Ryan was probably the more studious of the two brothers. Roy was the more sociable. There was a third brother by the name of Ricky. He was in the middle by age and there was a younger sister, Monica.

But Ryan and Roy were the two that I was the most familiar with. Ryan was the same age as my oldest son Matt . Roy and my second son Mike were in the same grade. They went to school together for about six years in Dripping Springs.

Ryan and Matt were pretty much alike both having more reserved personalities. They both played football having the same position. The coaches alternated them between plays on offense taking plays into the huddle. That gave them each a fair amount of playing time, but neither were real standouts. I think that suited both of them fine. They were friends but not best hang out all the time friends.

Roy and Mike on the other hand would have probably seen each other as best friends. Neither were that much into schoolwork. Maybe more into attracting attention, especially of those of the opposite sex.

We moved before either of the boys graduated, so as life goes, they all lost contact.

Then just less than 15 years later those two brothers were famous. The inventors of the greatest ice chest in the world, the Yeti.

Some people will argue that other brands hold ice just as long as a Yeti, which may be true. But Yeti’s certainly became the gold standard, making all the rest copy cats of this new age of ice chests.

https://www.yeti.com/stories/our-story.html

I have a couple of Yeti aluminum mugs that keep coffee hot for hours.