Hitching Trail, We Missed Thee

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

We got up this morning bright and early (our internal clocks are still on eastern time) and hit the breakfast bar here at the hotel. The waffle maker cranks out Texas shaped waffles so I (of course) had to have one. We then killed a little bit of time in the room and then headed out to Sprout's and Mardel's. Sprouts is a farmers market kind of store that we loved to shop at when we lived here. We hit the bulk food bins and got some snacks for the ride home (toffee covered peanuts, dark chocolate covered raisons, etc) and bought 6 bottles of red wine (at 3 for $10 – right in my price range). We then killed an hour at Mardel's which is a huge christian book store chain. After that we headed back to Hitching Trail.

Hitching Trail is the street we lived on for the last 15 months or so of our stay here. We really clicked with several of the neighbors here and we spent the whole day at one house or another. The only problem is that one friend is a diehard Saints fan so there was plenty of trash talk back and forth all day long. We called a truce late in the day and wished each other good luck for the game tomorrow. One of the kids on the street had a birthday party so that killed a few hours and the wives up and down the street got together for a ladies night out while I hung out with the kids and watched "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" on blue ray. We actually own this children's book. I have watched plenty of movies based on books that I have read but this is the first time doing so with a kid's book. The movie added quite a bit to the original story but overall it was OK.

Well, though I have lots more to tell, I am quite tired from our full day so I will have to catch you up later.

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon