I have several memories that seem like they were yesterday: One is a Sunday evening we lived a few blocks over on Bangor St. we happened to come over to your house and gathered in the backyard all four of us and the four of you were about to share some watermelon your Mom and Dad were serving. All you kids were scampering about playing with your dog.
Another one is of a time we went fishing to Medina Lake. I picked up your Tia Chita's kids and we went to your house for Junior but Mari said he was playing basketball at the the old TMI (Texas Military Institute-I may have the name wrong) so we looked and looked and couldn't find him we went back to your house to no avail so we left for the lake. You all went that evening to Medina and couldn't find us, we finally met up when you all arrived the next morning the kids fished and your Dad BBq'ed some chicken and we all had a good time together that Sunday.
Another time we went fishing at Huegele's (a private area on a creek close to Medina Lake). Your Dad, Junior and all of Tia Chita's kids went, we all fished the kids had fun with Junior's 22 and when they went swimming Junior didn't bring trunks but was very comfortable in his (Fruit-of-the-Looms). Tia chita's Mikey got in the way of a tree trunk the kids were raising and dropping as in "TIMBER" and was knocked in the forehead. A lot of it is a blurr I don't know if you and your Mom went though I think you all did because I think she coaxed him into the under-wear. The blurr might be from all the Schlitz your Dad and I had that evening over the fire. We stayed overnight, made a huge bonfire, fished and I don't know where we all slept or what we had for breakfast, but the kids found a fish on the trot line they left out (the fish got away as they brought it in). The kids didn't mind losing the fish.. we all had a very nice time.
Thank you, Tio Raul, for sharing this.
