Texas Trip, Day Four

Saturday, April 11

We were up by 7:30 a.m. this morning, and had a breakfast of slices of the delicious wheat bread from Collin Street Bakery, with margarine, and fresh fruit. Once we were ready for the day, Hubbie and I went to the older Collin Street Bakery that is just down the road from the campground and bought three more loaves of the wheat bread...one to eat while we are vacationing, and two for the freezer.

The store was packed with people at the early hour of 8:30. A few of them were folks who had driven three colorful antique autos from Waco. The enchanting vehicles were painted in Easter egg colors of bright yellow, light blue, and tourquoise green. I love antique autos. they have such personality, unlike the blah same-same designs of today.

We were on the road to Waco by 10:30, and arrived around 11:30. There were lots of bluebonnets along the way, even though the wildflowers are not as plentiful this year, because the state didn't have enough rain in the fall. But there was still a good show of them in the Corsicana area. There was a skimpy showing of them in Waco, however.

At the Waco campground, Hubbie checked to see if there was WiFi, and there was, but when I tried to access it, a window warned me that it was an unsecure site, so I didn't try to log on.

This is the same campground where we stayed several years ago. It was newly constructed at that time, with nothing but pavement and white shale and recently planted trees, but this trip, there was a little greenery between campsites, and the trees were considerably bigger.

For lunch, Hubbie and I had leftover meatloaf in sandwiches, and Mother had the remainder of the pimento cheese, with a choice of tortilla chips for Hubbie, and cottage cheese for Mother and me.

Then Hubbie went to the bath house to freshen up, and I showered in the camper. Afterward, we called Hubbie's aunt and made arrangements to take supper to her house...chicken that Hubbie had cooked in the smoker a few months ago, fat-free no-sodium dressing leftover and frozen from Thanksgiving, microwave baked sweet potatoes, canned cranberry sauce, steamed asparagus, and a can of chicken low-sodium broth for making gravy.

We also took cupcakes, fat-free pudding, light pie cherries, and fat-free whipped topping to make a trifle-like dessert. We wanted to treat Aunt to dinner, so she wouldn't have to plan a meal for us. In January, she learned that she has a blocked artery, though her cardiologist doesn't think she needs a stent, yet. She has attended cardiac rehab, and has been prescribed meds for it, as well as a low-fat, low-sodium diet. Actually, she had a mild heart attack, and internal bleeding (maybe bleeding ulcers) that required transfusions. She was unconscious for quite a while in the hospital and doesn't remember the first couple of days in the ICU. She spent a couple of weeks in the hospital.

We went to Aunt's around 3 p.m. and visited until around 4 p.m. Then Mother and I prepared supper. We set the table with Aunt's best China, a beautiful gold design set that is about 65 years old. Hubbie's uncle brought the China home from Japan when he returned at the end of WWII.

After supper, Hubbie cleared the dishes and loaded them in the dishwasher, and then we sat down to play several games of Duo. Mother won two, I won two, and Hubbie won one.

Around 8 p.m., we left for the campground, where we spent the rest of the evening in individual pursuits.

Snoops the cat did very well in her cage at camp while we were gone. Shih Tzu had gone with us, but stayed in the truck most of the time.

It rained a little while we were at Aunt's house, and this evening it was cool and windy...just a generally uncomfortable day. So again, we were plenty tired by bedtime.