Anybody close to Kilgore TX
I may be going to Kilgore on company business sometime in late Sept. I'll spend a week there, Sunday thru Friday, come back to Indiana then back to Kilgore in Oct for another 2-4 weeks. It sounds like I'll actually have time to do things on this trip. Normally when I travel I would work 14-16 hr days to get the customer satisfied then come home. This trip is to train people to run the machine so I will only be working 8 hr days. What kind of things are there to do in or near Kilgore? If anyone wants to meet up for coffee or dinner give me a shout. When I get the date for the 1st trip nailed down I'll let you know.
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I have some friends that live in Kilgore, nice people, nice town, big enough to find something to do.
When we visit them we stay in Shreveport, LA, about an hour east at the casino.
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I think that is one thing that I will be sure to do at least once.... I havn't been to a casino for a while. I thought about trying for a hog hunt on my second trip out there. I'll scope things out on the 1st trip. 0 -
My friend is with the Kilgore volunteer fire department and a land surveyor.
Are you going to teach something fire related?
He is also a gun enthusiast and I'm sure he would take you to the range.
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No real help here - but many moons ago we used to play them in Football and they were a big rival. We called their cheerleaders the Kilgore fatlady Core[:D] That was about 31 years ago!!! 0 -
Im in shreveport,However I will be out of town in the time frame that you speaketh of.If you dont mind me asking,what are you doing in Kilgore?Untill recently I used to do the inspections at Alcoa Closure Systems .They make container lids via an injection molding process.Its preaty neat.Kilgore is about an hour and 20 minutes away.When you get there go to the Kilgore cafe on the north side of town and try there club samich[^][^][^]. 0 -
i live about an hour and 15 min from there. 0 -
Phillip, funny you should mention Alcoa. I am going down to help set up the high speed line there. I work at the north plant(wide diameter)in Crawfordsville, and have been there for 24 yrs. Our plant is also getting ready to send another spout molder down sometime next month, but I will be training people on the wide diameter machine. Do you still work there?
phideaux4886, Not going down for fire related training, but would love to visit their department if your friend could arrange it.0 -
Send me an email with some details and I will forward it to him.
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The East Texas Oil Museum is in Kilgore. It's a college town, so there's always a little something going on, but most folks head up to Longview (a small city 12 miles Northeast) for any night life or entertainment.
Kilgore is in the piney woods of East Texas, and is a very pretty area. I'm 150 miles west of there.0 -
Are there any good gun shops in the area? Where could I find out if there will be any guns shows?I'm guessing that I will be working 7AM-3 or 4PM so I will have lots of time in the evening and since the company is paying I don't want to sit at the hotel every night. 0 -
You need to get directions to the Country Tavern (NW - outside of town) and have a ice cold beer and some of their famous pork ribs.... 0 -
What is the hog hunting like in the area? What would a non resident license cost? I've always wanted to go after hogs. It may need to wait till the longer trip though when I would have weekends off. 0 -
Hog hunting in the east Texas area is very good. There are some national forests an hour or so south and southeast of Kilgore (free hunting area), but most lands are privately owned. Non-resident hunting licenses are high (my opinion) - i think they are $300/year. There are probably several ranches in the area that would charge a minimal fee for hog hunting. 0
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