This Was The Week(s) That Was........a translation for the younguns, with a little literary liberty.
Left the big booming minitropolis of New Caney, Texas pre-daylight on Thursday, April 7th, grabbed breakfast at Kin Folks Restaraunt in Nacogdoches..good grub...waitress was wantin to ride. Rode (alone) to Yazoo City that day and met up with Ray about 3 miles from camp, unpacked and did some setup, fondled some cigars and sat on the porch and put a serious dent in a quart of thinkin juice (thoughts of WT inserted here), TJ showed up and helped with the dent while we conversed. Around midnight Ray started getting attempted calls from some lost motorsickle rider, Ray & I wandered down the drive a ways to listen for the errant rider. Ray headed up to the camp and I stayed at the end of the drive with a flashlight to flag down said errant rider, after meeting several of Rays neighbors, one of whom parked his truck on the shoulder about 100 yards from the drive and proceeded to have a conversation with himself or a passenger, it was totally dark and no visibility in the cab, after about 30/45 minutes I heard the notes of a Vtwin slowing down at each likely drive he came across, after a coupla minutes headlights and blue LEDs appeared over a rise in the road and a well worn Popadope semi-slid into the drive, the pickup pulled away as I pointed out the mud holes to Chuck. Once safely ensconced on the now familiar porch, introductions were made and further damage was done to the 'shine and English language till around 4 AM, somewhere in this time things got a little fuzzy, retired to a comfy couch and crashed.
Saturday was all arrival, setup, meet and greet, intros all around. Got to watch T(bone) and E(rv) commit a B&E on a large SUV with the keys locked inside. Can't begin to recall all the drinks and conversation carried on the rest of the herf....BUT there was good smokes , food, friends, music and drinks to be had by any and all.
Can't let Jeff get by without props for cookin, mudbugs and ALL the fixins, Jambalaya(thanks to Jules and Cindy for the pork), Chicken, Sausage, Prime Rib, Robstah (courtesy of no show Patrick) and a pot of White Bean Soup. Ray and anyone who wandered in made up a monster breakfast, eggs, potatos, bacon, sausage and grits with gallons of coffee, think it was Paul that brought a commercial coffee maker.Todd unloaded crates of produce. There was more I missed or forgot, my thanks to all that put this event together.
Things wound down on Sunday, packup and goodbyes, left the 2nd time around noon and made it to Dothan Alabama before dark, visit with me Mum for 2 days and headed for Yeeebor early AM, made it to the Garden Inn Ybor around 4PM that day, walked around takin in some of the sights, herfed with Tom and John (with Beth) the follwing afternoon til closing at the New World Brewery. This was covered in anudder thread, but let me say again....WOW....if your gonna be in the area let Hockey Dad and DrMadVibe know ....not to be missed, and sorry about killin the cactus!
Bopped across the bridge and set up in anudder hotel to attend Nieces wedding, held at Sunken Gardens, beautiful place, beautiful Bride, some good lookin Bridesmaids, great weather and flawless ceremony followed by good food and drink. Rested up a day and left before dawn, made it to Ocean Springs around 5PM, got a cabin at the campground, walked over to the shed ate a combo plate of great bbq and had a coupla beers, smoked a LP T52 gifted by Jules and Cindy and a H Upmann Habana Club from DMV, crashed just after dark. Must note I didn't contact any of the Coasties as phone had quit working.
Woke up and repacked about 3 or 4 AM, made it to New Caney around 3PM yesterday.....gee its great to be back home.
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