Wednesday, August 10, 2022

August 10 - “Cousin, I’m sure”

Did another neighborhood walk. Two miles two days in a row. That slave driver is at it again.

 

After lunch and a nap or two, we went to Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. That’s Rangers, not Rangers. Talking about the Lone Ranger - Walker, Texas Ranger - Bonnie and Clyde. All those folks had more to do with this spot than did a certain baseball team in Arlington.  Pretty interesting place. Lots of guns. I even found a new friend there. Horney toad. Texas Ranger outfit on and everything. Cute stuff. We even found a picture of an old guy Ranger named Vaughan. Cousin, I’m sure.

 

From there we eased across a parking lot and a big cemetery. Well, OK. We drove around the cemetery. And what should we find but the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. But the Sports Hall of Fame was definitely worth the look. Especially the baseball cards from way back (like Tris Speaker and Ernie Banks).  They had a lot of Nolan Ryan stuff, as was expected. They had one of his rookie cards on display. I have one of those. They quoted Nolan as saying he must have thrown away hundreds of those through the years. Why? People would write him and send a card for an autograph but forget to include a return address. Yikes. Apparently at the time the display was put together the card was worth $1200-$1500.  Double yikes.

 

Last night Caleb had soccer practice. Zak had football practice. Josh had a meeting at church. That meant we had … grandparents duty. Actually, all we had to do was pick up Caleb after practice, so it wasn’t too difficult. And Luke rode with us, so there was no way we would get lost. They were practicing in the gym at the church rec center. Lots of fun to watch. Because of the smaller size, there was a lot more action than usual. If I’m not mistaken, Caleb even scored a goal. Woohoo!

 

1 Corinthians 16:13 says, Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

 

Father, thanks for our discovery of a few more different places to see.  Amen.

 

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