What Would Sookie Stackhouse Do?

Sookie Stackhouse is a fictional character in the Sookie Stackhouse series of books created by the marvelous Charlaine Harris, one of which is entitled, Living Dead in Dallas. She runs into trouble, including: vampires, werewolves, shifters, fairies, etc... and still manages to come out on top (or at least alive).

Since my adventures always seem to carry a bit of a disastrous undertone, it is good to have a game plan. Normally, this involves searching online resources regarding the location, buying guide books, talking with friends and family who have visited the location. This adventure, however, was more of the "winging it" variety.

This adventure's game plan went a little different. Long before this trip began, I had already decided to ask myself this question if I ran into trouble in Dallas.

What Would Sookie Stackhouse Do?

As with College Station, we underestimated the size of the city vs the availability of walkable ground.

After arriving at our hotel via paid shuttle, we wandered over to Denny's for supper (I can see the sign through the partially opened crack between the curtains as I sit on my bed).

Feeling overwhelmed by the size of the city, but deciding not to let it get the best of us, we went for a bit of a wander... and DISCOVERED A MEDIEVAL CASTLE!!!! Walking close, we could hear voices. Theatrical, medieval-sounding voices.

Walking closer (and on the grass), we discovered a little fenced area surrounded by vine-covered walls. With a bit of a jump, we could see the horses within the walls. We could also see the gentleman practicing his lines. Yep, the whites of his eyes.

Moving on, we sighted an open side door - revealing a room of long-haired men lifting weights and doing push-ups with their shirts off. "By the Power of Grayskull!" - type men.

Fanning ourselves, we decided it might be a wise choice to visit Medieval Times for supper tomorrow night and continued our walk. We were following another person carrying two grocery bags and something about the situation made me think, If this local feels safe walking over that bridge carrying their groceries, I should feel safe walking behind them.

The person then leaned over the side of the bridge and lifted the bags down. They straightened and the bags were gone. We promptly turned around and walked back to our hotel, googled bus routes to the Dallas World Aquarium and the Bodies Exhibition and prepared for bed.

What would Sookie Stackhouse have done? Probably something else, but I don't have swarms of sexy vampires and shifters to come save the day if I end up in over my head.

Today's question: Has anyone ever been to a Medieval Times performance?