On Monday we met one of Wayne’s brothers in Tupelo for breakfast. Claude Leslie is the next oldest to Wayne and he drives an armored 18-wheeler. He and his co driver, Mary Ann, often carry valuables across country for museums, banks, etc. One of them drives while the other one sleeps so they are constantly on the move.
Here are Wayne and Leslie.
It was good to get to see him and to meet Mary Ann. We had a good visit.
On Saturday, Rich, Karla, Wayne and I drove out to the Rattlesnake Saloon for lunch. It was about a 45 minute drive.
Shortly after we drove up in the parking lot we were met by the Red Neck Limo.
We drove towards the Seven Springs Lodge.
Then we turned and went down a steep hill towards the Rattlesnake Saloon. Here is Karla holding on for dear life.
On the way down was this rocking chair under the overhang.
There is a pretty patio down below overlooking a creek.
The Saloon is complete with outhouses. There are also indoor facilities.
We couldn’t get the full impact of the facility as they had covered most of it with heavy duty plastic to keep it warmer. Here are some of the tables set under the overhang.
Here is one of two carved rattlesnakes at the entrance to the indoor saloon.
The ceiling fans indoors are all connected and run by a single motor. The ceiling looks to be pressed tin.
There are rattlesnake skins on all the ceiling braces and animal heads around the room. The picture of the turkey is the only one that turned out.
The food was simple but I had one of the best hamburgers I have had in a long time. We plan on coming back this way next spring so we will have to make a trip out when the plastic is not up.
I downloaded my pictures today so I could post some pictures of Trouble our 5 lb ball of fur and found two pictures that I took last week on our way up here.
Coupland School is where I taught two days a week in 1971 – my first year of teaching. (I taught two other days at Jarrell, TX and spent one day a week at the service center planning.) If you drive east from Austin on Hwy 290 and turn north at Elgin you soon can see the two story building that was Coupland School. It was grades K-8 with two grades to a classroom K-6 and the principal taught 7 & 8. I just googled it and it appears that the school still has grades K-8 with up to 10 teachers.
It was really a pretty old building as you can see from this picture of the back of it.
Now to the real reason for the blog. Our friend, Emelie, from our travels the past two summers bought a “Tuff Guy” t-shirt for her dog that didn’t fit so she gave it to Trouble. It fit him perfect and maybe now everyone won’t say how cute “she” is.
Emelie also brought Prince and Bear over to play. Here is Prince checking out Trouble.
It must have been the shirt because Trouble soon had Prince on his back.
It will probably get cold enough here for him to wear his shirt several times.
I told Wayne that I wanted a second car for when we winter in Aransas Pass. We talked about getting an antique car but then he decided that the parts would be too hard to get. Wayne decided that he wanted a sports car so we looked around and decided on a BMW.
Here is the proud owner and his new Beemer.
Although it doesn’t look like it—it is a hard-top convertible. Here are Adam, Wayne, Doris, and Bob watching the top get ready to fold up.
One it folds on top of itself, the trunk opens.
And the top stores itself inside the trunk.
Now we have a convertible to tool around in. It’s not as sporty as we first look at but we can get in and out of this one.
Bob and Doris are babysitting the car while we go to Red Bay, Al tomorrow for repairs and modifications.
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