I remember Jim Hixson's dog Linda. It bit Bill Torode on the face at an NSS convention. That might have been at Blacksburg in 1971. Linda was placed in a fenced square in the campground. Poor Toroda bent down to pat her on the head and she jumped up and chomped him on the face. I think the dog was okay.
Bill ---- dirt...@comcast.net wrote: > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Bill Mixon" <billmi...@worldnet.att.net> > > I first met Jim Hixson at some Indiana Cave Capers back in the > > 1960s................... > > an old Chevy sedan, > > THAT WAS "BEASTIE". Black. Godzillion miles. And, if we get started, there > are an equal number of Hixson stories. He was a definite character and has > been in very ill health for quite some time. > > "Henry", new and unblemished, showed up at the first Huntsville convention in > 1967. > > Jim had the bed lined with a piece of 10-mil poly he had liberated from the > mine where he worked. We filled it with water at a truck stop owned and run > by women. The women's rest room was the one inside. They were reluctant to > let us run the hose until Sandy Deal convinced them it would work. Sandy and > Jim drove Henry and the Porta-Pool around the campground, the rest of us > riding in it and throwing unsuspecting folks in. All went well until Squire > Lewis was tossed in, when the water turned black. He hadn't washed his feet > for a Loooong time. > > Remember his dog, Linda? The Anvil Cave rally at that convention was won by > a team of 6 - 3 dogs (Linda, Woola, and C. Thumb) and 3 people (Jim, Sandy, > and myself). Other competors complained that the dogs kept running around > and confusing them. Sower grapes. They just did not know how to read maps > very well. At the time, both C. Thumb and Linda were NSS members complete > with FD numbers. > > We camped at his house after the convention, and Beastie was undergoing yet > another transplant and had 3 spare transmissions in the back seat. > > Another claim to fame was Jim initiating the first speleoralley at > Blacksburg. The resulting ruin of family vehicles needed for cross-country > return to home caused Ken Laidlaw to initiate the rules for a less > destructive version at White Salmon. Children (and cavers) must play. > > Yes, Jim will be missed by some of us, for sure. > > DirtDoc > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
