Sundials, Angels and Honey

Saturday was an active day. We headed out to Buffalo Gap to have lunch at Perini's with fellow Atlas F Missile Site owners Hugh and Patsy. Texas Monthly says Perini's is the third best steak house in Texas. Considering how big Texas is and how many steakhouses there are, that is really saying something. It was the second time that I have eaten there and once again I was not disappointed. Anyway, David, Hugh and Patsy's son, graciously picked up the tab for lunch and Rick vowed revenge. You see, Rick always likes to pay.

After lunch we motored over to their Atlas F Site. Hugh, or Buddy as he is known, is quite the character and a very interesting person with whom to talk. They bought their site from the military after the decommission, so they have owned it for quite a few years. We were in Nolan County which has wind farms. A wind farm is where they erect those gigantic turbines that are used to produce energy. As far as the eye could see there stood these white angels gracefully twirling their long arms.

We drove through Mulberry Canyon on our way back. We stopped in Abilene and finally got home about 6 p.m. Katie was cranky for the last two hours of the road trip. She barely touched her lunch and had run out of milk. Remarkably, Eric didn't poop in the house even though he was inside for most of the day. At his age, he just can't hold it anymore, so I was proud of him.

The new development on the Katie front is that she has a new name for me. Today, she was tapping me on my leg to get my attention. As she did so, she was saying "Honey, Honey" and she has done that several times today. She picked that up from me because I call her Honey a lot and she has learned that term of endearment.