St. Louis to Dallas

So after 3 wks in st. Louis, we headed off to Dallas TX.  We drove the 10 hr stretch, stopping in Joplin, MO for the night.    We stayed at the Residence Inn in Joplin and it could not have been nicer.  The people were so nice and the hotel was super clean.  For only a few dollars extra than the Holiday Inn or Fairfield, we had a separate area for Sophia to sleep.  We did the 4 hrs to Joplin in one stretch and she slept the whole way.  The next day we did the remaining 6 hrs, with 2 stops for feeding.  One of us road in the back seat with her the entire trip, which made it easier for her.  It would be pretty boring to just face the back of a car the whole ride.  She does have a mirror And toys, but she still got a little worried mommy and daddy weren't there.  We arrived in Dallas at about 3 and were picked up for the rangers game at 5.  Oh yeah.  I forgot to say that Eric sang the anthem at the Rangers game and we got to sit in the Presidents box in Dallas too!  It was the coolest box.   We were able to bring Sophie because it was behind glass and had a big bar with a waitress and nice seats and TVs.   They even had 3 rows of outside seating that the glass doors opened out to.  Wow!  They really know how to do things in TX.  The people from the Dallas Summer musicals could not have been nicer.  It was a real treat for us and the 10 other people from the cast that joined us.  Miguel, Sophie's godfather flew in from NY   . He's a huge Rangers fan, since he's from Dallas and a huge Sophie fan, since he's her godfather.  So he got to have the Rangers and the Sophie experience rolled into one.