tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68845612862527095612024-03-14T06:34:25.782-05:00Livin' the Dream 2Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-77627297524018768552022-07-09T12:09:00.001-05:002022-07-09T12:09:29.506-05:00The Finale!<div>9 July 2022--Spent a couple days visiting with our friend Denise in N Myrtle Beach, which got it's name back in 1900 in a "name the town" contest. Crepe Myrtle bushes are abundant here, so the name is no surprise.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikG9pEiHOdpxEFetgfK40Qn5PMk-_rEVbt1kiaBb_Im69XfJLXSsMcA5u0X1taXp8BXxSrA6vk-5MdavX1zuxz39xvcolDTKXxrRfES9uKfCPzlmYmsKY3MiCeC5xNSIoW2py6aB0dJjBaX87uKBMKF2WDNLcHQJCLewoMM9ctTR2xkSkabHdODW68eA/s3282/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3282" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikG9pEiHOdpxEFetgfK40Qn5PMk-_rEVbt1kiaBb_Im69XfJLXSsMcA5u0X1taXp8BXxSrA6vk-5MdavX1zuxz39xvcolDTKXxrRfES9uKfCPzlmYmsKY3MiCeC5xNSIoW2py6aB0dJjBaX87uKBMKF2WDNLcHQJCLewoMM9ctTR2xkSkabHdODW68eA/w200-h114/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <div><br /></div><div>Like most beach towns, odd attractions abound. lol The middle pic is an upside down building.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIODuWMvFWikoVY22-RrC0Aktl3V_NoucLs6KW2QjxZ4Ch_gbTlYzLVyzhVdlEZ7x7S3bsCOCGaZ39F3iRAVs6vIqkUm4RA-B2nDa-wgbPa3j5h-7qp7YzdK6sdGnuUeFufQb6FPlE-g4FTqBTkT__Z1QxQMW7u5ax6WI1RzTvzq-7rhltsWGcNAAIkQ/s4000/1a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIODuWMvFWikoVY22-RrC0Aktl3V_NoucLs6KW2QjxZ4Ch_gbTlYzLVyzhVdlEZ7x7S3bsCOCGaZ39F3iRAVs6vIqkUm4RA-B2nDa-wgbPa3j5h-7qp7YzdK6sdGnuUeFufQb6FPlE-g4FTqBTkT__Z1QxQMW7u5ax6WI1RzTvzq-7rhltsWGcNAAIkQ/w93-h200/1a.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r2Z9KNsEptxONtFCcsIwiKCIktzSOrrcSZHY-J9dJcKY42mUUtmgvPnzhe6Hd-jghRBt92_0ccGBmbxpU-EhiYiQ1J1A8SXKPFgInmgY7dgQXhJWxySZKeYZxtT-Yy9Wz54UX2Z3IscFA1mZIPsvG3BPFbh_9pzabiLkypJ1hZUzig6Tu1gxfV_YWA/s4000/1b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r2Z9KNsEptxONtFCcsIwiKCIktzSOrrcSZHY-J9dJcKY42mUUtmgvPnzhe6Hd-jghRBt92_0ccGBmbxpU-EhiYiQ1J1A8SXKPFgInmgY7dgQXhJWxySZKeYZxtT-Yy9Wz54UX2Z3IscFA1mZIPsvG3BPFbh_9pzabiLkypJ1hZUzig6Tu1gxfV_YWA/w200-h93/1b.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkklwKaGIvgGPHmFNpf-ZD2-Xk2-zGKpSC_H0S1mFw9xectCPyHcZOsdwPen_Wqk9rD-RceQQnVWUtac_OdNMKtsJk3FkQMlQXzO8e2aPk6z0xTO_5V_O_XgkG3Fo1SCBrf17FMpV01KYEcbkGlHNNHw2zbtBMyjZGNrzqwC1Sxrd2aOTe34PjeaMN_A/s4000/1c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkklwKaGIvgGPHmFNpf-ZD2-Xk2-zGKpSC_H0S1mFw9xectCPyHcZOsdwPen_Wqk9rD-RceQQnVWUtac_OdNMKtsJk3FkQMlQXzO8e2aPk6z0xTO_5V_O_XgkG3Fo1SCBrf17FMpV01KYEcbkGlHNNHw2zbtBMyjZGNrzqwC1Sxrd2aOTe34PjeaMN_A/w200-h93/1c.jpg" width="200" /></a> <div><br /></div><div>Beyond the schtick, we spent a good 3 hours at Brookgreen Gardens, approximately 9,000 acres of beautiful gardens and outdoor sculptures. There are over 2000 sculptures here--I'll spare you most of them--lol. (I know you were thinking, "oh no, Paula, don't do it! lol)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Q1xDz-i2H-Lx2PLOlsv_OVc6oOspJ7Aqe584c5KHB-px6JEOSS-Fv0kfAIhe7C111LxrFC8qHWy1mJV4C945Zxjot2PgijvMTOECB4EWgODBsjdqfyRvHz5r6ZN__4QE1MVWzwTqlEvqyfmqQzN_nMZ0IgpQ2DGzcJHcJOMMa2q38Kh2OzvtV2ikw/s3633/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1666" data-original-width="3633" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Q1xDz-i2H-Lx2PLOlsv_OVc6oOspJ7Aqe584c5KHB-px6JEOSS-Fv0kfAIhe7C111LxrFC8qHWy1mJV4C945Zxjot2PgijvMTOECB4EWgODBsjdqfyRvHz5r6ZN__4QE1MVWzwTqlEvqyfmqQzN_nMZ0IgpQ2DGzcJHcJOMMa2q38Kh2OzvtV2ikw/w200-h92/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS84Jm5f0Li2Yj0D5AaRztOjU6C7_d20jvfefrieYwemYKWuPCqAXHJgpcXYZcmaPGq0vWHkzl8ooBwr_p8fkXlUqN08_RAx-6mMUIxMxIwBwWC0IAClfqmo3AwDDpdpRZjjc1X5zfaNlIGnaVl1PB0LTMcQqSeEEp1j3_BJmEU9PlfVf49swO8FXsuQ/s3791/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3791" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS84Jm5f0Li2Yj0D5AaRztOjU6C7_d20jvfefrieYwemYKWuPCqAXHJgpcXYZcmaPGq0vWHkzl8ooBwr_p8fkXlUqN08_RAx-6mMUIxMxIwBwWC0IAClfqmo3AwDDpdpRZjjc1X5zfaNlIGnaVl1PB0LTMcQqSeEEp1j3_BJmEU9PlfVf49swO8FXsuQ/w200-h98/3.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The 3rd pic here in the 1st row is a tribute to the owners/developers of this property. Archer and Ann Hyatt Huntington bought what used to be 4 plantations as a place to showcase her sculptures. Most in here are not hers, but some are.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4g6Bse7LqCfG5Pn09x2Zd3P3mWPlMHHxhJAxCXtIM8Ct4X6V4vcVhldxDhApzDXJuwIt5kDyrvGOPWXRvstQoqdlol8f9W6sB5EuRm9yTLeD6l9Dk0XKuuGmysYxCukpIqq_k5tDqzvdAxnzfU_IbPo91CzzpUuOwWSogxPyn3cGg50IcvBT4gMZVQ/s2905/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2905" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4g6Bse7LqCfG5Pn09x2Zd3P3mWPlMHHxhJAxCXtIM8Ct4X6V4vcVhldxDhApzDXJuwIt5kDyrvGOPWXRvstQoqdlol8f9W6sB5EuRm9yTLeD6l9Dk0XKuuGmysYxCukpIqq_k5tDqzvdAxnzfU_IbPo91CzzpUuOwWSogxPyn3cGg50IcvBT4gMZVQ/w200-h106/4.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtP1jJ9KZdBEOCHGcnLTkXGytvbpznq7jpbwWUWoWsms85wpNn5BS_JRe6J_hqptOSBNRwRWjvMYtMFSzK6anTd_x8OY9fDfBSrqWqULwoXJ2arj8-zPsQfvoyslu3x44y5m1-ITn9QSDdMPLKzY0ackmQyGriDxb4PT5r5NKQvN65qPwwdxqMUj_-A/s3528/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Denise is in the 2nd pic.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSSco--eo89aIX_f0f8xbF5bnO1BFzEfKdABirDizHmUY8y8Ppko2nYS8chqxlbveiNbNzbz1N8Bt3Guhatodv2DWJclCnOFTmK0JXM1zidNsXO7_eIigcBibxz7cM24oPUzswLFEONdmea4sLLsEgBmtYJOBcuG7LSfK_Of4zRLOYkuYrfLIsjtpvQ/s2561/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2561" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSSco--eo89aIX_f0f8xbF5bnO1BFzEfKdABirDizHmUY8y8Ppko2nYS8chqxlbveiNbNzbz1N8Bt3Guhatodv2DWJclCnOFTmK0JXM1zidNsXO7_eIigcBibxz7cM24oPUzswLFEONdmea4sLLsEgBmtYJOBcuG7LSfK_Of4zRLOYkuYrfLIsjtpvQ/w200-h111/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15Cc3uQHNSbJocfwkUW2oI6r-mBWIwXed2CZwc94gcHewueV-A_iV3oJM0lCvYm_fgbBqXrqZ-_DPQ52zG0jsFb4_iQ5eg7Uj3_D_PEZoSIq1LXPHI3cbU2-NjQEM6JqAgY9grEVOU1WfuaTdcAyFXcbplKP_bAHCFPvGJ23WBrm8ICi9bMVWrkdabg/s3654/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1787" data-original-width="3654" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15Cc3uQHNSbJocfwkUW2oI6r-mBWIwXed2CZwc94gcHewueV-A_iV3oJM0lCvYm_fgbBqXrqZ-_DPQ52zG0jsFb4_iQ5eg7Uj3_D_PEZoSIq1LXPHI3cbU2-NjQEM6JqAgY9grEVOU1WfuaTdcAyFXcbplKP_bAHCFPvGJ23WBrm8ICi9bMVWrkdabg/w200-h98/14.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLV2jiHhp2ucb1FiMUy91P1DZKtWmSFlh4vo22R-7hmaIaHy-GcLxwe0KWK2jinDjPIOPG7h78ag3Oj5munbPXaeDwSDXY2DVS7DYMKOQ8dmQeVDdPrrMOtIsB0jAQUcTJHeqbjQefa9ofZejnuanxF61r64phSivtkYF1oVJbSJSin9EZ7nbvMp4_g/s2893/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="2893" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLV2jiHhp2ucb1FiMUy91P1DZKtWmSFlh4vo22R-7hmaIaHy-GcLxwe0KWK2jinDjPIOPG7h78ag3Oj5munbPXaeDwSDXY2DVS7DYMKOQ8dmQeVDdPrrMOtIsB0jAQUcTJHeqbjQefa9ofZejnuanxF61r64phSivtkYF1oVJbSJSin9EZ7nbvMp4_g/w200-h125/15.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxEKSlsHMSX1pjzZHqAM3PfGxllScX6u5xZpnV5jAuUzjk0lR66Z11jf3FwdfbmM_VvH2147sfsbcHOlT7C5dezKxAOzN85qvoogs58u_K7On81yFEwrnM1kSJl37s37DAYJExiegjPwxRG-Ig_BOIVud26Q8PuMtxyVW8PA6xspscBd1meXifeSfHg/s3531/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="3531" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxEKSlsHMSX1pjzZHqAM3PfGxllScX6u5xZpnV5jAuUzjk0lR66Z11jf3FwdfbmM_VvH2147sfsbcHOlT7C5dezKxAOzN85qvoogs58u_K7On81yFEwrnM1kSJl37s37DAYJExiegjPwxRG-Ig_BOIVud26Q8PuMtxyVW8PA6xspscBd1meXifeSfHg/w200-h103/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This next series of pics are by far my favorite part of the gardens. These live oaks are up to 250 years old and absolutely beautiful. Behind Cathy and me in the 3rd is Live Oak Allee, a section of the gardens that are fully worth the trip all by itself. 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Looks very festive!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SbZhaQ-svHCgFghQ1Rk0adQhCUjdU5FqiFaLre5uqgHEv_MUDLQNlI1JUhg4tdCuG7eTdH2kvu9qP7fv2jtHGGStZbHejOtgLHuDerpw_2F3K4GnvVycYMaxYFNl9MZVSuQZ6V8YLqFLLXMmNuFtW3Vg_RJ4rhhX_d5fiI7-9RRcnp3bvBryV8Qldw/s4000/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SbZhaQ-svHCgFghQ1Rk0adQhCUjdU5FqiFaLre5uqgHEv_MUDLQNlI1JUhg4tdCuG7eTdH2kvu9qP7fv2jtHGGStZbHejOtgLHuDerpw_2F3K4GnvVycYMaxYFNl9MZVSuQZ6V8YLqFLLXMmNuFtW3Vg_RJ4rhhX_d5fiI7-9RRcnp3bvBryV8Qldw/w200-h93/27.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UaJucWxDytpC70oGem-cRVGr-eK_EUT1i9_5teQkZKHSbPgDEX-ee5ZEpRnurps3bwXtsyQXFqClAh96F8oxUNRdcjN6Etnk-UFStkVhl96zPK_rIP9DXdr5RomOpgHcLE2TxWoPbyb4EL1dJZFixD-OkKRbyXNLGlsk9PQg3G2hjw6FzSfPrJScHA/s3624/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1859" data-original-width="3624" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UaJucWxDytpC70oGem-cRVGr-eK_EUT1i9_5teQkZKHSbPgDEX-ee5ZEpRnurps3bwXtsyQXFqClAh96F8oxUNRdcjN6Etnk-UFStkVhl96zPK_rIP9DXdr5RomOpgHcLE2TxWoPbyb4EL1dJZFixD-OkKRbyXNLGlsk9PQg3G2hjw6FzSfPrJScHA/w200-h103/28.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This Don Quixote sculpture was done by Anna, but his cohort Sancho Panza was done by someone else years later.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_Vsf_VTAuMUCV7X-sFRmwk1bJehNZqOUbDGdy9Z6BFnaPVDQ-gm6UmwORzQaQ82M_H_6_IsZ_LkI-sI3GZjeyzsV-j4W7-q2y96UFzlZ9W07mh26ciMzqG_63cQnT7uHMQWDVwSMzD6xu8BJ79VofrODLXZ0VIhL1WoXqPVak6Zul5L_vsIx9CezIw/s2741/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1666" data-original-width="2741" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_Vsf_VTAuMUCV7X-sFRmwk1bJehNZqOUbDGdy9Z6BFnaPVDQ-gm6UmwORzQaQ82M_H_6_IsZ_LkI-sI3GZjeyzsV-j4W7-q2y96UFzlZ9W07mh26ciMzqG_63cQnT7uHMQWDVwSMzD6xu8BJ79VofrODLXZ0VIhL1WoXqPVak6Zul5L_vsIx9CezIw/w200-h121/29.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiuYHcbiQeF-NXDxVZF2OtePvoEPwL4CKq2WdSjJcdUWS_n-0p9xHuX-b5qYgFusyh_bed06xN3NLjLXdIJ7lkJLhflYrJ5mvayqLwf2NVlVP5aYbaLrtgrtMzelxlSkR5-dYjIb8O-w7lECwlXoZQsC-ipTdBz1r-nafmu8y0DcnIfVAIILa49rjosw/s3088/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="1851" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiuYHcbiQeF-NXDxVZF2OtePvoEPwL4CKq2WdSjJcdUWS_n-0p9xHuX-b5qYgFusyh_bed06xN3NLjLXdIJ7lkJLhflYrJ5mvayqLwf2NVlVP5aYbaLrtgrtMzelxlSkR5-dYjIb8O-w7lECwlXoZQsC-ipTdBz1r-nafmu8y0DcnIfVAIILa49rjosw/w120-h200/30.jpg" width="120" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu-3nhwyWQ2JLwEYgz4bqzisv-nszoWeFc9tMPDelw0BswxwD-j5QPNKfrtsUDl3dFfysIGXtMylQ1c1EF9ZW5PXXcNXisifW6xEBKVtZSLerD5uLEJvI6RhD8StMy3pmzyjXk4idtNFaPEc3bwsBmSUP7MDGanzWru9qbcDFxIsjbZelWrQySgLP_g/s3623/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3623" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu-3nhwyWQ2JLwEYgz4bqzisv-nszoWeFc9tMPDelw0BswxwD-j5QPNKfrtsUDl3dFfysIGXtMylQ1c1EF9ZW5PXXcNXisifW6xEBKVtZSLerD5uLEJvI6RhD8StMy3pmzyjXk4idtNFaPEc3bwsBmSUP7MDGanzWru9qbcDFxIsjbZelWrQySgLP_g/w200-h103/31.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>They have the most different looking squirrels...look at his face and how long his tail and legs are. It's called a fox squirrel.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqFzJaW3QyBFGpxWg-M6ltTVFs27rGYh-zMSQemesDGzmNmsEUMmmd5d2XUL3Bf6UU_sirENFX0ztgSGJ9mnVcDM_yHKHzWEGdE8FKnT64lR1vBvZrYlt4-tTwshtRA8yAYf2jGDCzw79rhU1PbhPrNpypqdgoSSr9wXxLF4aWU_tCwbJLApxx6mReA/s1646/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="1516" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqFzJaW3QyBFGpxWg-M6ltTVFs27rGYh-zMSQemesDGzmNmsEUMmmd5d2XUL3Bf6UU_sirENFX0ztgSGJ9mnVcDM_yHKHzWEGdE8FKnT64lR1vBvZrYlt4-tTwshtRA8yAYf2jGDCzw79rhU1PbhPrNpypqdgoSSr9wXxLF4aWU_tCwbJLApxx6mReA/w184-h200/32.jpg" width="184" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii44lB8cx0JDz7ON60ce7-586cLLg4Cx0WkqAlA-FXgovP8-MRJCA8CPkjdg0yfdIHSMYxZYwjO_kaOf1N8Et_8w32hVT6vYCYRswoCU3Fce0bG-9Wl24eLWVlms731uyuIR3DEFmqTFpZbxU1hZ3S7efyAYt-euedGFJpjio6C6bZunmcjCHf_knsvg/s3908/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3908" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii44lB8cx0JDz7ON60ce7-586cLLg4Cx0WkqAlA-FXgovP8-MRJCA8CPkjdg0yfdIHSMYxZYwjO_kaOf1N8Et_8w32hVT6vYCYRswoCU3Fce0bG-9Wl24eLWVlms731uyuIR3DEFmqTFpZbxU1hZ3S7efyAYt-euedGFJpjio6C6bZunmcjCHf_knsvg/w200-h96/33.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObEd7e35S9Dc_j98ruKmfKHjgVZj3d2-dzHLWClXXdyzbY2e4t58n2xVjmqd-Zlz6AnWPuZUg7weWsHsED608yOFt4tEYTJLKezJ_X3_KONLvPFzLTjtoMiq9HRhQDnMdTpsSdNHCOqYHSP4ZOUHibUXjlAVhsR6o_EZ65YoWmpoZVSTeVqxZiHwIag/s3388/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3388" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObEd7e35S9Dc_j98ruKmfKHjgVZj3d2-dzHLWClXXdyzbY2e4t58n2xVjmqd-Zlz6AnWPuZUg7weWsHsED608yOFt4tEYTJLKezJ_X3_KONLvPFzLTjtoMiq9HRhQDnMdTpsSdNHCOqYHSP4ZOUHibUXjlAVhsR6o_EZ65YoWmpoZVSTeVqxZiHwIag/w200-h110/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>It was brutally, and embarrassingly, humid there. lol Someone actually remarked to me in passing, "hot, huh?" You think? I'm walking around a sopping mess!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0EmUMx0dtYFaGrOPdohHj1qQXFzsvLQpkxawR_GuWvc6Sgn7d-UR8nVhckaeR3AkEmoGAgeVjMs6km2K36obHOTRof57iS62iUtPwyhHTURAb9bGGu89Cbkv2_Z1Hjbo78wZNQXe-rd5i4-VtrkWRdwEEpWZ5lzKr2PdZ6K2x7zcxqgU0dmYoVwRUg/s3859/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3859" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0EmUMx0dtYFaGrOPdohHj1qQXFzsvLQpkxawR_GuWvc6Sgn7d-UR8nVhckaeR3AkEmoGAgeVjMs6km2K36obHOTRof57iS62iUtPwyhHTURAb9bGGu89Cbkv2_Z1Hjbo78wZNQXe-rd5i4-VtrkWRdwEEpWZ5lzKr2PdZ6K2x7zcxqgU0dmYoVwRUg/w200-h96/35.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbNQYDjsjQ1Y51GeWco3fqo-c2ZoS-X72E1mXkbedcEUxy-ThdgloaEfIK8lSzdgAvaefsU85dTE0m90moYVFaVEeWWPxBBPsXqEsL1do87PJJQWS11_XuL6tOr_w0sbE3b6koLkgITdKeMIwdyveIlBc9RMap4zeW9S-my691PD28qDU41AeLtr5Qw/s3216/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbNQYDjsjQ1Y51GeWco3fqo-c2ZoS-X72E1mXkbedcEUxy-ThdgloaEfIK8lSzdgAvaefsU85dTE0m90moYVFaVEeWWPxBBPsXqEsL1do87PJJQWS11_XuL6tOr_w0sbE3b6koLkgITdKeMIwdyveIlBc9RMap4zeW9S-my691PD28qDU41AeLtr5Qw/w93-h200/36.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Denise is just starting to wilt, but Cathy is barely glistening as we head into the Cypress Swamp area, where they had some info on the slave population and a small zoo.</div><div><br /></div><div><a border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" gt="" height="93" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfFdh7G50hccQj-v1y29PK0N3NXSvAV2VWe1bSLHYCYl-jJOtjv0-W0c14QAQVS47mnuq7-tmOcv5d9KTZqDR-GTXT99YMIZK-yYtkNnIGfH-eXZvUS60chOV7ZrRqtR9e24ZaXnoPDZtOSj0Tc8HhhzuMSbRpBmHZeuLXOqmXxOMUXF5kTLBi1Abvw/s4000/37.jpg" img="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfFdh7G50hccQj-v1y29PK0N3NXSvAV2VWe1bSLHYCYl-jJOtjv0-W0c14QAQVS47mnuq7-tmOcv5d9KTZqDR-GTXT99YMIZK-yYtkNnIGfH-eXZvUS60chOV7ZrRqtR9e24ZaXnoPDZtOSj0Tc8HhhzuMSbRpBmHZeuLXOqmXxOMUXF5kTLBi1Abvw/w200-h93/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" width="200"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCAXFf19nzfJ-zBGCmxTEANJipa4anERGtZ1oMxEK25aJRYho3AFF3_JMdkL4EBBQ2b2UVCPVWJ1pqut_6eF2KDIfvoHm7ohoNKjamhy09HijdQ_vg2xZSDnUGwRrtMBsUWGidfznxrI3v4GKT-gEyS-__9Uqeq5WDF5PU2vcKXSILaRQzaJj2lnuOg/s4000/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCAXFf19nzfJ-zBGCmxTEANJipa4anERGtZ1oMxEK25aJRYho3AFF3_JMdkL4EBBQ2b2UVCPVWJ1pqut_6eF2KDIfvoHm7ohoNKjamhy09HijdQ_vg2xZSDnUGwRrtMBsUWGidfznxrI3v4GKT-gEyS-__9Uqeq5WDF5PU2vcKXSILaRQzaJj2lnuOg/w200-h93/38.