What a wonderful Friday evening we had yesterday!  Norman's flight arrived in time for him to take Lisa and me to Mi Dia for dinner, a Mexican restaurant in Grapevine.  Great food and great frozen margaritas!  I must say, however, the highlight of the evening was when Norman and Lisa drove me over to the Southlake Carroll High School stadium.  I really knew I was in Texas after seeing this!  See the pictures below.  The stadium holds 12,600 and there are games where it is filled.  The band has around 300, when Norman and Lisa's girls attended a few years ago the band had 350-375.  The dance team, The Emerald Bells, have 90 girls and there are 20 cheerleaders.  The high schools, one for 9th and 10th grades and one for 11th and 12th grades, together have around 2400 students.  The head coach makes over $100,000. There are currently 7 professional players who are alumni from this school.
        Today Norman drove us to downtown Fort Worth.  We ate lunch at Reata which is a well known establishment in downtown and as expected, dripping with western/Texan memorabilia.  From there we walked to the Tarrant County Community College and viewed the amazing water feature which included waterfalls and a simulated stream.  One of the other main attractions in downtown are the Water Gardens.  Amazing collection of pools, fountains and waterfalls. See the pictures below.

Bronze statue of baseball player outside of Mi Dia

Southlake Carroll High School Stadium

Bleachers for the band and dance team.

Trailers for the Dragon Band.

Norman and Lisa in front of mural in downtown Fort Worth.

Rooftop section of Reata Restaurant

Waterfall at TCC

TCC waterfall

Water Gardens water feature

Statues on front of Bass Hall, downtown Fort Worth