6/23/2016 - Troup, TX

Judy worked in her yard most of the day while Jim and I went into Tyler and walked along the Rose Rudman trails.  This is a very nice cemented walkway that has a lot of trees supplying shade to the trail. There are exercise stations along the way and a playground for children.  It follows a creek through town and the trail goes under a couple of roads.  Sort of reminds us of the trail system along Buffalo Bayou but shorter.  Along the way we took a picture of some Trump graffiti on a couple of rocks.  We also walked on the Bridge of Locks.   This bridge has a lot of locks attached to the iron railing.  They were put there by couples who threw the keys into the creek below so their love can never be broken.  Some people used combination locks, totally not understanding the premise.  After walking over 11,000 steps we went for a cold beer at Rose City Tap Room that has over 50 taps of really good beer.  We also stopped by to see Jim's nephew Rush and his wife Penni at their home before returning back to Judy's house.  Jim had purchased a couple of hats for Penni and I at Costco and we took one to her.