ANOTHER MINER LEAVING FOR TEXAS.

[Hefty1]

Sorry to say that a good friend and a great mining body is leaving northern cal for the longhorns of texas. You all know him here on TN and I will miss his campfire side chats. I told him that I hate losing good and trustfull friends, and long goodbyes.....So Goodbye! Just kidding

Oh you all know him as 63bkpkr...Herb. Take care friend!

 

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[Jason in Enid]

Don't worry guys we will take good care of Herb in the Midwest. Hopefully I can tap his great mind and increase my gold take. First steaks and cold ones on me.

I wanna get in on some that knowledge too! Maybe we can get him up to the Kiameech

 

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[okbasspro]

I wanna get in on some that knowledge too! Maybe we can get him up to the Kiameech

We will have to do that Jason it would be a blast.

 

[Lennyzx11]

Me too, Me too, me too !!!

We will have to do that Jason it would be a blast.

I wanna go !!!!
Lenny

 

[Jason in Enid]

I wanna go !!!!
Lenny

Sounds like a gravel ripping party!

 

[Hefty1]

Well Herb, hows it going down there?
Mighty wet up here.

 

[Peyton Manning]

hey he moved to TX, didn't die. do they not have the interweb there?

 

[russau]

Herb is probly busy as all get out getting his Casa all setup and dealing with his new job! give him some time to get it all together and if he dont show up here, we all should drop in on him for a house warming party!

 

[Hefty1]

Oh I expect we will here from Herb any minute now...

 

[63bkpkr]

GREETINGS T-NETRS!
I survived the drive from NorCal to Angleton Texas but only because a good friend of mine came along and shared the driving, a true friend and a true blessing. We started on a Monday morning preceded by my having had no sleep the night before, stuff just kept appearing in my apartment to be packed so I was up all night. The drive went perfectly - no breakdowns, no snow or ice, good conversations, some good laughs and only one hotel stay where the place should have been condemned. I mean beds with 5 or more different angles to the top surface of the mattress's.
We made it through the mountains and down to Houston (entered Texas up at the top of the panhandle coming out of New Mexico), that's from Monday morning to Thursday early evening, two road weary fellas. That night there was a freezing rain storm, so go figure no weather problems in the high mountains and now at sea level a freezing rain storm. All the locks on one side of the vehicles were frozen shut as well as the lock on the roll up door of the 26' moving van, my Bronco was up on a full trailer. Oh, this was a U-Haul van with a very Short Ramp, must have been a politician right out of Washington DC that thought up a short ramp "to make it easier to load the van"?? Ridding my 1000cc motorcycle up in there got tricky but we made it!
We unloaded my stuff into my 2 bedroom apartment but I am still living amongst a sea of boxes with metal detectors and prospecting gear scattered here and there. Yes, I came here for "the job" as the one I had in CA was ending this year. As it turns out I have this job because I went to a wedding in Kentucky, a very round about happening but it clearly showed me how using my free agency for a good purpose benefited me significantly! Once again I look forward to going to work each day and the day 'seems' like it is over in only an hour or two. There will be a lot of work for me here and I truly look forward to getting at it! The company is in Angleton, ~35 miles south of Houston, BUT they have just completed building a new facility that we will soon begin moving to that is in Pear Land, just outside of Houston, so part of my work will be to help bring the machines back up once they've been mounted to the floor in Pear Land. Likely I will be moving in 6 -10 months so most of my things will remain boxed up.
I will so miss 'My' canyon in CA, I mean after 50 years of crawling around in it, it is a friend of mine. However, there will be things in Texas to do and it would seem I've a call to go "play" in Oklahoma with some kind folks, I look forward to that! So okbasspro just how far from Angleton is Kiameech? Dang, I gotta drive all the way across Texas again? Nah, fly!!

Thank you all for the kind words and a special thanks to my friend Hefty1 for starting this kind thread. Yes, I will miss being at your camp with you on the NFMFAR so send me pictures of what your doing with the claim!...........................63bkpkr

 

[Jeff95531]

As you can tell, you were missed Herb. Glad to hear from you and that your safe and sound. If'n anybody can find nuggets in TX, my $ would be on you. Looking forward to hearing more from you on Texas Gold!
Jeff

 

[goldenmojo]

Herb glad you made it safe to TX. After you get settled in and start your new exploring adventures we will be looking for some pics and stories. Take care.

Goldenmojo

 

[midnightmoon]

So, 63' -- you'll be about 250 miles from Garland where Garrett's treasure museum is.

When you get a chance stop by and show them how it is really done!

 

[keitha43]

Here is another group of miners closer to Houston near llano, Texas. Round Rock Chapter of the GPAA