Posted on 08/27/2005 10:02:40 AM PDT by TXBubba
Just talked to Basil on site in Crawford, Texas. Currently there are about 100 folks there helping to set up. They have not received word about the caravan arrival in Waco yet. JimRob is riding with the caravan. She thinks it might get to Crawford around 1:00 p.m.
Basil says the stage is set up, the sound system is excellent and they have hung the most beautiful banners overnighted by W04Man on the stage. A big thanks for the banners, they are much appreciated!
Someone arrived early and hung yellow ribbons everywhere.
They have an American flag that is about 50 feet by 40 feet. Children of military personnel serving in the Middle East have written notes to their parents on the stripes of this flag. A very touching thing to behold.
The HOT Chapter booth is being unloaded right now. The will sell buttons made by Angelwood to help off set costs.
Someone rented the Community Center for our use so there is access to AC. However, they also have 10 tents set up. And there is a Moonwalk for the kiddos.
To top everything else there is BBQ on the grill! Basil is the official taster and says it is great!
That is all the news I have at the moment. It is hard to get a cell phone connection to Crawford but when I hear more I will try to update everyone.
Of course it was a good idea to set up camp near the food.
HooYahh!
Lotsa folks!
It was hot, but everyone seemed pretty happy to me!
This guy was pretty cool!
The media was there but from what I've seen so far I don't know what they were covering.
There was a bit of shade to be had.
He rides a painted horse.
ok, I'm getting ready to start popping photos up. Do I just use a regular html tag to link to the photo? Not sure, since I've never posted images to FR before...
Thanks in advance.
Thanks!
I knew I had read it here.
We had a very nice conversation with Dad while Mom was on the phone. They sent our thanks his way.
You have to host the photos on your own server or somewhere other than FR.
then use an "img src=" tag with the full URL to the image.
without the carrat "img src=http://TroopsSupprt.com/troopssupport.jpg"
WOOHOO!
Tha HAT Chapter rocks!
I ment to say this is an example without the carrat marks, you need to use the normal html carrat "<" and ">"
I got chills and tears just seeing the flag in all the pictures--I can't imagine what kind of emotion it would evoke by standing in front of it! I'm glad y'all got to be there!
There's a paragraph error in there but I'll let it stand, I'm tired. ;-)
Not like you can edit it anyway.
So that's you?
There were more FReepers there than I could keep track of.
What a day!
I thought it was her as well. Ugly, bitter and pink is no way to go through life.
Where were you guys? I started out with enough energy to walk and look, but couldn't spot you guys. Then, as the day wore on, I became less and less able to walk and talk at the same time.
Then, I wasn't even able to WALK. I really thought I wasn't going to make it. REALLY. Seriesly.
PetroniDE found us and I have a couple of good shots of him, but never did see any of youses. Gracey said she had invited you all to the suite for a party, so I figured I'd see you all later. NOT.
I'm bugged that I couldn't catch you. It would've been great to have an old fashioned reunion.
Wow!!
Everybody's photos are so great! We need to make a CD, like W04man was mentioning earlier, to send in care packages to the troops.
We have to bypass the MSM.
I wish I could be down there with you guys.
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