We arrived in the great state of Texas on October 28, 2022, and yesterday marks our third month in Texas. The time has really flown by as we saw family and friends all along the way. We left South Texas on Saturday and now we are in Waco, Texas for two weeks. Last week flew by as we were able to visit friends and family.
Monday, we dropped back by Dad's (Juan) house and visited with him for a while. Hubby also worked on the truck, so that was good. After our visit we went to Mecca's to visit with
Hubby and Dad (he is 92 years young)
Tuesday, we had dinner with Tommy and his wonderful wife, Dawn. We sat and talked for about two hours, so nice to catch up with them. Sorry, forgot to take a picture.
Wednesday, we went over to visit with Joyce, I have known her for over 35 years and hubby used to work for her after he graduated from college. It was a nice visit and time passed too quickly. After our visit we went out to dinner with Laurie and Louis Cannon. Laurie is Todd's sister. It was a nice visit; I think this is the first time we were just with them. Usually, we see them at reunions or some sort of get together.
Me, hubby and Joyce. I guess the King Ranch now makes whiskey.
You learn something new every day?
Hubby, myself, Laurie and Louis.
Thursday, I was able to take a picture of the clouds. We were expecting some change in the weather.
"A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden." Terri Guillemets
I was also able to stay with Dad for the day. Lara, his caregiver, was able to go and get some much-needed alone time. After hubby was off from work, we went to the San Patricio County Fair. Todd is the announcer for the fair. So, we were able to see him in action as well as his wife, Dee. I guess to the rodeo and fairs I have attended I have never seen the lambs being judged. They were all kinds of fancy for their debut.
The fair is in the town of Sinton, Texas
Todd and Dee Reopelle, hard at work.
Almost like a mullet, shaved on top and furry on the legs.
I also don't know what happened to their cute little tails.
Sinton, the county seat of San Patricio County, is at the intersection of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads and U.S. highways 77 and 181. Soon after the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway built through the county in 1886, Col. George W. Fulton, founder of the Colman-Fulton Pasture Company, received approval from the board of directors to give 640 acres for the townsite of Sinton on the south bank of Chiltipin Creek. The town was named for David Sinton, majority stockholder in Coleman-Fulton. The company built cattle-loading pens immediately, and a post office was granted in 1888. Margaret Camp was the postmistress. An election made Sinton County seat on June 23, 1894. The St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexican Railway arrived in 1907. Growth was slow, and the population, reported as seventy-five in 1908. Sinton began to grow only after home seeker trains began arriving in San Patricio County from the Midwest and from northern and central Texas. By 1910 the town had several businesses, a bank, a hotel and a newspaper. Several blocks of land were offered for sale to farmers as well. Sinton developed as a shipping point for locally grown vegetables after J.W. Benson arrived in the county and he set up packing sheds. Fun fact: a four-alarm fire destroyed a block of business buildings in 1912 and the city was incorporated in 1916. Today Sinton is known as the Antique Capital of South Texas, and you can stroll down the mail street with unique shops specialized in antiques and collectibles. As of 2000, Sinton had a population of 5,676.
The early days of Sinton.
Current times.
Friday, we went to the cemetery to place flowers at Mom's grave and see Johnny's marker. They were laid to rest in the Chamberlain Cemetery. How the cemetery began; in order to better market and transport cattle from area ranches at the turn of the century, Henrietta King, the owner of the King Ranch, and other ranchers joined to bring the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway through the area to Brownsville, Texas in 1904. Railway headquarters were established in the new town of Kingsville. Mrs. King and her son-in-law, Robert Kleberg, formed the Kingsville town and improvement company to see ranch land in and around the new townsite. In 1908, the Kingsville cemetery association purchased a forty-acre tract from the company, including a portion of property that was the location of many earlier burials. In April 1909, a cemetery was opened and named for Henrietta King's father, Hiram Chamberlain, a noted minister who organized the first protestant church on the Southern Rio Grande. Cemetery Association President Charles H. Flat sold lots from his business, the Kingsville Hardware Company. Clyde Allen, a Kingsville merchant, served as a non-paid manager for the cemetery for the next fifty years.
Mom's grave.
Johnny's Marker.
"Keeping it real" after our visit, we looked up the years of Mom', Johnny's and hubby's sister, Margie's death. Mom passed in 2016, Johnny in 2018 and Margie in 2020. Looked like a pattern was starting, but no deaths in hubby's immediate family in 2022.
Friday also found us back with Joyce and eating dinner with her at King's Inn. Thought we would end our Kingsville trip back there. YUM.
Saturday, we had a longer trip than usual. Left Kingsville around 9:30am and arrived in Waco after 4:00pm. It softly rained on parts of our trip, and we also head some very bumpy roads, but we made it. In the east Austin area, we found the new Tesla plant. The picture I took doesn't do the building justice. It is a very large place.
Guess when you put in a large facility, you can name the road.
So much bigger than we thought, if we would have been stopped,
I could have gotten a better picture.
Keep looking towards the sky and the clouds. "For the Lord, Himself, will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord." 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (ESV)
Well, today is another big game day for me. The 49ers and the Eagles. I am nervous, but eager to watch the game. Hope you and yours will have a wonderful week. Can't wait to write about Waco. Thank you for joining us on our journey.
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