Our first bus trip this season was to Ol' D's Soda Shop and Restaurant in Harlingen. We had a full bus and a couple of our Winter Ranchers took their cars and met us there. We've gone to Ol' D's before and it's always a good time.
We left Winter Ranch at 5:30, got there and ordered our
food around 6:30. It's a somewhat small place so their kitchen is
usually overwhelmed when a bus group shows up so we had to wait a while
for our food.
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| Dave Thurston, Lee Benfield and Steve Good |
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| Carol and Russ Schierholtz |
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| More of the Winter Ranch Group |
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| Jack and Donna Hulsey |
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| Wally and Mary Snead |
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| Ron Dutcher, Pam Hoppe and Linnae Frandle |
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Glenda Uselman and Carol Schierholtz
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| Joann and Patrick Sullivan |
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| Russ Schierholtz and Ray Uselman |
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| Ray ordered a Double Decker |
Ray tackled the Double Decker and he ate the WHOLE thing. If you eat a whole Double Decker, you get a $1 off the burger. Dave, the owner, told the waitress to give him another 10 cents off since he licked the plate clean!
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| Double Decker and Rob Carter |
After we ate, the real fun began. Double Decker, the
house band, began their first set. Double Decker is so called because
it's the owner of Ol' D's (Dave Decker) and his mother Bev Decker.
They're pretty good and perform a variety of music including lots of
fifties rock and roll.
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| Double Decker |
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| Double Decker and Rob Carter |
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| An Aspiring Musician |
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| Steve and Judy Good |
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| Steve and Judy |
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| What a Cutie! |
Dave introduced a new act tonight. His name is Robert Angell and he did some fun magician tricks. There was a lot of discussion on the bus about how he did the things he did, but to me it just looked like magic!
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| Steve Good and the Magician Bob Angell |
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| Bob Angell impressed Teri Thurston |
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| Now he's pulling a fast one on Glenda |
ELVIS IS IN THE BUILDING!
But the highlight of the night was an appearance by Rob
"Mustang Elvis" Carter. He's a pretty good singer and does the whole
repertoire of Elvis songs including some of his gospel. The Elvis part
of the show lasted about an hour and Rob really works the audience as he
sings.
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| Rob "Mustang Elvis" Carter |
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| A Would Be Elvis |
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| Elvis singing to Judy |
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| Elvis |
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| Elvis Singing to Teri |
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| Judy, Mary Benfield and Teri Enjoying Elvis |
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| Now Elvis is Singing to Carol |
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| Elvis giving his attention to Teri! |
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| We're Standing For a Tribute to our Military |
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| Elvis Ends The Show! |
The show was over about 9:30 and we got back on the bus and rode back to the ranch.
