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Visit to Cousin Lee's Cabin ( sounds like the title of a book) with Mike and Bill Scudder, Aunt Huntz and Tom, Amy and Lee Hamel. Amy and Lee are sweet on each other and the whole family is pleased. They are not married but I added her to the Hamel name anyway. I hope you don't mind Amy.

The first pictures is of Mike Scudder in Lee's taxidermy shop, As you can see down in Southern Ohio you can't keep any secrets. Just look at all those deer that wanted to hear what Mike and Lee were talking about. They just stuck their heads through his wall of the shop. You know if you wore a hat you would have plenty of places to hang it if you went to visit Lee.
Mike is the crazy one in the Scudder family. Mike lives down in Texas, and you know how they do every thing big down there, well he collects tanks. Not pictures of tanks or little models of them but the real thing. He has rebuilt to factory specs as best he could a real 1950's tank. To get all the parts for it he had to buy 7 partially destroyed tanks to make the one he has now. By the way Mike after he was discharged from the marines  became a  revenuer  with  I believe the Alcohol tobacco and firearms  branch of our law enforcement branch of the US government. He  looks like he could be a  terrorist and sneak in and  get Ben Laden for our leader Bush. But he is retired now so all he plans to do is build tanks. I hope he doesn't turn me in for being a Bush Whacker. Maybe he could  take a few of his left over tank parts down to the southern boarder of Texas and set  up a few dummy tanks, that way we will not have to build that fence that or Pres wants. Once in a while a border guard could  throw a cherry bomb, that would scare all those wet backs back across the boarder.
   Bill is Mikes older brother. He is 69 but looks to be 59.   Bill lives out west and is retired from Chevron Oil company. He described going through the big earth quake that hit the Bay area back in  68  I think he said. He described how the tall buildings were swaying back and forth. None came down as they were built to take that kind of shaking. Bill says he likes the area he lives in and will probably  remain there the rest of his life. 
   We all agreed Amy is a sweet heart. We hope that all goes well between her and Lee. Amy has a beautiful  home I am told. If they were to get hitched I wonder how she would be able to move all her furniture into Lee's cabin.  Lee may have to cut a second hole in the outhouse, as you know how some women can be when it comes to having one of their own.
I am going to stop writing my foolishness now , but before I quit, I want to say I think we all had a  great time, and we plan to do it again in 40 years or so as that is how long it has been since we saw saw Mike or Bill.
    If Mike sends me the pictures he took and I hope he does, I hope he includes a picture of his tank I will build a second slide show to prove I am telling you the truth. It's a big tank with about 6 large barrels sticking out the front.