Restless Night

Glen Rose, Texas

Weather: low 47 degrees, high 65 degrees, clear skies, windy

Last night's weather and wind combined to make a restless sleep for me. We use a white noise generator to mask the noise outside, such as traffic and the wind. Before midnight, the electricity went off and the absence of the white noise woke me up. The wind was blowing hard, the cover for the stove vent was flapping and banging and making noise, and traffic was passing by on the highway. These are noises we hear, but usually at a much lower volume. As a result, I was unable to go back to a sound sleep for the rest of the night. The power came back on about 0300 hours this morning, but the night was so disrupted for me that I got little sleep. Sometimes it's good to be a light sleeper, but last night was not one of those times. Snivel, snivel.

Since I slept very little last night, I didn't feel like going for my daily walk until this afternoon. When I did walk, it felt more like work than anything, and I only walked about half as far as usual.

We discussed when we will be leaving here, and decided that we will probably leave tomorrow. As a result, we spent most of the day putting things in their place, washing clothes, and the cleaning we usually do when getting ready to travel. Our first stop will be in Waco, where we have several things we want to do. From there, we plan to meander down to the Fredricksburg area, which I've never been to. It may take us a month to get to Fredricksburg and do the stuff we want. This is a great time of the year to travel and play tourist in Texas. Plus, I don't think diesel fuel is going to get any cheaper, so that's another reason to do as much traveling as possible at this time. So, more adventures with pictures are on the way.

Tonight, we had pizza and salad with Denise. Carolyn prepared the salad, including the bread crumbs and candied pecans, and it was outstanding. The pizza was pretty good, too. Denise used her little pizza cooker to cook the pizza, and I was impressed with how well the little cooker works. We may have to get one of those.

More later, be safe.

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