August 30, 1991
Back to Southlake Texas
Well David and Georgia spent a good few weeks up at their cabin in Creede Colorado and now they made it back down to their house in Southlake Texas before the flight back to Paris. This photo is one Georgia took of her garden before they flew back to Europe.
The caption on the back reads: 22. Southlake yard - Aug 1991
August 17-27, 1991 in Creede
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If you are new to this blog please jump over to the about pages for a little information to understand what these post entries relate to in the life of Georgia. This blog was setup to recount the journal entries she did while she lived in Paris France and Munich Germany.
We are at the end of chapter one, their first trip back home to the United States after being gone several months. Each entry in this blog corresponds to an entry in her journal. Please read the About page for more info about this blog, and Georgia for more information about Georgia.
Editor’s Notes - August 17-27, 1991 in Creede
This time period David and Georgia flew home to the United States. Along with visiting everyone at the house in Southlake Texas they took a trip up to their property in Creede Colorado. These two photos were taken during the time in August when there were in Creede.
David purchased this property sometime around the age of 19-21 when he was in the Navy. I think he said he purchased it for around $3,500. The motor home is sitting where the driveway is located and the cabin now sits just off the photo behind where the motor home is sitting.
This image above is Adelyn (Harold’s wife, David’s Brother), Georgia, and Mary Christal (Raymond’s wife, David’s brother). Mary also had a cabin in Creede and pass away a few years before Georgia.
David and Georgia will be back in France in September 1991 and we will resume the journal entries at that time (in a few days) after a few photo posts of their trip home.
Monday, August 5-9, 1991
Monday, August 5, 1991
No need walking the street. Most all shops are closed until September, as most of France is on Holiday (vacation) the month of August. So, it’s laundry, packing and diary writing.
Tuesday, August 6, 1991
Coffee social with the church group at an apartment overlooking downtown Paris. Very enjoyable day. Finally received our mail delivery from Dallas today (one day late).
Thursday, August 8, 1991
One day trip for David to London and I finish packing for the trip home.
Friday, August 9, 1991
Homeward Bound! And really looking forward to being with family, neighbors, and friends.
Editor’s Notes:
This is officially the end of Chapter 1 in Georgia’s journal. Chapter 2 starts August 31st after a 3 week stay over in the U.S., in which they went all over the place in a very short time. Georgia’s journal consisted of their life here in Paris (and Europe in total) so she did not write during these three weeks.
She did however take a lot of photos of the different places they went while they were in the U.S., and I am going to piece them together and post them here for the next few days, and then pick up on August 31st back in France.
Sunday, August 4, 1991
Church by Car in Paris
Our first trip by car to church - downtown Paris. David even survived the circle around the Arch de Triomphe. We’ve been told if you succeed in this roundabout, you’re capable of driving anywhere in Paris. It has many roads joining from all sides and you yield to those entering. Back to our favorite store, IKEA, in the afternoon to pick up our back-ordered hassock stands.
Now we must rearrange the living room - a bright idea I thought of last night about midnight as we’re eating chocolate covered cookies and enjoying the company of our neighbors. It looks great - but now we need 1 small corner table and a coffee table. We hope that’s it.
Monday-Saturday, August 3, 1991
Monday - Friday, August 2nd
Put to use the running paths in the gardens of the Castle as we rean/walked distrances each evening (weather permitting). Dinner guest on Friday - Michael Watson, technician at InterVoice, Europe. Our subscription to USA Today began delivery.
Saturday, August 3, 1991
Late to walking again. After today’s brunch and the thrill of reading an English paper, David enjoyed a round of golf on a beautiful golf course near St. Germain with a neighbor of ours and I spent the afternoon packing for our trip to the “Good Ole USA”.
Dinner tonight at “La Table St. Germain” restaurant (Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwan food), with David’s golf partner and wife, Ray and Maura Beard. Maura is from Ireland and 4 months pregnant with their first child and Ray is from London.
They moved here from Singapore a year ago and speak French. Very enjoyable evening of being with new found friends.
Sunday, July 28, 1991
Picnic at Invalides Esplandade
What a day! After Church we joined the Church group for a picnic at Invalides Esplanade. What a beautiful day. Both of us were able to get a good bit of sun on our much needed white bodies. After a great lunch and numerous games, we ventured across the river to watch the coming home of the “Tour de France” (famous bicycle race) with thousands of people.
We did manage a good view standing on our camping chairs and before we knew it, David had taken 16 pictures. We saw Greg Lemond (the American rider) who finished 7th. overall, and all the others going down the road to the Arch de Triomphe and circling back.
Editor’s Notes:
I picked out four of the photos that were taken that day and included them below. Captions for each are below each image.
19. Our car -
Return home - picnic
7/27/91
8. Picnic time - Roadside rest area - returning home
35. Returning home from Picnic & Tour de France
7-28-91
1991 Tour de France
Saturday, July 27, 1991
Sleeping Late and a Day Trip
Well, we thought it was 8am when we awoke; but one look at the clock quickly told us it was 11am. David was extremely tired from his tip and me, well, I’m accustomed to sleeping that late. After a great breakfast (12 noon) we ventured to the streets of St. Germain.
I had found a couple of things I wanted to show David before I bought them. Well, we had forgotten - the stores are closed between 12 noon and 2pm. So back home we walked and off in the car to explore more country. Out of St. Germain about to enter the A-13 freeway, a random highway patrol check stopped us.
David was given a breatherlizer test (first in his life) and the officer checked our car over for insurance and proper papers (final papers which David had only received yesterday). These random checks are frequent in this country. We drove South to the town of Val de Reiul.
We saw three beautiful lakes (first we’ve seen so far). Drove to the town of Poses. The lakes stretched between the 2 towns. We explored the old church in Poses and its magnificent commonwealth war graves. Snacked at a nearby restaurant overlooking the lake waters and took side roads back home.
Spotted 2 beautiful church steeples at a town of Evreux. Toured the Cathedral and museum there. Superb display of early life. Stopped at a roadside park to enjoy the pastries we purchased there and returned home. Oh yes, along the way we discovered 2 more campgrounds.
Editor’s Notes
There were several photos from this trip including the lake and several of the churches. Here is the church with the war grave yard and another of where they stopped to have a snack along the lake. Caption on this first images (yes Georgia stuck it to the front of the image) but also on the back that says:
9. Old Catholic Church & Commonwealth War Graves
Saturday - 7/27/91 Poses, France
This next shot is Georgia having a snack, the caption reads:
13. Cool snack
Poses France
