Almost Homeward Bound

The day after the big parade was a day of rest.  The weather had gone from 85 and sunny on Saturday to 60 and cloudy on Sunday.  Except for a trip out to get a newspaper, we stayed inside until ice cream time at 6pm.  We were watching Tiger golf all afternoon.  Even though he didn't win, it was still nice to see him out there. 

Last week I posted that Mark had knelt down in a fire ant hill while we were inflating our kayaks.  We thought that he had escaped with no bites; we were wrong!  He's been waking in the middle of the night trying to find something to stop the itch, as well as the pain.  He counted over 20 bites.  

Monday we headed to the movies to see the latest Harry Potter movie - The Deathly Hollows, Part One.  It was a great movie and now we just wait until next summer to the final movie.  We were in the theater for the 1:00pm showing ($5) with four other people!

Today we found this trailer on the parking lot of Academy, the sporting goods store in town.

Two sheep in a pen, with coats on.  Things you don't see at home.

Tuesday we had to work because we will be gone for the next two weeks.  It was a mostly boring day, but I knew that I would be getting off work at 5:30p instead of 7:00p.  There were lots of rigs still coming in, but the park had obtained tickets for The Victoria Christmas Pageant presented by the Northside Baptist Church.  This was a HUGE production with over 300 people involved in the show.  This was the 26th year that this church has performed a Christmas pageant.  They do two shows an evening for seven nights in a row.  This was a free show with a request of a canned good for a local food bank.  Besides the 300 people, there was a camel, a donkey, and several baby sheep.

Today we started preparing for our trip back home next week.  The awning came down, the hitch came out of the truck, and we headed out to get munchies for the road and diesel for the truck.  Diesel at most gas stations is now $3.09/gallon.  The Murphy Oil at the other end of town is still selling it for $2.85 so everyone goes there.  As luck would have it, it's right near the Buffet City.  One last chinese buffet for a while. 

Butch is starting to get worried.  I dug out our collapsible suitcases to put some of the stuff we must take home with us in.  His little brain is telling him that we're leaving without him - little does he know, he's along for the long haul - all 14+ hours to get home on Monday.

Since we're working all weekend, this will be the final blog until after Christmas.  MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!