HOWDY! Let’s saddle up for 5 days of yeehaw adventures: see Texas Longhorns, dine on Texas BBQ, and go line dancing at the World’s Largest Honky Tonk.
📅 Trip Dates: June 2nd-6th, 2024
Travel Day
Day 1: Sunday, June 2nd
📍 RDU ✈️ DFW
Makin’ my way to RDU, walkin’ fast, faces pass, and I’m plane-bound. Once my Lyft got to RDU and I passed through TSA precheck, I grabbed some Starbae and snacks!
My go-to high protein lunch airport order: Starbucks- spinach feta wrap, tall nitro cold brew with SF vanilla, and archer turkey jerky. I also grabbed a chocolate fairlife protein shake to make a protein iced coffee!
Landed at DFW
📍 Texas ✘ DFW
The flight was quick! I read my book the whole time. I saved my airplane biscoff cookie for my Lyft ride to the hotel haha! YEEHAW and HOWDY, Texas. Let the adventures begin!
Hotel Check-In
📍 Hilton ✘ Southlake, TX
Woop woop! I was so excited to check-in to my hotel and grab dinner. The TV in the hotel had my name on it which was cutie. Felt very special hehe!
Divine Tex-Mex Dinner @ Muchacho
📍 Muchacho ✘ Southlake, TX
This was the best Tex-Mex I have ever had in my entire life. IT WAS SO GOOD—I even went back haha, see the end of this travel blog post! This entire meal was UNREAL. The fresh chips omg. Literally the best fajitas I’ve ever had. The flan was SO GOOD. 12/10 experience and the ambience was so nice!! I also saw my firs IRL Tesla Cybertruck hahaha.
My order: fresh corn tortilla chips, topo chico sparkling water, medium-rare CAB (Certified Angus Beef) flap steak fajitas, and caramel flan for dessert.
Blogging, Walking, + Watching The Gaines’
📍 Hotel Gym
Post-dinner, I found the hotel gym and had a blog and walk moment. I really wanted to get some movement in after flying for majority of the day. Loved that Joanna and Chip Gaines came on the TV background hehe!!
Day 2: Monday, June 3rd
High-Protein Hotel Brekkie !!
📍 Hotel Breakfast
Fueled up my morning with a high-protein hotel brekkie before a fun day of adventures! My server, Juan, was so sweet!! He asked me where I was visiting from and he asked if I spoke Spanish. I informed him that I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, but it had been a while…this moment actually inspired me to start brush back up on my Spanish. To this day, I have been doing Duolingo for the last 3-months since June!
My high protein hotel brekkie: scrambled eggs, bacon, pork sausage, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, melon, pineapple, plain greek yogurt, and a black coffee.
Lunch + Explored Outside
📍 Westlake, TX
Had a yummy lunch and explored around Westlake! Saw a turtle!
My high protein lunch: spinach salad with grilled chicken, chickpeas, quinoa, edamame, topped with barbecue sauce, kombucha, and a chocolate chip cookie.
Steak Dinner @ Wildwood Grill
📍 Wildwood Grill ✘ Southlake, TX
This was tasty! This was my first steak in I think like 8 years! So YUM. I also had a topo chico sparkling water with it.
My order: medium-rare steak dinner, green beans, and mac and cheese.
Gelato
📍 Epic Gelato & Craft Coffee ✘ Flower Mound, TX
Got some gelato after dinner! Definitely not authentic gelato though, but it was pretty good.
Day 3: Tuesday, June 4th
Texas Longhorns
📍 Southlake, TX
I was beyond excited to see Texas Longhorns. This was one item on my Texas bucket list I was STOKED to check off!! SO FUN!!!
Fort Worth Live Stock Exchange
📍 Downtown Fort Worth
Fort Worth was the highlight of my trip to Texas!!! The most authentic YEEHAW adventures!!!
Billy Bob’s Texas – World’s Largest Honky Tonk
📍 2520 Rodeo Plaza ✘ Fort Worth, TX
Billy Bob’s was SO COOL!!! I have always wanted to go to a Honky Tonk, so I can say I officially have hehe. I even line danced on the dance floor :p but it was tame, as it was the early afternoon haha. It was so cool seeing all of the country legends hand prints.
Fort Worth Stockyards
📍 Downtown Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Stockyards was the cutest area to walk around! It was so rustic! I love walking around everywhere whilst traveling.
Walked around Hotel Drover
📍 Downtown Fort Worth
Hotel Drover was simply stunning! The think this was the most aesthetic hotel I have ever seen!!
Riscky’s BAR-B-Q
📍 Downtown Fort Worth
The true Texas experience: Texas BBQ!! Oh this was SO GOOD!!!! I cleaned my plate lol! I got ribs and brisket YUM!!! This was my desired meat Texas meal I was so happy to have experienced!
Order: brisket, ribs, french fries, green beans.
Day 4: Wednesday, June 5th
Muchacho Part II
📍 Muchacho ✘ Southlake, TX
Had to wrap-up my Texas trip with another dinner @ Muchacho. Omg SO GOOD!!!!!
Order: medium-rare carne asada, mashed potatoes, dessert- tres leches and flan.
Day 5: Thursday, June 6th
Lyft -> DFW -> RDU
📍 DFW ✈️ RDU
Got a Lyft to DFW! Of course, I got some airport CFA for lunch before my flight slay!!! The flight back home was sooo pretty seeing the aerial views of Texas.
My CFA Order: chicken nuggets, diet lemonade, and BBQ sauce. YUM! So high protein too!!
carpe diem,
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