Saturday, March 18th, 2017
Today, we had leftover coffee and donuts in the Rally Hall for folks. Not too many showed up, but it was nice to visit with those that did.
At 12:50, Heartlanders met at the front entrance to carpool over to The Museum of the Big Bend, at Sol Ross University in Alpine.
We had about 6-7 trucks in caravan again, and some that met us there. The museum is not very large, so it doesn't take too long to go through it. We all had a good time. By 2:30, most folks had seen it and headed on to do their own thing.
Some were going over to the Big Bend Brewing Co. for tasting and tour. We headed to the store for a few more things, and then back to the park to get the raffle items ready, and to get started cooking the sides for tonight.
At 5pm, Tony headed over to pick up the Cobbler we ordered from Come and Take It BBQ, while I prepped the rally hall, and taking the raffle items over.
At 5:30, we had our official group picture.
Our attendees!
The meal was supposed to start at 6, but it was closer to 6:30 before the meat, from "Meat Man Mike", aka HornedToad, aka Mike Bowden, was ready. No worries, as it gave us time to sell more tickets and visit!
Mike busy on the grill
The meal consisted of smoked brisket, ribs, 3 kinds of sausage, and 2 kinds of chicken. Then there was BBQ beans, Potato Salad, Regular Salad, Corn and Green Beans, plus bread and Cobbler for dessert!
Waiting for the meat
It's ready!
Folks loading up their plates!
We had a lot left over, but everyone got something they could enjoy and everyone left full.
After the meal, we had our Raffle and Auction. We had great response and made a good bit of money for our next Rally.
Our own President and founder Jim Beletti won a yard sign. We wouldn't be a family without him!
After the raffle and auctions were over, folks took some leftovers home, and helped us clean up. We prepped the space for in the morning, took out the trash and headed back to the rig -- stopping to visit folks that stopped us along the way to say what a great time they had. That was nice to hear!
We got done and hit the hay. We ached all over from today, but were very happy the Rally was enjoyed.
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