Frozen River

We saw Frozen River today at the Kilgore Film Festival, along with our friend Carol. The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It's a crime drama--two single mothers in desperate circumstances are involved in smuggling illegals across the Canadian border--but the development of the relationship between two women is at the heart of the film. The cinematography is realistic, and there's no sentimentality in the plot either, just the portrayal of courage and strength in the face of overwhelming odds.

Earlier we had gone to dinner at Luby's with Dick and Carol. We were surprised by the variety of seafood offered. Ken had pan fried fish and Lee had blackened tilapia--both were good. Today is our last day in Tyler, so we said our goodbyes. Tomorrow we'll move on.

Back at our campsite, we rode our bikes for a few miles around the state park. There's a lovely lake here that supports a lot of the recreation available in the park.





















Campsites in the Lakeview section of the campground are right on the lake.






















Boats are available for rent at the camp store.