Grandson's Eagle Scout Project March 6th 2011

The project was chosen for Cody, our Grandson to get his Eagle Ranking in The Boy Scouts. Mr. Dane Ruckstall is with the county and also affiliated with the scout troop. He marked all the trees, that are endangering others, for the boys to get rid of. No power tools allowed, this was the old fashion way, with bow saws, hatchets and a few others. They did such a good job that Dane had to go buy more paint to mark more trees. He said that they were much more efficient than some of the crews they hire to do this job. Everything had to be documented and now hopefully within the next month or so we will be attending his Court of Honor to receive his Eagle Ranking. Oh by the way Papa took the pics while I watched over the extra tools and drinks.They were treated to pizza and drinks after they finished their project and needless to say they were a little on the hungry side.

Telge Park on Telge Rd. Cypress Texas. The Crew,Jon Capo ,Cody Franklin, Adam Garcia, Danny Marymee, Ryan Fritz.

They all get to work clearing out what is marked .

Dad gets to try out his skills.

How the markings were done.

Cody getting with the program fast and that is Mom in the background.

More markings.

And more.

They are everywhere.

Cody picked out a difficult one to cut.

Tools in hand and ready to find more .

Piles are starting to mound up fast.

Looks like Cody found more to tackle.

Oh here is another one.

This is the trail they pulled the cut brush down to stack up on the piles.

Another pile being started.

And it is growing fast.

After the crew cut, Mr. Dane Ruckstall with Harris County Parks Dept. came and coated the cut offs with a herbicide to kill the growth.

Look who showed up to help her brother with his project. Colleen.

Looks like Cody is getting the work done by sister and Dad carting a rather large piece out to the drag area.

Wonder what is next? Mom, Colleen and Cody ask.

This was a large overgrown area, now it is all cleared.

Country Place RV Rally March 2011

We had very good weather all except for Saturday. We had the largest turn out ever for a WWW and we had a lot of good fellowship and games. We were glad all could come and hope our future rallies will be as much fun. It is a nice peaceful park and a lot of us tried their hand at catch and release fishing. Now Buddy said he caught a really big one, but we did not see the picture of it so I guess we have to take his word for it. We played lots of games and did a lot of visiting. Some of us went to a flee market on Saturday and ran into others from our group already there. Lots to see along 105. If you like flee markets. The week went very fast and soon it was Sunday. We elected new officers and George Franklin is president and Bess Bratner is Secretary/treasurer and Dean Parker is still our watchful sheriff. He gave all the guys there fair warning on what he was going to be watching for at up coming rallies. Our next WWW rally will be at Forest Retreat and hope to see all there.




George & Pat Franklin at the entrance to Country Place RV Park

Some nice chickens here on the grounds.

A nice smile greets us here.

Some ducks here also.

A real nice fishing lake.

Lots of nice fish in the lake.

Here is another one.

Linda fell in love with the one she caught.

George Welch did some fishing but did not have much luck today.

Phil on his way somewhere.

Don, George, Pete and Buddy running a little behind.

Always such a nice display when we are at Rally for WWW.

LaVerne pitching horse shoes and I am watching.

Now it's my turn.

Here is Gisele trying her luck with the horse shoes.

Looks like Margret and LaVerne have a twosome going on.

Lots of onlookers.

Mary never wants her picture taken.

Lynn and Carla oh la la. George and Linda watching.

Margret getting in some shots. Not too bad I must say.

Looks like the cooks are getting our meal ready for tonight.

Phil, cook #1.

George is cook #2.

Time to have our Hot Dogs for tonight.

Heart healthy????

After the Hot Dogs we get to visit and play games, Thanks to Shirley.

Pat is passing the scissors to Mary. Good game.

Hummm, wonder what they are talking about.

George W. is watching the girls to see what they are doing.

After my healthy meal last night I thought I may need some of this.

Margret, Buddy, Nancy and Ed playing forty-two.

Someone caught me with my Dr.Pepper.

Now it is time to eat again so Caroline lined up this new resturant for us to go to.

What a crowd, this was the largest WWW Rally we have ever had.

Linda getting some pictures also.

Dan and Karen was able to come for dinner tonight.

Connie,Manuel and Carolyn getting ready to order.

Caroline and our cocktail waitress > Sorry I can't remember her name.

With ourselves stuffed we returned to the park and played more games tonight and LaVerne had a good one for us. We had some good answers, right Pete?.
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A good turn out tonight again. Lynn always keeps us laughing.

More of the crew playing games again, thanks to LaVerne. We all had a great time.

Buddy and Pat playing the game also.

Now after a good nights rest we get to go have breakfast at Ryan's.

Shirley is talking to George, Connie and Janet.

Pete, Bess and her grandson having breakfast. Always a pleasure to see them.

After brakfast we return to the RV park and Pat and Mary are playing a game of Ping Pong.

Another forty-two game here. Buddy is thinking way to hard and so is LaVerne. Dave and Nancy are waiting.

Looks like Maria is playing a ping pong match with Pat. Mary is watching this time.

Another view of the above match.

Mary and Me playing checkers. She is good.

Pat and Maria trying there hand at checkers now.

Connie, Margret and Manuel with the group playing pass the love.

More of the group playing also.

Looks like another forty-two game going on here. Ed, Linda, Allen and Buddy.

Now for our meeting this evening.

More of the meeting and we had guest of Dave and Linda.

And more. WOW what a bunch.

Don't cry LaVerne it will all be OK.

Dean is giving his report on the fines he collected this rally. (GOOD JOB!)

After the meeting more games.

Still more games. I don't know what it was but this rally there were more games played for some reason.

Time to say our Good-Byes.

Shirley with her coffee this morning. Hope everyone has had as much fun as we did this rally.