What a great time I’ve had here in Willis, TX. After I got here we hopped into Rick’s golf cart and headed over to his neighbor’s garage (the community meeting place). We sat with 4 or 5 other guys and for once I just listened to their stories. Sure is interesting how much difference there is in lifestyles of the people from one part of the country to the other.\u00a0 Hunting is big out here & there’s plenty of game to go around, even if you don’t hunt you can have a freezer full.<\/p>\n

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Mini elk meatloaves wrapped in bacon and grilled home fries.<\/p><\/div>\n

The next day Rick and I took his fire breathing Mustang out for a spin. We visited the Huntsville Prison Museum and drove over to the Penitentiary that’s right in the middle of town. $\"15$ <\/a>Rick is an award winning BBQ chef and after we got back from our drive he shared a few of his closely kept Pitmaster secrets to great BBQ. With any luck I’ll remember some of what he was trying to teach me.\u00a0 I can tell you this – he knows what he is doing, this was a FEAST.<\/p>\n

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Brisket, Pulled Pork, Ribs, Boudin Sausage, Venison Sausage, Baked Beans, Jalapeno Poppers wrapped in Bacon. Only thing missing was a wheel chair because I was too full to walk!!<\/p><\/div>\n

A few hours after that fabulous meal we headed up to The Cactus to meet up with Ken & Terri and check out the band. Last time I was here the band was great, this time – the band wasn’t so great but the company made up for it. Looking forward to next time.<\/p>\n

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Rick and Blanca & Blanca and Terri at the Cactus.<\/p><\/div>\n

After spending a couple days with Rick & Blanca I’m pretty refreshed and ready to continue.<\/p>\n

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Heading out from Willis, Texas. April 27, 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

This was going to be a short day so I headed down to Galveston just to check it out. When I got there it was so windy that I just turned around. From there it was just slab time with a couple little rain showers. So far I’ve been lucky with the weather – keep your fingers crossed. $\"15$ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"