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OfZWUVGc_sILJzZ-N1f6-LWhRBxAXcvADgEnAt8d9bcRI_B8SMCpkAOePaYQO5hBRxXShnqYLaUOddQNZ2am8viJnG6jXAOB13dcuSzUvYhPnayaEKKxiMTv-Ppm1qB8_rZNDopQyDi9pebFfqCL3PC4rUllSvoqtZUk-UMJGlOSYyUCCaOCl64XaA/s4000/39.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OfZWUVGc_sILJzZ-N1f6-LWhRBxAXcvADgEnAt8d9bcRI_B8SMCpkAOePaYQO5hBRxXShnqYLaUOddQNZ2am8viJnG6jXAOB13dcuSzUvYhPnayaEKKxiMTv-Ppm1qB8_rZNDopQyDi9pebFfqCL3PC4rUllSvoqtZUk-UMJGlOSYyUCCaOCl64XaA/w200-h93/39.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxrxULbl3R3CXIp2NiXbM4R7G7GZt14DOQdz92b-M2PVb_egwKM-8kURXPAVwsu2gyvqy3op1hx8Os2Ip4CL8-p4LY0TN-dyFuK98Maa9Bk4-LS5QRQaRiuJLuOu9Izyf3oByhX8nY_OSd4mFYflvtxIpxB9NXJfT6RzfNtKXGNGFfLyxxhYtL_cDTQ/s4000/40.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxrxULbl3R3CXIp2NiXbM4R7G7GZt14DOQdz92b-M2PVb_egwKM-8kURXPAVwsu2gyvqy3op1hx8Os2Ip4CL8-p4LY0TN-dyFuK98Maa9Bk4-LS5QRQaRiuJLuOu9Izyf3oByhX8nY_OSd4mFYflvtxIpxB9NXJfT6RzfNtKXGNGFfLyxxhYtL_cDTQ/w200-h93/40.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In 1850 Joshua Ward owned this property and was the largest slave owner in the country. Most of the slaves in this area came from the coasts of Africa, where the climate was similar and rice had been grown for thousands of years. They were brought here for their agricultural skills to grow rice on all the plantations in this area. Here is a list of some of the names of people who actually worked here.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNYGHv_-aclm1w82R_1On4wzpDim3en-kfAwDXnGK9Obs5ARnutXxsJCI8hKKBiG9-wBZ4_P_YPlKcqzMNHI5fMTx0daCCWYFORlJ1b-QhxKMtzLlIg1qcJz7UqIcuuvKtxLZncCySbMWsuUYj2eq_gD9Zb6LR8b_hIWneNSt1hlmeP-2lLfa5vCQng/s3588/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3588" data-original-width="1778" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNYGHv_-aclm1w82R_1On4wzpDim3en-kfAwDXnGK9Obs5ARnutXxsJCI8hKKBiG9-wBZ4_P_YPlKcqzMNHI5fMTx0daCCWYFORlJ1b-QhxKMtzLlIg1qcJz7UqIcuuvKtxLZncCySbMWsuUYj2eq_gD9Zb6LR8b_hIWneNSt1hlmeP-2lLfa5vCQng/w99-h200/41.jpg" width="99" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51p918jjcOEFxuMP0UAj3T-UgczD-K6RQ4PTkMrYUguOeDsa896DhF6HUDyEu94lZyjDYzYhcS6X_hNCc5QmjjjV1fGh7D9Wuu5nLg-u70OxrlPwf1waoTG4C6pcgRKpJBpGeJ65xbNnXGo1nubJQwY3Xs1QkJWt9eT3t_PJsa6F-gsCrc5sfWLk1kg/s2698/42.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="2698" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51p918jjcOEFxuMP0UAj3T-UgczD-K6RQ4PTkMrYUguOeDsa896DhF6HUDyEu94lZyjDYzYhcS6X_hNCc5QmjjjV1fGh7D9Wuu5nLg-u70OxrlPwf1waoTG4C6pcgRKpJBpGeJ65xbNnXGo1nubJQwY3Xs1QkJWt9eT3t_PJsa6F-gsCrc5sfWLk1kg/w200-h108/42.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1QW9prfMvtSN_mJVDwkfLlvofG6uve3NQnZp7Xm-zCN2czA4Jy2yaA3Tf43bvNeKVLxIYnejwWotJv4YHw1mXDSagQ_ycGKe_gyoHfH9zaTDj6XR7azD33LEAr2hzjbhDCLQrWPQnC4Gbx2-VUfi6-DDlM1ly0nySHDPV7vtOIb2TeUxaO93_gcQUA/s4000/43.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1QW9prfMvtSN_mJVDwkfLlvofG6uve3NQnZp7Xm-zCN2czA4Jy2yaA3Tf43bvNeKVLxIYnejwWotJv4YHw1mXDSagQ_ycGKe_gyoHfH9zaTDj6XR7azD33LEAr2hzjbhDCLQrWPQnC4Gbx2-VUfi6-DDlM1ly0nySHDPV7vtOIb2TeUxaO93_gcQUA/w200-h93/43.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Wasn't much of a zoo, but I'm toast at this point so we gladly called it a day--I'm now the nerd who has their glasses constantly sliding down their nose--ugh! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7zPWAwQE_xlVUAci02hbK2h8q5Le115TAsxrBgzFxietAxvtmkQZo7UTYwoM3oIoSp5l-2qL_8nWPjGvtS_XVffpVw6GMr8yz3rYf9wUObC6cyzEQksKFDA36PIjEnks-p5YlsRNCOg_XYq3F6EGqEwJfQ0G04L1-h2_c6DIkAkqFMg6z_q1bdcjgA/s4000/44.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7zPWAwQE_xlVUAci02hbK2h8q5Le115TAsxrBgzFxietAxvtmkQZo7UTYwoM3oIoSp5l-2qL_8nWPjGvtS_XVffpVw6GMr8yz3rYf9wUObC6cyzEQksKFDA36PIjEnks-p5YlsRNCOg_XYq3F6EGqEwJfQ0G04L1-h2_c6DIkAkqFMg6z_q1bdcjgA/w200-h93/44.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWbc_PgjpQQBZXK5hL-nUZCrUP261MA7XSkeYYWHWDlqwUJrFGsyP3hOAyugJJHqeS8LKV69ihuKM00-bpVyG8KLK7H8qqDaAtAKpG_oOAGdCkbwA9dd6LyUehZsaY3Znz58wwyKt7kX2clneuYNq7Fxmde9e0gMSVrxKewztpDPXRTta1z0i_uExpQ/s3216/45.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWbc_PgjpQQBZXK5hL-nUZCrUP261MA7XSkeYYWHWDlqwUJrFGsyP3hOAyugJJHqeS8LKV69ihuKM00-bpVyG8KLK7H8qqDaAtAKpG_oOAGdCkbwA9dd6LyUehZsaY3Znz58wwyKt7kX2clneuYNq7Fxmde9e0gMSVrxKewztpDPXRTta1z0i_uExpQ/w93-h200/45.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Denise let us use here golf cart so when we got home Cathy and I and the dogs took a drive along the beach and ended up at Denise's place 6 blocks away from our RV Park. Denise's condo is a block from the ocean, so we made plans to do some beach walking the next day.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sEkCLbENtrbdbj2x2Zs6UzeVXm2ZYqblYR9MKCeay3t70x5QeXj4EHUT8fprQGgMeEtOhUyKDIdkLUM2Jt9m1t4sX34B1MkVhsSgqK6JuLWsx4ySLfeqSs8hS435WE2elaq1MNIjuWciq9GL1Kx3q6rEKfEhsN0VmVoVHa3_18OAVlLNICDwM5XaYg/s3462/46.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3462" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sEkCLbENtrbdbj2x2Zs6UzeVXm2ZYqblYR9MKCeay3t70x5QeXj4EHUT8fprQGgMeEtOhUyKDIdkLUM2Jt9m1t4sX34B1MkVhsSgqK6JuLWsx4ySLfeqSs8hS435WE2elaq1MNIjuWciq9GL1Kx3q6rEKfEhsN0VmVoVHa3_18OAVlLNICDwM5XaYg/w200-h108/46.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6uVJ2Z7IqYcsQ-n6aabxvgs6ID7nXT7X3AEBXwlCf0x8xy0keDHo-cs2z__xk_ATagnBEmNbPJlzepgRO7VSmj_pF7d6roQil3hnMOSDDsJ5b6OcdxElp0Qcs-y-tdTSqpemPX93azLaDErWpckhshp0dWJuBlgoBdbzeKe1nCzQSEzfIcUG8WD92Q/s4000/47.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6uVJ2Z7IqYcsQ-n6aabxvgs6ID7nXT7X3AEBXwlCf0x8xy0keDHo-cs2z__xk_ATagnBEmNbPJlzepgRO7VSmj_pF7d6roQil3hnMOSDDsJ5b6OcdxElp0Qcs-y-tdTSqpemPX93azLaDErWpckhshp0dWJuBlgoBdbzeKe1nCzQSEzfIcUG8WD92Q/w200-h93/47.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrH8zT7FKGQRWijzZ8wpyWhIZ0jbVZOXP3ONSu6lxUf6XVl3Hyaiy1F3NVJuT4rcF5E_NbXC2wZQuVb_981pkRLSwybGruhsQslRLjh9a3jpYGkJ89PuCm5QxFrk0iZdvvP2r0SUg4npR2kpAfcS8ZNcRNKP9ZAijCswnUSLKem35yGXt26uIDWOrDw/s4000/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrH8zT7FKGQRWijzZ8wpyWhIZ0jbVZOXP3ONSu6lxUf6XVl3Hyaiy1F3NVJuT4rcF5E_NbXC2wZQuVb_981pkRLSwybGruhsQslRLjh9a3jpYGkJ89PuCm5QxFrk0iZdvvP2r0SUg4npR2kpAfcS8ZNcRNKP9ZAijCswnUSLKem35yGXt26uIDWOrDw/w200-h93/49.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRk-xVPDVtvIiIxzr0LnzbN1KBsOBEU5fTwKbKrgMg91MdTowUPOkKupOWy3eKQww69RPyFCI_1SR2D3jUxi9Jsykm7--8_ZeHKuGBQeZ9DedWDo3bG_RElzcra5lfJ9GllkFdY-_Ln-xZJOKlMOukz6gpL3id_VUOhbw1Ik1ozDmdsR0-iOq-vnXgQ/s3410/50.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3410" data-original-width="1831" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRk-xVPDVtvIiIxzr0LnzbN1KBsOBEU5fTwKbKrgMg91MdTowUPOkKupOWy3eKQww69RPyFCI_1SR2D3jUxi9Jsykm7--8_ZeHKuGBQeZ9DedWDo3bG_RElzcra5lfJ9GllkFdY-_Ln-xZJOKlMOukz6gpL3id_VUOhbw1Ik1ozDmdsR0-iOq-vnXgQ/w108-h200/50.jpg" width="108" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Denise's partner of 25 years passed a year ago in May. These are pics of her and her motorcycle in the Badlands and her in Maine. She was a very nice person, and we all miss her.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3xBH8X6Xdf3L89N_XhvuIeR_UxmrjHkcomPYUNpkrovOhpnBJUN8UMaTsDvYpUUzuy8xKVxZCRmleQ6RLEKp3NwssmEbwpbMdGfeLGuQO-rGAnCfjb0nODGHB4Jh4GHM8yl3IrIf-SbF8MLtMO-pDbO_XQivTK4lLe1HvLjotna3qaxkotMQee9rRg/s4000/51.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3xBH8X6Xdf3L89N_XhvuIeR_UxmrjHkcomPYUNpkrovOhpnBJUN8UMaTsDvYpUUzuy8xKVxZCRmleQ6RLEKp3NwssmEbwpbMdGfeLGuQO-rGAnCfjb0nODGHB4Jh4GHM8yl3IrIf-SbF8MLtMO-pDbO_XQivTK4lLe1HvLjotna3qaxkotMQee9rRg/w200-h93/51.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7BsDOzBcqt3fPcSX5KYuKFYrqVD0pjqzvO6UdmF78s2qO0ihGR55ubeosft7GtQeXih9SSHt_qc-yYWqy9zSwsG2nndOhNc3X0H3KLabLFnmMEtEaQ83fePIXCbwpUJ0Wf1sGZ7SsbCVC91PaGFtJdkH9aF3KraBLeY-J6ztlwGUij_VFaiwCDioVQ/s2639/52.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="2639" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7BsDOzBcqt3fPcSX5KYuKFYrqVD0pjqzvO6UdmF78s2qO0ihGR55ubeosft7GtQeXih9SSHt_qc-yYWqy9zSwsG2nndOhNc3X0H3KLabLFnmMEtEaQ83fePIXCbwpUJ0Wf1sGZ7SsbCVC91PaGFtJdkH9aF3KraBLeY-J6ztlwGUij_VFaiwCDioVQ/w200-h132/52.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1ZJ12msjo-0vbtu7iOsu0yjrw1tUqaLWWUm-7R5GvJAW2W1f03bJQoJiWRSsUe1m8ZLVPdEYm848_uSMlk82gXd6bd1qxaB0sNJiGmI81_WIYQgT43-8Wy24829xNWHE_Y7SyXn0vpeM-jOdwVMB1IkkvvS9cJ51adJwp49TLV4ljgtCXiMWyqp_Bg/s2668/53.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2668" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1ZJ12msjo-0vbtu7iOsu0yjrw1tUqaLWWUm-7R5GvJAW2W1f03bJQoJiWRSsUe1m8ZLVPdEYm848_uSMlk82gXd6bd1qxaB0sNJiGmI81_WIYQgT43-8Wy24829xNWHE_Y7SyXn0vpeM-jOdwVMB1IkkvvS9cJ51adJwp49TLV4ljgtCXiMWyqp_Bg/w200-h130/53.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFwLnZ4fDEtGhp2nRb-HFMUHlXZqu36eEWeGT40OjczLcR-iqJ0ZEU7oCxWOLpvbXGG25mB_8gW2vtY24I50OkPN1JAZ0_mBJKZpIzyjmcRez8mDa8P77HYoK0KAjCXSPfxXuQKVlVViHj6Zs90iTn6lS1-Ji2An_Qb9VK6GIf2agzMRceA5hS4ziRw/s3438/54.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3438" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFwLnZ4fDEtGhp2nRb-HFMUHlXZqu36eEWeGT40OjczLcR-iqJ0ZEU7oCxWOLpvbXGG25mB_8gW2vtY24I50OkPN1JAZ0_mBJKZpIzyjmcRez8mDa8P77HYoK0KAjCXSPfxXuQKVlVViHj6Zs90iTn6lS1-Ji2An_Qb9VK6GIf2agzMRceA5hS4ziRw/w200-h109/54.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Off to the beach, with Denise in her poker shirt, "All In"! The beach here is beautiful, and the water was warm...just perfect! After walking the beach a bit we drove around in the area of the Intercoastal Waterway...I love looking at these big River Boats.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKThObwJab11GCuVbVYAbh2GEcxTrey_QX1ZSW1ZfmsEd0MbF5yGceCrXdiouBoBGu19inI36k2CXp_u1HfrWAXWnnBnJ2K3k9AnZCZDfBdIbja2UrcxDLGfBq_68VASYF1VAAvcjeW1V00vLnxAhNrcEpD1zBOGDu2HCC7qF47h6WpeGoXH0SsIuaeA/s4000/55.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKThObwJab11GCuVbVYAbh2GEcxTrey_QX1ZSW1ZfmsEd0MbF5yGceCrXdiouBoBGu19inI36k2CXp_u1HfrWAXWnnBnJ2K3k9AnZCZDfBdIbja2UrcxDLGfBq_68VASYF1VAAvcjeW1V00vLnxAhNrcEpD1zBOGDu2HCC7qF47h6WpeGoXH0SsIuaeA/w93-h200/55.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtXmQSwBXnI4VKnL6HYb-fSpipy2LwdAts6KUhn6CapoUjp-a0J4_9puQ_ns812I7kYF8e07_1GJIO2WmiJDcrhBy2KVU3X6Dl6Egx8HMHZ7gs41ylymeEicQ1PkYr5JrhVIS6dkyt1zZ44M3kUXkoui2LYqQv2-uHHi31MKsoNF2oQgwi4CH3MgytA/s4000/56.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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It's been exactly 7 weeks since we left Ft Myers back in May and we had a wonderful time, but we are tired. lol We are going to John Prince Campground in Palm Beach County, FL for 10 days of rest and fishing, so if I do another blog at all it will be to show you all the fish we catch. lol Thanks for following along!</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-14162279769362651122022-07-05T12:15:00.000-05:002022-07-05T12:15:13.232-05:00Last of the History Lessons! lol<div>4 July 2022--We thought the Capitol building would be closed for the holiday, but we called and it was open so we headed to downtown Raleigh yesterday afternoon. That is the Capitol in the background, but the 1st thing to draw our attention was all the churches around us. Over Cathy's right shoulder is the 1st, but on each corner of the Capitol grounds were churches. These 4 were Episcopal, Presbyterian, and 2 Baptist. You gotta love that separation of church and state thing! And you have to wonder how the Catholics didn't get a corner--lol.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29Ts-qKqkdbxfWGINi-wwupBEIIlDcdJZ7p0WPD3bIvzN9LoWiRljfrmLMczZVCpMnvFPNFF7fh2qjt4Oup9D0Yz_vAePIQyDy0fF4KdUmG_LgTEtVNMTUWtc1tHoVHrttxPTfq88sHz0PJVAHZQd8_V8c92JVxcI47VINgg3hmuBaihN2qDCSp_x9w/s3612/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3612" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29Ts-qKqkdbxfWGINi-wwupBEIIlDcdJZ7p0WPD3bIvzN9LoWiRljfrmLMczZVCpMnvFPNFF7fh2qjt4Oup9D0Yz_vAePIQyDy0fF4KdUmG_LgTEtVNMTUWtc1tHoVHrttxPTfq88sHz0PJVAHZQd8_V8c92JVxcI47VINgg3hmuBaihN2qDCSp_x9w/w200-h103/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTL2-rZMDXoAiKrIqg--hqcLwtmWNeLmaZG2Ee6ZIdWWkP41miF-nU95l-NJ2m3QHprIYbxqS_npxaIbehaMV2dgMXkMeJX8ojTS7Wzu-_NyOQtAmEb1MEExqQsxpYbz2Jdr2XVwWs8pToic2DPUmtbWz59rTgNXsIik5oOHlH_jfLvsN-t1ZmFniNCQ/s4000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTL2-rZMDXoAiKrIqg--hqcLwtmWNeLmaZG2Ee6ZIdWWkP41miF-nU95l-NJ2m3QHprIYbxqS_npxaIbehaMV2dgMXkMeJX8ojTS7Wzu-_NyOQtAmEb1MEExqQsxpYbz2Jdr2XVwWs8pToic2DPUmtbWz59rTgNXsIik5oOHlH_jfLvsN-t1ZmFniNCQ/w200-h93/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTLLGF33Hdm9j4jgXZlyRVNrR2HbeerI7n8eQsZiDPHv1G8WL2070Zv4aP8MBD3YqzSlB650mIxEtgB7Ad_eD3ymfJqm2C0aiZmAkdN9LLqR0fIxZexErJfmCwAqb3tXs5hMWo1soZNdI_JhOXlwq_mHpQFs40hVB7R5vbJSUEctPWToyfartDIfIeg/s2765/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2765" data-original-width="1829" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTLLGF33Hdm9j4jgXZlyRVNrR2HbeerI7n8eQsZiDPHv1G8WL2070Zv4aP8MBD3YqzSlB650mIxEtgB7Ad_eD3ymfJqm2C0aiZmAkdN9LLqR0fIxZexErJfmCwAqb3tXs5hMWo1soZNdI_JhOXlwq_mHpQFs40hVB7R5vbJSUEctPWToyfartDIfIeg/w133-h200/3.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoRiKMr9tE9pSmsy0AjmBvDxOcRFrspQrU_AAD7i7Hopw9DDIfuApYqQKkM07NnLA-hbPwEGG78Z4fgvEVjVDQtuERSl0KvD0acp9EHwpbAp8mNLDxPTwF4Er8jFtS7mEqc-Q0bYuTpcW7dt7TT33OJ2o8DKzKFTodEvxs_fA8y-91VheURG6T7ulZA/s2497/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="1855" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoRiKMr9tE9pSmsy0AjmBvDxOcRFrspQrU_AAD7i7Hopw9DDIfuApYqQKkM07NnLA-hbPwEGG78Z4fgvEVjVDQtuERSl0KvD0acp9EHwpbAp8mNLDxPTwF4Er8jFtS7mEqc-Q0bYuTpcW7dt7TT33OJ2o8DKzKFTodEvxs_fA8y-91VheURG6T7ulZA/w149-h200/4.jpg" width="149" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSr-doB0DOQbGQ0ga5DSpyet-yTj-y4NNlm33DHj7CTJKtRWdPjvppVwbxsQWLXtB2U6AUsTXw2nZG67wFeQJ74bte_jGJUWdnElm2GocmCZ91MNo53elDUW1H214E3hHx3x683UcJnU-mWh8gNsSrBd_qJ2XJwLHU-n1EAJ_RJHA9UIoX1D3KSlyTA/s3438/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3438" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSr-doB0DOQbGQ0ga5DSpyet-yTj-y4NNlm33DHj7CTJKtRWdPjvppVwbxsQWLXtB2U6AUsTXw2nZG67wFeQJ74bte_jGJUWdnElm2GocmCZ91MNo53elDUW1H214E3hHx3x683UcJnU-mWh8gNsSrBd_qJ2XJwLHU-n1EAJ_RJHA9UIoX1D3KSlyTA/w109-h200/5.jpg" width="109" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The outside of the Capitol, built between 1833 and 1840, was more impressive than the inside. A big statue of Washington in front, and a big one of the 3 presidents from NC...James Polk, Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson in the back. Looking at the inscriptions beneath each one, you can see under Jackson that he "Revitalized American Democracy". Hmm, he's actually best known for signing the Indian Removal Act that led to the Trail of Tears most of us have heard about. A little fun fact about Johnson--he succeeded Lincoln after the assassination, of course, but he was also basically illiterate until he met his wife at 17 yrs old. He was 2nd only to Lincoln as the president with the least amount of formal education.