Awake: 5:29am Temp 53 sleep 6+33 cloudy overnight @ Riviera, Texas.
K & I attend 8:30am Mass @ the small church in the town of Vattmann (not
on the map), about 4 miles from our campground toward Riviera. The church,
“Our Lady of Consolation” was built by some early German settlers in late
1800’s, was completely destroyed by a hurricane & then rebuilt in 1924. It
is very small including a real small sanctuary & is very crowded today.
About 15 of us were from the campground. The vestibule could barely hold
the priest & 3 altar boys.
Back @ the bus, Kathy makes sourdough pancakes with eggs, bacon & maple
syrup. One of the guys from the campground, Don who we sat next to us in
church, heard about Kathy’s 100 + yr old starter & wanted to check it out.
So after breakfast, Don saunters over & talks with Kathy about her starter
& recipe and gets some of the starter. Another friendly guy, Gene also
visits during my outside prep for travel.
Katrina calls from Denver while driving to her church just as we are ready
to leave the campground. Kathy chats with her for about 15 min.
We leave the Seawind RV Resort @ 12:30pm & no rain. One 25 min stop en
route @ the parking lot of Lowe’s so Kathy could go across the street to
Wal-Mart for a few needed items, before arriving back @ the Ransom Road RV
Park in Aransas Pass, Texas @ 2:34pm. We had called Edna for a head’s up
on our arrival time & sure enough, she was waiting by her golf cart to
lead us into our parking site when we arrived.
Today’s travel: 1+49 time 88.2 miles 11.3 gal used 7.84 mpg
50.4 avg speed.
6:30pm dinner: Filet steak, baked potato, salad, leftover broccoli &
garlic bread.
Melissa calls from Pennsylvania & chats with Kathy. Gary & Grace call from
eastern PA. We both share chat time.
Late satellite movie: “The Goodbye Girl” with Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha
Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict, etc. A warm comedy. The young actor,
Dreyfuss, & dumped-on divorcee, Mason get together as unwilling tenants of
the same N.Y.C. apartment and we watch their growing relationship.
Dreyfuss won a Best Actor Oscar for this movie. 1977. Its good! Add it to
your list.
High temp today=60 Elevation 3 ft Lights out: 11:35pm
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