I’m so grateful of that we did decide to make progress up north last night because Scott woke up with a lot of sinus pressure. He was insistent that he was good to travel. But about an hour into the ride, he asked if I could drive. We pulled into our hotel in downtown Dallas around 11:30 AM much earlier than a standard check-in time but the front desk clerk pulled some strings and had housekeeping clean our room right away, so we only had about an hour wait.
He settled Scott on a couch in the air conditioned lobby and the kids and I walked to a nearby sandwich shop to grab lunch. We have a JFK Assassination tour today at 1:15pm which unfortunately can’t be rescheduled. So the kids and I left Scott on the couch and headed out - just a few blocks to meet the tour guide at the JFK Memorial. (The room was ready within a half hour so he didn’t have long to wait)
The tour was fantastic. Richard is a photo journalist who has studied the JFK assasination for years. His van is equipped with a speaker system and tvs so he not only drives and narrates the tour but also runs the multimedia including diagrams, videos and original photos from the various investigations.
It was 2.5 hrs and we visited Deally Plaza, the grassy knoll, the book depository, the home Oswald lived at the time of the shooting, the theater he was found in, the jail and city building where Oswald was later killed, and the spot where JD Tippit, local policeman, was shot as well.
It was so informative and explored Oswald’s life prior to the shooting as well as the full week of the Kennedy campaign and the geopolitical climate post Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam.
The tour ended at the museum in the book depository but Richard order out tickets for tomorrow so Scott can join us. He dropped us off at our hotel and we headed up to our room.
Our room was amazing! It was a 2-room suite with spacious bedrooms as well as a large living room, dining room and kitchen.
Scott needed another hour of so of rest, so the kids and I welcomed some down time. The tour was phenomenal but was like drinking from a fire hose. We decided to stay in for dinner and order from Uber.
We had steaks and all the sides in our dining room and then relaxed a while catching up on some shows we’ve missed. Scott headed back to bed around 8 pm so the kids and I just snuggled up on the couch and relaxed.
Hoping Scott is feeling better tomorrow.
Today’s high: 72, overcast with a few sprinkles (quite cold outside)