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvZ9sDNrMKhJHSNQQzjChlvmgzQ4VI2Z7ST4RKn0FQNC_54eccWHBqI13swlaX7Rp0JB7X8xOokvyLlewjNzKjsnkpZ17osxcrZ7xkKIfL1S3ckxg1dxdhB8jA8vtk3WNNs2lK9dSnZuISvxJxzjhlfTw3NtOdIMTDoKIjqjwjKbEtyneodCB7gGhXA/s4000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvZ9sDNrMKhJHSNQQzjChlvmgzQ4VI2Z7ST4RKn0FQNC_54eccWHBqI13swlaX7Rp0JB7X8xOokvyLlewjNzKjsnkpZ17osxcrZ7xkKIfL1S3ckxg1dxdhB8jA8vtk3WNNs2lK9dSnZuISvxJxzjhlfTw3NtOdIMTDoKIjqjwjKbEtyneodCB7gGhXA/w200-h93/6.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvx86u3tEQ4YBSzKhdCBLFw2HhQlqMfnVYyRuHeyIqV7P96Cd-fvOgH8_bZ8rLDkOoNin9yAlVC5Wrd1uFBSP4RPGFdJEkU5Q386qQvyM1EgI3k8lztID7mAbbLs1uidTnOHf5ox763LrtOTiSB5I7DDM8sWKDBCtoj698fYK8XO2iONlACkjOA22F5w/s3478/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3478" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvx86u3tEQ4YBSzKhdCBLFw2HhQlqMfnVYyRuHeyIqV7P96Cd-fvOgH8_bZ8rLDkOoNin9yAlVC5Wrd1uFBSP4RPGFdJEkU5Q386qQvyM1EgI3k8lztID7mAbbLs1uidTnOHf5ox763LrtOTiSB5I7DDM8sWKDBCtoj698fYK8XO2iONlACkjOA22F5w/w200-h108/7.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL82Vh_YPIwFfZeJNKQttR-uFOgIAOnhuuiTW4POe3WXC4Esk9GpSMrYGU6gUFVZhZVklpNmwdzNkTlOWngf6WZ-JkFKHmRoMMvvXHqEEz4KSYxvnvNvBwQG8cv3pqQaCZ4qTOqPbipN5Zrdvku6dV6lvkN00KAk6ylqiENvGotBIFwU_bnb8xoRTRXA/s2353/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="2353" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL82Vh_YPIwFfZeJNKQttR-uFOgIAOnhuuiTW4POe3WXC4Esk9GpSMrYGU6gUFVZhZVklpNmwdzNkTlOWngf6WZ-JkFKHmRoMMvvXHqEEz4KSYxvnvNvBwQG8cv3pqQaCZ4qTOqPbipN5Zrdvku6dV6lvkN00KAk6ylqiENvGotBIFwU_bnb8xoRTRXA/w200-h86/8.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>On the side of the building was a nice WWII memorial. The 2nd pic lauds the citizenry for supplying more confederate soldiers and supplies to the war effort than any other southern state during the Civil War.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngCojrZJYBYmlNM_WfRs53hpmak_zqQFEIVyh8TUVfJwqzAQpr9Z50QC3mW3zhTPpBpaTelaYj5ihQvbsKBWb80Cf7uSoeljiRIt4ktSMr-GUUq2KMaiGBTyb7hKmVj75v-Zx3aJmZh0X8ROz9oROO--q4NJ8mKpg6eF_Sc3xljIbPe-vuc4RyCuv7w/s4000/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngCojrZJYBYmlNM_WfRs53hpmak_zqQFEIVyh8TUVfJwqzAQpr9Z50QC3mW3zhTPpBpaTelaYj5ihQvbsKBWb80Cf7uSoeljiRIt4ktSMr-GUUq2KMaiGBTyb7hKmVj75v-Zx3aJmZh0X8ROz9oROO--q4NJ8mKpg6eF_Sc3xljIbPe-vuc4RyCuv7w/w200-h93/9.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWDCyY06_s1S2L8hJ48nyvnwDo78fE9lthOGqG-CEmjFLidmiYuBPIyomRnvzY7LFb4fX5vFMsIUVLW42aSBZCaewdfT8HkZfjheu68cQfrRZ_3SBn6gagHTNwDKWuT62kOUI9QTlzK6fdCzWtPfIqQ7NX5yGo_baX4mIFjkc_BsRqAfMbSDn9xgrBg/s3204/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1673" data-original-width="3204" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWDCyY06_s1S2L8hJ48nyvnwDo78fE9lthOGqG-CEmjFLidmiYuBPIyomRnvzY7LFb4fX5vFMsIUVLW42aSBZCaewdfT8HkZfjheu68cQfrRZ_3SBn6gagHTNwDKWuT62kOUI9QTlzK6fdCzWtPfIqQ7NX5yGo_baX4mIFjkc_BsRqAfMbSDn9xgrBg/w200-h104/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>As I said, the inside of the building itself was nothing to write home about, but they did have a couple interesting displays. Here in the 1st pic we learn that NC was the 1st colony to recommend American Independence--really? I can't prove otherwise, of course, but that just seems like a stretch to me. lol And then we have Virginia Dare--the 1st child born to English parents in the New World. I have to ask--can anyone possibly have known that at the time? We seem to be a country obsessed with "firsts"...absurdly so if you ask me. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jV0aLGNgVvnEhFb_FyptjG2oPtZonER73DktsAYYP7CKEC9Sx6zLLaa2YZWkkEVbM2u83BVv-ANg5S-w_uz_S-IbG4QsZfKc8IBq2CQfp0iIoRbNB4-T-UbgZjsc4oxQizhWD50mnDssQf-sUn6G_eYFnJ07OkG4sSyExqtsOxqXasZrWWwuCf7hrA/s2869/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="1828" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jV0aLGNgVvnEhFb_FyptjG2oPtZonER73DktsAYYP7CKEC9Sx6zLLaa2YZWkkEVbM2u83BVv-ANg5S-w_uz_S-IbG4QsZfKc8IBq2CQfp0iIoRbNB4-T-UbgZjsc4oxQizhWD50mnDssQf-sUn6G_eYFnJ07OkG4sSyExqtsOxqXasZrWWwuCf7hrA/w127-h200/11.jpg" width="127" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIZ-_EIitxcOtDWvkOhgMSeBuYTvA9Dn4cc55N_1fAebuwlI3QHl55j-moSJyfUOxsJVqv82p1vym0mxnPXUHpLIzjiJWqbvJm-4WFWPHqdz1RNFot6G73yrIJ-l8UFGr0DHY4c8C1Ye5rHqikpNazKBuIk3lYXfUeqCsoOTObFjH-BS0ARo17Ns0vA/s2538/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2538" data-original-width="1850" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIZ-_EIitxcOtDWvkOhgMSeBuYTvA9Dn4cc55N_1fAebuwlI3QHl55j-moSJyfUOxsJVqv82p1vym0mxnPXUHpLIzjiJWqbvJm-4WFWPHqdz1RNFot6G73yrIJ-l8UFGr0DHY4c8C1Ye5rHqikpNazKBuIk3lYXfUeqCsoOTObFjH-BS0ARo17Ns0vA/w146-h200/12.jpg" width="146" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here they basically throw Betsy Ross under the bus. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIggibrvB96wvR-1LPJ39l9MmMtdCI1Ih8vTEslSN0i6ulCv_-5iSvW6KhmLgtPvvLg-bvgi9Ic27lBysM-uw0c5VUp1JzmU3Vz9J4Y7ciCZnrgqzfGUrcvrXXeUeMUx9NTejJxzTMjqVu3ezNgvcZnSmmpdbUioQ6dqjKPufCx1Sp0Pp6yAy6UF8Uw/s2316/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2316" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIggibrvB96wvR-1LPJ39l9MmMtdCI1Ih8vTEslSN0i6ulCv_-5iSvW6KhmLgtPvvLg-bvgi9Ic27lBysM-uw0c5VUp1JzmU3Vz9J4Y7ciCZnrgqzfGUrcvrXXeUeMUx9NTejJxzTMjqVu3ezNgvcZnSmmpdbUioQ6dqjKPufCx1Sp0Pp6yAy6UF8Uw/w200-h131/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSZknwV2_GyqEMvo1jjZ-mXppJA0v_HPcQZ6ne2qLdHeh1DXY158ZrXqoFaK6rJCRYdzg70k-bIjFJTJ9QT0sNwmngq5fJ1F_E8UUTsobLw_LFdKOyc0uE6Aul3L_KNpPFbnOOFnC1zExmhdtz2iIQZti9Yd6Qq-OV-L3FO-qlofj00oBvQLg9UbSpQ/s2609/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1743" data-original-width="2609" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSZknwV2_GyqEMvo1jjZ-mXppJA0v_HPcQZ6ne2qLdHeh1DXY158ZrXqoFaK6rJCRYdzg70k-bIjFJTJ9QT0sNwmngq5fJ1F_E8UUTsobLw_LFdKOyc0uE6Aul3L_KNpPFbnOOFnC1zExmhdtz2iIQZti9Yd6Qq-OV-L3FO-qlofj00oBvQLg9UbSpQ/w200-h134/14.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Of all the state Capitols we've been to, I think NC had the most extensive acknowledgement of the role played by slavery in building and maintaining it's capitol. The 3rd pic actually names all the enslaved men who were involved. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6t8tHLj4UWollA9oVnfDNI-cV6vmB4h_PNecnHZsSyFUUZpz-PHh5EVq3u6D2-oaZrnH9r1Yre0MtUqsQGPygAX2SkYXUS-dUS6OC8y9mfOKL1DPJHlby9uWT_nBJCoYPjncewK3Nk254DEtwN-FY8-iWEO4aT_KJz3UML7Q7LNe46A40fyTErQuWQ/s2430/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2430" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6t8tHLj4UWollA9oVnfDNI-cV6vmB4h_PNecnHZsSyFUUZpz-PHh5EVq3u6D2-oaZrnH9r1Yre0MtUqsQGPygAX2SkYXUS-dUS6OC8y9mfOKL1DPJHlby9uWT_nBJCoYPjncewK3Nk254DEtwN-FY8-iWEO4aT_KJz3UML7Q7LNe46A40fyTErQuWQ/w200-h150/15.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiKQK48Pz_G0wqtmTq0zL3ivHi08USSptIIhssdFmh1xFgZz_5rVKqkx5cb-bwpeTGmiBes19sy6E_OqfBiaWmUAITvcp9iof8AvzspAqk1Tudg3iWLjA30TO9mo4HB-EE6a1HQpYGidkIK1PcbqslHLmRu5hXC-8UTyGoOMuEGNwr5G6XtaTfnNafg/s2907/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="2907" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiKQK48Pz_G0wqtmTq0zL3ivHi08USSptIIhssdFmh1xFgZz_5rVKqkx5cb-bwpeTGmiBes19sy6E_OqfBiaWmUAITvcp9iof8AvzspAqk1Tudg3iWLjA30TO9mo4HB-EE6a1HQpYGidkIK1PcbqslHLmRu5hXC-8UTyGoOMuEGNwr5G6XtaTfnNafg/w200-h129/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIKp7EhtmZ4ofHxsOOalzYTlEpFMJH8TEhvtB2U_eXWWXtb39xyrG9Ps3rHBcfVd2ncdXx9LSBPN3lmX_jeGS5VXa-yro6XcA9l9jDTjGK25vXKCpx9YMhiD2gO8k5XMG4s3j25ppH2GWNUf2HKzXh0Ggvu9YQ98x-BYW4O8QechEaG8i6Go73ccdIA/s2696/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2696" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIKp7EhtmZ4ofHxsOOalzYTlEpFMJH8TEhvtB2U_eXWWXtb39xyrG9Ps3rHBcfVd2ncdXx9LSBPN3lmX_jeGS5VXa-yro6XcA9l9jDTjGK25vXKCpx9YMhiD2gO8k5XMG4s3j25ppH2GWNUf2HKzXh0Ggvu9YQ98x-BYW4O8QechEaG8i6Go73ccdIA/w200-h111/17.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This is the story of just one man who was a slave, tried to buy his freedom, went to Massachusetts and then returned to try to buy his wife and kids out of slavery. He ended up tarred and feathered, but lived, and went on to author several books and speak out against slavery. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUe_I1y615Bns-2a7_rcNmrYIyXMvwKMUk5Z49N5SAoZeqOSPYLlc_QFEjw35fuPsPvWx3YO8xP38IyAxa8qSLqRrZRDFogdqaEBz-nZEKiPwJY1rGKF5HfLD8WEnrzZG7aqtc50VsVWkLHWVLTDv-xKtUHKk2hUto7JVUoi3la3BLJs2bauJ9GKLWA/s1769/17a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="1743" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUe_I1y615Bns-2a7_rcNmrYIyXMvwKMUk5Z49N5SAoZeqOSPYLlc_QFEjw35fuPsPvWx3YO8xP38IyAxa8qSLqRrZRDFogdqaEBz-nZEKiPwJY1rGKF5HfLD8WEnrzZG7aqtc50VsVWkLHWVLTDv-xKtUHKk2hUto7JVUoi3la3BLJs2bauJ9GKLWA/w197-h200/17a.jpg" width="197" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70fI577RXoRnPCtHCMb16YCl2F8xIlIthXLgrjvD1OKD2Woj87IWTm8A921IiYAI3BjYhef8dMCOspidIIwa4J6kowCYXernV4OQ6CODWq3LD9VEhq8vxHaMxXifoZy6U0yBe1fYeukJJbccAeYRjTrJPamUdbv08g8Bgo-lHzp-kBaev9Id2vcJyTw/s2092/17b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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The Screech Owls are adorable--only about 6 inches tall. And we were told the Horned Owl has incredible hearing--it can hear the heart beat of a mouse 30-40 feet away.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCm7lNi-yE1TtVp_P_kY7DC21d8TVzXfXyFzlJop8pWa-D6XyaKcHiPnqP5Fnukq96Fq7BaH48NV8lr_birmeUfwW5EPxhdGsHa95cxL_6BVOJ_aA9Yr_MRg7IclFUaFC6sDdPL1ZMILaQzXLHyK-X97ZvEN-89QzOcaeNrBpI9fsVDxzu_v2MVsMTw/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCm7lNi-yE1TtVp_P_kY7DC21d8TVzXfXyFzlJop8pWa-D6XyaKcHiPnqP5Fnukq96Fq7BaH48NV8lr_birmeUfwW5EPxhdGsHa95cxL_6BVOJ_aA9Yr_MRg7IclFUaFC6sDdPL1ZMILaQzXLHyK-X97ZvEN-89QzOcaeNrBpI9fsVDxzu_v2MVsMTw/w93-h200/22.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85iAlIBz8luh6Hg83xkRlGP47CevTryXXVyH30donbLkZm-9yJHbYwiOsxoppBPdauvpeUVAO73BVQ2T47RdHuBSOWq6Ipe-1Nf5EGyfR3lUcnNqKum3vi4-O_akwMCLw5Ekys-3JrqpiNLfSm8NucNBWB3qN0dIDK_0sJaizYVgjPpoe83CTSuRfMQ/s2686/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2686" data-original-width="1850" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85iAlIBz8luh6Hg83xkRlGP47CevTryXXVyH30donbLkZm-9yJHbYwiOsxoppBPdauvpeUVAO73BVQ2T47RdHuBSOWq6Ipe-1Nf5EGyfR3lUcnNqKum3vi4-O_akwMCLw5Ekys-3JrqpiNLfSm8NucNBWB3qN0dIDK_0sJaizYVgjPpoe83CTSuRfMQ/w138-h200/23.jpg" width="138" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvIFMZrT-CYIKZKSqs4KdsN1IBKGt7OjpNfKt9F0_uTrBi7JqcTucRNqb4RbvbbJ6aiuhg4LPipDtY1QiNbw5PgXKZo5dJ1f7UjYDwcFY5gBfGmdPXdlbHE9phF0nurt1iRIQRkN_mIV3aqhfX4bn2Yfr07jbws06DUGjWKArGEaz2DR410-FWsBQnA/s3143/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3143" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvIFMZrT-CYIKZKSqs4KdsN1IBKGt7OjpNfKt9F0_uTrBi7JqcTucRNqb4RbvbbJ6aiuhg4LPipDtY1QiNbw5PgXKZo5dJ1f7UjYDwcFY5gBfGmdPXdlbHE9phF0nurt1iRIQRkN_mIV3aqhfX4bn2Yfr07jbws06DUGjWKArGEaz2DR410-FWsBQnA/w119-h200/24.jpg" width="119" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoapgLtIhdM9TExIT05qqigNa5okxgHKR76sBzK2JutABveq6RLY9nRxv4P-RSXbzRn6IyG17pqUTRnYL-oEdHa_mnsMR2ozrxprpyYBa-4JpqVDTcQCSHADcQEMSbkweXBCgHG2YQMmCVJ0NJ_wur2Vxk7QSi0S-1bRnqjkZGZ3HDJhFFl9ajXD7uRw/s2751/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2751" data-original-width="1850" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoapgLtIhdM9TExIT05qqigNa5okxgHKR76sBzK2JutABveq6RLY9nRxv4P-RSXbzRn6IyG17pqUTRnYL-oEdHa_mnsMR2ozrxprpyYBa-4JpqVDTcQCSHADcQEMSbkweXBCgHG2YQMmCVJ0NJ_wur2Vxk7QSi0S-1bRnqjkZGZ3HDJhFFl9ajXD7uRw/w134-h200/25.jpg" width="134" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Cathy read about the Historic Oakwood section of town, where they have some very old and nice houses. Here's just a few.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDLpMXYec7jHy7sjVoO7c4ZThtXp25dcZpMHLskiXyIohj32RL5DeR3cMO6YXEfYn9jQ2U5AOS3pARWsUvKcUsDfOkkmnXj16q2sGaaZlMwtNcLVrE_UMThJf1khahRmdyo1BdV-AEE0dluVetgRP3B4y4KWozsCO8_euQEo-FxD8upbt3avVqDZ25g/s3309/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="3309" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDLpMXYec7jHy7sjVoO7c4ZThtXp25dcZpMHLskiXyIohj32RL5DeR3cMO6YXEfYn9jQ2U5AOS3pARWsUvKcUsDfOkkmnXj16q2sGaaZlMwtNcLVrE_UMThJf1khahRmdyo1BdV-AEE0dluVetgRP3B4y4KWozsCO8_euQEo-FxD8upbt3avVqDZ25g/w200-h103/26.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cAQiQ6TxZsdZoCS1a_S9RsxbLJMQTvV5-O7CKI2RrMJm_Z_lJ1O7CnsgWflqPYLfqA5ONOE_b_fE6FlU2NmW95k0OJcQI5HX8Gv_ANBFI5fv5KTXWrnqEMEUpfAb8jnAnTAC0OQ1KlVVbvpbsKrAkgwS9t5KHD-t4JRpHRh8T7vzGdmnRvDW13lZeg/s4000/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cAQiQ6TxZsdZoCS1a_S9RsxbLJMQTvV5-O7CKI2RrMJm_Z_lJ1O7CnsgWflqPYLfqA5ONOE_b_fE6FlU2NmW95k0OJcQI5HX8Gv_ANBFI5fv5KTXWrnqEMEUpfAb8jnAnTAC0OQ1KlVVbvpbsKrAkgwS9t5KHD-t4JRpHRh8T7vzGdmnRvDW13lZeg/w200-h93/27.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzgHJznETS8P8wrieKW5eMU6lWzQ9YMelm7Iw2wl7ASnbMjC7-guOn5x-mYyeRoezfmszJaCSGAEuDV6nTETTq0X72YhxSv92OFDGO2rsKw1IgocPVYmB0TSyzR-rL5f4bznLKSdrnupGpcg4ptKsdIq8uO38A2eJ8bYenOU5StMWcPQiaKrIS2u43Q/s4000/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzgHJznETS8P8wrieKW5eMU6lWzQ9YMelm7Iw2wl7ASnbMjC7-guOn5x-mYyeRoezfmszJaCSGAEuDV6nTETTq0X72YhxSv92OFDGO2rsKw1IgocPVYmB0TSyzR-rL5f4bznLKSdrnupGpcg4ptKsdIq8uO38A2eJ8bYenOU5StMWcPQiaKrIS2u43Q/w200-h93/28.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5p2AK2Evv-psLAHDEEyqSH9GI0arFjf2jt21eKeunofrPBao5cYeAvJF0B8Y8FVAzrJTIT48JtJd89qlXGfXWZN9yaDh1N5CMlL6MDsDDzPxZxZPTKOi8elx5yAxsripL5-bVBSw1GfpjaqU078I0mUfyBda7dLxd5PzhaBYI2dPJPV-CsSBEdI_2Q/s4000/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5p2AK2Evv-psLAHDEEyqSH9GI0arFjf2jt21eKeunofrPBao5cYeAvJF0B8Y8FVAzrJTIT48JtJd89qlXGfXWZN9yaDh1N5CMlL6MDsDDzPxZxZPTKOi8elx5yAxsripL5-bVBSw1GfpjaqU078I0mUfyBda7dLxd5PzhaBYI2dPJPV-CsSBEdI_2Q/w200-h93/29.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpYavP0HuYeuCrwJBsrSlSWGdmPF_fnJaNqbB8qIGzyyLS13h4EjdYF1hg6kr0I6ioxDRX08CAdmVL8ZEchCa5YbYQQfpZ9GrhpwgHwAoIGB33Ug-Xk_AeuWfd0oIpWtxC4ffB768aSymtuw1DboAKYyckpp1vFd8xbvhnczq5R9cn7hhdDRBRiaZwA/s4000/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpYavP0HuYeuCrwJBsrSlSWGdmPF_fnJaNqbB8qIGzyyLS13h4EjdYF1hg6kr0I6ioxDRX08CAdmVL8ZEchCa5YbYQQfpZ9GrhpwgHwAoIGB33Ug-Xk_AeuWfd0oIpWtxC4ffB768aSymtuw1DboAKYyckpp1vFd8xbvhnczq5R9cn7hhdDRBRiaZwA/w200-h93/30.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>From Oakwood we headed to the Mordecai Plantation, built in 1785 and the oldest house in Raleigh that sits on it's original foundation. I guess a lot of the older homes in Raleigh have actually been moved from their original spot.</div><div><br /></div><div>They have tours here, but due to the holiday they were closed. We were free to roam the property, and the best we could determine, without almost any signs telling us what we were looking at, is that a lot of these buildings were actually moved onto this site long after it's plantation days.