Awake: 6:22am Temp 41 sleep 6+28 sunny overnight @ Tyler, Texas.
In talking with Melissa this morning; some significant & noteworthy
happenings have occurred recently @ the Foote residence. I had to sit down
& hold onto my chair as I listened to the following: 1st of all, Andrew
took his 1st (2) steps without holding on to anything; 2nd Matthew decided
he wanted to sleep by himself, in his own room & in his own bed because
Andrew is too noisy. 3rd & most significant to me: Matthew has decided NOT
to call me “doo-doo” anymore. His mother asked him why? “‘G’ Daddy is ‘G’
Daddy” he told her! Hip-hip hooray! It made my day.
We leave the # 1 RV Park of Tyler @ 11:28am. Hwy 323 to hwy 69 to Hwy
59….all smooth roads that make us smile & lots of small towns with ill
timed traffic lights that cause us to cringe; they should be re-timed.
We arrive @ the Rainbow’s End Escapee Park @ 2:19pm; the campground host
offers us 4 sites to scrutinize & to select the one most suitable for us.
She suggests we detach our car & drive as the park is rather large.
Harrumph! We tell her we are a lot younger than we look & we’ll walk for
the exercise. But before we go on our search, we are given welcoming hugs;
a tradition of the Escapees at this park.
Today’s travel: 2+50 time 140 miles 19.1 gal used 7.3 mpg
51.4 avg speed
After setting up, we drive into town & attend 5:30pm Vigil Mass @ St.
Joseph’s church in west Livingston.
8:00pm dinner: Leftover Chili with Tostitos Tortilla chips.
Late satellite movie: “The Machinist” with Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason
Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, etc. Reznik (Bale) has not slept for a year.
He finds sanctuary of sorts in the bed of a prostitute & on a counter
stool at a late-night diner patrolled by a nuturing, widowed waitress. His
declining physical & mental condition erupts into a full-blown nightmare
of guilt, fear, confusion & paranoia when his coworkers @ a machine shop
ostracize him following an accident. 2004. Not recommended for children or
the weak of heart. Kathy did not like this story, but she stayed awake.
High travel temp=74 Elevation 275 Lights out: 11:11pm
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