LP Angler

The Beverly Hill's Sandpits are now known as the Windmill lake Apartments. I grew up fishing those sandpits with my friends and continued to fish them even after the apartments were built. They did do some modifications to the shore line but for the most part the sandpits are original. I don't ever recall seeing any jet skies because there were no gas powered engines allowed in the lake due to pollution. We caught a lot of nice fish out of those lakes back in the day. The Mykawa Sandpit is still alive and well but has been privately owned since the 80's it is located at the corner of Cottingham and Schurmier. It was owned and operated back then by the family across the street, can't remember the families last name but their daughter's name was Dana. They called the place Armadillo Lake and charged like $5 a car load. I was born and raised three country blocks (about 3 miles) away from that one and remember running down there the day they struck water. It was a deep hole with a road that sloped up from the bottom around the circumference of the pit. There was a dairy caddy corner from the pit where we would get our milk. Don't remember the name of that family either but their daughter's name was Bernadette. There was a good vein of sand that ran down the east side of town and there are or where several sand pits. I also remember when the sandpit on cullen got filled in during one of Houston's floods around 1979 and is now John Bass Park. Most of the pits run along the north side of the beltway and the ones in Pasadena are split by the beltway.

After doing a little hunting on the Cayton house, it appears the work is still underway despite appearances from the road. I found this link to a flikr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmtworld/ and it shows recent work being done to the garage ceiling (March21?). Most likely why the door was torn down and the pile of sheetrock in the drive. It appears they are doing all the work themselves. I was raised doing all of our own home repairs, from roofing the house to ripping out the bathroom and starting over. It wasn't an HGTV thing back then it was life in middle class, blue collar America. I still like the challenge of doing what I can, but roofing is a young mans game now. I've tried to hire out work in the past but the craftsmanship just isn't there anymore. It gets back to the old saying "If you want it done rite do it yourself". After a few years of life you begin to realize that journey is more memorable than the destination when looking back and there is always the pride in doing something yourself. I wish them the best and hope they enjoy the journey.

I'm new to the site but familiar with the area and the house. I was in the area last week and drove by the house to see how it had turned out. I think the guys were not only scared away from the site but the house also. It looked as if clean up had started but just stopped. The garage door was half gone and there was a pile of trash and garbage can just setting in the driveway, no sign of occupancy. I'll be out that way next weekend and will drive by again to see if anything has changed.