Last Day in Tyler

Today was our last day in Tyler. We took the opportunity this morning to walk the trail and see the little pond. The trail wasn't much, but there was a swing by the pond, which actually had a few lily pads with blossoms.

We went over to Dick and Carol's afterward and ate the rest of our pizza from yesterday (still good) and more pumpkin custard (definitely still yummy!). Then Carol and I went shopping for a new swing set while Dick and Ken stayed home and watched the Dallas-Houston game.

We went first to Atwood's Ranch and Home Store, where we found only one swing set that didn't look too appealing. However, while looking for the swing set, Carol came upon a porch glider for a good price. She'd been looking for one since the tree the swing was hanging from fell down, so she decided to buy it. A store employee helped us load it in the back seat of the truck.

Then we drove to Spring Creek RV Resort to check it out. The sites were larger than the ones where we are now, and the parked looked more appealing and shady than this one, so we'll give it a try the next time we are in Tyler.

After a quick stop to pick up some groceries, we headed next to ToysRUs, which had advertised a wooden playset marked down. They had two left, so Carol grabbed one. Again a store employee helped us load it up, but this time the packages were *much* larger and heavier. They fit well in the truck bed, and Carol got Robert and some neighbors to help unload everything at home.

We got there in time to finish fixing the lasagna (Ken had done some of the preliminaries while we shopped). Debbie and family came over for dinner and games. Ken fixed salads. Carol had made brown bread, and we had pumpkin custard with ice cream for dessert.

Little Sam has grown quite a bit since we saw him last. He's a very smiley baby. While we were playing Rummikub, he was jumping in his jumper and put himself to sleep:

We finished the evening off by playing a few rounds of Boggle. A good time was had by all.

We leave in the morning for Livingston and our new adventure.