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDD-mFJFTqVcwB9io_KGG6Z7jKGXdYXEZ51EfIl2AKGvf77lItT4nJ8IWtg6r5wVqvmBHuMIXA6ywJmwl3eInoZ0zN54PS69MmG37QpA_OQH-2hqGb1xQKRsxAX407fyBcJ8RTV-tXlNXCl6Vxj-kEOxUkqenkF2gAOLGdU3X-2w8K5BccZnxfELyCw/s4000/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDD-mFJFTqVcwB9io_KGG6Z7jKGXdYXEZ51EfIl2AKGvf77lItT4nJ8IWtg6r5wVqvmBHuMIXA6ywJmwl3eInoZ0zN54PS69MmG37QpA_OQH-2hqGb1xQKRsxAX407fyBcJ8RTV-tXlNXCl6Vxj-kEOxUkqenkF2gAOLGdU3X-2w8K5BccZnxfELyCw/w200-h93/31.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This is the home Andrew Johnson was born in--but not here on the plantation.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-OL7nabaDSK89ZwGenGC5t_B5TeLYK4b5CNTgvAbK_YWZN6tmqdIA4hWsFf61qjMeEENUT91H6oOmORuMmoH8xPu-ruVGHiq339fen_QXFSJcoioW1soxjMzESKZU_ekvkpT7oob01Cx9WvgAVv4YJNuigcf0Eiy4VbAL2hAg8JZoPuVmlk924eaTA/s2098/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="2098" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-OL7nabaDSK89ZwGenGC5t_B5TeLYK4b5CNTgvAbK_YWZN6tmqdIA4hWsFf61qjMeEENUT91H6oOmORuMmoH8xPu-ruVGHiq339fen_QXFSJcoioW1soxjMzESKZU_ekvkpT7oob01Cx9WvgAVv4YJNuigcf0Eiy4VbAL2hAg8JZoPuVmlk924eaTA/w200-h133/32.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrYFWqeC2mRsNl6M8V0xUllZYcrPfUVC5yDv0SWTmyXbsx46Z601eRQJjwx7vkyO8PTdn6ZLWKk6uZJFC8Fh8gDw4ArJuLf_CYwkCBsReLKUhCWl5xOulZLUyqH3V7PG62fzQy0G2192q8AAqmVoJHmpZTmNiVeBe3Y-ewP7LXVQSVIeFfb0IO0Suew/s2722/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="1843" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrYFWqeC2mRsNl6M8V0xUllZYcrPfUVC5yDv0SWTmyXbsx46Z601eRQJjwx7vkyO8PTdn6ZLWKk6uZJFC8Fh8gDw4ArJuLf_CYwkCBsReLKUhCWl5xOulZLUyqH3V7PG62fzQy0G2192q8AAqmVoJHmpZTmNiVeBe3Y-ewP7LXVQSVIeFfb0IO0Suew/w136-h200/33.jpg" width="136" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>These are just some of the other buildings on the property--no signs as to what they were used for. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwl7EWOTtx8GjnAKWv_dkS83Hn3NRF7at3LJ1e-fIV3bP_cUSQ7IidTANFeRJg6YvlbJm3QnXSSQB4KAsWcrOfaCQXQWXnGUjVMbRRYwXPapVyXvN7XesLmUrFvvuas9I7Bf1nouY_WULv-Ak3CJduMgkEVCeCmXdw1eZw6sxriAYaW8WeKSjkipCAw/s4000/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwl7EWOTtx8GjnAKWv_dkS83Hn3NRF7at3LJ1e-fIV3bP_cUSQ7IidTANFeRJg6YvlbJm3QnXSSQB4KAsWcrOfaCQXQWXnGUjVMbRRYwXPapVyXvN7XesLmUrFvvuas9I7Bf1nouY_WULv-Ak3CJduMgkEVCeCmXdw1eZw6sxriAYaW8WeKSjkipCAw/w200-h93/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfalPf0EAkVn5zS8TrV-zTNxkPNcW-qERJRleSnq58XeNKFvnb8JOyO85mMT0rDGh8ks2Tnee7dX39qXInBiJ2dzkSvkghANQHnOQHhf41rMIUYQm-lGj6a6vSjuNolv1f1iWBQji3RkqVMC1NKabrJh8pyRvrz9ZSYA_zsb1eVOe78VT1VSYmfbq8WQ/s4000/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfalPf0EAkVn5zS8TrV-zTNxkPNcW-qERJRleSnq58XeNKFvnb8JOyO85mMT0rDGh8ks2Tnee7dX39qXInBiJ2dzkSvkghANQHnOQHhf41rMIUYQm-lGj6a6vSjuNolv1f1iWBQji3RkqVMC1NKabrJh8pyRvrz9ZSYA_zsb1eVOe78VT1VSYmfbq8WQ/w200-h93/35.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQq9y4_rYGUxlQsj5LlALZp3n205lDEMyg97XJZ1TdsyEUAUoLGKhc2_dzLDqxSI_15O27EICl5AJEOgnazV2vA5fLW6HTTY4PnKFOb4UiNM4hFQ8Agde8Y1pBL8aLzdwfDEpP2iqHnWORLEsKb5anQy_N82xZUt7WUuyHDYGPvqF7EC8uh5r-nHmcw/s3278/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3278" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQq9y4_rYGUxlQsj5LlALZp3n205lDEMyg97XJZ1TdsyEUAUoLGKhc2_dzLDqxSI_15O27EICl5AJEOgnazV2vA5fLW6HTTY4PnKFOb4UiNM4hFQ8Agde8Y1pBL8aLzdwfDEpP2iqHnWORLEsKb5anQy_N82xZUt7WUuyHDYGPvqF7EC8uh5r-nHmcw/w200-h114/36.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So we didn't spend long at all at the plantation--over we went to the Capitol Trail on our way home. Talk about some beautiful homes! In the last row--the 1st pic is the Lt Governor's office, and the last 2 pics are of the Governor's mansion. The Governor's Mansion was built in 1891 using prison labor and moved to this spot later.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCLnGDXaXeqnSvdURQ6hEELguUrnk-zjoHHVhXMjrj7Z6fuYTQuvSAwNYoaMPMFYR4MhUdLuqrDMsmNRXMASrdTNs5x2aORAe2wHpfI1nWbAtIz8D3Cw0103bq7l5olJBSQ6n7A_HgI6OPiQP5uRuEDCGznW5mnLaTQtYC-mxSR-0axCl3Djvq5vdRg/s3489/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="3489" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCLnGDXaXeqnSvdURQ6hEELguUrnk-zjoHHVhXMjrj7Z6fuYTQuvSAwNYoaMPMFYR4MhUdLuqrDMsmNRXMASrdTNs5x2aORAe2wHpfI1nWbAtIz8D3Cw0103bq7l5olJBSQ6n7A_HgI6OPiQP5uRuEDCGznW5mnLaTQtYC-mxSR-0axCl3Djvq5vdRg/w200-h103/37.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumEjYYBCSjqOm9Ns2eSodIn1sG83udgPl_uTvS0SBWubqAhykbNDkvFK7jXnCT4wAqJNkY40g1OKOk38yQx-O2GGnxIpu-YSBPF2AlejAQrQfnOsPFSJRDLUKmubqEIMKHtrkcJWXiEWCIKFMA0divDyzloDIgm6ktCp8-oShcvZbwfyyVuix0IT4aQ/s4000/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="3200" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwtJGlSl5J9T3ULQTUehHpcRMP_H4KQHwrN-zX_Fo6qAO1e-xvcAy7rFA_H0IdkUfupQciLd9P7xszGFI7tNmN1hZVVkNaICIoN5TXfaeS8Qpu_3V2pBW_jT13ilDqieC1BV6ITwPf1tvwSJ1LP17kPurIUhWQXglR1qpUqTqGsdizygyfXiYgTVGuQ/w200-h103/44.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>One last fun fact--Raleigh, NC was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who attempted to establish the 1st English Colony on the shores of the New World in the 1580s--so take that, Virginia! lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Just a quick stop in NC...off tomorrow to N Myrtle Beach to visit a couple days with our friend Denise. TTYL</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-59219584838162442142022-07-03T19:31:00.000-05:002022-07-03T19:31:56.828-05:00The "Real" First Landing?<div>3 July 2022--Spent the past 2 days in Virginia Beach with our friend Kathy, who insisted on taking us to the 'real first landing' of the colonist--on those 3 boats even Kathy never heard of, although she did know of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. lol We are 65 miles from Jamestown--everyone in Virginia needs to get the story straight and stick with it once and for all if you ask me. lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Somewhere along this shoreline the colonists stopped for about a minute and memorialized it with a cross before moving on to Jamestown. lol</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbZrDYLuRcNTNLAReSXSTNKuYExw_tcUfMHkyffuYLf3ZTOTMk7-IIyzw2xlCZThsD6qrowiQXgkTVc_u0BwKXsQIjxmHW0x4EaZqsrSOgxBXrfiC_7v8v6hymgqt14MP3NO0PvEfeBxMyo522ilESoIVMtj7Hh1pG-_8WlS7DR060G0OauiXlzb6Hw/s1698/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="1644" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbZrDYLuRcNTNLAReSXSTNKuYExw_tcUfMHkyffuYLf3ZTOTMk7-IIyzw2xlCZThsD6qrowiQXgkTVc_u0BwKXsQIjxmHW0x4EaZqsrSOgxBXrfiC_7v8v6hymgqt14MP3NO0PvEfeBxMyo522ilESoIVMtj7Hh1pG-_8WlS7DR060G0OauiXlzb6Hw/w194-h200/1.jpg" width="194" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQhUo2MVph9JepPKTuPiHsd4va1gIrV5iI-Idp1Ug8cwH0wmaCcAmAngSIM32aIU2pkBsI-i3uHMXbq22fjf2xexjfZK8GPfLTBW6Qkq3TXkwpv7PwnDlXhQUEdcz6eT766NHkWUJEnZ7cfeIlSCw_8lcgxzyDE7b4vzFvKbwFdFO5jYJ08fKxZ2wSQ/s3691/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3691" data-original-width="1860" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQhUo2MVph9JepPKTuPiHsd4va1gIrV5iI-Idp1Ug8cwH0wmaCcAmAngSIM32aIU2pkBsI-i3uHMXbq22fjf2xexjfZK8GPfLTBW6Qkq3TXkwpv7PwnDlXhQUEdcz6eT766NHkWUJEnZ7cfeIlSCw_8lcgxzyDE7b4vzFvKbwFdFO5jYJ08fKxZ2wSQ/w101-h200/2.jpg" width="101" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKQ4OGa3endX2YJzbguMcAliShW1KaFspPQv_VULPGnmqlS-K01dHV5-2lXSlwr1YXW53tFJVJhv_2DgoUIjNkoPJluosVkhg7wi1nW42p7LrxlVCq8IXMpFcv_ebe9dYqK6r_Hv6DKGuM4qWfy0_a9pN01-A7mrK-oYZE-SrY79dWrYhkYDeoqalOw/s4000/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKQ4OGa3endX2YJzbguMcAliShW1KaFspPQv_VULPGnmqlS-K01dHV5-2lXSlwr1YXW53tFJVJhv_2DgoUIjNkoPJluosVkhg7wi1nW42p7LrxlVCq8IXMpFcv_ebe9dYqK6r_Hv6DKGuM4qWfy0_a9pN01-A7mrK-oYZE-SrY79dWrYhkYDeoqalOw/w200-h93/3.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6iAFeS_OziY75MOVFowfbXpYF9W-ztH-byxr-ANkYhypbKkPm2lM1O3-99TwCeWgObww_6gaf9KkT3G-dlcW9gqC9FBzx3yoMJEU1SMDMgUQurHidNl5k7Wnr60j_hWGzrfuTpxPskrurTMUlQZa9gCiSgJ8HpcZIr4lX5vtBuTTj7bYTRT8qrBtJQ/s7136/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="7136" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6iAFeS_OziY75MOVFowfbXpYF9W-ztH-byxr-ANkYhypbKkPm2lM1O3-99TwCeWgObww_6gaf9KkT3G-dlcW9gqC9FBzx3yoMJEU1SMDMgUQurHidNl5k7Wnr60j_hWGzrfuTpxPskrurTMUlQZa9gCiSgJ8HpcZIr4lX5vtBuTTj7bYTRT8qrBtJQ/w200-h78/4.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Two Cape Henry Lighthouses. The one on the left was built in 1792, on the right 1881. In the 3rd pic Kathy is pointing to where it says something about Jamestown being the 1st settlement---this is still a bone of contention with me. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXSR_4B0K4fCTe094S-ZH0NEsMZpoaHVOiNJncS7xCX4joEvrjE8sm0BWQCi0xEKEwxXbclhlgRh35c5MJ65Rp6aBC5zxaX0JzF68IEIdZ_kgUHyB4qVvq-cedM1SpZuIrlZffoNE31AZDdJQAdNtend4wpIAO74lyswu1MPjMWpWm9PTKvCS_Z_0xw/s4000/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXSR_4B0K4fCTe094S-ZH0NEsMZpoaHVOiNJncS7xCX4joEvrjE8sm0BWQCi0xEKEwxXbclhlgRh35c5MJ65Rp6aBC5zxaX0JzF68IEIdZ_kgUHyB4qVvq-cedM1SpZuIrlZffoNE31AZDdJQAdNtend4wpIAO74lyswu1MPjMWpWm9PTKvCS_Z_0xw/w93-h200/5.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0J-6jOjexqg1_ME3GpEY2Yc7avHj-B-NH9dASP4g1wGzRSYsmXgv8_zBo5MrPbiqHNlr8FhpsSkI13HB-fNbmrkG9x-mlATSm3I22orq_nYrCigkdZ2obVOT4P4JVksKsNeTVi3i4a93_/s4000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0J-6jOjexqg1_ME3GpEY2Yc7avHj-B-NH9dASP4g1wGzRSYsmXgv8_zBo5MrPbiqHNlr8FhpsSkI13HB-fNbmrkG9x-mlATSm3I22orq_nYrCigkdZ2obVOT4P4JVksKsNeTVi3i4a93_/w200-h93/6.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrw7TL2dr8btfpIXCijZxZsDYzxAyXU7iBBTc-HXcjPxoqtbBvOJDRkTgDPN0079G9X1CLXTOafeYDEZQEAdyXFL0S_HevkxhiHpDG3izRfUkr4ZxIzQCJYwtMu5_UBUHoUb09USU-FPW/s4000/6a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrw7TL2dr8btfpIXCijZxZsDYzxAyXU7iBBTc-HXcjPxoqtbBvOJDRkTgDPN0079G9X1CLXTOafeYDEZQEAdyXFL0S_HevkxhiHpDG3izRfUkr4ZxIzQCJYwtMu5_UBUHoUb09USU-FPW/w93-h200/6a.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQ9ogjFCoggFkQaFpBpeYxUmJ4gzvJyq8c0CqAOPFbSNG2AqgBGIb80rI-ARtcVamoh3B1G3ASxm_5RCtSe2wlpyTNAZRAigPUTc1bCh5hGR7ngFzkpuhlABrXw0BILkf56bda5ATiYp7/s3298/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3298" data-original-width="1696" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQ9ogjFCoggFkQaFpBpeYxUmJ4gzvJyq8c0CqAOPFbSNG2AqgBGIb80rI-ARtcVamoh3B1G3ASxm_5RCtSe2wlpyTNAZRAigPUTc1bCh5hGR7ngFzkpuhlABrXw0BILkf56bda5ATiYp7/w103-h200/7.jpg" width="103" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This is a statue to another Frenchman who helped us during the Revolutionary War.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr4d8r065k8u0DSwbGRZ2zp9xHFMTzvD6ScqZKkR-U3k4oJQlncc9LGiVnBb1x-nlkCGNwGCzZ874cSK_RKSU9uJE4L7hX4fpexigJC5Re4sykTxqHEvXMZqZCBULgVgDed0k-jfhKXej/s3150/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="1586" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr4d8r065k8u0DSwbGRZ2zp9xHFMTzvD6ScqZKkR-U3k4oJQlncc9LGiVnBb1x-nlkCGNwGCzZ874cSK_RKSU9uJE4L7hX4fpexigJC5Re4sykTxqHEvXMZqZCBULgVgDed0k-jfhKXej/w101-h200/8.jpg" width="101" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctEGsHh6WTZkMZL1ob3f4ytMgab11JLYW2JTcwzrcv82MPjNwXb4mERHS3mkdxPso_mCQpYUInCrDyIvvKsB47HR9uXCwGLM-YVjLl8bWZuHPvqmB38hiS6LUc4er2r9ad6A3PcAQAlq8/s2606/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2606" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctEGsHh6WTZkMZL1ob3f4ytMgab11JLYW2JTcwzrcv82MPjNwXb4mERHS3mkdxPso_mCQpYUInCrDyIvvKsB47HR9uXCwGLM-YVjLl8bWZuHPvqmB38hiS6LUc4er2r9ad6A3PcAQAlq8/w200-h93/9.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Kathy then drove us to First Landing State Park, a place she has frequented often over the years to go walking with either her dog or friends. It is quite big, with several trails of up to 8 miles, and is right along the beach. Eerily pretty in some spots--check out the 2nd pic.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGRmwrVcDnpt7q4fOaG2rcU8jMrVa5v7rVQpRrUI-4vvVt07wPvOo5vRsxmolGNilNXDxiav0smtwPzmlFiFLLBQa5961yFISc4k_qlHSsfCEiQVpbkkwbcVrL0hz-d3A0zFtkJZ7f4SD/s4000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGRmwrVcDnpt7q4fOaG2rcU8jMrVa5v7rVQpRrUI-4vvVt07wPvOo5vRsxmolGNilNXDxiav0smtwPzmlFiFLLBQa5961yFISc4k_qlHSsfCEiQVpbkkwbcVrL0hz-d3A0zFtkJZ7f4SD/w200-h93/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJ4A_zu1vwWsntmzLUxkMYNHTO3Z71wa8IuXTO0u097NLAFH_gC8-q-QQrE2Wecmpqu5xxP4clrVkfAAS1M7op2fFzOEHxi8IfiDrOoO28uhGvhU96rY2lklMrcJxpyVkMyrTmpVJKA7k9Epds9716E7akuati86L1sJ6qBdsgIn-ITadfTOXO9ylwA/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJ4A_zu1vwWsntmzLUxkMYNHTO3Z71wa8IuXTO0u097NLAFH_gC8-q-QQrE2Wecmpqu5xxP4clrVkfAAS1M7op2fFzOEHxi8IfiDrOoO28uhGvhU96rY2lklMrcJxpyVkMyrTmpVJKA7k9Epds9716E7akuati86L1sJ6qBdsgIn-ITadfTOXO9ylwA/w200-h93/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqY3dbaZ1QAFqRiHVEjdVk-mOqSTTOZkxC2a3tOvTx1sQHWlb9sogj8VFOEFv4usBeJs7Qkf-H-0OCQKRsFcdS8v3yHnbjiN8flQ19Jnucb5Arfs4o7OZLYhWE58vUvkdx1PwlJDg9nLYieYx7mXQruZL0OnB-suVEc9C4VjlGm9fKSvtZJOCzD7OLQ/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqY3dbaZ1QAFqRiHVEjdVk-mOqSTTOZkxC2a3tOvTx1sQHWlb9sogj8VFOEFv4usBeJs7Qkf-H-0OCQKRsFcdS8v3yHnbjiN8flQ19Jnucb5Arfs4o7OZLYhWE58vUvkdx1PwlJDg9nLYieYx7mXQruZL0OnB-suVEc9C4VjlGm9fKSvtZJOCzD7OLQ/w200-h93/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-P5kGjuUbD-FkTlYXw-g5OnaN6GySN1MIwrMS6tEPrHh6MbfaqKp-kfhpvZIJR38M5KgjOeqhRXZ25ZUWlsGkkEoam8xRajzfqFSME39xJK-rKSTG8pHStDcF3m840BU2NuItC1nXmA5UJ3YzAhon3R6wZy9IvV41IpuGU-rAcDeUL6LCN95T9bncWg/s4000/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-P5kGjuUbD-FkTlYXw-g5OnaN6GySN1MIwrMS6tEPrHh6MbfaqKp-kfhpvZIJR38M5KgjOeqhRXZ25ZUWlsGkkEoam8xRajzfqFSME39xJK-rKSTG8pHStDcF3m840BU2NuItC1nXmA5UJ3YzAhon3R6wZy9IvV41IpuGU-rAcDeUL6LCN95T9bncWg/w200-h93/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTV-gGIkMkji0z7Uqul22A6Zi1L_fokdqbZJCpm2X-93YXVILXI-O5kp2jfRtQRi5I0xqhVeZJWLPxr7d9EE3z7rXyxFIfmwXpe9K7Bco8vixoB-gRieKz1H1cCCgQ0ne_MkHaJ6RSQae_95J7gbQiPTqNauY1-37qF9wed3zN7ylaCrjQ1sUxwdi5A/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTV-gGIkMkji0z7Uqul22A6Zi1L_fokdqbZJCpm2X-93YXVILXI-O5kp2jfRtQRi5I0xqhVeZJWLPxr7d9EE3z7rXyxFIfmwXpe9K7Bco8vixoB-gRieKz1H1cCCgQ0ne_MkHaJ6RSQae_95J7gbQiPTqNauY1-37qF9wed3zN7ylaCrjQ1sUxwdi5A/w200-h93/14.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5iABDmwtjoqJL5IK4p5qgx6SCGu1isVWkUcyw_z-SomG-ARf1YQMYMpkI8QOgpnnQmC8PFiPoEGcocTBEfyRntCUcwyf1MZmfRQobjevjcEv7lx7BUuJcBOMaFXV_7wWN-dJL0vzVtkOvp-JDVIShr5RSeCKmqAnoBN9pqgGcd1l5PUPo7zzgwfb5A/s4000/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5iABDmwtjoqJL5IK4p5qgx6SCGu1isVWkUcyw_z-SomG-ARf1YQMYMpkI8QOgpnnQmC8PFiPoEGcocTBEfyRntCUcwyf1MZmfRQobjevjcEv7lx7BUuJcBOMaFXV_7wWN-dJL0vzVtkOvp-JDVIShr5RSeCKmqAnoBN9pqgGcd1l5PUPo7zzgwfb5A/w93-h200/15.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>After having dinner at her place, we walked about a block down to the Virginia Beach Boardwalk. It runs 3 miles along the beach, with hotels, restaurants and entertainment (every couple blocks different performers) along the other side of the boardwalk. The statue of Neptune is 34 feet tall.