Last night, Jeff and I went on an adventure. We planned to meet my dear friend Cristy, her husband Daniel, their three kids, Cristy's four nieces, Cristy's mother Mary, and Mary's husband Jessie out at their new country place in Sunset, Texas. Between Mary's directions and Google Maps, we managed to get there in the dark! Sunset is about 67 miles northwest of Lewisville and is a tiny, tiny little country town with dirt roads and very little in the way of nighttime illumination. We did spend more of our time on dirt roads than I had anticipated, and our black car is almost white now. Fortunately, it's supposed to rain tomorrow, so maybe some of the dirt will get washed away. But we did make it with a carload of pizza and soda and had a delightful evening. We laughed, reminisced, told stories on people we knew, and had a ton of fun.
When we got there, the first thing we noticed was the silence. You didn't hear a thing except the drone of a water pump and the occasional cow rustling through the grass. Our host came out to greet us with a flashlight so we could safely make it to the house. It was that dark! When we left around 2:00 AM, Cristy and Daniel walked us back out with the flashlight. We marveled at the stars. I couldn't remember when I had last seen so many stars. Yet over the hill, I could see the flashing lights of a cellular telephone tower. So, technology still wasn't all that far away. Daniel made some howling noises and got an entire pack of coyotes barking. They sounded pretty close by, but at least the sound wasn't getting any nearer to us.
We got home around 3:30 AM and staggered into bed. And then we got up in time to go have Thanksgiving lunch at my aunt and uncle's house.
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