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Graham Western Heritage Days, Chuck wagon ACWA Cook Off Sept 24 & 25 Graham Old City Square.

Reggie Jackson — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:09:46 +0000

Ervin & Gail hit the road around 4:00 Friday morning so we could miss the Ft Worth traffic, and pulled into Graham around 8:30. Found a good spot & started setting up. Joseph & Sara got there around 12:00. We all ate a good meal at the dinner across the street & went back to finished setting up wagon in the rain, Lynn Jackson came in around 3:00. It cleared up a little for the wagon inspection at 4:30pm. They started bringing food shortly after the meeting of all the wagons there was six this year & some pretty tough competitors were there. We all went to the Montana Restaurant and ate a good meal, and also planned out game strategy for Saturday before retiring. It came a flood Friday night. After breakfast Saturday morning we started getting ready for the big day. Jimmie Hollandsworth came in around 12:00 just ta visit & see about maybe getting a cook-off setup for Celina. He ended up staying and helping us cook & serve. He fit right in with our crew & wagon. We started serving at 6:00 right after turning in our judge’s samples. We were one of the first ta sell out. We really got a lot of good comments on our food and wagon & even booked a job for next September on a dude ranch in Graham more details on this later.

The judging was tough & there was quite a few this this year but 1298 is getting better this year we did 3rd in Beans, 3rdin Potatoes, 3rd in Most Congenial wagon, 4th in Desert.

Lynn Did a great job on his Biscuits & all agreed that his was the best, but the judges like sour dough. His gravy was great but they don’t judge gravy (OH we had people from other wagons come for gravy, biscuits & cobbler). What do the Judges know? We had a ball after the results with lots of singing & dancing. Once this was over we loaded up & came home Saturday night.

The weather held after the skies cleared Saturday morning, & we all had a great time.

A very special to Jimmy & Lynn for their help I hope we’ll be seeing more of them.

First Garland Wild West Cowboy Round up Chuck wagon Cooking

Reggie Jackson — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:02:57 +0000

This was Sat Sept 18 Downtown Garland.

We (Ervin & Gail) showed up Friday around 1:00 found our place & started setting up the wagon, the weather was pretty warm until about three clock & a little cold front blew in. Reggie got there a little later & helped us finish up the camp. we stayed at a nearby hotel and got a good early start sat morning about 5:00. Derrick Parks from Crew 1818 & Reggie got there around 7:00 and we started preparing beef stew for a pretty good crowd. Randy May, his crew & wagon rolled in and began set up. There were a total of 4 wagons. We ran slap dab outa stew & cobbler. Had a lot fun met some good people & all got a new Cowboy hat as prize. We also got show up money didn’t win any categories, but all our food was gone & they kept coming back for more. We will probably do this one again next year.

Scout Show Wrap-up

Reggie Jackson — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:28:44 +0000

I want to thank everyone that was able to come out for the great job they did with the setup and tear down. We were one of the 1^st groups in, and the 1^st or 2^nd group out at tear down time. This was the best year as the wagon was ½ way home to Corsicana at 3:45 and by that time I was unloaded at Camp Wisdom and on my way home. Much different from the years before where it was starting to get dark before we were started home.

We had lots of traffic though out the day with lots of questions and oos and ahh’s .

The pictures have been uploaded of Scout show here.

Let’s get ready for a good meeting June the 12^th at Camp Wisdom with some blacksmithing in the morning and maybe a lunch as it looks as we will have some visitors.

Scout Show – May 8th

Reggie Jackson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:03:44 +0000

Setup the chuck wagon (no Canvas), setup display tables with blacksmithing items & foundry items, setup display table with highland books and stuff.

We will be talking taking questions and promoting the programs, and recruiting.

Anyone who can come out even for a little bit will be great, especially around setup and tear down time.

Scout show runs from 10:00 am till 3:00 pm, We can start setting up at 7:00 AM.

We are working out the exact time that we will meet and were we will meet at this time.

If what I am saying is different from the meeting please let me know as I was not able to be there, and this is from the discussions I have had lately with a few people.

We also need to get a roll call of who will be at scout show and what time you can come out and help a little.

Please let us know via the yahoo group, if you are not on the group, please sign up, or use the contact us form to the left.

I know some have finals on Sat., (why they would do this I have no clue), just so we can see who all can come help.

