where is Mineola, Texas”?
To which Bob replied, “I have no earthly idea”. After checking a map, it was determined that, with a slight detour, they could drive through Mineola on the way to Dallas. And……..they did! The house was painted red and green, had been vacant for almost two years, and was in terrible, terrible shape. “This is perfect”, Sherry cried. As Bob tells it, “Sherry never lets a small thing like money get in the way of something she wants to do”. And so, the house was purchased! Following nearly a year of restoration, the couple moved into their “dream house” and received their first guests in December, 1987. And, as the saying goes, “the rest is history”. In 1990, the Home Terminal, housing the Engineer and Conductor rooms was added to meet the increased demand and, in 1992, the Tack room was built (complete with a “two-holer”) on the site of the original stable. “Although our family and friends thought we were crazy at the time, they all agree [now] that this was the right thing to do”, the cou
