Awake: 6:05am Temp 68 sleep 5+22 cloudy overnight @ Tyler, Texas.
K & I drive downtown to meet with Nanette & little Olivia @ the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception church parking lot. In this area of quaint & historical homes, we (4) walk the annual Azalea Trail for nearly (2) hrs. Beautiful azalea flowers adorn these wonderful old homes & gardens for miles; in our Texas travel guide, it reported (8) miles to follow the Azalea Trail. We might have covered (2) & we were lucky to have done that with little Olivia walking along with us; she was a real trooper.
K & I carried an umbrella to ward off the rain…. & it worked. I was enamored with the variety of different homes & their unique architecture. After returning to our cars, Nanette & Olivia return to their home & we return to ours; we are lucky though as we have another dinner invitation @ the Nanette & Craig Estate. Nanette mentioned homemade Crab Cakes & she needed to say no more.
We were a little early arriving for dinner; the C & N family had not yet returned from their various after school activities. So we did a thorough mansion tour by auto of this unique section of Tyler. Throughout the development, these modern mansions of today….mostly all brick & 4000 square feet upwards to 12,000 sq. ft., having (3 or 4) garages, etc are a sight to behold; naturally this includes the Craig & Nanette home.
A good friend of Craig’s (Chris) visited with his daughter & son and joined us for dinner. Chris’s wife is sick with the flu or something so she probably enjoyed the peace and quiet at their home. Trevor and Chris’s little boy are good friends and he often stays overnight on Friday with Trevor. Though, a bit cool, the kids had a fun, albeit short time in the pool.
Nanette laid out plates of food for the children to eat @ the kitchen counter while we adults sat @ the main table overlooking the swimming pool. Delicious crab cakes (mostly all crab) vs. the little crab & mostly bread one usually gets @ a restaurant. Yes, there was more to eat: risotto & dessert.
After dinner, and after the kids went to bed, though not asleep, we (5) adults sat in the big great room & tried to solve some of the problems of the U.S. but they are many & our solutions are not yet ready for publication. We also enjoyed meeting & talking with Chris who has always lived in Tyler. It was another fun evening @ the N & C estate.
High temp=77 Lights out: 12:26am
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