Learning The Ropes

It has been a busy week! We are learning our volunteer duties and sometimes it changes day to day. The evening cook quit this week, and so the volunteers have to cook the evening meals. For 60 people!! Most of us have never cooked for that many and it has been a challenge. Tonight was my(Sally)night to cook the main soup. Another gal did an excellent job on the dessert. We did some deviled eggs and there is always salad to throw in. It all came together. Gary and I were also scheduled to be on call tonight. That job starts at 5:20. Only one problem. We aren't done in the kitchen until around 7:30. Thank goodness for such wonderful volunteers who filled in the gap for us until we finished up. I think my blood pressure went up tonight several notches!! Tomorrow we will be back in the kitchen, and at 1pm, Gary will drive a resident to Houston to an airport to pick up his daughter. His wife passed this week and Sat. there will be a memorial service for her.
Tuesday we had a day off. We didn't go to Nacogdoches because it was suppose to rain all day. But around 1pm we decided to take off and go for a drive since the rain didn't show up. We headed to Moss Hill and on the way, we saw a sign for a plantation, so we detoured. We drove several miles and came upon the sign in the first pic. It is Plantation Farm. Owned by Governor Daniels. We thought maybe it was a place to tour but it is a private residence. There were, to our guestimate, a couple thousand acres. And cattle were roaming everywhere. It was a wonderful sight.
We backtracked and continued our drive.On the road we saw the big gun in front of a bar-b-que place. Couldn't resist the picture! We ended up in Sam Houston National Forest in Coldspring, Texas. We drove to the campgrounds to check it out. There was only the camp host in the regular camping and a host and a couple of RV's in the other part. The sites were really nice and some were on the water. After we left the park, we drove down 2025 a ways further and came to the Big Creek Scenic Drive. It is a forest service road . That's the fourth pic above. It was a scenic drive through undisturbed areas. Be prepared to get a dirty car because it is a dirt road, but the peacefulness is worth it.
On the way home, we drove over the Livingston Lake causeway and were treated to a beautiful water scene and fluffy clouds. We had been told about a local Livingston restaurant that had great food. Apparently, it was started several years ago in a small building, and has grown over the years. It is named Florida's. Well after several tries and asking directions twice from strangers, we finally found it. There wasn't a car in the lot. We pulled up front and I got out to see if it was open. Nope!! and no times were posted. However, there was a sign that stated they needed cooks, servers and dishwashers!! Maybe everyone quit and they had to close til later notice---so no Florida's that night. We stopped at the City Grille. It was good, but nothing outstanding. We related our findings to others when we got home about Floridas, and they said they had eaten there just days ago. So, we will try it again sometime.
Time for bed, as we have to report to work at 7am tomorrow to open up the Care Center. God bless all, and can't wait to see what He has in store for us tomorrow!!!