Amarillo and Palo Duro Canyon (or may be not...)

This is the article where I am supposed to tell you about the 9 hour bus trip, in order to reach Amarillo, in the north west corner of Texas, the cattle auction that I was supposed to attend in the morning, and the hike planned in Palo Duro Canyon.
But.... a few minutes after calling the passengers for boarding, at 23:45, Greyhound announced that the bus would be at least 4 hours late. By the time I get to Amarillo, jump into a taxi, reach the Airport, do the paper work in order to get the rental car, and reach the canyon, it would have been at 2pm, may be later.
So instead of waiting 4 hours at the Dallas bus station (believe me, this is not something you want to do...), spending the night and morning in the bus, having a quick look at the canyon, flying to Austin on the following day, taking a taxi to the bus station, and then heading to San Antonio, change of plans: at 1am, I headed back to the hostel from which I had just checked out, and will spent 36 hours more in Dallas.

Bad luck, Palo Duro really seems spectacular, from what I could see on Internet:

Dallas

During the night spent in Houston, 2 days ago, I had the worst storm ever, with thunder and lightning every other second during the whole night.

For the first night in Dallas, it is also raining buckets, during hours and hours, and it is still the case when I eventually decide to start the day, with the visit of the Firefighters museum.

At last, the weather improves, and the blue sky appears during the afternoon.
My accomodation is a bit outside of the central business district, in Deep Ellum, an area with low brick buildings, most of them former factories or warehouses, and home of a very active street art.

Nice brunch at Stanley's, enough to fill in my stomach for the whole day.

Another district away from the center, where the farmers' market is located.

Close to Dealey Plaza, where John F. Kennedy was shot on Nov 22nd, 1963, the city of Dallas built a mémorial.

And this is the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot. The 6th foor has become a museum about JFK's life.

This is the view that Lee Harvey Oswald had, from the 6th floor, where the cartridge cases were found.

An interesting piece of art, several meters high

Fort Worth

Welcome to Fort Worth, the cowboy capital (tourist version)

Here, on the parking lot, you can park either your car or your horse.

 

 

They have 2 versions of the rodeo: the "light one" for children, where "Buffalo Bill" tells stories about the history of the Far West, and you get a quick view about the skills needed to work with the cattle

And then the full tough show, with bronco and bull riding, plus the traditional calf roping and barrel racing.