There is a brand new barn out in a pasture at the head of the Croton Breaks, not too far from this historical marker. The area is ruggedly beautiful, enough so that Zane Grey used it in his book The Thundering Herd.
This is at the edge of the canyon in front of the marker.
Bobby and I went to the barn warming, which is sort of like christening a vessel or dedication of sorts, mostly it is a fun party with friends and kin. It was a beautiful day, a lovely day, as my Irish Grandmother would say. And the party out in the mesquites and grass was great sport, as you will see.
Bobby and Dan Dibrell, class mates from a few years ago. You can see the sliding door on the back of the barn. There is a sliding door on each side of the building.
Dan and Leela Hall, kin folks.
Music by Brady Rosco, fiddle player and Wendell Sollis, banjo picker.
Rene Segura is the bar tender and general helper.
Chris Todd and Bobby.
Charlie Murdoch lives further down the road in the breaks.
Craig Harrison, county clerk, is drinking water, for now.
Rusty Andrews is on the left and Glenn Cherry is on the right.
Bobby Lee Dibrell, on the right, is one of the cousins.
Don Wayne Jones is keeping the fire going under the steaks.
Alex Islas owns the Mexican food cafe in town but he is running the food business here today, and is getting his crew lined out.
Darrell Beadle and Craig
Now, this is what I like--no Solo cups, no plastic forks or knives and real plates. If you are serious about the environment, this is what you do--wash dishes. Besides all these things are so much better to eat with! The table cloths are from somewhere in Africa. Chris says the men wear these plaids winter and summer. Wine was Llano Estacado from Lubbock.
Bobby and Dusty
Donnie Shipp. Drinks were in fruit jars.
Lella and Glenn Cherry in the middle.
There were a lot of people I didn't know, but they were so handsome I just had to take their photo.
Rusty and Bobby
Tyler Luke helped build the barn. Nice job, Tyler.
Checking out the goods is Nacho Segura and friend.
Craig throwing down a little tequila.
Chris and Charles Krause
Royce Stanaland
How about this for dinner, lunch or whatever you want to call it. There were cheese enchiladas and beef enchiladas to be had.
Chris giving credit to Tyler Luke, Mark and Nicholas Fincher, Aaron Carpenter, Cole Carpenter, Clinton Sinn and David Walker for building the barn.
Royce and Chris and you can see some of the breaks off in the distance.
Ed Niel Welch
Craige and Dusty
Leela
Chris
This is a better look at the breaks.
Bobby and Charles Krause. We left the party kind of early. The sun was in the West and would have really been good for pictures but we needed to get home. Thanks, Chris. This was wonderful.