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbVoPmkBXB_AV1WEqWQvuIVi56Z2QGPp4hXPRsZUD45oxFCJMYq5Yccoh0MyxETvsuo0yv7sxhKgABcxmc_p2Q7PJQFam3ZVyausG5ZZEaer9CuXY8UBRjOZpzK7i-NCUTFk0RHRofkgjmL_BzxgfY-wEXqaDfY2zMN8pKsuujSAQKZ6_2lpsWGZYlQ/s3355/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1679" data-original-width="3355" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbVoPmkBXB_AV1WEqWQvuIVi56Z2QGPp4hXPRsZUD45oxFCJMYq5Yccoh0MyxETvsuo0yv7sxhKgABcxmc_p2Q7PJQFam3ZVyausG5ZZEaer9CuXY8UBRjOZpzK7i-NCUTFk0RHRofkgjmL_BzxgfY-wEXqaDfY2zMN8pKsuujSAQKZ6_2lpsWGZYlQ/w200-h100/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NUW_qCPwkY2oy7yT71_jzZTGEzXpL5VHkyuFGC0uCOK6sP69H8TPI1dH2ICUkWMRZgfMrdsvlr8mnKuwmkXarI74AoD0rt0FVhdJSe-AtmOXAniYzthnBD-m7wBD1pBlNu8V336VDjGG-D9wD9dxtdkNSoqsP2q8kc73fBAa0FbIdZTDu71DUduSQw/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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In the first pic you can see houses on the left--there's more on the right--that were also built by the developers, and are quite pretty. Kathy and I went inside, admired the art...lol...and then walked thru the lobby to the rear where we exit onto beautiful lawns with a view of the ocean. I think the view of the back of the hotel, looking up to it from the ocean, is actually prettier than the front.</div><div><span> </span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0H7dZN32d38dvL-1TjdKvIWT8gtcsk4bq9_UqHkLTQs8dZiwxI1-ee4_jjL-7ypi0wQKw3TGbiGvh3nUR1VxQsr9WDn1ItdyQlD5vIB9OmX09FzGWpgmCYRrGyQcZRQ0bpilLxpFArQsPYrqpp0CzL3J-L-JU2xH8rZMEeeIZ38ktoJR76-yoFWsIg/s3423/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3423" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0H7dZN32d38dvL-1TjdKvIWT8gtcsk4bq9_UqHkLTQs8dZiwxI1-ee4_jjL-7ypi0wQKw3TGbiGvh3nUR1VxQsr9WDn1ItdyQlD5vIB9OmX09FzGWpgmCYRrGyQcZRQ0bpilLxpFArQsPYrqpp0CzL3J-L-JU2xH8rZMEeeIZ38ktoJR76-yoFWsIg/w200-h109/25.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7381AjBA5WlB3fPiltsN0K7rbDNQmRIbByXO2HsL4nS2EokFewY1nan4RdXqgRCuvRDl3rmc2gFwqbEUGnboQaFqv21uD4rPlrDb1rBQLm4yzVrmhrBwCheXOOLER_QCSgIJUArkxm80-BYY-HBRHnBxtCqJM-WavvmDnBn9gcrJvutMsH0ZK6-ELpg/s4000/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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We had stopped to pick up some vegetables for dinner and this sign was there. For all my city friends, this is how long it takes to grow some of your vegetables.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLm0Wn3peGp0NRzBmKG48cXU5iDVR4KWhbkD-nDb26cST12pS4U-v5q2Xvd-CnO0qzl7tYdkzYByUD8ho8xGQaV5Ee9_GNoJv-UypQVM5H2-oq7fsRcPK-yo4P4gHSmx8yu5JEze7qEiwp-xAXsVZL40gnuKH6FCilKcBJyC7K7fg01v6ICGPQFMqYVQ/s2410/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="2410" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLm0Wn3peGp0NRzBmKG48cXU5iDVR4KWhbkD-nDb26cST12pS4U-v5q2Xvd-CnO0qzl7tYdkzYByUD8ho8xGQaV5Ee9_GNoJv-UypQVM5H2-oq7fsRcPK-yo4P4gHSmx8yu5JEze7qEiwp-xAXsVZL40gnuKH6FCilKcBJyC7K7fg01v6ICGPQFMqYVQ/w200-h125/32.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>OK, so now we are on the road to Raleigh, NC...only 2 days there over the 4th of July, so we'll go to the Capitol building on Tuesday and launch for N Myrtle Beach on Wednesday. Have a great 4th of July celebration everyone--God knows it could be our last!</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-6704381915446476432022-06-30T21:09:00.000-05:002022-06-30T21:09:34.143-05:00Colonial Williamsburg<div>30 June 2022--Spent almost 4 hours yesterday at Colonial Williamsburg. John D. Rockefeller was persuaded to buy this town and restore it to what downtown Williamsburg looked like in the times running up to the Revolution. It encompasses 301 acres of restored buildings, 600 of them, and opened to the public in 1932.</div><div><br /></div><div>After going into the visitor center, we walked over this "bridge to the past", and then about a quarter mile to our 1st stop. The bridge was pretty cool, with markers in both directions telling you something about that era. There were a whole bunch of them, but here are just a few as we walk into the past.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7sKA8f8FmgO_rJAC90UfYNIBFEOQHy2yZ8-VncU0hctFcnCMEaHHCmBVEDf77pEAEMw-f_WNBQPTHwQtOlD8HWYc5KOrQzPJkEdU75mQEmYOQZyWufPOlpSVRN_1ToanTGKgU2A_gdPLBFxxC2Pke-Rd8fGWE34ir-4YoSSSxdq8BhgoTJIANPjNDw/s2491/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2491" data-original-width="1534" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7sKA8f8FmgO_rJAC90UfYNIBFEOQHy2yZ8-VncU0hctFcnCMEaHHCmBVEDf77pEAEMw-f_WNBQPTHwQtOlD8HWYc5KOrQzPJkEdU75mQEmYOQZyWufPOlpSVRN_1ToanTGKgU2A_gdPLBFxxC2Pke-Rd8fGWE34ir-4YoSSSxdq8BhgoTJIANPjNDw/w123-h200/1.jpg" width="123" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLAwQipt1YCvbKyfPC0B3sjRxwWBFZRuFDi3m66CrwcC0bF_ak_X3F22R8zeXPYwYmpdAHwU8uW5VrnaYN8vX3YoeGwvVyEnewxAePqrD-V4Qc0JLGFe2-_Uv3xVCGaxLxxG2b9hUe0KW0A-SIKHd5V89jmp3FCRMbSD9Vz8pfJSkqSoH-7rovbSqFQ/s1554/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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It sits on 10 acres of gardens. After the Revolution, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were the 1st elected governors to live here.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KRp9JrHymXJRNDsWrdp0MrFVaO_7974SCIXV13_H6a4DHPYttemWDFJNqFwv1vXNo3IAeA523Cie-tq7x--dTU0hnMKLYJJgXdFEV_X-m1wf48uUZjbpA20SBAjoa44VfxJ-licw6mXva4hZQvRid-y2okd8ymDhTLBHCbeZOY7xLZGGWsdzBOM3Jw/s5042/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="5042" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KRp9JrHymXJRNDsWrdp0MrFVaO_7974SCIXV13_H6a4DHPYttemWDFJNqFwv1vXNo3IAeA523Cie-tq7x--dTU0hnMKLYJJgXdFEV_X-m1wf48uUZjbpA20SBAjoa44VfxJ-licw6mXva4hZQvRid-y2okd8ymDhTLBHCbeZOY7xLZGGWsdzBOM3Jw/w200-h79/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphPJ_9hty399cVg2iQMlUOjYLOmmNIkFd4grvTaLv026buR0iuii3s9dbS4lJwJyfozFOKA3E5LsNo5OGxxXiMCYkEmlKTCE72-7neOAs9Rn5LCJW9FJEotodHsJWS5GfrnnIqF8R4mKSTSHltc7kGcCRu-086h03wLNUibPJcRrlrBKilUY7Su8cgQ/s3023/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="1815" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphPJ_9hty399cVg2iQMlUOjYLOmmNIkFd4grvTaLv026buR0iuii3s9dbS4lJwJyfozFOKA3E5LsNo5OGxxXiMCYkEmlKTCE72-7neOAs9Rn5LCJW9FJEotodHsJWS5GfrnnIqF8R4mKSTSHltc7kGcCRu-086h03wLNUibPJcRrlrBKilUY7Su8cgQ/w120-h200/11.jpg" width="120" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrs-BjQHoJfoSs5zusvML8oJ2PWcLPvBCAXov9SDc0HjHGVf5QC0UuBsXJq_yGkiN48lofoDIsv5ljCwvtxL7pLa5ODCIKPZrTGHTufGeabnAiz3XeNKVcFif9m_sfdVzPfSA8jm9xPdZ5S4SECoZgy7g1jN9FKPnqAM-fijeWJYEeevzl4mskZfyYw/s3968/20220629_151336.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3968" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrs-BjQHoJfoSs5zusvML8oJ2PWcLPvBCAXov9SDc0HjHGVf5QC0UuBsXJq_yGkiN48lofoDIsv5ljCwvtxL7pLa5ODCIKPZrTGHTufGeabnAiz3XeNKVcFif9m_sfdVzPfSA8jm9xPdZ5S4SECoZgy7g1jN9FKPnqAM-fijeWJYEeevzl4mskZfyYw/w200-h93/20220629_151336.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqrbBYgoUHgYY1bndBmDhvxXH1pMB9zwl8sY65agZvjjsMlKwyJtalcqZCeLExt7aeLDMG_iVRMbucIxvE6u3o-MO5y6YYU7ZSNV3G8_Zmmtcz0NGkYt2fl26p0zwow-M1zNrhr4v__g1Qr5P4V8WHfRdMK0Lu59ZYLBA_xORyz8hnEgQnaMw0NdbOA/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqrbBYgoUHgYY1bndBmDhvxXH1pMB9zwl8sY65agZvjjsMlKwyJtalcqZCeLExt7aeLDMG_iVRMbucIxvE6u3o-MO5y6YYU7ZSNV3G8_Zmmtcz0NGkYt2fl26p0zwow-M1zNrhr4v__g1Qr5P4V8WHfRdMK0Lu59ZYLBA_xORyz8hnEgQnaMw0NdbOA/w200-h93/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kLtpLuVujiVoqA4d_L-tAtIHMnP0Do6E86PTtuGfRrpDtgYEDMPtgDrZEBoUBR4s4NRVjxWhRlCL1UbcyGpQlcr3gsq7jHZoTl0QDOmnn3UebX_mt2OSDBc1LV6hXuSHVJwphX2urDvzhjC1upkUGdgkr7sWsXebGmQrUG7bD_xhUY1lifRnsHuiqA/s4000/12a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kLtpLuVujiVoqA4d_L-tAtIHMnP0Do6E86PTtuGfRrpDtgYEDMPtgDrZEBoUBR4s4NRVjxWhRlCL1UbcyGpQlcr3gsq7jHZoTl0QDOmnn3UebX_mt2OSDBc1LV6hXuSHVJwphX2urDvzhjC1upkUGdgkr7sWsXebGmQrUG7bD_xhUY1lifRnsHuiqA/w200-h93/12a.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The inside has been furnished to reflect the last royal governor's stay here. The foyer was where visitors conducting business would wait to see the governor, and traditionally lots of weapons would be displayed on the walls to reflect the power of his position. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQNaISqOB9KMKe5xO2BBKW_1fyvK-vMNXVrkmvNbOY-JgmPvGrvC1GfG2jm87AGux__I138TFsjbk-PuHTFKxLyR3xLfakIEWp471uByQb4JWRbSxTAliyeYTHA5ACRuO72KHDljUHUiTd2W16XqoQOC07F8Kcxbf892RChHiSBjWThDTf4gkcJcsjg/s4000/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQNaISqOB9KMKe5xO2BBKW_1fyvK-vMNXVrkmvNbOY-JgmPvGrvC1GfG2jm87AGux__I138TFsjbk-PuHTFKxLyR3xLfakIEWp471uByQb4JWRbSxTAliyeYTHA5ACRuO72KHDljUHUiTd2W16XqoQOC07F8Kcxbf892RChHiSBjWThDTf4gkcJcsjg/w200-h93/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixz_9QNYDXPBoQ1B58FmL6w802pmKvk68wmJiR3UveT_Tc2oNoD1eUeTzOQjtKtG4leJz4ZnNZT93znjb7lR1y7WmepVodMfF3dlWqaApMVBJsKzvR64ddB6Y62Qe3--rshRcKAjdEOADrqLXghulE8-Dd7Ar27ktBOBSRAjZ7XMH5eghVSfHaOpmV1Q/s3528/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="3528" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixz_9QNYDXPBoQ1B58FmL6w802pmKvk68wmJiR3UveT_Tc2oNoD1eUeTzOQjtKtG4leJz4ZnNZT93znjb7lR1y7WmepVodMfF3dlWqaApMVBJsKzvR64ddB6Y62Qe3--rshRcKAjdEOADrqLXghulE8-Dd7Ar27ktBOBSRAjZ7XMH5eghVSfHaOpmV1Q/w200-h102/14.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYme_AJQd_8mSY0A6DpJVwY0NUSD6rI53XLb1kJeEfbzjrY3K6ko-Ns3r1f_nsw9wM9lWXaeIwiZiiraTZkCBHXdyVYWTO9JqJFaSRsIsHenu8jxaQjCqQaynAAZbcdPWX_DhryngmUAjvaosA1HeDK0-HDlhwta9sONn6lJUppMULWFzR7dlak0elzw/s4000/20220629_132541.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYme_AJQd_8mSY0A6DpJVwY0NUSD6rI53XLb1kJeEfbzjrY3K6ko-Ns3r1f_nsw9wM9lWXaeIwiZiiraTZkCBHXdyVYWTO9JqJFaSRsIsHenu8jxaQjCqQaynAAZbcdPWX_DhryngmUAjvaosA1HeDK0-HDlhwta9sONn6lJUppMULWFzR7dlak0elzw/w93-h200/20220629_132541.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We had to go on a tour of the place--you couldn't just roam randomly, which is how we like to sightsee. Most of the rooms you couldn't walk into, you had to take a pic across a railing. The 2nd pic shows a baby's bassinette--most people at that time would have stuffed the equivalent of a pillow case with straw or leaves for their bedding, but not the royal governor. And the last pic is of the parlor--when I was a kid we called the living room the parlor, but what we just learned was that parlor comes from the French "parlez", meaning to talk--so these were conversation rooms. Notice the velvet walls!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikot89rb-V-QV6jXSj44yZCthuNgmpZrOwwcKnuzuSAqqLqfO9aun4IGy0Tx2T9Eq6L2tXX-cpaMeVVLaja3VDg0hjZxEEoyOHT5Jh29dGuyDv1JTmW2KvtoBax0e4RhUHdbm-1j-JBKNmCyjFprJ6Br1-yx_qAdSnU0HztHOP8gvn4Bi9LIVPDFESzA/s6048/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="6048" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikot89rb-V-QV6jXSj44yZCthuNgmpZrOwwcKnuzuSAqqLqfO9aun4IGy0Tx2T9Eq6L2tXX-cpaMeVVLaja3VDg0hjZxEEoyOHT5Jh29dGuyDv1JTmW2KvtoBax0e4RhUHdbm-1j-JBKNmCyjFprJ6Br1-yx_qAdSnU0HztHOP8gvn4Bi9LIVPDFESzA/w200-h127/15.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-y06MeFAb6_kmEORsXFRF7KV8wYy77OpjKvcjCNf_SBUCz4dt4-OJa2ecTuqVdRMCFlOkx-mZc3vEmyMsJFlpZVpCihfqHACI54Nyrbte5M0m1M-fl7LVfuBdg32JIhnbdfT2xAdhT7QRNUraijonzygvrvSNW195uxpwJuXNInsiPgjIHNYVPiO_w/s3302/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3302" data-original-width="1766" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-y06MeFAb6_kmEORsXFRF7KV8wYy77OpjKvcjCNf_SBUCz4dt4-OJa2ecTuqVdRMCFlOkx-mZc3vEmyMsJFlpZVpCihfqHACI54Nyrbte5M0m1M-fl7LVfuBdg32JIhnbdfT2xAdhT7QRNUraijonzygvrvSNW195uxpwJuXNInsiPgjIHNYVPiO_w/w107-h200/16.jpg" width="107" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaLNTC_F2YPFYVs_ZBuwL2sjjRFz1oO947kPvo_TaKUqquZWWsmIx6gGx1IncT0MUlthAL81MrIS6i0GSWzsDR6YB3VBW2qeWtKU4bE-PotJsi8HRRnxzVNeukU3IrlA26kG0g-zUgeh0iZK1KK0C-liZMJ7GAjQCKHf26ue0Ik1wXgEAdN4vbpX0sQ/s4544/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3632" data-original-width="4544" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaLNTC_F2YPFYVs_ZBuwL2sjjRFz1oO947kPvo_TaKUqquZWWsmIx6gGx1IncT0MUlthAL81MrIS6i0GSWzsDR6YB3VBW2qeWtKU4bE-PotJsi8HRRnxzVNeukU3IrlA26kG0g-zUgeh0iZK1KK0C-liZMJ7GAjQCKHf26ue0Ik1wXgEAdN4vbpX0sQ/w200-h160/17.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The blue room was the ballroom, and the green room the dining room, which was out the door of the ballroom in the back. A governor's ball was held often for all the movers and shakers of the community, and those that wanted something from the governor. So politicians and business owners, mostly. They generally had 7 course meals, where they would dance, eat a course, come back and dance, and then eat another course, etc. The guide said these balls could last well into the night and even well into the morning. </div><div><br /></div><div>The portraits here are of King Charles and his wife, from Portugal. He was, of course, the head of the Church of England, while she was Roman Catholic. Because she was Catholic, many thought she was a spy for the pope...lol...so when he died she was shipped right back to Portugal. Conspiracy theories go back a long way.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly, the guide pointed out that only the very wealthy could afford colored paint, so those who were wealthy used it to basically show off. (Blue and green walls.) God only knows why, but it's called the "macaroni" effect.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnYkRtc1ILw9KIeANvsHg8oS39rsBNV9y1aj8XJTYUCDZ3P44kvtZ5iuNKdmLhFqLr7bk46Y_7guMCzht8OTDM4WWwRdaNhY7sVtYsYe12hC9GHnldO300jMmvaDxWqsut-ZoC1NAtxqd8QhTWPKC1BOgktz3jYMXuibBP8GSzzFf-3QoexKNuFARlQ/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnYkRtc1ILw9KIeANvsHg8oS39rsBNV9y1aj8XJTYUCDZ3P44kvtZ5iuNKdmLhFqLr7bk46Y_7guMCzht8OTDM4WWwRdaNhY7sVtYsYe12hC9GHnldO300jMmvaDxWqsut-ZoC1NAtxqd8QhTWPKC1BOgktz3jYMXuibBP8GSzzFf-3QoexKNuFARlQ/w200-h93/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzw2Yr6YuQj8EuN8NmbGvWTfm9lgTynH7VxPywCA3oltA_qTssPdxozrMkEnAF9Onj66aViqRJmgbaHVxzX-S5LPxgUjWUId-CXjVG9Yl0O5Cx59Bi1tIj4hGi04JCLwZf1Ppi4mT0-AqVbQgBsldicJmQQXnql7RJ9o__X_GVHEwUCteoH2rA-Rm3vQ/s2968/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Lots of wine stored here, but other stuff also. Most of the rooms had locked doors on them...I'm assuming they are to keep present-day people from stealing the wine, and probably not there a few hundred years ago. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEf1Gp4WhXoBI5JW5krSzli4cYHVhYZgJ7BAzV0BOuEzHeyiGDTzlHUqkJTXZY8GldNdyhPkfsNqQTqNHn2DGFO48Z-AsaHCFRl6pTymgtm2lWGrbgZxZepOhdTCxEd5dF_J4ztg-IEQCwojiDoMBF0ydCFOrCpaV35ioLvEMW9GIB4h7Rg-jjSGuXTg/s4000/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEf1Gp4WhXoBI5JW5krSzli4cYHVhYZgJ7BAzV0BOuEzHeyiGDTzlHUqkJTXZY8GldNdyhPkfsNqQTqNHn2DGFO48Z-AsaHCFRl6pTymgtm2lWGrbgZxZepOhdTCxEd5dF_J4ztg-IEQCwojiDoMBF0ydCFOrCpaV35ioLvEMW9GIB4h7Rg-jjSGuXTg/w200-h93/25.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyfbrEpe9Q9NdLEh3HrIYDjvy6Gngrz1UMOM-DFEG5towPPBHA2OfouwaScHa2tsiIJKmWD-diVlj0EJJrBOqzNPUZkalhKmBqH9vurG6onIM9hT9rDpdkE4NC5IDIOy9_WFaTX_VYXT26W6mCZp0VhvW4RPmI1L0MJM4Xke2cN_I4Wi5_0ik44o_zw/s4000/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyfbrEpe9Q9NdLEh3HrIYDjvy6Gngrz1UMOM-DFEG5towPPBHA2OfouwaScHa2tsiIJKmWD-diVlj0EJJrBOqzNPUZkalhKmBqH9vurG6onIM9hT9rDpdkE4NC5IDIOy9_WFaTX_VYXT26W6mCZp0VhvW4RPmI1L0MJM4Xke2cN_I4Wi5_0ik44o_zw/w200-h93/26.