Shopping in Texas
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Shopping in Texas
Well,
The route has been mapped. 803.2 miles one way.
We are taking a couple of days to get to Chattanooga and a couple of days for the return. On the way back the plan is to stop in New Orleans for a night of ?stress relief?.
Who am I kidding, the whole trip is ?stress relief?.
As riding and time allows I will be posting updates and photo?s of the trip.
The first two days will include getting to the Natchez Trace Parkway and riding the Parkway all the way to Tennessee. The plan is to stay off the interstates as much as possible with the exception of the end of each day when the last leg of the day is highway to the hotel.
The trip from Chattanooga to New Orleans is all Interstate (500 miles). Probably the toughest day, but if you look on a map it?s all down hill ! If we had more time, I?d like to spend more time riding Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. This will be a good recon ride for the next adventure.
More later as we get ready to leave on the 2nd of June.
dh
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"With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation,"
"All of this is not only putting new pressures on you, it is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy."- Barack Obama May 9th 2010.
Information as a distraction, a pressure on our democracy!
Information a distraction? A threat to our democracy?
This regime seems worried. Is the next step a regulation of the web? Too much information is not a bad thing… unless you have something to hide.
The party of tolerance seem only to be tolerant and open minded when you agree with them.
But what do I know. I’m just some right wing, raciest, homo-phobic wing-nut from Texas.
dh
Interesting post by Dad. The older we get, the more we think alike…when i’m nearly eighty we’ll agree on everything!
http://gbjerry.posterous.com/in-times-like-these-0
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The Challenge
Life is a funny thing.? It’s full of contradictions, challenges and conundrums.
One particularly challenging facet of “life” is work. Mind you, I’m all for work.? Nothing is more satisfying than the feeling of a job well done. Seeing the end result of your labor and knowing the skills and knowledge gleaned from years of experience have brought you to this point of satisfaction.
This can come from something as simple as mowing the lawn to creating a piece of music or work of art.
In my case it happens to be working with people, building relationships with employees and customers so that the company succeeds.
The problem, as it often is, is not the work but the Job.
Someone once told me “if it weren’t for the people, this job would be perfect”.
So here is the challenge, how to work (be creative, use your talents, enjoy the process) and still deal with the “job”. I am not na?ve. I know assholes and idiots surround us and every day in all of our activities we must learn to deal with these…. well these assholes. It seems though that at every turn these folks are sucking the will out of you, trying to bring you to a point, perhaps down to their level.
A very wise person told me once that I should not be the job. I think I understand were he was going with this. You must always be the individual, the greatest minority on earth. You can become what you do, just not the entity that you do it for.? Does that make since?
Dh
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The “Crew”
The whole Bunch
Here are a few more pictures taken by our friend Juan. He and some others went out a different direction on Saturday and took these shots.
DH
A few shots of this past weekends ride to the Navasota area.
The weather was perfect and the wildflowers were spectacular. More to follow.
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One Happy Guy
Old Yellar at the “Pump”
the price per gallon was 10.9 cents !
Washington on the Brazon.
Independance Hall
This is the ferry landing Settelers used to reach the Old Capitol.
the back roads to Independace
Andersen, Texas
Courthouse in Andersen, Texas
Only 4years out of inspecton! With her nose pushed up in that Juniper,
it looks like she’s ashamed of her present condition.
Kind of reminds me of Mayflower (my old Dodge)
Backwoods Grill, on the way out. A great plae to eat and kick back.
The original site of Baylor University, Independance, Texas. Tons of flowers (and tourist)
On the road around Brenham
Tom and Linda who tagged along for the ride home
The “compassion” of the Left; an excuse to ignore the actual results of their so-called good intensions.
Just like my beloved Golden Retriever, they live in the moment without any consideration for their actions, present or past.
This works for a dog.
Have fun
Be careful
dh