This one did not go to the list for some reason. I am forwarding it. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Brownie57cjh@aol.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 11:30 AM Subject: Just Ramblin > Yesterday I was up real close to Clarksville and Paris. I went to pick up a > dog that I bought for my special needs child. I picked up the 6 month old pup > in Gilmer, actually it was really Harmony, TX. Gilmer was just about 7 miles > further. After we pick up our new baby we drove over to Cooper State Park > because we heard it was a relatively new park. Oh man, have I got the camping > fever again. This happens to me every Spring. We don't have an RV so we can > only tent camp. We haven't done this since my youngest daughter (the one we > bought the dog for) born. She requires 3 different durable medical machines > every day therefore tent camping is not very convienent. Besides the camping > geer, we have to take her stuff also. All this doesn't fit in a Honda Accord > very well. We either need to buy a motor home or an SUV, neither of which is > in our budget. If we could find a good used SUV that was reliable and > trustworthy than maybe. > I really would like to plan some kind of vacation up around Clarksville > because I want to visit some cemeteries and my few remaining relatives that > are up there. I can only remember one trip to Clarksville and that was when I > was 14. We went to my Aunt Ada and Uncle Chester's ranch. Aunt Ada was > married to Chester Whiteman. Does anyone know the Whiteman family? I guess > their ranch was sold or passed to someone after they died. All I can remember > about it is that was beautiful and looked big to a kid like me. > > When I mentioned to my mom that I wanted to go to Clarksville and Avery, she > started telling me about how it was when she was little and would go back for > visits in the summers. It must have been something. I wish I could see it > through her eyes. Mom says that Clarksville isn't as nice as it once was. > That the local economy has suffered and that almost all those that work, work > in Paris. Is this true or is she just looking at it from a personal > prospective? > > Cathy > >