Awake: 6:53am Temp 46 sleep 6+50 light rain & fog overnight @ Goliad, TX.
K & I exercise with “Gilad” (the fitness instructor) for 30 min on Fit TV. After a breakfast of eggs, bacon & Kathy muffins, we decide to expand our horizons & drive about 30 miles to the city of Cuero. I am attracted to the famous Hardware store that is over a hundred yrs old & hear told it’s like taking a trip back in history just walking through the place.
The Wagner family has owned & operated the store since 1945. After thoroughly perusing this classic & well stocked store with tools, nuts, bolts & everything in between, we by chance, meet & talk with the owner. “It’s a big job” he tells us. “The building is old & not practical to air condition during the hot summers + we have constant competition from the big box stores.” His grandfather bought the place in 1945 & it has been in their family ever since. He shows us a picture of how the store looked during the early 1900’s & I take a picture of that picture. The town of Cuero has over 60 classic homes, churches & other buildings listed on the National Registry of Historical Structures. We drove a grid pattern through the main part of town confirming that fact with more pictures.
The day is moving too fast for us; we would have enjoyed more time in the city of Cuero but we have more traveling ahead of us. 28 miles later, we enter the city of Victoria. Along the way, we saw very little as the fog thickened & obscured our view. One thing I did see clearly was a regular gallon of gas for $1.96 & we couldn't resist filling our tank @ that price. Then we stock up on groceries & the newly opened HEB PLUS store. What a terrific place. We just didn’t have enough time to take it all in.
We attend 5:00pm Vigil Mass @ Saint Mary’s church in Victoria; the 1st Catholic church in the republic of Texas, 1824. Now it’s dark & we have seen little of the city; so it’s back to our motorhome arriving after 7:00pm.
7:45 dinner: Leftover stuffed pepper. Later during the movie: “The Motorcycle Diaries” we have popcorn.
The movie: The M.D. was subtitled. Kathy’s enthusiasm for this flick was @ an all time…..low; but she watched some of it. The director & actors are foreign as are the countries they visit. It goes like this: Two friends set off from Buenos Aires in 1952 on a beat-up motorcycle to see South America before they settle down. It’s a journey of self-discovery (and political awakening) with these passionate young men as they travel through Chile, Peru & Venezuela, winding up at a leper colony where they have volunteered their services. One of them will become famous as Che Guevara, but that lies far ahead. The story was based on the two friends published memoirs. I found it to be a very profoundly moving film. I do believe Kathy enjoyed it after all. 2004.
Lots of rain late evening & through the night. High temp= 48 Lights out: 1:04am
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