Glen Rose, Texas

Weather: low 60 degrees, high 79 degrees, partly cloudy, light breezes

Can you believe this weather we are having? I could get used to this.

Carolyn's exercises continue to go well, and we are having to hold ourselves back from becoming too optimistic about how they are making her feel. We can see almost a daily change for the better with her vertigo problems. Sure does make us want to hit the road.

Speaking of hitting the road, we took a mini road trip today (~60 miles) so we could get out and enjoy the nice weather. We like to take the back roads and see what we will find. Our little trip took us south through the thriving Walnut Springs metropolis, popoulation 775. I think we passed three other cars while driving through the town. From Walnut Springs, we turned west to Iredell, another booming town of about 500 people. Both little towns probably had more people years ago when they were the retail areas for their locations. Progress seems to have passed the little towns by, and Iredell seems to have suffered the most. When we drove through the old town area, we could see where all of the buildings still have walls standing, but the roofs have fallen in.

After leaving Iredell, we drove to Meridian, the county seat of Bosque County. Meridian has a population of about 1500 people. Below are a couple of pictures that we took of the Bosque County Courthouse, built in 1896. This courthouse is still being used by the county.

As can be seen, the courthouse is well preserved.

After returning home and resting for a short time, I took the truck to the car wash to wash about two months of dirt off. Then I returned home and wiped the truck down to remove the water spots. It looks pretty good right now, but we may get some rain on Tuesday. If so, I'll try to stay at home until the rain passes so the truck won't get so dirty.

After a fried shrimp dinner that Carolyn prepared, we watched TV, read, and worked on the computer. All in all, a good day.

More later, be careful.

Today's Town - Meridian, Texas: Top of the Hill Country