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The Big Catch-up

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 So it's been awhile. The last three days have been busy.  I said there would be a picture update, so this is that, with some verbage thrown in there for good measure.  These last few days have been packed; the next few will have a lot more writing from me.  Probably multiple posts a day if I had to guess. Thursday started off with that dirty windshield finally getting cleaned.  That's Astrid there. LSU has a beautiful campus (from what I saw). Coming into Dallas. Downton in Denton, TX This is where my story begins.  Saturday morning I woke up bright and early, forced myself to go back to sleep, and ended up rising around 10:30.  At which point, I hopped in the car, and tried to figure out where to go. A buddy had suggested Fort Worth, so that is where I went.  I paid $10 to park in a nearly empty lot and walked past Billy Bob's Texas ("The World's Largest Honky Tonk") to the stockyards. The speedway I passed on my way to Fort Worth It took me abo...

Day 2 in Pictures

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Historic Bulloch Hall in Roswell, GA, where Teddy Roosevelt's parents were married.  Also happens to be where my great-great-aunt was born and grew up. One of the Georgia Marble Company plants in Tate, GA.  The asphalt roads leading out of the plant are white from the marble dust, and in some places I could see it billowing up from the plant. That black speck near the middle of the picture is a drone. I don't know how my windshield got so dirty.  It's embarrassing.