Way back in 2006, March 15 was smack in the middle of Spring Break for most schools in Texas. I was on Spring Break from library graduate school at the University of North Texas, and Mark's son Drew was on Spring Break from his job as a high school social studies teacher in the Lewisville School District in Texas.
Drew was flying somewhere for a vacation, and asked Mark to stay at his Lewisville apartment to take care of his dog, a boxer named Cana. Drew's apartment was only 30 minutes from my cousin's home in Grapevine (where I was staying while finishing up my degree), a lot closer than the hour drive to Mark's apartment in Granbury - so that gave me an extra hour a day to spend with him!
On this day, we decided to go check out Mark's former sailboat, The Wagon, in the nearby Eagle Point Marina. We'd thought about taking it out for a sail, but the weather was not conducive to that during Spring Break. We did eat at the nearby Sneaky Pete's.
In 2002, Mark had bought out his best friend Tom Utter's half-interest in the 22-foot Catalina that they'd purchased together about 1978. Mark gave the sailboat to Drew, and helped him move it from Corpus Christi to Lewisville in 2002. Mark had been living in California since early 1994 and was going to Corpus Christi to sail even less than he had during the time he was in Grand Prairie (1985-1993).
The last time I'd seen The Wagon was in 1984, the year I moved away from Corpus Christi. It was so cool to see it again!
Above: Mark Gresham opening up The Wagon, Eagle Point Marina, Lewisville, Texas, 15 March 2006.
Below: The Wagon in Eagle Point Marina, Lewisville, Texas, 15 March 2006.
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