Ewings of Dallas

Every memory wasn’t pineapple upside-down cake & Little House.

Friday nites… there was drama.

8pm on CBS.

DALLAS.  Never missed (VCR recorded).  First of a long line of prime-time soaps my family always watched.  Dynasty, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road.  TV drama of the ‘80s.

Morning touchdown at Dallas Love.  Saturday drive to Southfork Ranch – HOME of the Ewings.  Gotta/hafta/must GO.  Miss Ellie, Jock.  JR, Sue Ellen.  Bobby & Pam.  Who shot J.R.?  Doubled-over in the dark of his oil baron tower.  Season 2 cliff-hanger.  Nothing on TV like it before.

JR survived & wasn’t rival Cliff Barnes who fired the shot.  Sister-in-law Kristen… Bing Crosby’s daughter.  True to the South, this family had its share of secrets.  Babies, secret trysts, murder.

Bobby died; season later it was all a dream.  Huh?  Miss Ellie replaced by Donna Reed… & back again.  Jock disappeared in the Amazon.  Sadly, never returned (actor Jim Davis died).

Well well worth the $16 tour price – the Ewings of Dallas, an American original.

Sunday morning marathon, sleeps @ the Omni.  Last road run of the decade.  Indiana trail in 2 weeks; Christmas sandwiched in-between.  Holidays with my own bunch of Ewings ❤️

Southfork Ranch