We drove to Fort Worth stock yards which was like an old-west cowboy town with souvenir shops, dining, historic monuments and 'cowboys' and alike. This place is named as a national historic district for it being a place for livestock exchange during the cowboy era. Now its pretty much a tourist attraction...
We got opportunity to meet up with some real cowboys and livestocks. This guy down here is Charles with his horse "Texas Ranger"..
This texas longhorn is called "Big Jake"
Apart from being a historic district, Ft Worth Stock Yards is also famous for its cattle drive daily where cowboys take their herds on a walk around the district...
Finally it was time to say goodbye to our trip to Dallas/Ft Worth. Our drive to El Paso was 9 hours long covering around 600 miles. The first 300 miles was trees and crops while the last 300 miles was desert with plains. We got to El Paso around 11 pm at night. To our surprise, El Paso wasn't like what we had in mind at all; we thought that this town would be a mexican town with nothing but we were greeted by thousands of light bulbs shining visible from 100 miles away (on the freeway). Our journey to the west coast will resume after a night of rest here. Tomorrow, drive to Phoenix, Az before our highlight trip to the Grand Canyon... until then...
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