Barry is sending me pictures of their home and “The Mountain”.
I’ll post them later.

Enjoy

Off of HWY 12 (top of map), go east on Vally Dr.
Vere right at Climbing Way
Horseshoe left at Hilltop Dr
Vere right at Sunrise Dr
To right at Sunrise Circle
To 100 (on the right)
You’re there!!!

I hope you can make them out?

Also, don’t forget – We need a head count for all that are coming by June 15.
We have to order the Barbeque.
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From San Antonio and from Austin

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From San Marcos

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Map of Wimberley

We need everyone to contact all of your immediate family and encourage everyone that can possibly come, to be at the Reunion if at all possible!

If you can only spend one night, drive or fly in on Friday and go home Saturday after the BBQ Dinner. That’s Great
Even, if you live close enough to drive in on Saturday and have BBQ. That Great Too! We just want to see everyone and have some fun, and as Cousin Wanda says “get some hugs”.

Last Year at the Reunion in Clarendon, we only had 17 people and that included me & Bonnie and Aunt Lea (we live there).
This year is a TEST to try to include or incorporate a vacation-type-event with lots of things to do, along with all types of other vacation possibilities.

These possibilities could include all sorts of ideas and adventures. You could leave Saturday Evening and go to Austin or San Antonio for anything that you like. There are all types of adventures and fun things to do in and around Wimberly. And, it’s only about a 1 hour drive to Fredericksburg and the wine country. I was in Fredericksburg visiting Brother Pete at the deer lease last year, and we went to wine tastings at 4 different wineries. Man, was that fun.

Like I said, this is a test. Come to the Reunion and voice your opinion. We need ideas that work! We need ideas for places to go next year! Things to do? What to do? Who will help? Do you want to keep the Reunion going? Is the younger family going to step up? What’s next?

The Plea For Help Is: “For Everyone To Call All Of Your Immediate Family”

We need a head count for each family by June 15. We are getting the BBQ (brisket, ribs, sausage and chicken) from the world famous Salt Lick and we need to know how much to order.

If you have questions or comments, or need to speak with me, or tell me how many in your family will be there, just call me. 806-205-3151 – cell
If I’m on an appointment, or can’t take your call,  leave me a message and I’ll call back. I promise!

Please email me the RSVP number by June 15th.
My email is punk@cebridge.net

I hope and pray that you can all come!

Love you all,
Cousin Punk

punk@cebridge.net

This is a brochure I picked up when I was there, it’s kinda hard to read because my scanner is old (like me) and don’t work to good with this computer!

It might be easier to just go to one of the hotel sites.
Here is a link to Wimberley on Priceline. It says there are 45 places around Wimberly
http://travela.priceline.com/hotel/searchResults.do?jsk=9803010a2103010a20110515185706d72021560456&key=gnqcjyh4&showDP=y&NYOPRedirNI=null

You might find something more reasonable in San Marcus, it about 30 minutes South. Here is a link to Priceline for the places to stay in San Marcus. It says there are 52 places. (looks like there may be some duplicates)

http://travela.priceline.com/hotel/searchResults.do?jsk=1f03010a2103010a20110515183344871011598399&key=gnqbpwp0&showDP=y&NYOPRedirNI=null

This last link for San Marcus did not work. Try to copy and past it in your browser or just go to Priceline.com or one of the other hotel sites.

Back side:

Some more places:

And still even more places to stay:

I will try to put up some maps and some pictures in a couple of days.

If you have questions or need to speak with me, just call me. 806-205-3151 – cell
If I’m on an appointment, leave me a message and I’ll call back. I promise!

Love you all,
Cousin Punk

Lutheran Church - 101 Spoke Hill Dr in Wimberley

Bonnie and I met Mark and Jenny at Barry and Betty’s (Bee’s) home in Wimberley about a month ago. We had an absolutely great time.

The purpose of the trip was to plan the 2011 Tyler Family Reunion.

Everything is coming together, and I will keep everyone posted as we go along.

So far the schedule looks like this:

* Friday Evening: (for those who can make it in on Friday)
Hamburgers at Barry’s house around 6

Due to the dry weather and the burn bans (with some areas including grills & BBQ pits) across the State, we’ve decided that this year we should not even attempt to do our own barbeque.

I had heard of the Salt Lick for years, but have never been there, nor have I ever had the privilege to lap-a-lip around one of their world famous smoked ribs nor tasted what Pete Campbell says is the best-darn smoked brisket in the whole world!

And Barry Tyler agrees with Pete that it’s got to be the best gall-dang BBQ this side of heaven!

So being that the Salt Lick is only about 20 minutes from Wimberley, and we can’t do our own BBQ this year, – Problem Solved – the Salt Lick is doing the meat this year. Are we lucky or what?

We’ll be servin’up some-of-all their whole layout; brisket, ribs, sausage and chicken.
But, we will do our own sides and all the fixins to go with it.

So, hook-up the wagons, gather up all the kids and lets all get together at the river, the Blanco river that is, and have a Tyler Reunion that will be remembered and talked about for years to come.

There are all types of things (for the old, the young and in between) to do in Wimberley.

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be posting pictures and information about the different activities available for all ages. Things like the Blanco River (we’ll have private access to the river), Canyon Lake is right there, and the town shopping area is something to see with the Blanco River running right through the middle of it. It is amazing, it’s beautiful, what more can I say – It’s the Texas Hill Country.

Check back often, I will add more pictures in a couple of days. Also, Barry is putting together directions to on how to get to their house and I’ll post phone numbers for places to stay and info on other things to do.

See you all in Wimberley,
Punk

We have private access to the river for swimming, wadding or just cooling off!

