Chalk Mountain

Glen Rose, Texas

Weather: low 54 degrees, high 67 degrees, cloudy skies, windy

After the morning walk, I spent some time on the computer reading the news and sports. I have found that when I'm able to access the Internet, I can get the news I want to read without looking for a newspaper. And I don't pay for the advertisements for stuff I have no use for.

After catching up on the news, we took a ride to one of the prettiest areas around here, Chalk Mountain. The mountain is located west of Glen Rose about 10 miles, lying between Glen Rose and Stephenville. It is the highest land mass around, and covers a large area. The mountain is covered with cedar and oak trees, as well as mesquite. The leaves of the oaks have changed to a brilliant red, which contrasts with the green of the cedars. The oaks are changing in bands across the hills, creating red strips with green above and below the red.

Most of the mountain has been owned by large landowners over the years. Recently, smaller plots have sold off with houses being built across the hills. A movement has started by the current landowners to save Chalk Mountain. Now, what I can't figure out is, what is Chalk Mountain being saved from? Is it being saved from development? Or is it being saved to keep a way of life intact? Could it be that the current landowners are trying to restrict who can be allowed to move there? Something doesn't quite feel right about this movement.

After our ride on the mountain was finished, we returned home and meditated. Late in the day, our friend Denise invited us to go to Chili's in Granbury for dinner. This was the first time we have been to a Chili's in some time, but the food was good. Both of us had hamburgers (mine was the original, while Carolyn's was with bacon and cheese). Not bad.

Oh, by the way, after getting back to the RV from Chalk Mountain, we were sitting in the RV doing our thing when we heard a loud explosion and the power went off. I told Jerry, the owner of the park what happened. The explosion sounded like a transformer had blown up. Jerry got his electrical meter and we started checking where power was off. About half the park was without power. We looked at all the transformers, but couldn't find one with obvious damage. Then Jerry noticed a dead squirrel underneath a transformer. Looking at the electrical pole closer, we saw that a circuit breaker had been tripped. Apparently, the squirrel got too close to something up there, and caused the breaker to open. Jerry called the power company, who got the power back on in a short time. That was the excitement for the day.

More later, be safe.

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