[Red Badger]

Anyone who has ever driven through Texas, heading east to west or west to east, has asked himself at least three times, “When are we going to get out of Texas?”

I'VE DONE THAT!................

[eastforker]

My dad was born in 1915 in the state of wisconsin.During the great depression he and a couple friends heard there was work in Texas so they climbed in his Ford model A and away they went. Can you imagine what that trip was like. He told about half way down the engine started knocking so they pulled over and figured out it was a rod bearing. Now, what to do on the side of the road in the middle of no where. They took the tongue off a leather shoe and used it as a bearing to get them to the next town where they could purchase a rod bearing. Fixing flat tires with a patch and a hand pump and many other stories he told of his journies.