TRIP TO STRAWN

Friday we spent the morning visiting Nancy's doctor's office and the hospital to get ready for her hip replacement surgery September 30. We got finished about 11:45 and drove to Strawn, TX to eat at Mary's Cafe. I had heard about this legendary restaurant for years. A couple in our SS class ate there recently and we said we were going to see it. We got there about 1 and it was crowded. People were leaving and more coming in. We found a table way back in the building. The waitresses were very effecient and the menu was a lot more than I expected. I had always heard about their chicken-fried steaks and we ordered the small ones.

There were a lot of people eating a lot of food. Almost everyone did like us and took food home in a carry-out box. We drove through a heavy rain between Ranger and Eastland, but it was clear in Cisco where we bought some groceries.

Last night I woke about 4 a.m. and heard the rain falling. Then when we got up it was still raining. We had rain until 10 when I went to the mail box. My electronic gauge said 2 inches but my large rain gauge had 2.5" in it. What made my day was the water was running through the creek. I have been waiting all year to see that.

We planned to mow today but I needed to spend the day working on the September Flame and finally got it printed this evening. Monday is the day to mow and the grass is growing due to all the rain.