Oct 11,12 Mckenna"s Aggie Ring Day

Friday morning Cooper and I were up at 5:00 making our first walk of the day. It was a cool morning about 51 degrees.  We got the firepit going and had a nice morning. Later that morning we met Kristi and KK at the Aggie Warehouse. Its a huge building with all kinds of stuff. About 200 dollars later we left and headed back to the the trailer.    We were both tired and took a nap. That evening was really nice and we sat out till dark thirty. Saturday morning we got up and headed into College Station for Mckennas ring day.  We ate breakfast at a little cafe in Somerville and got to Kristis AB&B about 10:15 am.  We left for the campus to park and caught a shuttle to Aggie Park. When all our group arrived we headed inside to get Mckennas ring. She was so excited. Susan and I sat in the park while the rest went to Kyle Field to get more pictures. It was just too much waking for us. We all left there and went to Coopers BBQ for lunch. after that we went home to rest awhile. That evening we went to Kenna"s condo for her ring dunking party. Lots of folks and we had a good time. I was wore out when we made it back to the trailer.  It was a very good day.

October 10,2024 Lake Somerville

 We headed out to Lake Somerville for six days.  Our oldest grandaughter Mckenna is getting her Aggie ring on Saturday.  We actually had plans to be gone on a 16 day trip but had to cancel the back end.  The traffic thru Houston was heavy but moving. We stopped in Chappell Hill to eat lunch. We arrived at Yeagua Park on the lake at about 2:20 pm.  When we stopped at the gate to check in I put my truck in park but the the shifter column just went free wheeling leaving me in reverse.  I set my parking brake then got out of truck to figure out the problem. A park ranger truck just happened to pull up behind me.  I was telling them I probably needed to back up and not block the gate. The young lady said your cable  shifter probably came off, She said let me climb under your truck and check it which she did. She then said if you have some pliers I can get you going again. I gave her some and she got me going. They followed me to the campsite in case it happened again. I was able to get backed in before it came off again. Put a tie wrap on it temporarily to hold it in place.  That girl is a keeper for sure.  I called Kyle who lives in Bryan and he went to the auto parts store and got the little bushing and came out and replaced it.  It turned out to be a pretty nice evening.