Activities in Ft. Worth

[8-Ball]

We are going up to see the extended family in Ft. Worth for Thanksgiving. We will have a few days to ourselves, and we're not too familiar with that area.

Hotel is on the south side of town, family is on the north end. We will not have the bikes with us.

Just wondering if anyone can give some suggestions for fun stuff to do, good restaurants, etc.

We generally like outdoor stuff - hiking, fishing, bird watching, etc

We are not terribly interested in the cowboy museums, but if someone could point us in the direction of a nice state park, that would be great.

Thanks in advance.

[ed29]

Fort Worth Nature Center fits what you are describing very well.

http://www.fwnaturecenter.org

[DFW_Warrior]

Also the Botanical Gardens are quite nice. There should be some good color changes going on right about now.

http://www.fwbg.org/

For food, I like the stockyards. http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/

Or even downtown Grapevine... http://www.downtowngrapevinetexas.com/

[wonder91178]

Sundance Square in downtown

http://www.sundancesquare.com/

[pacman]

Cleburne State Park has some very nice hiking and biking trails.

[pacman]

Oh, and there are several excellent museums in Fort Worth that are not cowboy related at all. The Fort Worth arts district is generally considered to be one of the best in the country.

Also, the Fort Worth Zoo is excellent.

[sharkey]

Cedar Hill State Park isn't too far either - 30min away.
Sundance Square is good too
FtW Zoo is neat place too

[wonder91178]

If you want to go allllll the way to Glen Rose, you can go to Dinosaur Valley State Park

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publicat...n_pl_019.phtml

[Squidward]

Originally Posted by wonder91178

If you want to go allllll the way to Glen Rose, you can go to Dinosaur Valley State Park

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publicat...n_pl_019.phtml

Don't forget Dinosaur World in Glen Rose as well.
http://www.dinoworld.net/dino-start003text.php?page=3

And there is always Fossil Rim Wildlife Center which is also located in Glen Rose.
http://www.fossilrim.org/visiting/index.php

[Gilk51]

And don't forget that you can drive round and round Ft. Worth on Loop 820 until you get tired!


OK, some events that weekend.

Gun show at Dallas Market hall on Sat/Sun. Biggest show in our region.

Annnnd, The Friday After Thanksgiving Ride-to-Eat over to an Italian place in Oak Cliff.

The Tarantula Train is interesting and makes runs to the Stock Yards and to grapevine.

[wonder91178]

Not sure what their Thanksgiving schedule will be, but you can always catch a double feature at the Brazos Drive-In in Granbury.

http://www.thebrazos.com/home.htm

[focus frenzy]

if you are staying on the southside (off of I-35w) you can always play count the crack dealers.

pack plenty ammo, southside is not a friendly place.

go downtown and park the car and start walking, there is so much cool stuff downtown, you can spend all day wondering. no trip to Fort Worth is complete without a trip to the water gardens (downtown) they filmed the Movie Logans run was filmed here and part of it involved the watergardens.

I would recomend a trip to the Botanical gardens followed by a visit to the zoo just down the street. depending on the date the mini train that runs in the park may be running and you can ride it between the bot. garden and the zoo.

[RedPill]

The Fort Worth Zoo is one of the best in the nation. The Arts district is great, but might bore kids. The nature center is good. If the kids are skaters, take them to the indoor skate park at Grapevine Mills mall. And if you like hunting and fishing stuff, hit Cabela's. Just the African Diorama there is great to see. Or Bass Pro Shop.

[wonder91178]

I love the Japanese Water Garden in the Botanic (not Botanical ) Garden area...you can feed the koi fish, go across stepping stones in the water, fun place.

http://www.fwbg.org/gardens.htm

[8-Ball]

Originally Posted by focus frenzy

if you are staying on the southside (off of I-35w) you can always play count the crack dealers.

pack plenty ammo, southside is not a friendly place.

We will be at Hwy 183 and 820 / 20. So I guess that's *southwest* Ft Worth. Now I'm worried. Should we reconsider our lodging?

[8-Ball]

Oh, and thanks to everyone else for their suggestions. I'll let you know how it goes.

[ed29]

Originally Posted by 8-Ball

We will be at Hwy 183 and 820 / 20. So I guess that's *southwest* Ft Worth. Now I'm worried. Should we reconsider our lodging?

Naw... that is several miles from the section of town he referred to (I-35W corridor). Southwest near Benbrook or Hulen area is fine. There are lots of nice houses, golf courses, and shopping centers in the area you are staying.

[Kidder]

Originally Posted by 8-Ball

We will be at Hwy 183 and 820 / 20. So I guess that's *southwest* Ft Worth. Now I'm worried. Should we reconsider our lodging?

That area is just fine. My parents live not too far from there. And, there's lots of restaurants in the area.

[mbrew]

Originally Posted by 8-Ball

We will be at Hwy 183 and 820 / 20. So I guess that's *southwest* Ft Worth. Now I'm worried. Should we reconsider our lodging?

That's right near the old Carswell AFB. It should be a quiet weekend with nothing flying though.

Mike

[jrflanne]

A trip to Joe T's is necessary for some **** fine TexMex.