RPBOB Cadence

The mediocre teacher tells.

The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates.

The great teacher inspires.

----William Arthur Ward


Might be a good addition to out list of silver bullets, or perhaps just a reminder to each of us as we contemplate our roles.

I was glad that I rode home alone yesterday; Garth Brooks' "The Dance" always puts smoke in my eyes, ala bird dogs long gone. But yesterday when it came on (I was listening to my "Songs of the BoB CD), it had me reminiscing over 15 BoBs at Krooked River. Memories of the heat (2nd Battalion in '94), the flood (5th Battalion, 1997), antiphonal cadences at the Hendricks Home, telemeters in rattlesnakes and hawk's nests, and a whole host of personalities; younguns like Cristy, Barefoot Becca, Li'l Dayna, red-tailed Ruth, that Jackson boy, and others.

I penned a cadence for Kent to call as a tribute to Krooked River, so here it is for those who couldn't be at this year's banquet.

For 15 years it's been our nest,
we proclaim it Texas' Best.
Pardon us if we shed a tear,
we're not sure where we'll be next year.

But wherever we may fly,
To Krooked River we're Semper Fi.
Roy and Becky give a hoot,
We bid them goodbye with this salute.

Thanks for memories you have made,
From the Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade.