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Waco, Texas

Weather: low 35 degrees, high 47 degrees, rain most of the day, winds to 35 mph, cold

We woke at 0500 hours this morning to the sound of thunder, high winds, and heavy rain. A front came through with winds up to 60 mph. At that time, the temperature was 47 degrees and it got colder as the day passed. There is a forecast of snow showers tonight. Since the weather was so nasty with heavy rain and high winds, we decided to stay another day here in Waco. The weather is supposed to be better tomorrow, and if it is, we will be moving on.

With the weather so bad, we stayed indoors all day, keeping warm, reading, surfing the net, meditating (at least I was - Carolyn took a nap). By the late afternoon, we were getting a little stir crazy, so we decided to go to Red Lobster for dinner. It has been a long time since we went to a Red Lobster, and we were really looking forward to it.

We found the Red Lobster easily enough, and found a good place to park. We went inside and were seated right away. The table was not clean, so it had to be wiped down. We sat there for 10-15 minutes waiting for someone to at least take our drink order. Finally, we got tired of waiting, and walked out. The restaurant wasn't busy, so I don't know what their problem was. We have decided that we don't have to put with bad service, and won't do it anymore.

We were still interested in eating out, so we started looking for something we might like. We found a bar-be-que restaurant named the Rib Crib that looked interesting. Total turnaround from the service we received (or didn't receive) at Red Lobster. We were seated as soon as we walked in and our drink orders were taken at the same time. Since we had never been there before, it took us a few minutes to decide what to get. The waiter came back every couple of minutes to see if we were ready to order. I ordered the pulled pork, which I had not had since leaving Florida, and it was terrific. Carolyn had the sausage and smoked turkey (not chicken fried steak), which was also good. We brought about half of our dinner home because we couldn't eat all of it.

After dinner, we came back home and settled in for the night. Tomorrow we should be able to move on. We like Waco, and can see us spending more time here in the future.

More later, be safe.

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