Twin Creeks Texas
I wound up staying up until 2:00 AM last night. This has been one of the best meetups I have ever been to. There was no drama. There was no underlying hostility amongst the troops. Everyone got along well. We had a great bunch of virgin Blown-Eyes.
I'll do the gratuitous linkage in a later post. Right now, I just want to talk about our hosts. I'm not gonna use their names because I don't want them to suffer for associating with Blown-Eyed Blodgers.
We stayed at an actual ranch somewhere in the Hill Country of Texas. This is the home of the Owners. They also have a home in a city nearby, plus Mr. Owner has a brother who also lives near the ranch so they had other places to stay and didn't have to reside with us reprobates. The Owners rent out the ranch during hunting season. Mrs. Owner also uses it for company functions. They have longhorns. They also have buffalo.
Mr. Owner partied with us every night. He's a year younger than I am. He's funnier than hell. He's sumpin' like a laid back version of Catfish. I would like to get him, Catfish, and V-Man together. V-Man almost came to Camp Blownstar. I'm really sorry that he didn't. He missed a real good time.
Mrs. Owner stopped by last night. That's one of the reasons I stayed up so late. She is a successful businesswoman in her own right and after meeting her, I can understand why. She's smart, funny, personable, upbeat, and very attractive. She also dislikes Jug Hussein Ears, but then she is a successful businesswoman. I can't say enough about the Owners and I'm really glad they let us use one of their homes for our event.
Unfortunately, someone showed Mrs. Owner my site last night. And she prolly thought that I was a nice guy. Busted!
I slept in this morning. Got up around nine. I got on the road around noon. Drove through the Hill Country and didn't get on I-35 until I was north of Austin. About 15 miles south of Waco the traffic started really sucking big time. There were some stretches of stop and go. No accidents, just too much traffic.
So here I am a little north of Dallas. Tomorrow, I'm only going as far as Joplin, Missouri.
Posted by denny at July 19, 2009 10:30 PMSure as hell wish I coulda been there.
Posted by: Jim - PRS on July 20, 2009 04:34 AMSo do I Jimbo. You missed a good one.
Posted by: Denny on July 20, 2009 09:10 AMThe hosts were terrific people to put up with us. That traffic was miserable and it didn't get any better after I crossed the state line.
Posted by: Tina on July 20, 2009 09:29 AMPaul entertained me all the way to his buddy's house in New Braunfels, at which point I realized what an ass I was for not thinking to invite you to stay at my house for the night - or at the least invite you to dinner. Next time through you'll have to stop by (you too, Tina). Hope the weather is good to you on the rest of your trip and waiting to hear that all of the Blodgers made it home safe.
Posted by: Jackie D on July 20, 2009 09:43 AMMrs. Owner is a true Southern Bell and I had a good time visiting with her as well. Our other host (Mr. Owner) was a hoot. I'll never forget what he looks like ever! LOL... Denny have a good trip!
Posted by: Becky on July 20, 2009 11:05 AMwhat a sweet post! they loved all of you as well. thanks for not mentioning names, i don't want them associated with this stuff either!
beautiful recap, btw. you captured the feel perfectly. great last blownstar!
Posted by: SuperGurl on July 20, 2009 12:27 PMThanks for the report. I'm so glad you had a happy time. Some photos and videos I've already seen are unreal! Now I just want to hear that you're all safely back home.
Posted by: Claudia on July 20, 2009 12:37 PMJackie D. - How sweet. Maybe some other time.
Posted by: Denny on July 20, 2009 04:52 PMMr. & Mrs. Owner were nice down home people overflowing with hospitality! I really enjoyed speaking with Mrs. Owner, I thought she was quite charming. It was nice meeting and getting to know everyone who attended. Ya'll are a great group of people!
Posted by: Robert on July 20, 2009 07:05 PM