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmGAms1Rfu19vy2AP_SErrkLvUPlnCSwFpJ1rFdB9uEHT8Rf-FGwSEjwN7gdbSezsUHZXwV9KTAwfTtPmwVSICww4RYx-L0pWLnlYhf9P470mjY1Dg13OzOhFcMm4yv0osU1_Mgx3xEMKp0BFykPtKYEznI4U5R8QqX7-8eCls7URl77JaUnOHCQKzA/s4000/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmGAms1Rfu19vy2AP_SErrkLvUPlnCSwFpJ1rFdB9uEHT8Rf-FGwSEjwN7gdbSezsUHZXwV9KTAwfTtPmwVSICww4RYx-L0pWLnlYhf9P470mjY1Dg13OzOhFcMm4yv0osU1_Mgx3xEMKp0BFykPtKYEznI4U5R8QqX7-8eCls7URl77JaUnOHCQKzA/w93-h200/27.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0j6pMVYdSOzGW7AukyWB-tWGG7dJylVCr44wHTMHdLGTgpL8rLbLxqIWw0RlqTYdo0jTOQuXYz-WxejaQOwDsjzlXWblrRV92Az3nMiI44lmevWMCKEAPyAiYs3seF8iOhqEFX6YjK_urBEGSkYrhNUYw0SpjLjIaIFauTZU7i31pjw-LxTcoNZfxQ/s4000/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0j6pMVYdSOzGW7AukyWB-tWGG7dJylVCr44wHTMHdLGTgpL8rLbLxqIWw0RlqTYdo0jTOQuXYz-WxejaQOwDsjzlXWblrRV92Az3nMiI44lmevWMCKEAPyAiYs3seF8iOhqEFX6YjK_urBEGSkYrhNUYw0SpjLjIaIFauTZU7i31pjw-LxTcoNZfxQ/w200-h93/28.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of buildings on the grounds. Here is a smokehouse.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisn4feSAeq_JROFMmXwXecsSnQN7rKTfkXioLnd8VRSxrT4dggibV9z0mJL-FTg77JMzjN37lhbG6Cv3hTHutxK2gc_vmzcAPktrw7wogk7a6jJDhYYzHe_7ljRwwPQxLSkCux6rVF4uYU4upUbDHGdhi4B02X6b1xxT0KnfQEXr-kKa9TzXBr9_35gw/s4000/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisn4feSAeq_JROFMmXwXecsSnQN7rKTfkXioLnd8VRSxrT4dggibV9z0mJL-FTg77JMzjN37lhbG6Cv3hTHutxK2gc_vmzcAPktrw7wogk7a6jJDhYYzHe_7ljRwwPQxLSkCux6rVF4uYU4upUbDHGdhi4B02X6b1xxT0KnfQEXr-kKa9TzXBr9_35gw/w200-h93/29.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNey3X5_zrB_oamTA85QGHVfkIPTvZPLUlDtkooQ6gpGNhLbxxvl0x-2pFqa_z0aOmxDbJ-MSPRVYMpLecwFoSMP_3ECdHI0votrBw1x9Pm6bDXjcAoIBwsLRCAUd-wkU8KawG7J-jhg6M8r1Kkua0Anb_7W_7md03NkzF7Wbhy-BRzjj6_shA1PoRg/s4000/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNey3X5_zrB_oamTA85QGHVfkIPTvZPLUlDtkooQ6gpGNhLbxxvl0x-2pFqa_z0aOmxDbJ-MSPRVYMpLecwFoSMP_3ECdHI0votrBw1x9Pm6bDXjcAoIBwsLRCAUd-wkU8KawG7J-jhg6M8r1Kkua0Anb_7W_7md03NkzF7Wbhy-BRzjj6_shA1PoRg/w93-h200/30.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>And the kitchen--always a separate building back in those days because of potential fires. They had people in there actually cooking--the 1st dish here is roast PIDGEON, and then fried beetroot. (I thought they were small hamburgers--lol.)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMDLpdZZhaWAk5FldGke2os1w1_P2ONIU8PTOZfE33T-qei_xss5cEQ3Ier_t5kxafdKGy-65_Hho2UXTEBgqelqwzUo815yFvWqD4_WdSmutLT2rbjTIW7Q6EzV9AklynM1RXcquZGR4n9BdkJSPvprAJJb6njWty1NSWyZU9Y7QMXTfoCWsXfnCBw/s4000/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMDLpdZZhaWAk5FldGke2os1w1_P2ONIU8PTOZfE33T-qei_xss5cEQ3Ier_t5kxafdKGy-65_Hho2UXTEBgqelqwzUo815yFvWqD4_WdSmutLT2rbjTIW7Q6EzV9AklynM1RXcquZGR4n9BdkJSPvprAJJb6njWty1NSWyZU9Y7QMXTfoCWsXfnCBw/w200-h93/31.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DOsp4A9NsmLRK_WfzdZbrxkPrP_D-Gh5JzhyM6wZw3kZRUSNTTjBC7b92o6LMbkh0QqHoZv0Sx3gBWucqsThnv-7tdVclkZuQ3QQiycXITC4La-PH-wPBq-sybJHPTpDVz7J0ruEGkBzk-WZKfh7WXV0N40_QRmt5YrCfeTVxmR5aYp67GBZwh3Y5Q/s2495/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1697" data-original-width="2495" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DOsp4A9NsmLRK_WfzdZbrxkPrP_D-Gh5JzhyM6wZw3kZRUSNTTjBC7b92o6LMbkh0QqHoZv0Sx3gBWucqsThnv-7tdVclkZuQ3QQiycXITC4La-PH-wPBq-sybJHPTpDVz7J0ruEGkBzk-WZKfh7WXV0N40_QRmt5YrCfeTVxmR5aYp67GBZwh3Y5Q/w200-h136/32.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWWY3wq7-NwO-AqPDvCzfkRXzVjMYO1FFHuOeMe_mgT_Iw0Bhh6O732LSnac58i7QE1jM6tY8moIR5Bpi_-4bMffGLinXHQUWpIpTyOyEGwOkyfkq_Q_NVLpXW1J6QW7EvDAjD6DhFeQwzZ5teAaEOsSwMuQOPLXOxb9eF6bU4rWECPAuiGlDT6GhaA/s2306/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2306" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWWY3wq7-NwO-AqPDvCzfkRXzVjMYO1FFHuOeMe_mgT_Iw0Bhh6O732LSnac58i7QE1jM6tY8moIR5Bpi_-4bMffGLinXHQUWpIpTyOyEGwOkyfkq_Q_NVLpXW1J6QW7EvDAjD6DhFeQwzZ5teAaEOsSwMuQOPLXOxb9eF6bU4rWECPAuiGlDT6GhaA/w200-h151/33.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This is George Wythe's house, who we 1st met in Richmond.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbJPbOmLNdyzUrswPDCABbz3oezI3DirCuOY3Kt9Mo6rklPKRPITRFKjZ2pRbq2IEubFscEjzo95E700yRZ0migj7IWdIiWEwRtWoJlmfgfLAPtJhUfI_U4E51ljcm-SrImhldCmakLZwlwYafhvRy3QsmkV7ZW8NMmcAkD15yHFFfzXiTdP1hurUFw/s3645/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="3645" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbJPbOmLNdyzUrswPDCABbz3oezI3DirCuOY3Kt9Mo6rklPKRPITRFKjZ2pRbq2IEubFscEjzo95E700yRZ0migj7IWdIiWEwRtWoJlmfgfLAPtJhUfI_U4E51ljcm-SrImhldCmakLZwlwYafhvRy3QsmkV7ZW8NMmcAkD15yHFFfzXiTdP1hurUFw/w200-h62/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5eNMH4Gu0vsa3hgigFr0a7QrYf7SGf0aAvqR9-icvKtW5w0Q08Noe0BZ9EJ3kRDCDXwHl8npvn8wXzizzOp4eH8KsYmgcWrXxsJvoe-6-rvF0Sx7bnhCp3uIYD6KZaGclv3tABpJEAi9t3ZR5mAfs59KldKo9BL267pTm4iZuOVtZNvIkj_er3XwiPA/s3707/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="3707" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5eNMH4Gu0vsa3hgigFr0a7QrYf7SGf0aAvqR9-icvKtW5w0Q08Noe0BZ9EJ3kRDCDXwHl8npvn8wXzizzOp4eH8KsYmgcWrXxsJvoe-6-rvF0Sx7bnhCp3uIYD6KZaGclv3tABpJEAi9t3ZR5mAfs59KldKo9BL267pTm4iZuOVtZNvIkj_er3XwiPA/w200-h94/35.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This church has been in continuous use since 1715. The pastor of this Episcopal church was the person who convinced Rockefeller to buy and restore this land. Again, we have gravesites so old that very few have markings left on them. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UaBlry00YnTeowYPIoHrjDpFHEtKavQVJgcf40rnEpBYps-cmvyI5lacG5mABn5xC-RYxh9OCvy7eYthM58y3wtHOb1k85VRMlJT-qpFi4_nJMhABHpC5IoDMasbZ7tj1SmJVD41nyMykGRIsLYV95ZoXv46wcrxXyuqYL61x-QykT6VrBbzq-YX2g/s4000/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UaBlry00YnTeowYPIoHrjDpFHEtKavQVJgcf40rnEpBYps-cmvyI5lacG5mABn5xC-RYxh9OCvy7eYthM58y3wtHOb1k85VRMlJT-qpFi4_nJMhABHpC5IoDMasbZ7tj1SmJVD41nyMykGRIsLYV95ZoXv46wcrxXyuqYL61x-QykT6VrBbzq-YX2g/w200-h93/36.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1uJxChEqLQyKJHxYsIUFYORjYC9mp5bNKkDi1LJ_Ghd6v6XMYTCmwjID4p1T81bhmqkL3qlhMXlUkoRjFmayPsn2HM6L8cqqCgQfpVCOK-zXj9Ex4Ar_i_sWtUaQ4HR6p2WT4MWGP40hfHf18TRXOv0pGFVzm0evjY8f5wwxlLeiQUMXyXb46pyD2Lw/s4000/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1uJxChEqLQyKJHxYsIUFYORjYC9mp5bNKkDi1LJ_Ghd6v6XMYTCmwjID4p1T81bhmqkL3qlhMXlUkoRjFmayPsn2HM6L8cqqCgQfpVCOK-zXj9Ex4Ar_i_sWtUaQ4HR6p2WT4MWGP40hfHf18TRXOv0pGFVzm0evjY8f5wwxlLeiQUMXyXb46pyD2Lw/w200-h93/37.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2ws6GOGdqiguDYmTwzS10PJOpwuyMLbqDp_gtCQxGdZh5vvLKXz_tkBG0gv23laPFCQMFtGt-jKd9H4xFC1LgxVh4w0FSCvHEyD-4oNBCdywjgjdixDZuQcmiyUBqr0xLq02VOMQzkbZn_UCzZdfpzo-gY_Jv5KcWpk4g5VNKsLbrZe_fYcaKZA1AQ/s4000/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2ws6GOGdqiguDYmTwzS10PJOpwuyMLbqDp_gtCQxGdZh5vvLKXz_tkBG0gv23laPFCQMFtGt-jKd9H4xFC1LgxVh4w0FSCvHEyD-4oNBCdywjgjdixDZuQcmiyUBqr0xLq02VOMQzkbZn_UCzZdfpzo-gY_Jv5KcWpk4g5VNKsLbrZe_fYcaKZA1AQ/w200-h93/38.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Up until 1779 the richest people in town sat in the front rows of churches, with men on the left and women on the right. </div><div><br /></div><div>This podium was commissioned and donated to the church by Teddy Roosevelt in 1907. It's called the Angel of Peace, and when you look closely you'll see it has one foot in the old world and one foot in the new. It also has a lion (for England) and an eagle (for America).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQTEZxpTlHf73QU-MI_fN7gwaYjVbFnLcEgtrVzkrmmIJeCK7KVPDyrc90bRh9T26Lnwa9WmDyDHDgxDBfVp-e8gtDjIvvPG9aEDnI0SVQSlOsVIzmE85cv-vOiQxMNSTmQBeHKcU0O4uxzugnJYLBwWpHooAUw2KaFLSrQhUHI28ta7Kww3eEuCK5w/s3594/39.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3594" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQTEZxpTlHf73QU-MI_fN7gwaYjVbFnLcEgtrVzkrmmIJeCK7KVPDyrc90bRh9T26Lnwa9WmDyDHDgxDBfVp-e8gtDjIvvPG9aEDnI0SVQSlOsVIzmE85cv-vOiQxMNSTmQBeHKcU0O4uxzugnJYLBwWpHooAUw2KaFLSrQhUHI28ta7Kww3eEuCK5w/w200-h104/39.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4aFAAlAz-Ym505BiK2vXo8eiwkTFduDsEmgvYCRjPeACewyxGBookXSvInfBldnaR7fBlJdHxeoENUpRFEsq4_wrfBOlWDZYipgyLZHpFM8EafsFqClp3fmuC-i_B6kkdR9t1pSk7t-n42x--w-fE26pKRyVSe71d6YXoOEvqoe_v0OlEUjOps44KQ/s4000/40.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4aFAAlAz-Ym505BiK2vXo8eiwkTFduDsEmgvYCRjPeACewyxGBookXSvInfBldnaR7fBlJdHxeoENUpRFEsq4_wrfBOlWDZYipgyLZHpFM8EafsFqClp3fmuC-i_B6kkdR9t1pSk7t-n42x--w-fE26pKRyVSe71d6YXoOEvqoe_v0OlEUjOps44KQ/w93-h200/40.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5eDfkieBfONo4tPKcahUBZ1LfYbzTcOcKImMJdz7Rc3jOQ2GleMmiDLBqn3TTWvpHTtwnPSH1DQNkEfXElzGBWCCBrI1AyOa_80rDcDKTuFzfoQpw2NedjjCiNlyJGcanM_jCJQIYiHCuUR_zi5IbBI7hCgDZQMt8htgSyDaEhHZuyjnTtwJWqR2ow/s4000/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5eDfkieBfONo4tPKcahUBZ1LfYbzTcOcKImMJdz7Rc3jOQ2GleMmiDLBqn3TTWvpHTtwnPSH1DQNkEfXElzGBWCCBrI1AyOa_80rDcDKTuFzfoQpw2NedjjCiNlyJGcanM_jCJQIYiHCuUR_zi5IbBI7hCgDZQMt8htgSyDaEhHZuyjnTtwJWqR2ow/w93-h200/41.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Always loved a horse and carriage! Check out the houses--although built in the early to mid 1700s, they look like half the houses in America.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEj_kWmWmGXPeq01ypvqqPvwzgQsZC7CfszDvvSkqZuG5N_97batlLGV_bhlj41Mv8MR04JHoXNvSVkh0bWGRAagRnLdvzkh73Q_-DOLjuRBFtCzTcm_70dzWBPxl6hL5JOT0SMwOkSL_LcZmi73zk4o5RkGKQimWvOyd8GK4hmhkJJNrl2J5pNg_7_Q/s4000/42.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEj_kWmWmGXPeq01ypvqqPvwzgQsZC7CfszDvvSkqZuG5N_97batlLGV_bhlj41Mv8MR04JHoXNvSVkh0bWGRAagRnLdvzkh73Q_-DOLjuRBFtCzTcm_70dzWBPxl6hL5JOT0SMwOkSL_LcZmi73zk4o5RkGKQimWvOyd8GK4hmhkJJNrl2J5pNg_7_Q/w200-h93/42.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyddAcrGu2M1-mVGVBRYAlH-OqKIt8ovwm3k5eBWIUOj7zORfcRPxd9nTNOGJsrqawYriblYCqRpM-Y3Kp3BGKAtkZDaEumaipcU05EWF8x3l1FSggX5st8fX70FIg4JSF1MKzEF2A4eLZpcmIZznwJwlsLBa7KB3U6ThQMvZZQrL6oayV9S1i8QNq4Q/s4000/43.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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The 3rd pic shows a public punishment--you sat on the back board and had your legs thru to the front. The back board had a metal covering and would hurt like hell if you had to sit there for hours. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewQy8noqY4t5rEYSgu99Fu-NYADmQYmproxsb50W9bEaz66kydlSKQw7927ASf5MyT46BRPEqMJm8gyHDgaYWslsf9faONvyhAzY_pQrdwWGowitpquy_fVGHV7w7dsAmuZYk2e1rJwkwWpSnYmVXsS09MWHfnOJdubg6kojFEXNwApoD5IyeRShflg/s4000/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewQy8noqY4t5rEYSgu99Fu-NYADmQYmproxsb50W9bEaz66kydlSKQw7927ASf5MyT46BRPEqMJm8gyHDgaYWslsf9faONvyhAzY_pQrdwWGowitpquy_fVGHV7w7dsAmuZYk2e1rJwkwWpSnYmVXsS09MWHfnOJdubg6kojFEXNwApoD5IyeRShflg/w200-h93/49.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L_IlAsn36VhyZahh-ReMfj3vQSMKHTkNrW-LtCiul_SFFqk93rcrQR9TwPk9f8eor_Ok8HMCzmo2nF5eze9nvDFzavJvsbpPFKbljNMIgTWFMZy9zNNYcv8gKl3EV4aijGQ6KxV_LVNeedSLem1xQ9OIA08-zC8KxWMMUH1cCiUCLUEQRUYZIyk1wQ/s4000/50.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L_IlAsn36VhyZahh-ReMfj3vQSMKHTkNrW-LtCiul_SFFqk93rcrQR9TwPk9f8eor_Ok8HMCzmo2nF5eze9nvDFzavJvsbpPFKbljNMIgTWFMZy9zNNYcv8gKl3EV4aijGQ6KxV_LVNeedSLem1xQ9OIA08-zC8KxWMMUH1cCiUCLUEQRUYZIyk1wQ/w200-h93/50.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3QAjakEMfT2QgjHzkVQaentYsLQDtwn2nyQrRq_ZQLbAJpJot_wKm2ABHdhYskxcSqw2wFFPXpBrftOPxbhfRz3aw-5wYDw7Lkc7LnB3AEC2rtvPu6YjbUmvO9j-ck2Bau8cdNAojieVuOXi0P9hYfSZm7ucTucAK5TDrFMnJ1-N9gXNhk--R0XeXQ/s4000/51.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3QAjakEMfT2QgjHzkVQaentYsLQDtwn2nyQrRq_ZQLbAJpJot_wKm2ABHdhYskxcSqw2wFFPXpBrftOPxbhfRz3aw-5wYDw7Lkc7LnB3AEC2rtvPu6YjbUmvO9j-ck2Bau8cdNAojieVuOXi0P9hYfSZm7ucTucAK5TDrFMnJ1-N9gXNhk--R0XeXQ/w200-h93/51.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This 'magazine' was used to store guns and ammunition. The Royal Governor was found to have emptied the place before anyone in the town knew about the Battle of Lexington, touching off the Revolution here in VA.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIeHBMm97-OrAFiVJ8uVa93pAYaAAYgtxuqR36OpgzthGS4aFhlhoYn0h7mlM4wc3FAzJ5B6scv-SmW9kjs1KqG26knqmCgXdEZjkO2Y7qQD6MgXjnytqIFxU_JJpa7KeM1r9-1xt_MqGkQVBNmK6-ao6mR8Y8cionufc_vVKdBpb5NqbnUSoCWz2Xw/s4000/52.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIeHBMm97-OrAFiVJ8uVa93pAYaAAYgtxuqR36OpgzthGS4aFhlhoYn0h7mlM4wc3FAzJ5B6scv-SmW9kjs1KqG26knqmCgXdEZjkO2Y7qQD6MgXjnytqIFxU_JJpa7KeM1r9-1xt_MqGkQVBNmK6-ao6mR8Y8cionufc_vVKdBpb5NqbnUSoCWz2Xw/w200-h93/52.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7eGaVyV5vayV_YD9wNHJYHr0t7tOKW6_P35yXq1278fT7BGjRAl4SP4Qq1ED2M4HFyLPwMpWkbogIKyRl1XvKStZzywi8L1GhDHH5tPV7Pu6XSpfsYDDdzkr_wptAE655PizZJ6z9iCVo0DfNpNOxF_12bYdxDyskAIXi7vAjFYQhi27Blu0N_jwBA/s3370/53.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2353" data-original-width="3422" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBn7uhxABFTXq2sxhLzVrFLwdjhbqGoOoHTJzh1Q7SxUx27n76P8ZixHCpGaQAUzUMKeGCOnf6-yie1jxTlVqZXQZor1Gv_Ck7I1RSQ97DXy5_SXxZ6l2gXO4gz0ilPwm5_g6dwbZf61mntINMcq_0n5pI7oqC_vGAeaRaK5c5_cUEikvQWgqHBw25g/w200-h138/57.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>You really need a couple days to see all that is here to see--we probably only saw 1/3 of it in almost 4 hours--I'm way too old to be doing 2-3 days of this in a row. lol So today we left Williamsburg and arrived in Virginia Beach for a couple days. We'll visit with a friend who lives here, see just a couple things maybe, but what I really want to do is relax. lol</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-22206553311235509562022-06-29T10:47:00.000-05:002022-06-29T10:47:13.739-05:00We've Been Hoodooed!<div>29 June 2022--We've been both hoodooed and disrespected here in Virginia. lol (For those of you who don't know, "Hoodoo" is a slang word for bamboozle.) So it appears our history books have hoodooed us, and I fear the state of Virginia has disrespected us--by 'us", I mean my peeps the Pilgrims, my ancestors. lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Before we even get inside the Jamestown Settlement, this state flag display tells us that Jamestown, VA was the 1st settlement in America--oh, really?! My history books told us it was the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock! And then, to add insult to injury, they define my beloved Pilgrims on the MA slate as 'zealots'! I have to wonder who wrote their history books? (I think they must still be mad they lost the Civil War--or as they call it here in the south, "The War of Northern Aggression".) lol Truth be told, St Augustine, FL and Santa Fe, NM both had Spanish settlements prior to 1600, so they beat all of us here!