Traipsing through Texas (cont.)

Our fun, funky hotel pool!

By this time, we had used all of our City Pass coupons and had a GREAT time! Looking for a low-key day, we spent the next day at the arty hotel pool. We had the place nearly to ourselves, so we enjoyed the sunshine, the aesthetic, and the solitude.

Good barbeque was also on our Dallas must-list. After a day in the sunshine, we bellied up to a table at Off the Bone Barbeque. Yuuummmmmm!! We had ribs, greens, macaroni and cheese, and rolls. And, oh! It was good!! We ate and ate and ate, and then we positively ROLLED out of there! Then, we spent the rest of the day in a barbeque coma.

Barbeque at Off the Bone

On our last full day in Dallas, we chose to visit the Dallas World Aquarium. We'd heard good things about it, and we also wanted to see the penguins up close! This place was so fun! We started with the penguins, and we got to see the keepers feeding them! Then, we explored the aquariums on level one and the Orinoco Rainforest. we saw manatees, stingrays, chameleons, and spooky spider crabs! Then, it was down to the lower level, where we saw reptiles, bats, and all kinds of birds. (A toucan ate a blueberry right out of my hand!) Little man LOVED the underwater tunnel, with sharks swimming all around you on the other side of the glass. 

Penguins!

When we got hungry, we ate lunch in one of the on-site cafes and explored a bit more. We checked out the panther, saw poison dart frogs, and communed with some sloths and monkeys.

Once we'd covered it all, we walked to a nearby souvenir shop for some goodies to take home. Then, we stopped for an ice cream at Kokopelli Candy. Not only was the ice cream great, we found tons of cute little gifts at this shop! In addition to ice cream, I bought pins, mugs, books, all kinds of little interesting things. I definitely recommend stopping here! I brought lots of sweet treasures back for my friends from this store.

And that, folks, was pretty much it! The next morning, we checked out of our hotel and headed home. (Not gonna lie. The drive seemed longer on the way back!) We loved our time in Dallas, and even though our visit there was a bit unexpected, we made the most of it! We'd recommend spending some time in this city to anyone!

Up close and personal with the sharks!