Jones Clan Journal

We went to Iola, which is close to Bryan College Station on Friday, April 11th. We went to help clear brush for John and Kelli Kochan. The first day we got there (the “we” was Madalyn, Edward and me). It was raining so we ate lunch and Madalyn started cleaning (because Kelli had been in an accident and she could not be on her feet for long periods of time and John was gone.) She and swept the floor much to Kelli’s regret because Kelli started sneezing a ton. Then we watched a movie and finally John came home and we finish the movie and we watched a firefighter video while we had dinner. After that we got ready for bed and went to bed. The next day we got up and had breakfast. Oh yeah, Chris came over to help us clear brush. Chris is a guy who works with John at the wind tunnel. We went outside and John told Edward and me to move one burn pile to another burn pile. So we did it and it took some time but finally we got it done. Then we cut down about 7 good size trees covered in poison ivy which was bad for John because he is allergic to poison ivy. Then we cut up the stuff that they were going to use for fire wood and took it to the wood pile and John got his tractor and we pulled the big bad logs to the burn pile. Then we went in and had sandwiches for lunch and relaxed about 30 minutes.

Then we went to clear a fence line. So we cleared most of the fence line and called it a day and went to bed. The next morning we got up and had breakfast and we figured out that John and Kelli had gone to get B.281(that’s a brush truck) from the fire department. When they got back we lit the fire but it wasn’t burning very well. Then John mixed diesel and gas and threw it on the fire. Then we watched the fire for a while and had a snack. After that we went inside and watched NASCAR and took B.281 back to the station. Then we went to Yankees Tavern and ate dinner and went to bed.

The next day we got the rest of the fence line cleared and went to the wind tunnel (at Texas A&M) and John showed us around . It was VERY interesting I liked the models especially. Then we went to Freebirds (a burrito restaurant) and ate there. Then we said goodbuy and went home.

Truman (mostly with a little help from Edward)