Saturday, November 8, 2008

No Longer in Bell County

Here's the first of several announcements that I had promised to throw out there for all who read this. As of today I do not reside in Bell County any longer. I am now a resident of Valley Mills, Texas, which is located in Bosque County and very close to the McLennan County line.

I had finished my move just this morning. Special thanks to Jenny Ross (my girlfriend) and Lynn Tharp, KB5TDZ for helping me out with the move. I'm still in the process of updating all my information, but the updates should show up on QRZ and elsewhere soon and the ARRL has been informed as well.

My XYL Mary and I have decided to call our marriage quits and move on with our separate lives. It's the best for both of us and I admit it is bittersweet for me personally. But the people I have met in Bosque County and western McLennan County have been very friendly and hospitable, and have accepted me with open arms...especially many members of Jenny's family. So now, I have a whole new frontier for me to explore personally and I am really looking forward to it!

Now that I have made this move I plan to get back into ham radio the way I want to, and that includes regular operating and storm spotting. There may be another announcement as to how I will do this in the near future; more discussions will be occurring with a group or two that I have been involved with in the past, especially one major group that I founded back in 2003. I will tell more when I have future information.

I will be traveling the main and back roads of Bosque and McLennan counties to get to know them better, and I plan to do the same with Coryell, Hamilton, Hill, Somervell, Johnson, Erath and Limestone counties also. My goal is to be able to know where I am at at any given time in the areas I have just mentioned; this will be extremely important when I get out to do a little storm spotting from time to time.

This will be a different atmosphere than I am used to, but will be well worth it when it's all said and done. Wish me luck on this new adventure!

Stay tuned...

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