amusement - Stockyards. Shops and Tarantula train station. |
| 50 mi - Amusement - BillyBob's World's Largest Honky Tonk. In the Fort Worth Stockyards. Bull Riding Rodeo on Fri & Sat Nights. | 50 mi - Museum - Kimbal Art Museum. A modern art museum. Also near the Amon Carter Museum | General Information: Guidelive.com for Dallas and Fort Worth |
(Note: On 19 March 2006 $1.00 US = $1.38 AU See http://finance.yahoo.com/currency?u )
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Money To Offset Expenses for Our Trip to Australia Would be Appreciated |
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Here is the big map of where everything will be |
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Wayne & Bev's (972-423-8611) 1517 Aylesbury Ln Plano Tx 75075
1600 North Central Expressway, Plano, TX 75074 |
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Located South off 75
319 La Salle Dr Richardson TX 972-235-2316 |
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Sara & Leigh's 2216 Meadowstone Dr Carrollton TX 75006 |
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Sara & Leigh's 2216 Meadowstone Dr Carrollton TX 75006 |
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Mid West |
Texas |
| I'm going to fix the door. | I'm fix'in to fix the door. |
| I believe its going to rain | I reckin its gonna rain. |
| Breakfast with biscuits and gravy. | Breakfast. |
| I'd like pop with that. | Give me a soda. (or) Give me a coke. Note: even if you want a "Dr Pepper", you say "coke". Also, get use to the taste of Dr Pepper. |
| What do you want? What does everyone want? Is that yours? |
What yall want? What yall want? Is that yalls? |
| You know. | I'll tell you what. |
| What kind of car do you have? | What kinda truck you got? |
| I've done that on an occasion | I've done that onced or twiced |
| May I have another beer, please? | Mo-ber |
| Like dental floss at a Willie Nelson concert | Worthless |
| The engine's runnin' but ain't nobody driving. | Not overly-intelligent. |
| Tighter than bark on a tree. | Not very generous. |
| Big hat, no cattle. | All talk and no action. |
| We've howdied but we ain't shook yet. | We've made a brief acquaintance, but not been formally introduced. |
| As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party. | (self-explanatory). |
| She's got tongue enough for 10 rows of teeth. | Talks a lot. |
| It's so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs. | We really could use a little rain around here. |
| Just because a chicken has wings don't mean it can fly. | Appearances can be deceptive. |
| This ain't my first rodeo. | I've been around awhile. |
| You can put your boots in the oven, but that don't make 'em biscuits. | You can say whatever you want about something, but that doesn't change what it is. |
| You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a <thing> | Replace <thing> with anything that there is a lot of. |
| Some roads you will be on are referred to by several names: 1) Central a.k.a. Hwy. 75 2) George Bush a.k.a. 190 (this is a Tollway) 3) Dallas Parkway a.k.a. Dallas Tollway (this is a North/South Tollway) |
| From Cedar Rapids IA to Southfork Hotel in Plano TX: 1: Start out going WEST on 42ND ST NE toward COUNCIL ST NE. 0.6 miles 2: Merge onto I-380 S / IA-27 S via the ramp on the LEFT. 23.0 miles 3: Merge onto I-80 W via EXIT 0B toward DES MOINES. 115.2 miles 4: Take I-35 S toward KANSAS CITY. 178.9 miles 5: Merge onto I-29 N / US-71 N via EXIT 8B toward K C I AIRPORT. 3.4 miles 6: Merge onto I-635 S via EXIT 3B on the LEFT toward KANSAS. 7.8 miles 7: Merge onto I-70 W via EXIT 4B toward TOPEKA (Portions toll). 51.1 miles 8: Take I-470 W toward SOUTH TOPEKA / WICHITA (Portions toll). 6.6 miles 9: Merge onto I-335 S (Portions toll). 50.2 miles 10: I-335 S becomes I-35 S (Portions toll). 400.3 miles 11: Take I-35E S toward DALLAS. 21.3 miles 12: Take the PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE EAST exit- EXIT 445B. 1.2 miles 13: Merge onto PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE (Portions toll). 13.3 miles 14: Merge onto N CENTRAL EXPY / US-75 N. 0.8 miles 15: Take EXIT 29 toward 15TH ST. 0.2 miles 16: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto N CENTRAL EXPY / US-75 N. 0.5 miles 17: End at 1600 N Central Expy Plano, TX 75074-5715, US Total Est. Time: 13 hours, 13 minutesTotal Est. Distance: 875.17 miles |
| From DFW Airport to Southfork Hotel: 1: Start out going SOUTH on INTERNATIONAL PKWY S / TX-97 SPUR S (Portions toll). 3.3 miles 2: Merge onto TX-183 E toward DALLAS / IRVING. 1.4 miles 3: Merge onto TX-161 N. 3.5 miles 4: TX-161 N becomes PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE (Portions toll). 3.4 miles 5: Merge onto I-635 E. 10.3 miles 6: Merge onto US-75 N via EXIT 19A toward SHERMAN. 7.6 miles 7: Take EXIT 29 toward 15TH ST. 0.2 miles 8: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto N CENTRAL EXPY / US-75 N. 0.5 miles 9: End at 1600 N Central Expy Plano, TX 75074-5715, US Total Est. Time: 34 minutesTotal Est. Distance: 30.71 miles |
