Thanksgiving at Clarendon

We got to spend a few days on Ryan's Family Ranch near Clarendon. The group included Melanie and I and neighbor Lamont Jenkins of West Tawakoni; Kim, Ryan, Kody & Josh Hodge of Amarillo and Joey, Allison and Case of Fort Worth.

Kody barreling down a canyon as we started a short hike. He managed, unlike me, to get down the first draw without falling.

Besides eating well, we spent a lot of time outside and had a chance to do some turkey hunting. The highlight of the trip for me was Kody decided he wanted to try his hand at turkey hunting. After getting permission from his dad, I taught him some safety concerning a shotgun, had him fire it a few times and he was ready to go. The first time out, we did not see a bird but we did get up close and personal with a few mule deer does. Saturday morning Kody and I got up early and set up near a corn feeder and He bagged his first turkey- well- he actually killed two with a single shotgun shell. He was very excited and it is a memory that will last with me forever. The previous morning, I killed a pair of turkeys, also with one shot, as Case, in full camo, went hunting with me. Case was very excited during our hunt. Joey and Allison had spent some time with him last week at home "practicing" hunting and he was a real trooper.

Case and Josh helping prepare the Thanksgiving meal

Kody posing with his two turkeys

Ryan's Tawakoni Visit

Son in law Ryan Hodge had a short, fast visit to the lake last weekend and we did get in an hour or so of drifting for catfish while he was here. Also ran the juglines and caught more than enough fish for the annual "Suaray to Luray" pheasant chase in Kansas next week.

Ryan is cranking while the net woman (Melanie)  gets ready

Ryan with another catfish headed for the fillet table and then on to Kansas to feed pheasant chasers

Halloween at the Lake

We had a neighborhood Halloween Party Saturday and set up across the street at Sandy & Lamont's house. We had hot dogs and candy for the kids and just sat out and enjoyed a wonderful, full moon evening. Merikay and Johnny brought Marcy and we had a lot of fun. We hope to continue our efforts in the future.