A long time ago, two brothers had a dream to build a cabin for themselves and their families to enjoy. My grandfather and great uncle built that cabin deep in the heart of East Texas near Jasper. As a little girl, I remember going many times to meet up with aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. We stayed up as late as we wished. We played cards almost all day long (sprinkling baby powder liberally thru the deck, so they wouldn't stick) and ended the day with a big catfish fry that the men would fix for us. To this day, when I smell either fried fish or baby powder, I think of those times. ;)
Daddy-pa (my grandfather) passed away many years ago and Uncle Dick passed away within this last year. This camp was their refuge and delight. I know they would have been so pleased to see so much family meet up this past weekend to enjoy their camp. Uncles and brothers worked hard over the last year to spruce it up and make it once again... a refuge and a delight.
We enjoyed bar-b-q, desserts, scrabble and washer tournaments, 4-wheeling, campfires and marshmallows and mainly just each other. We spread ourselves out for sleeping between the local Holiday Inn and the camp and the treehouse out back. GREAT weather for such a weekend. We hope to make this an annual event!
so fun!! i hope we get to go next year.
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