</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgXWC_wBeqNcskvwcskPnQOKeo1SVmDlRXfHj5s5IXMY2fcGN1_CDfNunMIvorEOJcGsn9g7akyTrXdSx6j-VPcwESIMnOxDO_aeAAC9CdeTCV1XiPnXWQqGQxz-FIM3eHBGhV5dVC_ps1g4PEWJjzt772_GmD8V51yGf0l3ruzgR1JAfdYwAa3avBQ/s2223/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2223" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgXWC_wBeqNcskvwcskPnQOKeo1SVmDlRXfHj5s5IXMY2fcGN1_CDfNunMIvorEOJcGsn9g7akyTrXdSx6j-VPcwESIMnOxDO_aeAAC9CdeTCV1XiPnXWQqGQxz-FIM3eHBGhV5dVC_ps1g4PEWJjzt772_GmD8V51yGf0l3ruzgR1JAfdYwAa3avBQ/w200-h122/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbw9bS8-n_gvK2B9JL5fPXVNzWgaIFKGUnsm2PHcxEimYie4FITnLLCVRAX4l8BBaeM3w6uqlb6tXeIkFKZ3FPaThHa1vEordh4uygQiCyFVgkYwt1fzqiEwrgxQHVjXN801OQb1ZK-qLzlWVDzDJdfUSAeuwA_kSBFTZYWg5pa25jOeQW1KStP8rpQ/s3289/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="3289" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbw9bS8-n_gvK2B9JL5fPXVNzWgaIFKGUnsm2PHcxEimYie4FITnLLCVRAX4l8BBaeM3w6uqlb6tXeIkFKZ3FPaThHa1vEordh4uygQiCyFVgkYwt1fzqiEwrgxQHVjXN801OQb1ZK-qLzlWVDzDJdfUSAeuwA_kSBFTZYWg5pa25jOeQW1KStP8rpQ/w200-h108/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fOFi2S3uEphpDLDWtTGmuIKTwvPXsjaTBrm9EN8ikKBxgFXKy6vEklPIlOVcGsxegOqQVgwIXV5Bse2W3SWKaqvgPaJUNoLbEsQWLBnUQ5wBLBHbcgCb1fVufRU1vEgQSDEW3K4OD5lgQ9HPSaaSpTJa8xJ6Pv_MGAxjiTbFO09xzXgj54mmCgtYeg/s1577/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="1368" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fOFi2S3uEphpDLDWtTGmuIKTwvPXsjaTBrm9EN8ikKBxgFXKy6vEklPIlOVcGsxegOqQVgwIXV5Bse2W3SWKaqvgPaJUNoLbEsQWLBnUQ5wBLBHbcgCb1fVufRU1vEgQSDEW3K4OD5lgQ9HPSaaSpTJa8xJ6Pv_MGAxjiTbFO09xzXgj54mmCgtYeg/w174-h200/3.jpg" width="174" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsxFqztmD_dPxNhu8YqtIb9y2mLBQ09nIyxAej5OZccYWTp241wcRuLOSr7Boxc1tnjf7Dl9QVHiZryei2V5lJ5R9XowHWsX-zie_wIHMOK3cWSKYJkKCE4AdHrFKkUPtHNwOQ-lnZ9ogNWxMfnt0KFqU90WjZYpYMjr-2Iz0qt2Ut0kwp-4XsKE6zQ/s1563/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="1276" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsxFqztmD_dPxNhu8YqtIb9y2mLBQ09nIyxAej5OZccYWTp241wcRuLOSr7Boxc1tnjf7Dl9QVHiZryei2V5lJ5R9XowHWsX-zie_wIHMOK3cWSKYJkKCE4AdHrFKkUPtHNwOQ-lnZ9ogNWxMfnt0KFqU90WjZYpYMjr-2Iz0qt2Ut0kwp-4XsKE6zQ/w163-h200/4.jpg" width="163" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6QG2c9fatQiPBqiNA2AZ6Z4ISpBVukhTHOGKgkIc2bJn5E0Vi96RR83e6yoSSxK1SmJXbyop92_oQk1YOtpK3TLAo7HPt38HyoEea9aV190oCEjSM_tEqs7HCGVNpdSmVUKf_xCSasbh957634K1DH9G2e5mtNA9Lk8DENLA7OqoHNrBZCawxf7-YQ/s1712/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="1712" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6QG2c9fatQiPBqiNA2AZ6Z4ISpBVukhTHOGKgkIc2bJn5E0Vi96RR83e6yoSSxK1SmJXbyop92_oQk1YOtpK3TLAo7HPt38HyoEea9aV190oCEjSM_tEqs7HCGVNpdSmVUKf_xCSasbh957634K1DH9G2e5mtNA9Lk8DENLA7OqoHNrBZCawxf7-YQ/w200-h199/5.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So according to the Virginians, (lol) 144 people came over from England on these 3 ships in 1607. They are named the Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed. Never heard of them--all I remember is that we came over on the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5x5RQbzn1WcAn47ylWjDDulBW0X58j0m7jK7kMr-yf8DfKcnt6sM7v6yCt12m8QoV0dYUF5Kh1GdRFfFvCOF6whfQxjgJEp67NhMhi9YTv3bpkHaCj3L_IFO4S3BLC5Vj7FCj0XU9ngePWYH9-JPR7aBFXy1bQXv4hNYNo_nxw3KnW4Dz2TfImuvOA/s4000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5x5RQbzn1WcAn47ylWjDDulBW0X58j0m7jK7kMr-yf8DfKcnt6sM7v6yCt12m8QoV0dYUF5Kh1GdRFfFvCOF6whfQxjgJEp67NhMhi9YTv3bpkHaCj3L_IFO4S3BLC5Vj7FCj0XU9ngePWYH9-JPR7aBFXy1bQXv4hNYNo_nxw3KnW4Dz2TfImuvOA/w200-h93/6.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHQQy0hSZkhmyvZwmSQu7al-Pz_3cXGWpBJ5_FN_P98dVU32VZkNQmb7o7RB96hRGu0EVrlxQVQqsmXhEQ86tBZGZa2NDstpR1aoq26HviPY978QwDeKl3CY31Do_rbPiJU6V-J4lS3IHxB2f0Zf2raNPlWjkZ12e5t0JCrNEjAJBlZt9690YobHe7A/s2973/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="2973" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHQQy0hSZkhmyvZwmSQu7al-Pz_3cXGWpBJ5_FN_P98dVU32VZkNQmb7o7RB96hRGu0EVrlxQVQqsmXhEQ86tBZGZa2NDstpR1aoq26HviPY978QwDeKl3CY31Do_rbPiJU6V-J4lS3IHxB2f0Zf2raNPlWjkZ12e5t0JCrNEjAJBlZt9690YobHe7A/w200-h123/7.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y1vob9IIA40RIoCChgJeYWrB7lbYW0-ARrwfKjU2p4QXjhy7LpFqScR9aM3P8rSjmvDWUzGppt3hhUnzU02aSCDFgVVQjtidratNGcWFDZt5dylTBceWtimGwI9PswIHpqJ7StWaaZiUBmSMirE3IwKJhFSYhOlr1D-ha81kA1s-_LSQZQ6Xa6kcGQ/s3968/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3968" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y1vob9IIA40RIoCChgJeYWrB7lbYW0-ARrwfKjU2p4QXjhy7LpFqScR9aM3P8rSjmvDWUzGppt3hhUnzU02aSCDFgVVQjtidratNGcWFDZt5dylTBceWtimGwI9PswIHpqJ7StWaaZiUBmSMirE3IwKJhFSYhOlr1D-ha81kA1s-_LSQZQ6Xa6kcGQ/w200-h93/8.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Powhatan Indians were native to this area, and although that is actually the name of the tribe, it is also the name of the Chief when the Brits arrive. They had numerous settlements throughout this area--they didn't say this was the chief, but as the only statue of a Native American, this is how I will forever see him in mind's eye. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7EpOy9VNOvM0PrJAloav8IbQCacMUZNvxUKTv4omZ3eqW4ZTA-k93_-HApEedqtlW-WEvyk7dKvtmw8HYCImaM1db0Ng7ktFKF2FjzHL85z6cm3LdnF93WbTbjNETGh71BhqY0lXv47Oe3jxEgYgw9vy3H9HznXe49MmcN3PJc0wXb3TUKDYiVLnuA/s1684/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="1684" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7EpOy9VNOvM0PrJAloav8IbQCacMUZNvxUKTv4omZ3eqW4ZTA-k93_-HApEedqtlW-WEvyk7dKvtmw8HYCImaM1db0Ng7ktFKF2FjzHL85z6cm3LdnF93WbTbjNETGh71BhqY0lXv47Oe3jxEgYgw9vy3H9HznXe49MmcN3PJc0wXb3TUKDYiVLnuA/w200-h174/9.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxySETkJRxwmbsKaYrfKT-AdVGx5wp7zNj9_7bXKqrq-52BTgQ0ZnVkjnLqyb8JOCsRZdQn4z5O6llXjqWfDqT3g-g000JvB0zcU32ZtkZ34BPK5xd28X9BazxN7OOoQyeeDgxkhMjXfP0k90IZG2WLz0_42ydc8QALrMrCBn7E_6ttE5mZ2aRpNM1Q/s2685/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="2685" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxySETkJRxwmbsKaYrfKT-AdVGx5wp7zNj9_7bXKqrq-52BTgQ0ZnVkjnLqyb8JOCsRZdQn4z5O6llXjqWfDqT3g-g000JvB0zcU32ZtkZ34BPK5xd28X9BazxN7OOoQyeeDgxkhMjXfP0k90IZG2WLz0_42ydc8QALrMrCBn7E_6ttE5mZ2aRpNM1Q/w200-h135/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcDpoGFOwy6SKoDglPqKJgnX_E2T8diSpuyFAySJr7WV7xBzwM3W6A5xOcXUzlhTkpBVspMd_Q-RGlZ5OIwpMRMX1ZAYh0rRWp6G_9XfXdzc9FcN2tZmpf9jj_GYK0Ot76aOEnl5HXZoPoYhbj-qxJDAvANB4gBnjdneIWvf49VZS9xTlyzx177kcIQ/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcDpoGFOwy6SKoDglPqKJgnX_E2T8diSpuyFAySJr7WV7xBzwM3W6A5xOcXUzlhTkpBVspMd_Q-RGlZ5OIwpMRMX1ZAYh0rRWp6G_9XfXdzc9FcN2tZmpf9jj_GYK0Ot76aOEnl5HXZoPoYhbj-qxJDAvANB4gBnjdneIWvf49VZS9xTlyzx177kcIQ/w93-h200/11.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The houses they built are called 'yehakins', and made from bending young saplings and covering them with mats made from woven reeds. Cathy is pointing at what I can only believe to be the 1st bunk bed!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBN10LgVsWzZNoHoN2-KjYu3Ob_9MD076zzeJ4tsHODt88-3HYzu7zcAZPeFszD7AMbApADwtnS42o4npArduKQIO-0AJHUurRWEvUUZmtF7g8eL2yep0_ryMk51DZjXNuhRo8y4C5gLGUAmD7yNxVSPkhbTdHt65M1OYds69oqQuFS_y2NJ8XgPeAw/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBN10LgVsWzZNoHoN2-KjYu3Ob_9MD076zzeJ4tsHODt88-3HYzu7zcAZPeFszD7AMbApADwtnS42o4npArduKQIO-0AJHUurRWEvUUZmtF7g8eL2yep0_ryMk51DZjXNuhRo8y4C5gLGUAmD7yNxVSPkhbTdHt65M1OYds69oqQuFS_y2NJ8XgPeAw/w200-h93/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccPD_-dbCZbvNksvLYObgSsHPc5Fezhcz-yKm6Ji0eBa2gklIavqbOvixqqndOzWz05TdV8QJLfIdf903aeYa_eXsXop_oQPzKcRVU6GM8eEDeFT91Q67CkDa0LZ8mDr4OiVSFr-T4Fsb4TSdOhvl6-B3QgdTdzamz49qOUoaWCALjeVZr2-EUVCrbw/s6800/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3584" data-original-width="6800" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccPD_-dbCZbvNksvLYObgSsHPc5Fezhcz-yKm6Ji0eBa2gklIavqbOvixqqndOzWz05TdV8QJLfIdf903aeYa_eXsXop_oQPzKcRVU6GM8eEDeFT91Q67CkDa0LZ8mDr4OiVSFr-T4Fsb4TSdOhvl6-B3QgdTdzamz49qOUoaWCALjeVZr2-EUVCrbw/w200-h106/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlzz8AT45VPhxHpokDCK5GpAtsoeaC6YeYfUMvBaSKXN8fkzV-OYUD8IjPtgL9p2Krp8jJccBZuS4TXEawOpoB9HaMvTuas2X_qSxXtK2NYpwhL3XH4kTxAdlR99uNv2etyZ7Zg_W02Goc34hf1TwmtxpA0-D82_uqK7o8CElhLzD_r7L4SFrJhFCyg/s4896/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="4896" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlzz8AT45VPhxHpokDCK5GpAtsoeaC6YeYfUMvBaSKXN8fkzV-OYUD8IjPtgL9p2Krp8jJccBZuS4TXEawOpoB9HaMvTuas2X_qSxXtK2NYpwhL3XH4kTxAdlR99uNv2etyZ7Zg_W02Goc34hf1TwmtxpA0-D82_uqK7o8CElhLzD_r7L4SFrJhFCyg/w200-h119/14.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There were several spots where actors, dressed as natives, talked about how they cooked and how they hollowed out trees to make canoes. These guys were as white as we are, so they enlisted me to give the class on mashing corn. lol Blow up the pics, and you'll see that if the guy in the 3rd pic was a woman he would probably be arrested. lol </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfaRgurYo_MHgVG8ZGphantfbUyx3Ye4d3yfekLLDt80wM_gbGHQ1BmDHUVeOQteKQv9V_3INPvbR9GiE-tGt79XqIMsoqQ4l6onDxyDAhTu_MMKBYX52wYDJeLwJp1Aeql_sq9i6UA2XMpgRbWL1io6fXcIlbdjtB1gVWXOTDlCkq8Ukl1gBfY_tdg/s2576/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1864" data-original-width="2576" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfaRgurYo_MHgVG8ZGphantfbUyx3Ye4d3yfekLLDt80wM_gbGHQ1BmDHUVeOQteKQv9V_3INPvbR9GiE-tGt79XqIMsoqQ4l6onDxyDAhTu_MMKBYX52wYDJeLwJp1Aeql_sq9i6UA2XMpgRbWL1io6fXcIlbdjtB1gVWXOTDlCkq8Ukl1gBfY_tdg/w200-h145/15.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcM711RL7vvDdGpnw52NfMTTUZm6Hm-zs7T6hrbzIXwQ5zPgoqvnBskSVdmJvIcdEX55qL9z-IU24TB1YcqY07YqADPOZ6Kh_6H3eREbmEXHlVMc2UrtcSV7UY2XwzBGb5bQJgYHoccK_um4S_vn6sndc019LN8rOEnX39rRXxeWydPfuwgalHcU1B5w/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcM711RL7vvDdGpnw52NfMTTUZm6Hm-zs7T6hrbzIXwQ5zPgoqvnBskSVdmJvIcdEX55qL9z-IU24TB1YcqY07YqADPOZ6Kh_6H3eREbmEXHlVMc2UrtcSV7UY2XwzBGb5bQJgYHoccK_um4S_vn6sndc019LN8rOEnX39rRXxeWydPfuwgalHcU1B5w/w200-h93/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbFEqo4eAqrlF8b1G_gwisfPUkSNOrOfKKWhiCOROJvaaWlo5VuK4kWJ7KPsJmPB0U_rVTqFLj4H4mCREjSuZZD0pxNAmJY9lKjKGgGKZdAGaiFWLsUG1a6zhH6U3rUMgTnf5kme0AHBeD7yZgl4yG2yEsa3uerdvtYimLwTbrYZjyM-w78vMNweSDw/s3372/16a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1749" data-original-width="3372" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbFEqo4eAqrlF8b1G_gwisfPUkSNOrOfKKWhiCOROJvaaWlo5VuK4kWJ7KPsJmPB0U_rVTqFLj4H4mCREjSuZZD0pxNAmJY9lKjKGgGKZdAGaiFWLsUG1a6zhH6U3rUMgTnf5kme0AHBeD7yZgl4yG2yEsa3uerdvtYimLwTbrYZjyM-w78vMNweSDw/w200-h104/16a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So they hollowed out massive trees by slowly burning them and then scraping out the ash. Depending on the size of the tree, it could take 3-6 months, and they could hold 40-50 people. But I think they were very small people--Cathy could step in, but as thin as she is, her hips would not allow her to get all the way down. lol In the 3rd pic, Cathy is holding the hoof of a dead deer, which was used to scrape the fur from the hide. The last pic shows what we presume is a game of darts.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqywBWKm_3GLnGVdWG7Mwod9PCmQQr47qPtiNmAJ_YKZoBKORyAYs1vBnC-NqNpEKkf9iaXbZjtw5Al7BiCow5D_e5JaYVEFA-4pCPgLT4QntgCSikDDxakCKDlmCrcxS6qEkgKO4A72wNUBzG4JjttJItqC1Z7F-hwhnlWWGyS6-XkOaEINDZb8UuA/s1363/16b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1363" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqywBWKm_3GLnGVdWG7Mwod9PCmQQr47qPtiNmAJ_YKZoBKORyAYs1vBnC-NqNpEKkf9iaXbZjtw5Al7BiCow5D_e5JaYVEFA-4pCPgLT4QntgCSikDDxakCKDlmCrcxS6qEkgKO4A72wNUBzG4JjttJItqC1Z7F-hwhnlWWGyS6-XkOaEINDZb8UuA/w200-h198/16b.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTeOoFhIGbxW3XgbJkdrT3S-txCrraGYFhcRaTw4NVCFL2_Sx2ZCjLq-whDTtnW5lw3mZM8F7NfDMACIp9teEFQP_w-DPuAo5_Fm36voEfgHrHhYCBkm_LuUZtHXD9DvYW3lLZehu8TPqREgXchjXr4UTuDD6ndpl8L94GuRxx9EcWphTKtb4lQFzuw/s3071/16c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3071" data-original-width="1867" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTeOoFhIGbxW3XgbJkdrT3S-txCrraGYFhcRaTw4NVCFL2_Sx2ZCjLq-whDTtnW5lw3mZM8F7NfDMACIp9teEFQP_w-DPuAo5_Fm36voEfgHrHhYCBkm_LuUZtHXD9DvYW3lLZehu8TPqREgXchjXr4UTuDD6ndpl8L94GuRxx9EcWphTKtb4lQFzuw/w122-h200/16c.jpg" width="122" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52jG5AknW_fA38CJvdUdXAjkjQ9vMHALz1VB6ibYiVBwqgJL8R0L-4Qimf3T05yu1zZYCiQYqDsy7t8dmnQABmE3fmx0UygdWzMYA237xLiCCu5R2YRC6-psSGyJkF9BW3a0SDDDdY9BptwnaIXxRXCKABgGwIjJP6qqApDYLS1gJuuosaZnJPVmlNw/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52jG5AknW_fA38CJvdUdXAjkjQ9vMHALz1VB6ibYiVBwqgJL8R0L-4Qimf3T05yu1zZYCiQYqDsy7t8dmnQABmE3fmx0UygdWzMYA237xLiCCu5R2YRC6-psSGyJkF9BW3a0SDDDdY9BptwnaIXxRXCKABgGwIjJP6qqApDYLS1gJuuosaZnJPVmlNw/w200-h93/17.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzS-3EicVpwao6z7SjqdIgIVizi_6R2UDHf7nzSEnvtZTlO4z_CFB76ohmz4lCplsvG2jGpfZHFFx_7ekU-NnlhZYBaho72rsET7hYliVMbZAK8V0IHVayLeJd1rQX3IeHgNSY3It6J4DISPW4cG-d1HX4Xr23HPyIc8KuFrJQt9TmjPaP8jvBZ_H5aw/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzS-3EicVpwao6z7SjqdIgIVizi_6R2UDHf7nzSEnvtZTlO4z_CFB76ohmz4lCplsvG2jGpfZHFFx_7ekU-NnlhZYBaho72rsET7hYliVMbZAK8V0IHVayLeJd1rQX3IeHgNSY3It6J4DISPW4cG-d1HX4Xr23HPyIc8KuFrJQt9TmjPaP8jvBZ_H5aw/w200-h93/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Off we go to the mock up of the English fort, Fort James. By the way, Virginia was named after Queen Elizabeth I--the 'virgin' queen!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObMi5Yv980h6SjCdFsCucuBf2KKskAZcGe91Qrg52Ba8jx083BeqbfWUVRv7xprjX2i2Sx_2rgSvxexn9Zs8GZbzrc7xzD_ylJGzXpr3rTj-8MIv_dGOMGlr57FV6Xqv_PKK3kpASacWmgRGuKlnIIyQuUQ2OtDLmf10GSh97IGQbIOLOUZRcVUFrVw/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObMi5Yv980h6SjCdFsCucuBf2KKskAZcGe91Qrg52Ba8jx083BeqbfWUVRv7xprjX2i2Sx_2rgSvxexn9Zs8GZbzrc7xzD_ylJGzXpr3rTj-8MIv_dGOMGlr57FV6Xqv_PKK3kpASacWmgRGuKlnIIyQuUQ2OtDLmf10GSh97IGQbIOLOUZRcVUFrVw/w200-h93/19.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQNTZNNGR3HPASrZ0UUI85NMtUDZi_2eM6XdPSz38QwrqMl2T1Sr5ALy8LIJGExQPlyTRtQJ2He9KGa943FElN-YIA4I6ECwNWb6MrN_cXpqC9G99BkGA57xXrvGdxK190nedT2dUw8eJ-nGkUdcXVgGwaD8yb6ifcXftOAZKWTSAz5bE-aWDsaylmg/s9824/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="9824" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQNTZNNGR3HPASrZ0UUI85NMtUDZi_2eM6XdPSz38QwrqMl2T1Sr5ALy8LIJGExQPlyTRtQJ2He9KGa943FElN-YIA4I6ECwNWb6MrN_cXpqC9G99BkGA57xXrvGdxK190nedT2dUw8eJ-nGkUdcXVgGwaD8yb6ifcXftOAZKWTSAz5bE-aWDsaylmg/w200-h73/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of armor displayed and laying around. I was once again enlisted to model the proper wear of said armor. lol It was surprisingly heavy--even the hat.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUbnxRJDWWGC2YN1jbhxSP08rK8tbBMKp80fkwxoC7m-8M2K8s2CpfHJt9f-2nDxH5VvxvHmNnvhsLa30iSNSmIq0Us6wmkxMzQEAyDPQ-d4LCSAs1h4tftPulQSFNGNt5jx5Pq350Q3GmB3Y93p9wrs8elqfMYPfpKlAp-Z-rB1C5fq-piKDcC46iw/s4000/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUbnxRJDWWGC2YN1jbhxSP08rK8tbBMKp80fkwxoC7m-8M2K8s2CpfHJt9f-2nDxH5VvxvHmNnvhsLa30iSNSmIq0Us6wmkxMzQEAyDPQ-d4LCSAs1h4tftPulQSFNGNt5jx5Pq350Q3GmB3Y93p9wrs8elqfMYPfpKlAp-Z-rB1C5fq-piKDcC46iw/w93-h200/21.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiWjGzMh7-GDbDqZxZ2tRA5v3lob9fpZQEjyh6SyVpAeAUlsLlSX2wcdPDIALNJVFGy7bfr8Dl6bL9Zwl9jWhEUfYx3oiQWhrb4KiaEGJSq_aKVWlRjAH8NerUTZTDgUvJ_Hkkv-eX5pCvdkLnXil-U9gihM6goHPRBeHCPvpjfRYRD5veQfHa5xpGw/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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That's Cathy waiting to be served in the 2nd pic. And based on the bed in the last pic, I'm thinking that was a room for a high muckety-muck!