Back In Waco

Waco, Texas

Weather: low in Bay City, Texas 45 degrees, high 65 degrees in Waco, Texas, partly cloudy skies

We left Bay City about 0900 hours this morning, on our way to Glen Rose to see our doctor this next week. We had been sitting in one place for about three months, so it seemed to take longer to get ready to move than normal. Maybe it just seemed longer because we're out of practice, but eventually, everything checked out with our departure reminder list, and we hit the road.

We took our normal route over to Waco, which was to go to Texas 71, west of Bay City, and followed it all the way to Texas 77, where we turned north toward Waco. At Waco, we took Texas 6 to the west, and went across lake Waco to the Speegleville Army Corps of Engineers park. We'll be here for a couple of days, then the plan is to move north to Lake Whitney to stay at another COE park while we take care of our medical stuff in Glen Rose.

About 180 miles into our trip, we stopped at a wayside park to eat some turkey sandwiches that Carolyn made from yesterday's leftover turkey. We sat at a table watching the traffic pass as we ate our sandwiches. The stop would have lasted longer, but I noticed Carolyn shivering, even though she had a jacket on. That wind was cold.

We were parked and set up by 1500 hours. The next task for me was to put the satellite dish up. After getting everything set up on the dish, it took all of about ten seconds to find the signal. If only it was always that easy to do.

Once I was finished outside, we watched the Alabama and Auburn college football game. The two teams seemed to be evenly matched to me, and Alabama eventually won the game with a late touchdown. Auburn can be proud of how they played.

Carolyn prepared a pot of vegetable soup and corn bread for supper, and it was ummm ummm good. Warming to the stomach and filling. It was comfort food on a cool evening when we were tired after a day on the road.

In the morning, we're taking a drive over to Lake Whitney to find a place to park next week. There are several parks over there, and we want to make sure we find the perfect space.

An interesting fact: I'm writing this post to the blog using the air card. This is one of the few places we've found where we've been able to connect using 3-G technology. This connection is lightning fast, and it would be great to have this kind of service all the time.

More later, be safe.

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