LUBBOCK REPORT
We had a great long weekend visiting with family and friends in Lubbock. We got there Thursday afternoon and spent it with Richard and Mary Ann Chaffin who lost their home in the 2005 Cross Plains fire and lived in their RV until this year when they moved back to Lubbock where Richard had been a pastor of a church that they have now joined. They live in the Whisperwood area and recently moved from a home with a too large lawn to a condo with a small yard that has a great back yard alcove. We got to review all our friends and catch up on their lives.
Friday we caught up with our daughter Kathy and her husband Keith who were staying with our TT granddaughter to celebrate her 22nd birthday Sept. 13. They all came to meet us at the Cowboy Symposium where we met many old friends. We started out at the TT Press booth where we met their newest marketing person, Barbara Brannon from the Carolinas who started working Thursday. Noel Parsons showed us his new hearing aid and made us want one for us. He claims that it worked great in restaurants and noisy meeting areas. Mine only amplify the ambient noise. The Wilcoxs shopped the booths and almost bought a pair of chaps for their grandson, but it was a little expensive. They did buy Vanessa (the TT student) a new ring. Rings are a major attraction to Kathy. At noon Judith Keeling, the editor in chief for TT Press took us to an out of the way little restaurant, Manna Bread and Wine, for a discussion with Lou of the book she is writing and the books that she had reviewed for the Press. She has one son finishing his degree in Ag at TT and her youngest son has a baseball scholarship at "Boone State" which is Oklahoma State whose athletic program is funded by T. Boone Pickens. In the afternoon we went to sessions. Heard Jim Hoy tell about cowboys in Australia and South America. Ken Davis, our friend who is a retired English prof from TT chaired the session.
That evening we took our granddaughter, Vanessa, to Gardskis to celebrate her BD. Lou was ready to go to bed early. Saturday morning after the night time rain the streets were washed for the horse parade that morning. We stayed in the room until just before the 11 session that Ken Davis was chairing. We heard Phyllis Bridges give an excellent paper on the Oklahoma Centennial and gave me some Oklahoma history that I hadn't heard growing up in OK. It is interesting that I grew up almost from the start of the state. The other two persons gave a dual presentation of Charles and Mollie Goodnight reviewing their history and showing them talking about their lives on their front porch. Very interesting.
We ate a sandwich for lunch and Lou got to visit with her old friend, Tuffy Cooper, who is a famous cattle roper. He wanted to know about Joyce Roach because she has some books that he needs. Lou gave her paper at the session on Women on the Cattle Trails. Sylvia Mahoney gave a great summary of her effort to get the Rotary Clubs to mark the Western Trail that runs from Brownsville to Canada. The better known Chisholm Trail was marked every mile through Oklahoma and Texas was challenged to mark that trail but Sylvia put together an effort to mark the longer Western Trail through Texas and all the other states to Canada. She even has a marker in Mexico because the trail went that far South. After the panel we took leave of our family, got in the car just as the A&M vs. Fresno State game started on the radio and listened all the way home. Got home about 5:45 and watched the last two overtimes on the TV. We followed that by the TCU - TU game.
Lou was pretty well worn out by the 3 days on the road and spent the day in her rocking chair reading. She is judging the best new novels for WWA Spur awards. Right now she is learning all about the Earp brothers. Tuesday we will head for Fort Worth where Lou will give a book report to a Women's Club. We will spend the night with Mark and MK so that Lou can go to her oncologist the next morning.
We had a great long weekend visiting with family and friends in Lubbock. We got there Thursday afternoon and spent it with Richard and Mary Ann Chaffin who lost their home in the 2005 Cross Plains fire and lived in their RV until this year when they moved back to Lubbock where Richard had been a pastor of a church that they have now joined. They live in the Whisperwood area and recently moved from a home with a too large lawn to a condo with a small yard that has a great back yard alcove. We got to review all our friends and catch up on their lives.
Friday we caught up with our daughter Kathy and her husband Keith who were staying with our TT granddaughter to celebrate her 22nd birthday Sept. 13. They all came to meet us at the Cowboy Symposium where we met many old friends. We started out at the TT Press booth where we met their newest marketing person, Barbara Brannon from the Carolinas who started working Thursday. Noel Parsons showed us his new hearing aid and made us want one for us. He claims that it worked great in restaurants and noisy meeting areas. Mine only amplify the ambient noise. The Wilcoxs shopped the booths and almost bought a pair of chaps for their grandson, but it was a little expensive. They did buy Vanessa (the TT student) a new ring. Rings are a major attraction to Kathy. At noon Judith Keeling, the editor in chief for TT Press took us to an out of the way little restaurant, Manna Bread and Wine, for a discussion with Lou of the book she is writing and the books that she had reviewed for the Press. She has one son finishing his degree in Ag at TT and her youngest son has a baseball scholarship at "Boone State" which is Oklahoma State whose athletic program is funded by T. Boone Pickens. In the afternoon we went to sessions. Heard Jim Hoy tell about cowboys in Australia and South America. Ken Davis, our friend who is a retired English prof from TT chaired the session.
That evening we took our granddaughter, Vanessa, to Gardskis to celebrate her BD. Lou was ready to go to bed early. Saturday morning after the night time rain the streets were washed for the horse parade that morning. We stayed in the room until just before the 11 session that Ken Davis was chairing. We heard Phyllis Bridges give an excellent paper on the Oklahoma Centennial and gave me some Oklahoma history that I hadn't heard growing up in OK. It is interesting that I grew up almost from the start of the state. The other two persons gave a dual presentation of Charles and Mollie Goodnight reviewing their history and showing them talking about their lives on their front porch. Very interesting.
We ate a sandwich for lunch and Lou got to visit with her old friend, Tuffy Cooper, who is a famous cattle roper. He wanted to know about Joyce Roach because she has some books that he needs. Lou gave her paper at the session on Women on the Cattle Trails. Sylvia Mahoney gave a great summary of her effort to get the Rotary Clubs to mark the Western Trail that runs from Brownsville to Canada. The better known Chisholm Trail was marked every mile through Oklahoma and Texas was challenged to mark that trail but Sylvia put together an effort to mark the longer Western Trail through Texas and all the other states to Canada. She even has a marker in Mexico because the trail went that far South. After the panel we took leave of our family, got in the car just as the A&M vs. Fresno State game started on the radio and listened all the way home. Got home about 5:45 and watched the last two overtimes on the TV. We followed that by the TCU - TU game.
Lou was pretty well worn out by the 3 days on the road and spent the day in her rocking chair reading. She is judging the best new novels for WWA Spur awards. Right now she is learning all about the Earp brothers. Tuesday we will head for Fort Worth where Lou will give a book report to a Women's Club. We will spend the night with Mark and MK so that Lou can go to her oncologist the next morning.
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