Awake: 6:49am Temp 67 sleep 5+54 cloudy overnight @ Nacogdoches, TX.
Mid morning I call my nephew Craig living in Tyler & leave a message. Next I call another fellow Newell owner, Harold in Gainesville; we discuss a brief visit for perhaps next week. Harold replies that his wife will be visiting her sister for 5 days, leaving on Sunday…. “but that’s alright” he says, “come on up anyway.” I let him know that it might be Saturday or Sunday before we actually get there.
Nephew Craig returns my call & gives the “all clear” for us to move into town & to call him @ his office when we arrive.
Then K & I drive to downtown Nacogdoches, park our tow car on Main Street & do our own walking tour starting in the town square. Obviously their town square had been renovated not too long ago; the old buildings have that newer touch on the outside with a few still having inside work in progress. On Main Street, we visit a huge antique store out of curiosity & then venture further away from the square where the large & elegant historic mansions of yesteryear are lining the streets; still occupied & having manicured lawns. I marvel @ the thought of having such a huge structure to maintain, heat & air condition throughout the year.
Within (2) hrs, we return to our car which had an “X” mark on one tire keeping track of our (2) hr time limit; fortunately we watched the watch. Back in our car, we drive northbound, circle the Stephen F. Austin University grounds & then do some light grocery shopping @ the nearby Kroger store before returning to the Piney Woods Campground.
Dinner: Thin cut Pork chops, fried whole wheat noodles, broccoli & a mixed salad.
Late movie: “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days” with Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Gerald Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, etc. Gripping true story set in 1943 Munich, based in part on newly discovered documents & testimonials. Siblings Hans & Sophie Scholl, members of the White Rose student resistance movement, are arrested after distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. Film follows Sophie’s verbal sparring with a Gestapo interrogator intent on breaking her spirit….but Sophie is an intellectual of unusual poise. 2005. Sophie’s story has been told in other films, including: The White Rose. If you ever get the opportunity, don’t miss these (2) flicks though they are difficult to watch at times.
High temp=82 Lights out: 12:07am
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