Thursday, October 11, 2012

Made It Back

Well we made it back in one piece but I was sicker then hell and came home Sunday. I don't know what I caught out there but Saturday night my throat starting getting sore and Sunday morning woke up to a cool cloudy windy day and a sore throat so we headed home.
With all the rain we had out there it sure was green and grown up around the ole place. I had to get my pick and rake out and clean up my roads around the place. I have a road in the back 40 that the Johnson Grass has taken over again, couldn't even see it, the grass was so high. I took a video of my roads around the place if you will skip to around the 6 minute mark you can get an idea about the Johnson Grass, toward the end of the video you can really see the grass I have out there. I need to find some way to get rid of it before it takes over the whole place.



Friday we went to watch the Shelby Mustangs at the Lajitas International Airport, they ran the quarter mile facing east on the runway and did a obstacle course run on the west end of the runway. I walked around with slobber running down my chin all day drooling over those cars. 























We headed down to Lajitas to see how everything was there. I was even offered a job down there, still thinking about that job offer.

The golf course was looking great for being in the desert.



Saw this grave down there, thought it was different, it had "Just Jake" for a name.


Then we headed home and Friday my good friend Dale came over and helped me with my solar panels.

It took on into Saturday before we were finished with them and by then it was to late to go to Ft. Davis for the show. I really wished we could have seen it, but the weather was not to good Saturday night so I don't think we missed anything.

Then we headed home Sunday sick as hell. I just started feeling better today.



9 comments:

  1. Glad you are on the mends, don't like to hear about anyone being sick. That takes the fun out of everything.

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    1. Thanks, Dizzy, these past few months have not been kind to me health wise.

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  2. Jim - Bummer that you got sick out there! Hope you start feeling better soon!

    You do have the Johnson Grass! Strange to see so much of it in the desert. Too bad there wasn't a market for Johnson grass, you could make a killing.

    Great photos of the Shelby's, thanks for sharing.

    -Brad

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    1. Thanks for the comment, Brad, we need to get together one of these days.

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    2. Jim, right now we are planning to try and make it down there for Thanksgiving. I see in your reply to Bigfoot that y'all might go also!

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  3. I got sick at the end of a TR trip a few years ago. My wife and I had gotten "hitched" at TFL 3 days earlier and she had headed home to go back to work. I got a bad cold/fever thing after she left and it was colder than a witch's ta-ta...Dec 1 and snow was blowing and sticking to the ground. I had to load the trailer, motorcycle, etc and headed out for that 8 hr drive home. We had a tarp rigged up over the bed with a Mr Buddy propane heater we'd kick on now and then to take the chill off.

    My cold went away....but my wife is still here...miraculously.

    Glad you're doing better, and maybe planning for your next trip?

    Adios

    Bigfoot

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    1. I remember when ya'll got married out there didn't know about you getting sick. It's hell getting sick out there and having to drive home. I got a tooth ache one year out there and had to drive home with it. By the time I made it to the doc I told him to pull every tooth I had.
      Thanks for stopping by, hope to meet you guys out there one of these times. I might head back out there the end of this month and then for Thanks Giving.

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  4. Hello Jim....just checking in on you....everything okay with you and yours?

    Bigfoot

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