Thursday
The motel breakfast was great. They had the regular choices of cereal, bagels, coffee and juice but also included scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy and cook your own waffles. There was also a choice of fresh fruit.
This was the ceiling fan over our bed.
It had rained overnight and the streets were still wet and the sky was overcast. The temperature was in the upper 60's and it felt great. Since it was still early we went by the park near the Botanical Garden and Discovery Center to examine the Helium Time Column Monument.
By far the majority of all the helium in the world is stored underground near Amarillo. I learned that there is only a limited amount of helium in the entire world. It cannot be synthesized and once it escapes into the air it is lost forever as it continues to rise into outer space.
We visited with Billy for about an hour and a half before heading south. Bill seemed to be a little stronger today and enjoyed visiting and talking. He walked us to the car with the aid of Ruth's walker.
From Amarillo we headed south through Canyon and on to the joyous town of Happy, TX. We turned east at Tulia and saw a bumper sticker that read "Hallelujah, I'm from Tulia!" We were getting hungry but found no cafe in Silverton or Quitaque (Kitty-Quay). Our luck changed in Turkey with Galvan's Restaurant where I enjoyed the usual enchilada plate.
After eating we did a little sightseeing in this town of 550 residents and a home to Bob Wills.
We visited the museum in the same old school building as the Senior Citizens Center, City Hall, Justice of the Peace, Public Library and Medical Clinic! While here we bought a music CD to play during the remainder of our trip. I told the lady at the museum that we were from Al Strickland's home town. She said Al had always come to Turkey each year for the Bob Wills Festival as long as he lived. She also knew J. F. Sheets, my seventh grade teacher who married Bob Wills widow and knew that they lived at Alvarado.
The day was passing quickly so we hit the highway for Wichita Falls. After checking into our room we found a Luby's for supper and did a little sightseeing here. We drove around the historic section of downtown and tried to figure out what the original use of the buildings might have been. I stopped to take a picture of a steam locomotive at the railroad museum which entitles me to register my visit to this Waymark.
We also looked at the smallest skyscraper before hitting the hay.
The motel breakfast was great. They had the regular choices of cereal, bagels, coffee and juice but also included scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy and cook your own waffles. There was also a choice of fresh fruit.
This was the ceiling fan over our bed.
It had rained overnight and the streets were still wet and the sky was overcast. The temperature was in the upper 60's and it felt great. Since it was still early we went by the park near the Botanical Garden and Discovery Center to examine the Helium Time Column Monument.
By far the majority of all the helium in the world is stored underground near Amarillo. I learned that there is only a limited amount of helium in the entire world. It cannot be synthesized and once it escapes into the air it is lost forever as it continues to rise into outer space.
We visited with Billy for about an hour and a half before heading south. Bill seemed to be a little stronger today and enjoyed visiting and talking. He walked us to the car with the aid of Ruth's walker.
From Amarillo we headed south through Canyon and on to the joyous town of Happy, TX. We turned east at Tulia and saw a bumper sticker that read "Hallelujah, I'm from Tulia!" We were getting hungry but found no cafe in Silverton or Quitaque (Kitty-Quay). Our luck changed in Turkey with Galvan's Restaurant where I enjoyed the usual enchilada plate.
After eating we did a little sightseeing in this town of 550 residents and a home to Bob Wills.
We visited the museum in the same old school building as the Senior Citizens Center, City Hall, Justice of the Peace, Public Library and Medical Clinic! While here we bought a music CD to play during the remainder of our trip. I told the lady at the museum that we were from Al Strickland's home town. She said Al had always come to Turkey each year for the Bob Wills Festival as long as he lived. She also knew J. F. Sheets, my seventh grade teacher who married Bob Wills widow and knew that they lived at Alvarado.
The day was passing quickly so we hit the highway for Wichita Falls. After checking into our room we found a Luby's for supper and did a little sightseeing here. We drove around the historic section of downtown and tried to figure out what the original use of the buildings might have been. I stopped to take a picture of a steam locomotive at the railroad museum which entitles me to register my visit to this Waymark.
We also looked at the smallest skyscraper before hitting the hay.
posted by Grandpa at 7:08 PM
1 Comments:
I miss rain! Can we use the hospital address in Ruth's email still to send Billy cards?
I also wondered if you have all those songs on your ipod? :-)
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