Yawn. It’s day one of Howard Days 2008; Indy banged on my door at 8:00 and, after the traditional breakfast at Jean’s Feed Barn, I figured I had time to post something about yesterday.

Bright and early, my parents and I did a little exploring off the main road around Burkett. From there, we toured Santa Anna and had breakfast/lunch in a dingy little diner located in one of the old buildings. Later, we toured Coleman (the pictures in this post) and drove up to Baird, the county seat of Callahan County.

That evening, we all sat around chatting while people arrived: Bill Cavalier, Kim and Scott Hall, Amy Kerr, Barbara Barrett, Mark Finn, Charles Gramlich, Chris Gruber, Paul Sammon (of Conan the Phenomenon), and so on. We all decided to have dinner at Jean’s instead of driving to Brownwood for the usual Humphrey Pete’s, which put a dent in Frank Coffman’s wallet. He arrived after we’d all gone to eat and assumed we were at Humphrey Pete’s, so he drove to Brownwood . . . then back to Cross Plains. Once Frank arrived, again, we talked into the evening in the courtyard of the 36 West, a stone’s throw from the Howard House.

And now it’s time for me to join the crowd.