DubbsFaris Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I just thought I would share that the opportunity for work will be bringing me to my favorite little spot in the Terlingua area! Tomorrow I head out for Terlingua to look at refinishing 140 miles of roads in Big Bend, and in a coincidence of similar fashion SPRSNK will also be out there for something. I bet my bottom dollar we somehow find each other and Vorpal finds us out there somehow! Good friends and good times always seem to cross paths out there you know. :happy feet: Maybe someday, we all might find ourselves back home with the armadillo? Cant wait my friends....Im counting the moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc scott Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Sounds good, Wish I was headed that way. Getting ready for Shelbyfest and looking forward to it; but really looking forward to a little gathering about 5 months from now. Doc Scott Be interesting to see what the landscape looks like in October Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorpalBunny Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I just thought I would share that the opportunity for work will be bringing me to my favorite little spot in the Terlingua area! Tomorrow I head out for Terlingua to look at refinishing 140 miles of roads in Big Bend, and in a coincidence of similar fashion SPRSNK will also be out there for something. I bet my bottom dollar we somehow find each other and Vorpal finds us out there somehow! Good friends and good times always seem to cross paths out there you know. :happy feet: Maybe someday, we all might find ourselves back home with the armadillo? Cant wait my friends....Im counting the moments We'll leave the dashlight on for ya! VB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorpalBunny Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I just thought I would share that the opportunity for work will be bringing me to my favorite little spot in the Terlingua area! Tomorrow I head out for Terlingua to look at refinishing 140 miles of roads in Big Bend, and in a coincidence of similar fashion SPRSNK will also be out there for something. I bet my bottom dollar we somehow find each other and Vorpal finds us out there somehow! Good friends and good times always seem to cross paths out there you know. :happy feet: Maybe someday, we all might find ourselves back home with the armadillo? Cant wait my friends....Im counting the moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang_Girl Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Ya'll have fun, drive carefully, and have a drink for all of us stuck back at work (me personally being stuck in my little cubicle staring at a computer screen ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check6 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 yep...you all have fun and think of us as you have that drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportscars Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Have fun without the rest of us. Hope to see the rest of you who also can't make it soon (June or October maybe?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check6 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hope to see the rest of you who also can't make it soon (June or October maybe?). hope, hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorpalBunny Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Ya'll have fun, drive carefully, and have a drink for all of us stuck back at work (me personally being stuck in my little cubicle staring at a computer screen ). Hey Stang_Girl and Check6 if it helps I am also at my desk today here in Big Bend NP about 25 miles from downtown Terlingua. Tomorrow though I will be in Terlingua with friends and we will be sending you our best! You are always welcome here at my place where the BBQ will be waiting or better yet come down sometime when there is good times ahappening. No Terlingua necessary although it can't hurt if you happen to have one for styling! LOL. VB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500-VERT Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Do any of you watch Criminal Minds? They just had an episode that was supposed to be based in downtown Terlingua! Didn't look like it to me....Not a single bunny!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glroy Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 "Maybe someday, we all might find ourselves back home with the armadillo?" is this not a line form a Gerry Jeff Walker song?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Yes, Jerry Jeff has played around my neck of the woods for his entire career, and had an interesting album titled, "Viva Terlingua" or some such animal.....you definitely picked up on the armadillo reference. Not bad for a canuck! LOL If you ever get the chance to visit that area of Texas, it is required by local law you have to play that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 BTW- I live in San Antonio, and it is every bit of an 8 hour drive....so its not close for anyone but David, and one other guy with a garage full of Shelbys that I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportscars Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 "Maybe someday, we all might find ourselves back home with the armadillo?" is this not a line form a Gerry Jeff Walker song?? You are close sir. The song is "London Homesick Blues" by Gary