Awake: 5:25am Temp 49 sleep 5+45 intermittent rain
overnight @ Harlingen, TX.
K & I attend noon Mass on this holy day (Feast of the Immaculate
Conception) downtown @ the Immaculate Heart of Mary church. It was
crowded. Afterward, we visit a nearby HEB grocery store for milk & by
accident, we find 4 bottles of our # 2 choice wine.
Next, we drive the one-way streets looking for a store that might have
postcards (HEB did not), & several other stores we stopped @ did not
either. Finally, we figure we might as well drive to the Harlingen airport
for a postcard; airports always have postcards & they did. One of the
attractions Roger told us about was: the only other Iwo Jimo Memorial
outside of Washington D.C.which is right here @ the Military Academy
adjacent to the airport. So we visit the museum & learn more about the
battle of Iwo Jimo than we ever knew….watching a 30 min movie of that
battle was not easy to endure. The museum also had a lot of memorabilia
from that battle to view. We didn’t walk over to the memorial itself (too
much rain) but I did get several pictures from our car.
Then we visit Maria & Roger, take photos of their Christmas decorations,
thank them for their hospitality & say our goodbyes for now. It was nice
spending time with Roger & getting to know Maria a little better. En route
back to our bus, we drive down the historic Jackson Street (the original
main street), stop & browse @ an antique/thrift store for 25 min & also
the D & K Restaurant Equipment store where Kathy finds & buys a set of
stainless steel measuring spoons + a grated cheese shaker.
8:30 dinner: Italian pasta with broccoli & garlic bread. We both do a
little late night reading.
High temp=? Lights out: 11:58pm
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