Road Trip - Victoria, Texas


Yesterday morning at roughly 3 a.m. I left Fort Worth for Victoria.  I was super-excited about the trip as I hadn't been to Victoria in over nine years.  The only incident of the trip was hitting a dog square on as I was cresting a hill on the highway.  There was slight damage to the right corner of the bumper, and of course the accident could have been a lot of worse.  For the dog it was worse as it is now dead.  Quite unfortunate, but that's what you get for playing out in the street.  (Insensitive?  Oh well!)  Upon making the city limits I could tell Victoria hadn't changed much.  I took a few pictures of the local community college I attended decades ago.  Then I made my way to Northside Baptist Church in order to visit with quite a few people who I haven't seen in a number of years.  Everyone was glad to see me.  I didn't stick around for the worship service as I wanted to make my way to Yoakum so I could attend church there with my mother.  She knew I would be arriving in the area today, but wasn't sure exactly when I would make my way to Yoakum.  So she was surprised to see me at church.  The time away from Fort Worth is exactly that...time away from Fort Worth.  Ha ha!  None of us are real party animals, but the real purpose of the trip is to simply get away for a few days to visit and fellowship.  Mom and I did play a game of Scrabble, which I hadn't played in who knows how long.  This brought back memories of playing as a family in the days of my youth.  So far the trip has been very good.  Now on to day number two.  Mom and I will spend the afternoon in Victoria taking care of errands and eating out at Texas Roadhouse.  Everyone needs to make a road trip from time to time.



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