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Cave Girl (must start calling her Amber) just got through some narrow scrapes.  Of course she survived well with Mari for the three weeks we were in New Mexico, then we brought her home and prepped her (verbally) about going to the vets for a physical and some shots before her hysterectomy.  Well, that was a mistake to talk to her as the morning came to truck her off to the vet in her travel container, as it was impossible to get our hands on her to shove her into the cage. Tempting her into the cage with food was even a poorer choice for luring her into the cage.  Appointment called off. A week later, the same scenario, but this time she was in for the full treatment, hysterectomy, nails clipped, rabies shots, feline leukemia test and vaccine, what else?  Well, this time we spent two hours getting her ready for transport, and nothing worked---she seemed to suspect our every move.  Finally, as a last ditch measure, Dee put on gloves and her leather arm protecto...

We are always on the lookout for church picnics.  They are not as common here as they are in the Chech country to the southeast.  Nevertheless, we saw an ad in the paper for a church picnic, raffle, flea market, and what have you at the Lutheran Church in Uhland. We knew where Uhland is, just north up Hwy 21 and about due east of Kyle.  We motored up there and did have a bit of trouble finding it as the church yard was empty with no activity, and in fact saw no activity anywhere in the area.  Making another pass through this little community, we spotted about 20 cars at the community center, so we pulled in there.  Its on the old Spanish Trail road which parallels Hwy 21 about 100 yards away, but not very visible from 21.  We asked if this was the right place for the turkey dinner and sure enough, it was. The dinner was $8 each, was inside the community center and served in an line with beans, (always), sauerkraut, sweet potatoes, dressing, turkey and cra...