P. Nunn. Gary was a member of the Lost Gonzo Band which played with Jerry Jeff Walker. Jerry Jeff Walker did a cover of it on his Viva Terlingua album. Which ties into why it was referenced here in the first place. Sadly, no armadillos for me until September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moabman Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 You are close sir. The song is "London Homesick Blues" by Gary P. Nunn. Gary was a member of the Lost Gonzo Band which played with Jerry Jeff Walker. Jerry Jeff Walker did a cover of it on his Viva Terlingua album. Which ties into why it was referenced here in the first place. Sadly, no armadillos for me until September. ....and was featured for years in the intro to Austin City Limits. :happy feet: That's right you're not from Texas That's right you're not from Texas That's right you're not from Texas But Texas wants you anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 This thread is why I like sharing time with Terlingua owners and fans. Can't wait until the day I can make a road trip visit down there for a bit of that Fall fun. Stuck my nose up into the Team Shelby fourm this morning and wow, found way too much drama. (I usually head straight to this forum each day.) There just seems to be a more fun and friendly feeling down in our lil' forum area. Thanks to you all for making this one of my daily sanity saving places on the web. :happy feet: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc scott Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Blip, After the big move you need to plan a road trip to Tejas and hang; I'm feeling lonesome for the Terlingua brethern and need a cool beverage in the shade at La Kiva. til then Shelbyfest and Mid America will have to hold me Doc Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check6 Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 This thread is why I like sharing time with Terlingua owners and fans. Can't wait until the day I can make a road trip visit down there for a bit of that Fall fun. Stuck my nose up into the Team Shelby fourm this morning and wow, found way too much drama. (I usually head straight to this forum each day.) There just seems to be a more fun and friendly feeling down in our lil' forum area. Thanks to you all for making this one of my daily sanity saving places on the web. :happy feet: :D a big +1 Blip.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc scott Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Blip, tried PMing you; got message you aren't receiving,in-box full? Doc Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Blip, tried PMing you; got message you aren't receiving,in-box full? Doc Scott Yep, my bad--poor house keeping on my part let it full up. There's space again after finishing my deleting fest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glroy Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Yes, Jerry Jeff has played around my neck of the woods for his entire career, and had an interesting album titled, "Viva Terlingua" or some such animal.....you definitely picked up on the armadillo reference. Not bad for a canuck! LOL If you ever get the chance to visit that area of Texas, it is required by local law you have to play that album. Well I was 21 and "sitting in a hokey-tonk . just kicking hippies ass and raising hell now I am just an old Hippie Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportscars Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 This thread is why I like sharing time with Terlingua owners and fans. Can't wait until the day I can make a road trip visit down there for a bit of that Fall fun. Stuck my nose up into the Team Shelby fourm this morning and wow, found way too much drama. (I usually head straight to this forum each day.) There just seems to be a more fun and friendly feeling down in our lil' forum area. Thanks to you all for making this one of my daily sanity saving places on the web. Chuck, you are very welcome my friend. I check here everyday and have to admit that I am a little dissappointed when there isnt much going on. I will say this here ('cause my wife doesn't read TS ): Terlingua '08 was the best 5 days I have ever had in my entire life! Terlingua '09 was just as good, although VERY stressful and I am expecting T-10 to be on par once again. I have met and made friends with some great people (and even Doc Scott!). I count the days until the next Shelby get together. You people are amazing! Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportscars Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 ....and was featured for years in the intro to Austin City Limits. That's right you're not from Texas That's right you're not from Texas That's right you're not from Texas But Texas wants you anyway! But dont touch his hat! Gotta love some Lyle Lovett. We need HIM in Terlingua.