Awake: 6:11am Temp 36 sleep 6+14 sunny overnight @ Newell campsite.
We test the portable Garmin GPS today by driving to the Lead & Zinc Museum
in Picher, Oklahoma (5 miles). Unfortunately it was closed with no signs
of opening soon. En route back to our bus, we stop briefly & check out a
yard sale in Commerce, then further down the street, the J.C. Penney
catalog return store. @ the yard sale, the guy we talked with had
magazines of the 1946 7AC Aronica Champ airplane. Turns out, he used to
own a 7AC & flew it out of the Miami airport. Now he flies a large scale
7AC model by remote control @ their club; interesting fellow.
Kathy grabs some healthy snacks from our bus & we continue on testing the
Garmin by driving south to the town of Grove (about 30 min). A lot of
Newell employees live in or near Grove. Today in this rather small town
many stores are having open houses, some even have a 10% discount on
selected wares; but along with that, healthy snacks were available.
“Gourmet’s” for example, had a cheese spread with crackers, spicy cider &
coffee. Dee’s Liquor store outdid them all: they offered baked beans,
chicken pieces, catfish, coleslaw, cold veggies & apple and blackberry
strudel, cherry pie, and Christmas cookies. We ate enough there to qualify
as our dinner.
En route back to our bus, we attend 5:00pm Mass @ Sacred Heart church.
Double feature tonight with popcorn: 1st movie: “Author, Author” with Al
Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, etc. Pacino’s flaky wife walks out on
him & their kids (most from her previous marriages) just as his play is
about to open on Broadway. 1982. This was a “fairly ok” kind of story.
2nd movie in honor of Veterans’ Day: “Stalig 17” with William Holden, Don
Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, etc. Granddaddy of all WWII POW
films. Holden (in Oscar-winning performance) is super-cynical sergeant
suspected of being a Nazi spy. The story brilliantly blends drama with
comedy to show monotonous, anxiety-ridden life of POWs. 1953. This movie
was GREAT! Watch for it @ your local theatres…..coming soon!
High temp=50’s Lights out: 11:47pm
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