{"id":3329,"date":"2014-01-06T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2023-07-02T22:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T02:07:30","slug":"lake-tawakoni-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/3329","title":{"rendered":"Lake Tawakoni, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been here for almost two weeks now and our time to leave is just about upon us. The weather has been tolerable for the most part in the 60\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2030.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2030_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C388\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have taken many walks down at the beautiful lake. It has 200 miles of shoreline to explore and John has been out looking for rocks. (of course)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2032.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"x-default\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" alt=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2032_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for me, I\u2019ve been hoping to see an armadillo. However the only ones I manage to catch a glimpse of are the dead ones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2034.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"x-default\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" alt=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2034_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We celebrated the New Year with my traditional meal of sauerkraut, pork, mashed potatoes and corn. Yum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2038.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"x-default\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" alt=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2038_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C435\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We did venture out to one local restaurant for a late breakfast. I got a kick out of the type of advertisement on bench sign in front of the the Caf\u00e9. In the back of my mind I was thinking \u201cI hope that isn\u2019t an indications of things to come after dinning here.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2021.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2021_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C388\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The meal was good and all was well afterward. Whew!<\/p>\n<p>Our next stop is downtown Dallas where we will be helping John\u2019s former supervisor and friend setup for the Safari Club International show at the Dallas Convention Center. That is always a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been here for almost two weeks now and our time to leave is just about upon us. The weather has been tolerable for the most part in the 60\u2019s. We have taken many walks down at the beautiful lake. 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