It was in a bad shape. All three graves had sink-holes around them and Aunt Alice’s grave cover had sunken about 5 inches on left side. The curbing was broken and miss-aliened. It also needed to be leveled up and new chatt (crushed marble) added.

I got a bid from Wallace Monument and presented it at the 2010 reunion. The bid was for what I thought was a ridiculous amount of $1,687. I said that if someone would come help me, we could do the labor ourselves. Jim T said he would come up and help in the Fall after the weather cooled down. We decided that would work!

In mid October Jim T and Jan came up and spent a few days with Bonnie and me. We spent 2 days in Claude working on the site. It really looks nice!

We also spent some time working on Nell and Vick’s grave site, it was not too bad – we just needed to align and replace some curbing and clean it up.

Aunt Nell did not have a foot stone (Vic and Greg do have foot stones), and their “death date lines” had never been put on the main head stone.

So we went ahead and ordered a small stone for Aunt Nell and also are having the death dates put on the head stone for Nell and Vick.

We took some before and after pictures. But, the “before” pictures don’t really show the extent of the damage or how bad the sink-holes and gave cover really were. But, maybe you can get an idea of what it needed?

Some bigger shots:

Finished

Job Well Done - Looks Great

UPDATE:
Okay, the Tyler Family Reunion “Special Event” is right around the corner on October the 2nd. My lil’ Cuz Cyndi Witty has volunteered to be the “Food Sign-Up Chairlady”. She will be posting items that folks can volunteer for. The meat, beans, and taters have been taken care of but everything else is needed. If you …missed the Event Posting (in Facebook) or want to review all the details again just search [ Tyler Family Reunion "Special Event" ]. It would also be helpful if everyone would RSVP as soon as possible so we can make sure we have plenty to accommodate everyone

Cyndi’s contact info is:
972-222-3506 and email maggiesmomma@gmail.com

Mark said the get together is going to be at his house.
We have a trip planned to go to Canton, TX (about 45 minutes) to visit the cemetery where our Great Grandfather is buried.  Elisha Washington (Sr) Tyler was born about 1845 in Copiah Co. Mississippi. He died Oct. 26, 1919 in Canton, TX and is buried in the Canton Cemetery.

Mark said there is a new motel just a couple of blocks from his house, if anyone needs a place to stay.

Check your calenders and circle the date:  Oct. 2, 2010

See you in Garland,

Punk

She wanted so bad to get to come this year. She said she just wanted to get some “hugs” and see everybody.

So, we decided in our business meeting, that we would do something a little different this year.

We “The Tyler Family” are going to have a reception for Wanda on Saturday, October 2, 2010 somewhere in the Dallas area, so that Wanda and all the others (hopefully Vina & Ron and Aunt Nita and Aunt Delene) that live in central and south Texas and couldn’t come to Clarendon this year, can get together and share some hugs, fellowship, love, fun, laughter, stories, pictures, and oh yes, we’ll have some food too.

All of the details have not been worked out, but everything is in the works. We want to plan and have a really good “party”, so everyone mark you calendars, and make plans to come to Dallas, October the 2nd.

This reception is for everyone, no mater where you live, or whether you came to the Clarendon Reunion or not.

Also, I need add, that we will have the reunion next year (2011) in Clarendon the week after Father’s Day, the last part of June. Next year (2011) will be the last time (for several years anyway) that we will have the reunion in Clarendon. In the future, the reunion will be moved to a different location each year.

If you would like to have the reunion for 2012 (or anytime in the future) in your area or city, please make a proposal and presentation next year at our business meeting. We need to get the younger families involved. We need things to do and places to go that consist of something more like a “vacation type” get-together. I’d say that all ideas are welcome, and the sky’s the limit.

If we don’t move the reunion around, make it a vacation, do something different, and create something to get the younger generation involved, then the Tyler Reunion along with all of our family closeness, our family pride, and our caring & love for one another is going to start slipping away. Let’s don’t let that happen!

Love you all,
Punk Campbell

PS: Mark, Kenny and Lin are working to pull things together for the Oct. 2 Reception for Wanda, which will probably be in Garland. Lin said he would do the BBQ, Mark is finding us a place and Kenny is helping put something together like a bus ride to Canton, TX (about 45 minutes) to visit the cemetery where our Great Grandfather is buried.  Elisha Washington (Sr) Tyler was born about 1845 in Copiah Co. Mississippi. He died Oct. 26, 1919 in Canton, TX and is buried in the Canton Cemetery.

PPS: My computer crashed about 3 weeks ago. I did have a back-up of most things, but something happened to my email that I use for family punk@cebridge.net It is not back up yet.  If you have questions about anything,  just call me. My cell is 806-205-3151. If you miss me, leave a message and I’ll call you back.  Punk

CLICK HERE  for the PDF brochure
(big file – takes a couple minutes to load) – It’s Good

Hi Family!
The 2010 reunion is coming up on us quickly! I apologize for getting the letter out so late. The past few months have been a little hectic here in Michigan as we organize and plan for our move back to the Lone Star State. Daniel and I will be in Corpus Christi this weekend to secure a place to live. Please pray that we find the “perfect” place.
I would really appreciate it if you could forward this email on to the rest of your family members so that we can spread the word. I will be sending out a hard copy to those that I have addresses for first thing next week. If you do not wish to receive a hard copy of if you address has changed since last year, please let me know before Monday. Also, I want to apologize if you receive this multiple times. We have several different ways of communication and you may be on more than one list.
Thank you for being such a wonderful family!!
Hope you can make it to the reunion!
Love,
Trina

CLICK HERE  for the PDF brochure

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PS: If you want to see a copy of last year’s business meeting minutes,
you can see them here.  CLICK HERE for 2009 Minutes

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