Bringing the Rally to us

The October Thursday 2-Wednesday 8, 2014.

I failed to blog about this when it happened, and for that I feel bad. Life's just been busy!

Since Manmoth is now our home for the time being at Solid Rock, we are unable to "pack up and go" for RV trips like we once did. It just so happens that a Heartland Rally was coming up in Bullard, TX, October 11-13. We had originally hoped to attend when we were in Terrell, and Tony would have just driven back and forth for part of it.  Now at Lake Leon, we were not able to attend. However, some of our Heartland friends would be attending, and droving right by us on the way. 

Dan & Ann, our friends originally from Austin, TX, would be passing through from Breckenridge, CO headed to Bullard, TX. They agreed to stop in and visit for a day. Also, our friends Malcolm and Valerie, were actually not going to the rally, but decided to stop and visit as they headed from Nashville, TN to Wichita Falls, TX to see their son, in the Air Force. Also passing through were Amy and Dave, our friends from Cody, WY that decided to take their vacation down to TX just to see their HL friends. How cool is that? They stopped by and stayed a few days, too! We were very blessed to have them all visit. We took Val & Malcolm and Dan & Ann to attend a Cisco High School football game. It was a little chilly, but we all had a great time enjoying the band and the good game.

The next day we did some running around at WalMart, had an impromptu potluck, sadly Tony had to work. 

Sunday we said bye to Dan & Ann, and Monday said hello to Dave & Amy and their dog Tucker. 

Monday night we had another impromptu potluck, and Tony got home late after practice and joined us to visit a little.

Tuesday we said bye to Val and Malcolm, and had another great meal visiting with Dave & Amy. They left Wednesday AM. 

First there were two...

Enjoying the game with Ann, Dan, Malcolm, Valerie

Three rigs!

Now a different one!

Enjoying the Heartland family! Malcolm, Valerie, Amy, & Dave.

Bye Dave & Amy!

After they all left, I ended up heading to Terrell. I attended the Heartland Rally with Tony's sister, Tori, and staying with her during Friday and Saturday nights, as she lived in Tyler, just 10 minutes away. It was great to see other Heartland folks there as well. Too bad Tony could not attend, but I know it meant a lot to him that folks would stop and visit.