Synder, Texas

[Guest guest]

I just wanted to say that meeting Wally and his family in his small

wonderful town of Snyder Texas was AWESOME! I was treated like

royalty from the moment I arrived in Snyder. Wally wasn't kidding

that he had to wait 18.5 hours for me to arrive from Chicago.

Hopefully, it was worth the wait!! It was so wonderful to meet him

and his son Corbin and his niece . We drove across the flat

plains of Texas to Snyder all the while I was getting a history lesson

from Wally. I could smell the oil from time to time.... It was way

cool.

Then, we headed off to the Ranch to meet up with Bill and nne who

helped organize the event. It was a quick meeting because Wally's

sister Shana had been waiting dinner for 18.5 hours..... Talk about

good food and good company. Roast beef and mashed potatoes and rolls

and a salad. And peach cobbler. Yum!! Got to meet both Shana and her

husband . Then Shana and I stayed up in our jammies just

talking about " stuff " .

Saturday I got the grand tour of Snyder - meeting up with Wally's mom

and then going out to a tex-mex place for lunch where everybody knows

everybody else!! People were buzzing about the Cajun Cowboy Festival.

Time for the party. There was some concern about the weather. But as

you saw in the pictures, we had a rainbow, so that was a good sign.

The ranch was all decorated and the people just kept on coming. Good

food (again!) good music and really good peeps. It was wondeful to

see Bruce again and to meet and her friends.

Snyder Texas is probably one of the most informed towns about

Pulmonary Fibrosis thanks to Wally and co. Several people have died

from the disease there. And there is another lady that has been

diagnosed with it. So a lot of awareness was raised and a lot of

money was raised to help fund research that will one day find a cure

for this miserable disease.

Wally and Shana, I tip my hat to you.

Leanne uip 1/03 Illinois