Awake 4:47am Temp 50 Low overcast Overnight @ Tye, Texas
We try to attend 7:00am mass this morning @ Holy Family church but the
door to the Chapel was locked...oops. As we are leaving, a car pulls into
the lot so we ask "what's up?" This person tells us that Friday's mass
will be @ 8:30am. Ok, we don't have a bulletin....so back to the bus for
breakfast, then back to the church for 8:30 mass,(a 10 mile drive).
From here, we drive downtown(another 10 miles) & tour the "Frontier
Texas," a newly opened museum covering a century (1780-1880)of the
history of this region of Texas. Thru legends, dramatic media and
dimensional exhibits, the history & adventure of this area of Texas & how
it was transformed from an open prairie, populated by buffalo & Indians,
to the ranch lands & towns of pioneer Texans comes to life. Via the magic
of holographic and state of the art technology, we hear and see stories
in "first-person" from pioneers, Indians, soldiers, and buffalo hunters.
They look& talk like real warm blooded people only a few feet away. We
spend 2 hrs here learning about that past century of time. It was very
interesting & well done. Well
worth our time.
Next, we lunch downtown @ the Hickory Street Cafe, a 1920's house, open
only for lunch from 11:00-2:00.
Afterward, we do a self guided tour of the historic Paramount Theatre. No
charge for this & we're free to roam throughout the bldg. This 1200 seat
theatre, completed in 1930, was fully renovated in 1986 & is a gem of a
structure. We looked & opened doors to just about everything we could.
Today this Theatre continues to hold it's own & bring in more of an
audience as the downtown area slowly revitalizes. We appreciated the
touring opportunity. Back to the bus @ 3:40pm. Once inside the coach, I
reach for my
prescription reading glasses to make notes of today's activities & they
are missing from my shirt pocket-Yikes! A moment of panic, then I remember
using them @ the Cafe where we lunched while reading where the eating
utensils were manufactured & I did return them to my shirt pocket. Sooo,
they must be somewhere in that theatre. While Kathy makes dinner, I make a
fast 20 min drive back to the downtown theater with my flashlight. Tell
the office personnel that I lost my glasses & will be retracing our tour
steps. I figure if they are anywhere, they will be on the 2nd floor
balcony leading to the 3rd tier of seats where I leaned over to scrutinize
those usher aisle lights on those classic theatre seats....sure enough, my
flashlight spotted them on the rug in the semi-darkness. I hadn't missed
from my shirt pocket what-so-ever. I was thankful to have them back.
Return to the coach @ 4:25.
6:15 Dinner: Eggplant parmesan, wholewheat pasta, spinach & lettuce salad.
@ 7:45pm we attend the Abilene Community Theatre(15 min drive) & watch
"Goodbye Charlie," a comedy about a notorious playboy and man about town
who meets an untimely death at the hands of a jealous husband. As a bit of
cosmic justice, he comes back as a beautiful blonde...woman. He must
transform his personality to female, too, with the help of his best
friend, who isn't sure of his own feelings. It was their 2nd night &,
well, it has potential.
High temp today= 64 Lights out: 11:50pm
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