Groundhog Day?

Bay City, Texas

Weather: low 52 degrees, high 76 degrees, clear skies

Remember the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray? The same day kept being repeated several times, and that's the way I've felt for the last several Saturdays. Get up, go get pigs in a blanket for breakfast, check the e-mail, watch a little news on television until I get discouraged at all the uninspiring stuff our government is laying on us, go to the WalMart Mall to pick up a few things there, buy diesel for the truck, go to HEB and pick up a few more things, take a ride in the country to see how things may have changed since we were here last.... Wait a minute! The ride in the country was different from the last few weeks, so I guess it's not another Groundhog Day after all.

Since Carolyn arrived here a few weeks ago, we haven't had the time to get out and see the changes that time has made. In town, the biggest change is that several new hotels have been built, apparently in anticipation of the business that may be here if and when two new nuclear plants are built. The WalMart Mall is a new Super Center that's about as nice as I have seen. A new RV park is being built in town that will have about 75 spaces. A small housing development is being built that is the first one here in several years. A new Chili's restaurant and a new Pizza Hut rounds out the new construction in town. There are some changes outside town, including new houses, but nothing approaching what has happened in town.

I did watch some more college football, especially the Alabama/Tennessee game. Two tough, physical teams that look a lot alike as far as their style of offense and defensive effectiveness. Neither team has a great quarterback, which is probably their biggest negatives. If they did have a good quarterback, both of them would be hard to beat.

Tonight, I'm watching the Florida/Mississippi State game, until I have to give up and go to bed.

More later, be safe.

Today's Town - San Antonio, Texas: San Antone

Not all who wander are lost.