Arrived in TX and got hooked up

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Fishing at night under the flood lights they would put their fish on a stringer but then a shark came by and took the whole string one night. The next night it did the same thing. Third night my father baited a big hook and when the shark hit it shook the whole pier. He drug the shark to shore and they shot it several times with a 22.

If you go to Rio Hondo you can take a short drive to Arroyo City, on the Arroyo Colorado River. My great grandmothers half brother had a house there we later bought. During the hurricane in the 1970's the house was torn up and the next door neighbor lost hers. Her name was "Mrs. Porter". She rebuilt her house with burlap bags filled with cement and then washed together. The house is still there, was white with pink trim.

15 years since I been down there but loved the place. There was a restaurant at Arroyo City called "The Warf", wonder if its still there. Didnt much care for the "no see ems" (pesky little knat that bites). Still nothing like fishing under the flood lights and just enjoying the outdoors.

In the back of my mind I remember someone telling me they had moved the Light House. I guess they used a Farmall to pull it to the new site. lol Well, that light house does hold one "special memory".

If you do decide to go to Arroyo City I want to know. I have to tell you where to go and see if the old home site is still there. My grate grandmothers brother was in WW I and I remember him telling me about being in the calvary. When he was in the Valley he was a cook in Weslaco for a while. He is burried there along with 10 of his siblings.

Not sure "bout the Dodge, but my Olds is on top looking down inside the engine compartment.

Let"s Go, Mountaineers
Aaron