Texas: Fort-Worth and Dallas, September 2009

This time, my trip was less exotic, but nonetheless interesting. I spent a month in Texas, namely in and around Dallas. My pictures below show a bit of Dallas, Fort Worth and Texan nature from the same areas.
Dallas is a big moneymaker's city, while Forth Worth embodies the real Texas spirit, as we know it from Western movies. I also found Dallas deserted on weekends, whereas Fort Worth was a far more livelier place.
The last few photos show scenes from the state capital, Austin, and the beautiful and touristic city of San Antonio, a 4 hour drive to the south of Dallas.

Crisscross highways towards downtown Dallas

Dallas skyline on a rainy day

Dallas squirrel

The Old Red Courthouse and the X marking JFK's fatal shot on Elm Street. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.

The redbrick building that Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly hid in and shot JFK

Reunion Tower

The Red Old Courthouse

The JFK Memorial

The following photos are from Forth Worth

Longhorns in the cattle drive

Cattlemen's, famous steakhouse in the Stockyards Historic District - This area was the focus of the old cattle-raising and livestock business of Fort Worth.

Inside Billy Bob's Texas honky tonk

The old live stock exchange buildingCowgirl on break

The following photos are from the Fort Worth Nature Center, north-west of the city

Leaf-footed bug

Prairie dogs

Buffalo calf

More buffaloes

Deer in the woods

Aloe and prickly-pear cactus

Striped lizard

Viceroy butterfly, a mimic of the famous monarch

The hackberry emperor, very common in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The caterpillars feed on the hackberry tree's leaves - a very common tree as well.

Lake Worth

The Capitol, in the State's capital, Austin

The Riverwalk, San Antonio

Emily Morgan hotel, San Antonio

The Alamo, San Antonio