Tuesday 7-25 A Windy Hot Day

Windy Hot Day

We haven't been on the lake as much this summer as normal mainly due to wind. We love being on the lake. Well, this morning we planned to go to the lake but the wind was blowing. When Larry woke up there was very little wind but when I got up an hour and half later the wind had come up.

We decided to go to town and walk Nolan Creek Trail. We usually don't walk the trails in the summer considering it's way too hot. But this morning we decided to take a chance on the heat. We hadn't been to Nolan Creek since February when Flo could still swim and walk a little. It was a very nice day for a walk. We started our walk from Yettie Polk Park to the Confederate Park. Then we turned around and headed back to Yettie Polk Park but when we got there we decided to continue walking to the bridge going towards Mary Hardin-Baylor. We walked for 40 minutes and decided to call it a day. As we were walking we saw some painted rocks along the trail. People are painting small rocks all over the country and placing them in areas to be found, they hope to spread a little kindness to ease stress. 

Nolan Creek

The bridge that goes over Nolan Creek

One of the painted rocks we saw during our walk

When we finished our walk we decided to do our weekly grocery shopping and we went to The UPS Store to pickup our mail and a package that was waiting for us. Larry thought it was going to be the Seeds Program item he ordered but it was a thank you gift from the GizWiz.

Grocery Shopping

For years we have streamed the GizWiz show every week, we really enjoy it so each year we donate some money to the show to help keep it going. The hosts are Chad Johnson (OMGchad) and Dick DeBartolo, a writer for MAD Magazine. They wanted to show their appreciation so Dick sent us a MAD Magazine and a 35 year old Alfred E. Neuman poster and signed both the magazine and poster.

Thank you gift from Dick and Chad

We did one more stop while we were in town which was at Academy. When we were in Abilene we bought a couple of shirts for me and I wanted a couple more so we swung by the Academy in Temple and found one more shirt. Now Larry and I have a few short sleeve shirts that match. After buying the shirt we went home.

When we got home I put the groceries away and made lunch. After lunch I did a couple loads of clothes and dishes. Then I worked on my puzzle and Larry read.

For dinner I barbecued some HEB poppers. After dinner we watched our YouTube videos and streamed our weekly shows. We had a very relaxing day.