Some pictures from Twin Oaks Ranch in Buda TX.
Carole and Jo making flower arrangement for the Austin Christian Bass Club annual meeting
Roy and Bill's job was to collect sticks and stones for the center pieces--the more moss the better.
Finished center piece
Roy pausing from painting
Watching the Super Bowl-notice how interested the ladies are.
Moved the furniture from one bedroom to another in preparation for tiling
View from the back window of our RV
Strange neighbor
How many deer can you see? They are from a lodge next to the camp.
Look at all the green grass in February--This area of TX finally got some rain.
Interesting rock formation at the "Ranch"
Who needs walls for a laundry room when lattice works?
One bedroom tiled ready for grout.
Valentine's Day at Red Lobster
Termite damage. We moved the bed and Roy walk around the side and said "this floor seems rather soft." When we pulled up the vinyl floor there wasn't any floor board left. He was walking just on the vinyl flooring.
We were short about 14 tiles so had to add another color under the beds. SOWERs have to be creative.
Carole putting clean curtains back on the rods for the cabin that was tiled and painted.
Jo cleaning the kitchen walls.
Joey waiting for the Host family to come home.
Can't believe I was painting again.
Water softener installation. Sure glad I brought my pex pipe crimper along--made the plumbing easy. Since it wasn't convenient to run the lines in the building, we just buried them outside--only have to bury them a few inches. That may seem easy but it is all rock with about an inch of top soil--pick and sledge come in handy. It is sandstone so with lots of effort you can get a trench about 8 inches deep. Luckily the grounds keeper dug the trench for us "old" guys. He did put the pick through a sewer line so had to do a little repair work.
Roy and Jo have a set of Carol Burnett DVD's so we had several movie nights. Lots of good laughs. Fun to project them on a big screen.
Last night Don and Debbie (Host) took us out to the Texas Land and Cattle Steak House--Wow! was that ever good food.
It has been very quiet at the "Ranch" this month but this afternoon about 100 college girls are coming in for a retreat. Then a family is coming in for a reunion on Saturday. This camp provides the facilities and the groups bring their own program. The camp is continually updating the facilities. Plans are to have more nice rooms for retreats to utilize the facilities during January and February. Also they would like to build a gym for kids recreation during the summer when it is too hot or rainy to be outside. They are also meeting with landscape planners to improve the overall site. It has been very rewarding to serve here.
2 comments:
We worked with Roy and Jo at GRM in Tucson.
Nice touch with your pattern for the few missing tiles. I would guess at least 10 deer by my count. In the 60's today in MN so not bad here either. Glad to hear it wasn't your poking through the sewer pike. Looks like you are having fun.
Kevin
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