Cowboys for Heroes 2010

Reggie Jackson — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:11 +0000

The annual trek to San Antonio for the Cowboys for Heroes event was a very special time this year. With nearly 20 cowboys, cooks, reactors, Patriot Guards & etc. were coming from all over North Texas. Gail & I left Corsicana @ 4:30 & had a pleasant drive arriving around 11:00 followed by the rest of the team. We picked out a spot Big enough for 1298 Wagon Randy May’s Wagon & BBQ Smoker, right by the stage, together our set up was pretty impressive sight.

The Friday evening the Meal was provided by Randy’s 4C Wagon & BBQ & Crew. The brisket & ribs were great, and the other 10 wagons thought so too.

Sat Morning early was fast & furious, with the weather very pleasant this year. It was fun working with some new additions to share the work load.

This year we served beef tips and gravy, biscuits, mashed tatters, beans, 2 kinds of cobbler, and some of the best bread pudding ever made in a dutch oven. We served all we had and ran out of food, so I guess it was good? OH! And I didn’t see any bodies lying around on the ground. Whew! That is always a good sign.

After loading up sat evening we went to a popular eating spot and had a good time for the 3 F’s (Food Friends & Fellowship).

The trip home Sunday was pleasant & all arrived home safely.

The key Fobs presented to all the Military from 4C’s & 1298 were really a hit.

You can see the full gallery by clicking here

An Advisors Note – Jan. 2010

Reggie Jackson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:01:46 +0000

I would like to take the time to thank everyone for their work and support this past year youth and adult.

We look towards the new year as a year of growing for crew 1298 and a new chapter in our book.

February 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of Venturing Crew 1298 (if my math is correct), 2010 also marks 100 years of BSA. We have the Fort Worth Western Heritage Celebration set for January 16th, Highland Ball has been set for March 20th, please see the linked pages for more details on these events.. We also have the Feed the Troops comming soon in San Antonio, I do not have a date, but once I do will let everyone know. I am sure we will have more on the calendar but those are the ones that I know of at this time.

This coming year I would challenge every youth and adult to recruit 1 active youth member we need to grow our youth membership.

Please remember we meet on the 2nd Saturday of the month at Camp Wisdom, the meeting will happen at 1:00pm, however most times people will arrive early to blacksmith talk and just have a good time.

The next meeting will be January the 9th.

Fort Worth Live Stock Show Opening

Reggie Jackson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:49:06 +0000

Location: Tandy Center Parking Garage, Fort Worth, Texas (off Sundance Square)
Date: January 16th, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM Sharp

We will meet at Camp Widsom at 7:00 AM and caravan over to Two City Place in Fort Worth, Texas. We will have blacksmithing and the chuckwagon setup.

More Details to come. Please leave a comment, and/or a message on the yahoo group list.

Event: Fort Worth Live Stock Show Opening

Reggie Jackson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:45:45 +0000

Please see Post Titled Fort Worth Live Stock Show Opening

Winter Activity (cancled)

Reggie Jackson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:56:38 +0000

Christmas is Friday the 25, Dec And assuming you survive finals, food fun ,fellowship ect.
Lets plan on meeting at wisdom on Sunday the 27th,
Set up camp & programs with a meal Sunday evening.

I’ll bring Chuck Wagon & Cooking Gear
We have two Large Tents at camp to set up that sleet 4 to 6 ea & I have another large tent sleeps 4 to 6
We will need a ring out of all who intend to come & what kind of activities you want to do.

Some suggestions would be:
Work on the Blacksmith Shop, Assist Tony with repairs to Camp Wisdom, ??????.
It wont be all work, but we should try to do some service & finish up some Venturing Requirements or Merit badge work.
We can plan a menu when we all gather on Sunday, divide up the duties for each meal and so on.
This will be your camp so lets see some planing & talk about what you want to do.
The Trailer will be Limited to Two Adults & we will see about the health Lodge avaibility?
Lets advertise a little & grow a bit from last year, & Have some Fun
Need a indication of who all intends to join us on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & All go home Wednesday For New Years.

Georgetown Chuckwagon Cook-off Report

Reggie Jackson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:56:09 +0000

Well I know it’s been a while since this cook-off, but I’ve been busy.

We had a great weekend even though it rained almost all day Friday and Saturday. We had a great time cooking and learning from the other wagons there. We didn’t place in the divisions however we learned lots of valuable things on how everything works with our wagon and what to do for the next cook-off, and took that information with us. I encourage everyone to go come out to a cook-off if they are able.