After days of overcast skies, rain, threats of wintry precipitation, and bone chilling winds, Saturday began with clear skies and warmer temperatures. There were adventures on the agenda. First we wanted to visit the store front for GermanDeli.com which is west of the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. We had not been to the location in quite a few months so we were anxious to browse the aisles once again. We drove to the location only to find .... we couldn't find the place! I'd printed a Google map and for some reason I'd looked at it wrong and didn't realize the map was indicating a NEW location. By the time we figured it out we were almost in the mood to strike the trip from the agenda and simply move on to the next item. However, once we were following the correct map we found it in no time and enjoyed the visit. I bought some Curry Bratwurst and some Nuernberger sausage.
Next on the agenda was to drive to Whitesboro for lunch at a favorite "hole in the wall" place which once boasted itself as the local filling station. It is now a deli - slash - meat market - slash grill. Worth the stop at the Old World Meat Market if you happen to be in Whitesboro, Texas. We were then headed to Whitewright, Texas to watch my cousin do some skydiving. I wanted to try photographing the activity and figured this was a great opportunity. Unfortunately, the communication wires got crossed and there was to be no jump today.
It was early afternoon, we were near the Oklahoma border, so we drove to Lake Texoma. There is a campground there known as the Sheppard AFB Recreation Annex. It is intended for use by military, both retired and active, and their families. It happens that H is retired from the Department of Defense (he worked for the government in a civilian capacity, but was affiliated with the Army and Air Force) and with proof of identification is allowed access to certain military facilities, including this Recreation Annex. We entered the area and explored the facility. There is fishing, boating, camping, hiking, picnicking, and more.
We entered the fishing barge in time to watch this young woman snare a fish.
The lake was beautiful and serene. We saw various ducks, loons, cranes, seagulls, and pelicans.
We explored the cabin areas and inquired about rentals and rates. Very reasonable. Toward dusk we noticed the deer emerging from the wooded areas to feed. This was one of the last spots at which we stopped to take photographs. We then headed to the gate to aim south back to Dallas. But wait. THE GATE WAS CHAINED AND LOCKED.
We were inside past the hours of in/out access and were now locked in the annex. OMG!!! The first worry was H's dog at home without means of going outside to relieve herself. I wasn't worried about us. After all these years of adventures, we've started carrying staples with us for cases of emergencies. I have extra clothes, shoes, towels, first aid kits, fishing gear, etc. We come prepared! Back to the areas with people we went. We quickly learned there was a combination lock on the gate and we could exit after using the combination. The gentleman kindly told us the combo and we were able to leave the facility. We almost had to spend the night on a locked military installation. That would have been fun. If it hadn't been for concerns about the little dog at home alone, I would have enjoyed that very much.
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