Hobart, Oklahoma

Last evening, James, Renee, Brenda and I went to the Dairy Queen in Gun Barrel City.  Owners of restored vehicles go there on Thursday evenings.  We saw some great old vehicles.

Cadillac

This Cadillac should bring back memories for my family.  My dad owned a 1959 and a 1961 Cadillac.  Both of his were black.  If my memory serves me right, the fins on the '59 were bigger than the ones on this vehicle.  My brothers always insisted on rolling down all the windows, because the cars were hardtops.  My sister and I would do our hair just to have it blown everywhere.  Somehow our vote did not count.....2 against 5!

She's a beauty, James!

Of course, we also went there to eat. I was very good and only had a salad.  However, I did have a banana split for dessert.  I had been craving a split for months and sometimes it is just good to give in.  It was muy delicioso!

We had spent part of the day checking out the weather for points north.  We decided we could go a certain distance and then would have to wait it out for a nice day to travel.  We traveled through the freeway in Dallas and Fort Worth during morning rush hour traffic.  Seemed to take forever.

We found a Lions Club RV park in Hobart for $10/night with hook-ups so that was our destination.

We arrived in Hobart just before 3 and got ourselves set up.  We walked down the street and came to a military museum.  The museum was dedicated to Tommy Franks, a 4-star general.  His wife grew up in Hobart.  They bought a ranch near here and that is where they retired.  He lived a very interesting life.  The man had almost every military medal known to exist.  He is best remembered for

"The War Against Terrorism" after 911.  The museum had his medals and many of the gifts he had received from politicians in various countries.  The gifts were beautiful.

There was also his family history.

Barbie doll for Muslim Little Girls

Gorgeous Gold Threaded Gown

Deck of Cards

This deck of cards was made for the soldiers who were hunting down Suddam Hussein.  The top centre card is Suddam himself.  The purpose of the deck was to aid the soldiers in recognizing these known terrorists when they came across them.  Pretty interesting.

It was a fairly large museum and Scott, who gave us a tour, was very knowledgeable.  He himself had been in the air force.

Tomorrow we will wander about the town and see what we can see.  There are a few old buildings here and some neat little shops.

Scott said he heard it was supposed to snow here tomorrow.  Hopefully he is wrong!  Nothing we can do, but sit it out, I guess!!!!