| From Wayne & Beverly's to DFW Airport: 1. From Aylesbury Ln. (west) turn left on to Country Place (south) 2. From Country Place (south) turn right on Park Blvd. (west) 3. Go on Park Blvd. (west) for 0.4 Mi. to the first light and Turn Left on to Custer Rd. (south) 4. Go 1.5 miles On Custer Rd. (south) and make a right on to the George Bush Turnpike 190 (Tollway) (west) 5. You will go through a quantity of 2 tolls at $0.75 each. 6. You will be on the 190 Tollway (west) for 12.6 Mi. and exit on "35E South" to Dallas 7. When on "35E South" stay in the right hand lane for 5.7 Mi. 8. Exit from "35E South" at #440C - 635 (west) to DFW Airport 9. While on 635 (west), stay in the left two lanes for 11 Mi. 635 (west) ends at the DFW airport. 10. Follow the Airport signs |
| From DFW Airport to Wayne & Beverly's: 1. Take the North Exit from the Airport to 635 2. Follow the signs to 635 East 3. Take 635 East for 8 Mi. and take Exit 27B "35E North" to Denton 4. On "35E North", stay in the right hand lane for 4 Mi. 5. Exit from "35E North" at #445 George Bush Turnpike 190 East 6. Go east on 190 for 11.5 Mi. 7. You will go through a quantity of 2 tolls at $0.75 each. 8. Exit from 190 East at Custer Rd., Turn Left on to Custer Rd (north) 9. Go 1.5 Mi. on Custer Rd. (north), Turn Right on to Park (east) 10. Go 0.5 Mi. on Park (east), Turn left onto Country Place 11. Go 2 blocks on Country Place (north) to Aylesbury Ln. 12. Turn Right on to Aylesbury Ln. (east) to House 1517. |
| From 35E South Bound to Wayne & Beverly's: 1. Take 35E South to the George Bush Tollway 190 East 2. Go east on 190 for 11.5 Mi. 3. You will go through a quantity of 2 tolls at $0.75 each. 4. Exit from 190 East at Custer Rd., Turn Left on to Custer Rd (north) 5. Go 1.5 Mi. on Custer Rd. (north), Turn Right on to Park Blvd. (east) 6. Go 0.5 Mi. on Park Blvd. (east), Turn left onto Country Place (north) 7. Go 2 blocks on Country Place (north) to Aylesbury Ln. 8. Turn Right on to Aylesbury Ln. (east) to 1517. |
| From Wayne & Beverly's to 35E North Bound: 1. From Alyesbury Ln. (west) turn left on to Country Place (south) 2. From Country Place (south) turn right on Park Blvd. (west) 3. Go on Park Blvd. (west) for 0.4 Mi. to the first light and Turn Left on to Custer Rd. (south) 4. Go 1.5 miles On Custer Rd. (south) and make a right on to the George Bush Turnpike 190 (Tollway) (west) 5. You will go through a quantity of 2 tolls at $0.75 each. 6. You will be on the 190 Tollway (west) for 12.6 Mi. and exit on "35E North" to Denton |
| From Southfork Hotel Plano to First Presbyterian Church Richardson: 1. Go South on "N CENTRAL EXPY / US-75" for 2.7 miles 2. Take EXIT 25 toward ARAPAHO RD. 0.2 miles 3. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto the frontage Rd for "N CENTRAL EXPY / US-75" going South 0.9 miles 4. Turn SHARP LEFT onto "W ARAPAHO RD" going East 0.2 miles 5. Turn RIGHT (going South) onto "N GREENVILLE AVE / TX-5" 0.4 miles 6. Turn LEFT onto "APOLLO RD." 0.1 miles 7. Turn RIGHT onto LA SALLE DR. <0.1 miles 8. End at 319 La Salle Dr, Richardson, TX 75081-6055, US |
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| Beaumont TX to El Paso TX: 742 miles Beaumont TX to Chicago IL: 770 miles |
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America |
| World's first rodeo was in Pecos TX ... July 4, 1883. | Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes. |
| The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water | Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978. |
| The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University in Houston. | The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island. |
| The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston." | El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas. |
| Laredo is the world's largest inland port. | Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden with over 38,000 bushes with 500 varieties on 22 acres. |
| King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island. | Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July 1979. |
| Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.) | A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old. |
| Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state. | Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper. |
| Bordon Milk Company was started at Bordon, Texas between Columbus and Weimar. | The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet). |
| The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Mexican for Texas. | The State animal is the Armadillo. |
| The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston. | An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies! They have one egg which splits into four and they either have four males or four females. |
| Texas has had six capital cities .. 1. Washington-on-the-Brazos 2. Harrisburg 3. Galveston 4. Welasco 5. West Columbia 6. Austin |
AMERICAN BY BIRTH. TEXAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD! |
Let it be known that in Texas we have both kinds of music. "Country" & "Western"
| KHYI (The Range) 95.3 FM | Country - Off the wall! Country & Bluegrass |
| WOLF (The Wolf) 99.5 FM | Country - Rock & Roll Style |
| KLUV (I KLuv My Oldies) 98.7 FM | Rock & Roll - Oldies |
| WRR (Fighting Road Rage) 101.1 FM | Classical |
| MIX 102.9 | Boring 80s, 90s & Today |
