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Granny's trip wouldn't be complete without seeing the sites in Dallas. Monday was another beautiful, unseasonably warm day. I played hooky from work and spent the day with my family. Proving she was truly on vacation, Granny didn't get up Monday morning until 9am! I'm sure she can't remember the last time she slept that late.

After an early lunch, we loaded up and headed to Dealy Plaza, the site of JFK's assassination. While it is a somber location to visit, it holds a large part of American history. Daddy says he'd rather see the homes of Presidents rather than the assassination sites. But since no Presidential homes are nearby, he settled for Dealy Plaza.

After walking around a bit, we headed back to the car just in time to see a meter -Nazi plastering a parking ticket on my windshield. (I would swear I had 5 more minutes on the meter. To add insult to injury, three other cars in front of me had expired flashing, but no tickets and a Budget rental truck was blocking the street and had been for the entire time we were walking around--but none of them had tickets.)

A few blocks down from Dealy Plaza in Pioneer Plaza is this outdoor sculpture called "Cattle Drive." It's a breath-taking, larger-than-life depiction of a longhorn cattle drive. (You can read more about it here.)

A drive through the heart of tall buildings completed our quick tour of Dallas.