Awake: 6:09am Temp 36 sleep 6+42 sunny overnight @ Tyler, Texas.
K & I walk this campground, more for curiosity than exercise (15 min).
It’s a nice place: 65 concrete level pads & some with covered storage
sites; its also big rig friendly & close to a major hwy. We discuss
driving to downtown Tyler but, we have no idea of what’s to do there.
After our short walk, Kathy visits the campground office to hopefully
obtain some local touring ideas. During her absence, I leave a message via
cell phone for our Nephew Craig, who with his family moved to Tyler about
a yr ago. We thought we would pay them a visit since our travels take us
this way southbound. When she returns, we had 2 options: the East Texas
Oil Museum &/or the Tyler Market Center. Kathy takes the return call from
Craig as I was outside: he indicates that we couldn’t have picked a worst
time! His family left for PA this morning to spend the Thanksgiving
holiday with family & Craig will fly there tomorrow. Kathy let him know
that we’ll get in touch with them again next time we’re passing through.
Due mainly to nice weather, we choose the Tyler market, about an 8 mile
drive. 3 hrs of walking & looking @ other people’s stuff: some really good
& rusty junk; lots of imported stuff from China; & the rare exceptional
good stuff that might sell to the discriminating buyer. We’re not really
looking for anything; it is part curiosity & part getting outdoors in the
sunshine & walking around.
Kathy then programs the Garmin GPS for downtown Tyler. We expected some
heavy Friday 4:00pm rush hr traffic delays but, to our surprise…..none. We
both had visions of getting some more walking time in just sauntering
around downtown Tyler; another surprise: the square was basically vacant
with some empty store fronts, buildings for lease, etc. For a city of
nearly 100,000, where is everyone? Actually, the most people were found
milling around the jail and courthouse.
En route back to our bus, we visit 2 grocery stores: Super 1 Foods &
Brookshires.
7:20 dinner: Italian sausage sandwich with tomato basil sauce on Italian
bread & mixed salad.
Late satellite movie: “Crimes & Misdemeanors” with Caroline Aaron, Alan
Alda, Woody Allen, Claire Bloom, Mia Farrow Joanna Gleason, Martin Landau,
etc. Landau plays a married man who is desperate to cut off an adulterous
relationship in the somberly tragic tale. Allen is an unhappy documentary
film-maker who’s wooing attractive Farrow while making a film about
insufferably self-centered TV producer Alda. 1989. A bittersweet story
that will sustain your attention.
High temp=66 Lights out: 11:54
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