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moabman Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Such a strong musical heritage and diversity - Bob Wills and Texas Swing through Tejano with stops at the Blues, Czech and German Polkas, a little Cajun Zydeco from my friends in Beaumont and lets not forget the Classical Van Cliburn One of my favorites is Texas Trilogy by Steven Fromholz who was the 2007 Poet Laureate of Texas (and he drives a white Ford F150, of course): Daybreak Six o'clock silence, Of a new day beginning Is heard in the small Texas town Like a signal from nowhere The people who live there Are up and they're moving around 'Cause there's bacon to fry And there's biscuits to bake On the stove that the Salvation Army won't take And you open the windows And you turn on the fan 'Cause it's hotter than hell When the sun hits the land VERSE 2 Walter and Fanny Well they own the grocery That sells most of all that you need They've been up and working Since early this morning They've got the whole village to feed They put out fresh eggs Throw bad ones away That rotted because Of the heat yesterday The store's all dark So you can't see the flies That settle on round steak And last Monday's pies VERSE 3 Sleepy Hill's Drugstore And the cafe they're open The coffee is bubbling hot And all the folks that ain't working Gonna sit there 'till sundown And talk about what they ain't got Someone just threw a clutch In the old pickup truck It seems like they been riding On a streak of bad luck The doctors bills came And the well has gone dry Seems their grown kids don't care Whether they live or die TRAIN RIDE Well, the last time I remember That train stoppin at the depot Was when me and my Aunt Veta Came riding back from Waco I remember I was wearing My long pants and we was sharing Conversation with a man Who sold ball-point pens and paper And the train stopped once in Clifton Where my Aunt bought me some ice cream And my Mom was there to meet us When the train pulled into Kopperl CHORUS But now kids at night break window lights And the sound of trains only remains In the memory of the ones like me Who have turned their backs on the splintered cracks In the walls that stand on the railroad land Where we used to play and then run away From the depot man VERSE 2 I remember me and brother Used to run down to the depot Just to listen to the whistle blow When the train pulled into Kopperl And the engine's big and shiny Black as coal that fed the fire And the engineer he'd smile and say, "Howdy, how you fellows?" And the people by the windows Playing cards and reading papers Seemed as far away to us As next summer's school vacation (CHORUS) Bosque County Romance Mary Martin was a schoolgirl Just seventeen or so When she married Billy Archer About fourteen years ago Not even out of high school Folks said it wouldn't last But when you grow up in the country You grow up mighty fast They married in a hurry In March before school was out Folks said that she was pregnant, "Just wait and you'll find out." It came about that winter One gray November morn The first of many more to come A baby boy was born CHORUS And cattle is their game And Archer is the name They give to the acres that they own If the Brazos don't run dry And the newborn calves they don't die Another year from Mary will have flown Another year from Mary will have flown VERSE 2 Now Billy kept what cattle His daddy could afford As he went bouncing across the cactus In a 1950 Ford But the cows were sick and skinny And the weeds was all that grew But Billy kept the place alive The only thing he knew And Mary cooked the supper And Mary scrubbed the clothes And Mary busted horses And blew the baby's nose And Mary and a shotgun Kept the rattlesnakes away And how she kept on smiling No one could ever say (CHORUS) VERSE 3 Now the drought of '57 Was a curse upon the land No one in Bosque County Could give ol' Bill a helping hand The ground was cracked and broken And the truck was out of gas And cows can't feed on prickly pear Instead of growing grass Well the weather got the water And a snake bite took a child And a fire in the old barn Took the hay that Bill had piled The mortgage got the money And the screw worm got the cows The years have come for Mary She's waiting for them now (CHORUS) (CODA repeat verse one of Daybreak) Six o'clock silence, Of a new day beginning Is heard in the small Texas town Like a signal from nowhere The people who live there Are up and they're moving around 'Cause there's bacon to fry And there's biscuits to bake On the stove that the Salvation Army won't take And you open the windows And you turn on the fan 'Cause it's hotter than hell When the sun hits the land Happy San Jacinto Day to all my Texian friends; present and absent and to all those who care about Texas! Now that's worth a Hot Damn and a dancing Chili Pepper - :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportscars Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Another mystery: 29.262534,-103.776888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moabman Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 too easy - latitude and longitude of Terlingua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVOC Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Grrrrrr! HAHAHAHA! Mark beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorpalBunny Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Grrrrrr! HAHAHAHA! Mark beat me to it! Hey that's my house! VB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check6 Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 you guys are too funny must be why I like you all :happy feet: :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moabman Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 Well, we like anyone who cares about their girls, teaches math, served their country, and drives such a beautiful car! :happy feet: You are probably closer to Lajitas than I am in NE Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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