Special Bread

Bay City, Texas

Weather: low 66 degrees, high 78 degrees, cloudy skies, windy to 25 mph

A lot of people might think I'm kidding about how close the trains are. This picture may be too dark to see the train cars clearly, but that's how close the trains are.

We did some late Christmas shopping this morning before the stores became overrun with the other folks who are also late shoppers. I can remember when I was younger that the holidays were a time of excitement. Now, it's become a time of the year to try to get by and not get too stressed. Part of the reason the excitement is no longer there is because there are not any young children in our family to share the holiday with. Another reason is that the holiday has become so commercial. Christmas stuff starts showing up as early as July or August. Besides, we're old enough that if we want something, we go get it. Why wait when we don't have to? We do still remember the reason for the season, and it's not this mass marketing that we see.

This is a picture of Canadian geese and snow geese that we saw on our way back from El Campo today. This area is a prime wintering location for the geese.

When we lived here before, we used to go to El Campo to Prasek's Hillje Meat Market to buy loaves of their special bread made with sausage, cheese, and jalapeno peppers. That stuff was so good, and it had been several years since we had eaten any of it. We decided to drive over to El Campo to see if the bread was still being made, and if so, buy a couple loaves. Well, they are still making the bread, and it's just as good as we remember it being. We had some for supper, and there was just enough jalapeno pepper in it to give a slight bite. Ummmmm, boy! It was good.

Here's a picture of some Sandhill Cranes we saw today. They also spend the winter here.

We used the GPS unit going to and from El Campo. Obviously, there is a learning curve associated with one of these things, but it was fascinating to watch our progress down the road. We knew where we were going today, so there was not an adventure getting lost or being sent down the wrong road. I'm sure that will come.

When we got home, I checked the batteries on the RV and truck. I usually check them about once a month, but it's probably been at least two months since I last did it, and one of the batteries on the truck had not been checked since it was replaced last January. That's not good, because all six cells were low on water. The reason it hadn't been checked is because it is hard to check, and I probably got a little lazy. After what I saw today, I won't make that mistake again.

More later, be safe.

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