Today started at 4:00 am. And, as you know, my body just doesn't function well at that time of the morning. Today Ray and I (assisted by a young human resources trainee) went to Austin to participate in A Taste of Texas. Every two years when the legislature is in session, the Ag related agencies and organizations organize a meal on the lawn of the state capital to showcase Texas products. We provided the green beans. And do I ever mean Green Beans. We opened about 300 cans of green beans that we heated in 5 roaster ovens, rotating and refilling for over 2 1/2 hours. The FArm Bureau office where we heated the green beans faced the Capital building- with the windows of the board room framing the south view of the Capital. Ray would haul the heated beans, usually on a dolly, down a service elevator from the 5th floor to his pickup. Then drive around the block to where the serving tents were set up on the west lawn. The estimated number served was 1200. It was awesome. Because it is on the lawn of the capital, it is open to anyone who wants to come to eat. It is intended to give the legislators an awareness of Texas products, but in reality it also serves to feed many of the area office buildings, tour buses, homeless, whoever shows up.
And to top it off, we traveled in Ray's new 4-door diesel Dodge pick up...... new smell and all. We were beat when we got home, so I took a nap until the last 3 minutes of the Aggie basketball game. What a heart breaker. Better get to bed.
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Well, I know where the road should lead that pick-up. All the way up US 83 to Childress would be a good start.
The Capitol event sounds impressive and YOU were there!
Hey, 18062121834 would get you to Trent. Don't know whether he'd answer the phone though. I'm not going back up tonight unless one of the nurses call. I'm whoooped.
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