Just returned home from attending a multi-year Pecos High Reunion and missed seeing most of you.  I think there were 5 of us representing the class of 1961.  Even with such a small number we were adequately represented.  There were approximately 130 people there from the 1980’s down thru the 1947 year.  It was well planned and was an overall enjoyable time.  YOU GUYS MISSED IT.

My shock was in seeing the activity in the city of Pecos.  I have been to Pecos several times in the last few years while the oil boom has been on but did not realize to what degree the boom had changed Pecos.  There are no motel rooms, no rental houses, very few yards that don’t have a trailer parked in them.  There are few seats at the cafe, which are few in number, and frantic activity at all the gas pumps in town.  There was simply an underflow of activity all over town.  Like what I would imagine a bee hive would be like.  There are many new houses being built, new apartment houses going up and other additions to the city.  These are needed because the town had become a bit seedy over the years.  I hope Pecos can profit in the long-term with this new wealth.  Most cities aren’t able to take advantage of these boom years caused by petroleum activity but maybe Pecos will be the exception.

There were no Pecos cantaloupes that I could find so missed bringing any home and having my car smell like cantaloupes for the next few months.  Oh, if you should happen to visit our old stomping grounds, be prepared, Mexican food in predominate.+

Gary