Awake 6:00am Temp 49 Foggy Overnight @ Tye, Texas
Attend 7:00am mass @ the Holy Family church in Abilene on Buffalo Gap
Road. We had trouble finding this church due to darkness & fog. We were 10
min late.
The fog & the temperature take their good ole time rising this morning, so
we watch a movie on cable: "The Haunted Castle." An old classic that we
both enjoyed with Vincent Price.
Call Mark in Anchorage & leave a msg.
@ 1:15pm, we drive into Abilene & do a grid driving tour of the city,
population 115,000. There are many large business buildings, some
renovated & some new. There are wide streets, but for a weekday afternoon
in this city, something is missing: There is little traffic & no people!
Where is everyone? We stop & go into the classic & renovated: "Grace
Hotel," a turn of the century hotel, built in 1909, that is directly
across from the renovated railroad depot. In it's heyday, this place was
the cat's meow, elegantly serving people as they disembarked from the
train. Now it's listed on the National Register of Historic Places and
portions of it are restored to its 1929 condition, while other parts of
the building have been renovated to make it appropriate for 3 museums
housed here...the Fine Arts Museum, Abilene Historical Museum, and the
Children's Museum.
We continue our driving tour & just down the street, another Abilene
Historic Landmark: the fully restored 1930s Paramount Theatre. It's very
costly & a lot of work to keep these classic theatres alive & active, but
we love seeing them & we admire the city council members for getting the
bucks & people to support this.
We do some light shopping @ the HEB & United grocery stores before
returning to the bus @ 4:30pm.
6:40 Dinner: Pork chops, broccoli in cream sauce, sweet potatoes & fresh
romaine mixed salad.
Evening time: Watch movie on cable: "Man from Snowy River." We both had
seen parts of this flick yrs ago & decided to watch it to the finish
tonight. It was ok.
High temp today= 63 Lights out: 10:02pm
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