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhho7HIJjNRUUFUUNm9RXI8rGCXSPp9b8L-_IdOlFhcMB9zlZQ5X5Aj4mOGSZbVGN2bG0GNN8iGVRGCqijR9mSdAzfMl85fJjXnGESv5iKPR5gb2jrP-iERnOawf0LgS61QEI_8bqhy5i1sPyi7kGxflr1NSB1Nm60Ia3MiJ5tNENmRKJWuWt4PUu1qhQ/s3888/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3680" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhho7HIJjNRUUFUUNm9RXI8rGCXSPp9b8L-_IdOlFhcMB9zlZQ5X5Aj4mOGSZbVGN2bG0GNN8iGVRGCqijR9mSdAzfMl85fJjXnGESv5iKPR5gb2jrP-iERnOawf0LgS61QEI_8bqhy5i1sPyi7kGxflr1NSB1Nm60Ia3MiJ5tNENmRKJWuWt4PUu1qhQ/w189-h200/28.jpg" width="189" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1I5q8_8ZfCYU-1s1Q2wgxdDkox6RjvkGqeIbolfx5zMViKCzCjKAgVm8H4Z9iImhDS9tJ-9UvJCBB3xTlmcjlzuCFbDmazw6ITWWzDdjWF7D7T0jFvK3u-MQRr1zXSVLwCM97UWfKxJ6RlbfkuaLCROZzgkSs3r62bxsAtR3n8j3IPvw9uzGiDIt_g/s4000/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1I5q8_8ZfCYU-1s1Q2wgxdDkox6RjvkGqeIbolfx5zMViKCzCjKAgVm8H4Z9iImhDS9tJ-9UvJCBB3xTlmcjlzuCFbDmazw6ITWWzDdjWF7D7T0jFvK3u-MQRr1zXSVLwCM97UWfKxJ6RlbfkuaLCROZzgkSs3r62bxsAtR3n8j3IPvw9uzGiDIt_g/w200-h93/29.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAEIPmodE6J8TKRYd6fKcG1AjqlZiepKK44mfeZ3_-wbSgYInOE7ZjeDz9-I0lL4c0p_tyEbTxdi7fsnVDLk3Nx7Dgvg0R3idFVgS6x6Zj6zv1NyeAhrmJR7aeu2XZCiXThSgWeAucYEjO6nya1jRfjTqZFVPKR0uJntZABcac57JnN69EXTbyW22ww/s4000/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAEIPmodE6J8TKRYd6fKcG1AjqlZiepKK44mfeZ3_-wbSgYInOE7ZjeDz9-I0lL4c0p_tyEbTxdi7fsnVDLk3Nx7Dgvg0R3idFVgS6x6Zj6zv1NyeAhrmJR7aeu2XZCiXThSgWeAucYEjO6nya1jRfjTqZFVPKR0uJntZABcac57JnN69EXTbyW22ww/w200-h93/30.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxPX6gto7-e_uVY-fxFaMKiXm0Jn7wTOuOwGGLDytIhEGujTk7UGP8pnAuhOTY0uyerrA7x48xEtIhf2z1Iits5jwl2a6HyEsSzggLXWYx6dXFD96et6StGh2Zim5XDMUSi-a-EUHMO5WfsRTs6EA_ebeqS5YRomZ7QPwoBwRNUQTB68Y9Ss2iBanlA/s4000/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxPX6gto7-e_uVY-fxFaMKiXm0Jn7wTOuOwGGLDytIhEGujTk7UGP8pnAuhOTY0uyerrA7x48xEtIhf2z1Iits5jwl2a6HyEsSzggLXWYx6dXFD96et6StGh2Zim5XDMUSi-a-EUHMO5WfsRTs6EA_ebeqS5YRomZ7QPwoBwRNUQTB68Y9Ss2iBanlA/w200-h93/31.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>A church, of course. I'm the 'zealot' giving the sermon in the 2nd pic. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5r1OICOPHV1wlWdYr72A3uLEYMBYlG8DMOq_8fQqM9zQ778x59OJUEe22VPomdnpemB435JbTIEuvZQ42hsi0vP4uoS7zEp3kqhlrrrrr2JveP-Ka7fz-ldK1oUX4_39uoDYMO3QgABIM-ZnQFtdJWqVl6MqIgXbLY7WrEJ36oT1tWeZFk9Vm0xxyg/s4000/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5r1OICOPHV1wlWdYr72A3uLEYMBYlG8DMOq_8fQqM9zQ778x59OJUEe22VPomdnpemB435JbTIEuvZQ42hsi0vP4uoS7zEp3kqhlrrrrr2JveP-Ka7fz-ldK1oUX4_39uoDYMO3QgABIM-ZnQFtdJWqVl6MqIgXbLY7WrEJ36oT1tWeZFk9Vm0xxyg/w200-h93/32.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UfmDKOXexcjSsaDUmrSLS0UeGRENc2poqkcgKCQDetis-Ps0jF524PZo274bzHneWmTNSZZOngxXfh0GZNtGQtOhnnkfXddQEKyitssSGmkcRI0jv7k69u7Js6g56sOQk7c-o--asSbWN4Bi3qUXzZMbgerodk4aIayI9t2EEGYdeh-RilGz8vhI4A/s3187/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3187" data-original-width="1867" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UfmDKOXexcjSsaDUmrSLS0UeGRENc2poqkcgKCQDetis-Ps0jF524PZo274bzHneWmTNSZZOngxXfh0GZNtGQtOhnnkfXddQEKyitssSGmkcRI0jv7k69u7Js6g56sOQk7c-o--asSbWN4Bi3qUXzZMbgerodk4aIayI9t2EEGYdeh-RilGz8vhI4A/w117-h200/33.jpg" width="117" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>1st pic, drying tobacco. 2nd pic, the armory (remember the right to bear arms). </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighD8YhNQ9VvlUpLTtkbX9qTWF09CKm2Wyph_C3StBh4ufrQlaxuWD2x22HA90doOHFz4fwo0_X42dOpWD8pzAqxjWgyMnsWwkOh-KjZn4om3-vhIW_1eNadx0JWwo_p9uZnb4ZwLGQ6Yn6DXba-TrfoQcqRO_WC5WUBJpUZO_XQUV4s82HX_rXjpc-Q/s4000/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighD8YhNQ9VvlUpLTtkbX9qTWF09CKm2Wyph_C3StBh4ufrQlaxuWD2x22HA90doOHFz4fwo0_X42dOpWD8pzAqxjWgyMnsWwkOh-KjZn4om3-vhIW_1eNadx0JWwo_p9uZnb4ZwLGQ6Yn6DXba-TrfoQcqRO_WC5WUBJpUZO_XQUV4s82HX_rXjpc-Q/w200-h93/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixn_VKaqZRsDOwvT0Zo6vTEzrUvBX3aIC5VpOUlZYuZMRkNTznj8ZfgN8DQPg4isGYQl3IVA_UrxjnD56qOe0uf33_3O4TU81NDpWCTgqsgB4c4xyTfmNZIOa-xXYKvy3igvOVlfsUHzgEYxuEWJs22o1bqZJWBGkThuaf9WywIHEphWMfwzL1Zjvf7A/s4000/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixn_VKaqZRsDOwvT0Zo6vTEzrUvBX3aIC5VpOUlZYuZMRkNTznj8ZfgN8DQPg4isGYQl3IVA_UrxjnD56qOe0uf33_3O4TU81NDpWCTgqsgB4c4xyTfmNZIOa-xXYKvy3igvOVlfsUHzgEYxuEWJs22o1bqZJWBGkThuaf9WywIHEphWMfwzL1Zjvf7A/w200-h93/35.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeJsJMJwrfKKLwxWVqGEcYB_lA-zl_IXkNj082xGUtI6YukqZNou_s6AUaYalxeJqHalo4XCHRuAiWZ1x-GE6qGZtqNrwhw9cLy40bUciKl0YBMbuAwbClJBZa4sOlfmcgHXuQ_g3N2xsLQNYGOkqvZB8fuvR79EfbU-ZhKU0KgFqQ9O1hIqPUEf9LA/s4000/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeJsJMJwrfKKLwxWVqGEcYB_lA-zl_IXkNj082xGUtI6YukqZNou_s6AUaYalxeJqHalo4XCHRuAiWZ1x-GE6qGZtqNrwhw9cLy40bUciKl0YBMbuAwbClJBZa4sOlfmcgHXuQ_g3N2xsLQNYGOkqvZB8fuvR79EfbU-ZhKU0KgFqQ9O1hIqPUEf9LA/w200-h93/36.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYye0f1AcxmuidvnaBQrYn_76o77gRn5nLvi56AR2soXfPfyosF83zCgwPuyQUBh1v1saM4lKHp3HDJX6WL170ReI4LEei5Smz00xK4mqfv1KgxbuuEDoUBovJdKHlg-mnYh3x2W0J09KYWW2mLYjp8AlbGv-AA9-uOsqhx6AnWAjVeHsIpVLRG-dyA/s4000/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYye0f1AcxmuidvnaBQrYn_76o77gRn5nLvi56AR2soXfPfyosF83zCgwPuyQUBh1v1saM4lKHp3HDJX6WL170ReI4LEei5Smz00xK4mqfv1KgxbuuEDoUBovJdKHlg-mnYh3x2W0J09KYWW2mLYjp8AlbGv-AA9-uOsqhx6AnWAjVeHsIpVLRG-dyA/w200-h93/37.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here they go again! Now the Virginians are trying to tell us they had a 'thanksgiving' feast 2 years before the Pilgrims--balderdash! lolol Check out the facts page...the lady who wrote Mary Had a Little Lamb is there, but has never been included in any history I've ever read. lol </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJVarTJ1oX6LW8fh55cWZKbAh10qq7fgSfw9LiIRwDEvPxSINmc94OeqL8BqfT-tSEdUyKhaMENrlMOcJCVbpYUagYtrgsSWO65wBgqTNbXC4PJr0ik3O8KVHVDeaFxCujDDU0rHEiLuNvYWNJAgNGfx7Bz0aRDNSdLG4eey2GYHqnznCOpm8qs8b6Q/s2699/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="2699" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJVarTJ1oX6LW8fh55cWZKbAh10qq7fgSfw9LiIRwDEvPxSINmc94OeqL8BqfT-tSEdUyKhaMENrlMOcJCVbpYUagYtrgsSWO65wBgqTNbXC4PJr0ik3O8KVHVDeaFxCujDDU0rHEiLuNvYWNJAgNGfx7Bz0aRDNSdLG4eey2GYHqnznCOpm8qs8b6Q/w200-h121/38.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7qOGqUO8R9hWJWrlATTrKU8SEIiaoPvOyS4GTDSMlhrRpE9hAmfRyG3Tab33GAuhlnwyX_pzWOnO-Hh0rJ-3WSuUWt87iFPGIXG7J05EQJXzoVnkuOUTT39bc_1bCmGDIuioDlwOMNHEmXJ6vALe66J1GuTK3Kg-YV2wVhtuvw9LH32SvMft2EF_Fg/s3281/39.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3281" data-original-width="1805" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7qOGqUO8R9hWJWrlATTrKU8SEIiaoPvOyS4GTDSMlhrRpE9hAmfRyG3Tab33GAuhlnwyX_pzWOnO-Hh0rJ-3WSuUWt87iFPGIXG7J05EQJXzoVnkuOUTT39bc_1bCmGDIuioDlwOMNHEmXJ6vALe66J1GuTK3Kg-YV2wVhtuvw9LH32SvMft2EF_Fg/w110-h200/39.jpg" width="110" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JrT3mwKjG9bsRKWnGjRfRGexiVKO_Y2OETTfWiB9QWrYYIuup245GDoYTc7JJ2R6pFkBc4GExOkXipuWlR5GbIS7j_Ofh3uOwujtKhTffOBkIfcZ4WvF18bKpYWvpXSUuV2Kzv58cPGpCWn_ehrh2dB5bDcVbrqbOn9rtUjrqaPxzd_sS-0n6Uy35g/s1962/40.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="1835" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JrT3mwKjG9bsRKWnGjRfRGexiVKO_Y2OETTfWiB9QWrYYIuup245GDoYTc7JJ2R6pFkBc4GExOkXipuWlR5GbIS7j_Ofh3uOwujtKhTffOBkIfcZ4WvF18bKpYWvpXSUuV2Kzv58cPGpCWn_ehrh2dB5bDcVbrqbOn9rtUjrqaPxzd_sS-0n6Uy35g/w187-h200/40.jpg" width="187" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Poor Pocahontas! Kidnapped, then taken to England, then commercialized--who knew she had any interest in these products?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO5wmjK369hf8MBCALU51iOZu1ddY8ntIEUBJyRL-Ab622A0KnaACw_9zA-NB2cfMDZePlw29ABOXZhTaY9Tj54yeQ0IBjdWsd5-sTT698KWtqjVcfDFeXqiqaVt5bxeOhR7sJJHSycEJ3lLmpljM89o8grctdO4ITH3dOWXErXnFZkdgPKEKGtbs9w/s2675/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2675" data-original-width="1585" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO5wmjK369hf8MBCALU51iOZu1ddY8ntIEUBJyRL-Ab622A0KnaACw_9zA-NB2cfMDZePlw29ABOXZhTaY9Tj54yeQ0IBjdWsd5-sTT698KWtqjVcfDFeXqiqaVt5bxeOhR7sJJHSycEJ3lLmpljM89o8grctdO4ITH3dOWXErXnFZkdgPKEKGtbs9w/w119-h200/41.jpg" width="119" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8anhsctojjliWOPDPXI0SKWANWRTUWWV2ddpKtf5nHgAnw6Iz67JwjSnlJBJZDmoo0MfTZqPqSCEwiIzrq3yDfTzhzy-RuARWc8THbiFezjFR3NJTktJk5O4Hxi_UE6aIOuOH41cT9p0t5lIIDjE_7qnIkCGbm-5Qxm_9q9Q7A8pRSeF9u4QJdEhckg/s2696/42.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="1794" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8anhsctojjliWOPDPXI0SKWANWRTUWWV2ddpKtf5nHgAnw6Iz67JwjSnlJBJZDmoo0MfTZqPqSCEwiIzrq3yDfTzhzy-RuARWc8THbiFezjFR3NJTktJk5O4Hxi_UE6aIOuOH41cT9p0t5lIIDjE_7qnIkCGbm-5Qxm_9q9Q7A8pRSeF9u4QJdEhckg/w133-h200/42.jpg" width="133" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnEmrYSt3NoeEJ9dRxcfV-DL916mp27sQ-jXEUrTG8mZAEi1ElTElW5s9kVWOz1ltr6hWx5JHvMhEUWhwPLIIcyjmcd_tlG9OPE6FHd7RtdN7i7GjqxFokwpR_x8XqnpU4p_cVekqj716HPURs1H3OGeq0QBhQh8yUoUz-fFhsVD7x7Q6WDi-MPtzlw/s2387/43.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2387" data-original-width="1391" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnEmrYSt3NoeEJ9dRxcfV-DL916mp27sQ-jXEUrTG8mZAEi1ElTElW5s9kVWOz1ltr6hWx5JHvMhEUWhwPLIIcyjmcd_tlG9OPE6FHd7RtdN7i7GjqxFokwpR_x8XqnpU4p_cVekqj716HPURs1H3OGeq0QBhQh8yUoUz-fFhsVD7x7Q6WDi-MPtzlw/w116-h200/43.jpg" width="116" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB75dbNORuc1leevW_mQoA8dN6ZmbQ_-8AdbmdQx8GDaAibTWuLrzyN0Iga84CzSOqw1dHDeQ9oOdklT1rdZLDtxdTqGyXI3OouwHGtBbJy2BKEvXtlCUajKbh5qw4M-ZwCopXTOfeKJhPVj12sLhMdJ3M9zRr-TXkln6DrXYHleDjBdu-TYRTlHIdg/s4000/44.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB75dbNORuc1leevW_mQoA8dN6ZmbQ_-8AdbmdQx8GDaAibTWuLrzyN0Iga84CzSOqw1dHDeQ9oOdklT1rdZLDtxdTqGyXI3OouwHGtBbJy2BKEvXtlCUajKbh5qw4M-ZwCopXTOfeKJhPVj12sLhMdJ3M9zRr-TXkln6DrXYHleDjBdu-TYRTlHIdg/w200-h93/44.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The people who got here originally on those 3 boats no one has ever heard of (lol) were all men, and it wasn't till later that they realized they needed women--surprised? So they brought over cultured ladies, but some women even came as indentured servants of their own will. This poor girl in the 3rd pic was forced here though--read her short snippet--horrible!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3PXCEO036M1AS2drzAXqMBnvM-uXliPTfBl5v0u2ALUKQRNt5I82FJ5yDUlqZNiZexZxcYL3Evfat88nYWNVTh1Fnq_xbymICjm96GOUX7xU6llkfQRnjhEHzqpwu_6HDfjOi8cciC-06T47EMua_4SD_SSSHytAnfW_taCXnWbJdKGnEdW6HAGSvg/s1916/44a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1796" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3PXCEO036M1AS2drzAXqMBnvM-uXliPTfBl5v0u2ALUKQRNt5I82FJ5yDUlqZNiZexZxcYL3Evfat88nYWNVTh1Fnq_xbymICjm96GOUX7xU6llkfQRnjhEHzqpwu_6HDfjOi8cciC-06T47EMua_4SD_SSSHytAnfW_taCXnWbJdKGnEdW6HAGSvg/w188-h200/44a.jpg" width="188" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_d9ejb0oM6bu6GgXFMf8mNxRKg03ZeNz-dXa69VC0cvRWlUp3o1faIZV-fcpFZ2UKXXuEFBXkS7MKjOSbSTkkKuweaENQhCvIydnkGzzZ_UeUkyjBiPF5HkJHGtZN2shOWNsWDMOlRTngD-WpUW6gK_xROJMvvhQ0s0uqDsBocLbBq3s_7jVEF58Xg/s3435/45.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="3435" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_d9ejb0oM6bu6GgXFMf8mNxRKg03ZeNz-dXa69VC0cvRWlUp3o1faIZV-fcpFZ2UKXXuEFBXkS7MKjOSbSTkkKuweaENQhCvIydnkGzzZ_UeUkyjBiPF5HkJHGtZN2shOWNsWDMOlRTngD-WpUW6gK_xROJMvvhQ0s0uqDsBocLbBq3s_7jVEF58Xg/w200-h91/45.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYILpTUQJLfuY_PfjWsbyh1Cb3psp23EhaFJAj7W2qbhOUY3b20SNs7xvJidn4cCrb6yjyeVQ6aW92U40InbvirKpYiU6IJHIoKh_LLZehSuPrhNbY5bl8AcG5czQuD1stroPeuhVyF6VKXHa6uC4X05EI9UTHKIBrsNgrMHhY0t1RpXh32msnNpVugQ/s2738/46.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2738" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYILpTUQJLfuY_PfjWsbyh1Cb3psp23EhaFJAj7W2qbhOUY3b20SNs7xvJidn4cCrb6yjyeVQ6aW92U40InbvirKpYiU6IJHIoKh_LLZehSuPrhNbY5bl8AcG5czQuD1stroPeuhVyF6VKXHa6uC4X05EI9UTHKIBrsNgrMHhY0t1RpXh32msnNpVugQ/w200-h107/46.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A little snippet for my Dutch friends.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNrh3z0qbS5aiFcnEvbwwD5nKvM-60cXnVTJzxsPjnMRygXz5WVS7WIH3buhhxkaGH-fJVR0a4a5zDlBriG3QbwJ6rskUk-t59-fIwlWidm3CX61LJZPNDryrtU7Nd5fl52HsYbp0BA1rcwVsmL2CXs_IxaR5VLuQybWT4JU4OQTGc3jpuNnGN8Nmbw/s1784/47.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1741" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNrh3z0qbS5aiFcnEvbwwD5nKvM-60cXnVTJzxsPjnMRygXz5WVS7WIH3buhhxkaGH-fJVR0a4a5zDlBriG3QbwJ6rskUk-t59-fIwlWidm3CX61LJZPNDryrtU7Nd5fl52HsYbp0BA1rcwVsmL2CXs_IxaR5VLuQybWT4JU4OQTGc3jpuNnGN8Nmbw/w195-h200/47.jpg" width="195" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Horror of horrors! Waterboarding, exclusive punishment for gossiping women. Men making the rules, women suffering the consequences. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWjCdKmjeXy5q3s14r780yWwhdKd6407RtjChkA-MwyANhkxz-wh9VFbPfe7fHUlTDBhJel9rGGTyuNZ_wb1bPUk8WWmUGUIe2IQVpA9z3mNYmKOqorXXyuyCwaNLi78yTfQPkMZXzcivldZlFCW-Et3IYofUnYoj0iM9FLb-M0gp9Vsr7vSM6ssnIw/s2499/48.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2499" data-original-width="1626" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWjCdKmjeXy5q3s14r780yWwhdKd6407RtjChkA-MwyANhkxz-wh9VFbPfe7fHUlTDBhJel9rGGTyuNZ_wb1bPUk8WWmUGUIe2IQVpA9z3mNYmKOqorXXyuyCwaNLi78yTfQPkMZXzcivldZlFCW-Et3IYofUnYoj0iM9FLb-M0gp9Vsr7vSM6ssnIw/w130-h200/48.jpg" width="130" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajJcfeyKHevVyBbgamxO8a8AXZ5mcBep49BLVs2C2ZM2mvC9NwbaNcTIMg8yCRM8MakBxaNyXeS06-WZSJUC_OCJULEnZmvnWauIUC7ofM8IcKQrCNcBFQWlqP7AXPI3Ib26lvb6QuQPpLprRiDvqAfTJ58818g1SUb8lcIiBjB99YKRHpSdFQ8U1qw/s2928/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajJcfeyKHevVyBbgamxO8a8AXZ5mcBep49BLVs2C2ZM2mvC9NwbaNcTIMg8yCRM8MakBxaNyXeS06-WZSJUC_OCJULEnZmvnWauIUC7ofM8IcKQrCNcBFQWlqP7AXPI3Ib26lvb6QuQPpLprRiDvqAfTJ58818g1SUb8lcIiBjB99YKRHpSdFQ8U1qw/w127-h200/49.jpg" width="127" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI1wttcB_t7W1Jt93_cDe_MmjvIHgBty5OynEYNlDCw_6Zc7gFhgGx9XmnxCOlrrI2JFQZK6CxheW0wWCIjiEvOhdjDisKim-RYqqIzAWx31ga_ZGz_iZAN5yDmkZD2d2vc_YeToSa0at6BDzPGY90UBfQ77BiJDKhshkuMIA8ehua9_lQQO5CjsCcQ/s3604/50.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="3604" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI1wttcB_t7W1Jt93_cDe_MmjvIHgBty5OynEYNlDCw_6Zc7gFhgGx9XmnxCOlrrI2JFQZK6CxheW0wWCIjiEvOhdjDisKim-RYqqIzAWx31ga_ZGz_iZAN5yDmkZD2d2vc_YeToSa0at6BDzPGY90UBfQ77BiJDKhshkuMIA8ehua9_lQQO5CjsCcQ/w200-h49/50.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For the 1st few decades, the Brits used indentured servants as their labor force, but after that the Virginians used slaves. They were the 1st state to have slaves, when 20 Angolans were stolen from a Portuguese slave ship. This woman outwitted them in 1656 when she sued for her freedom because she was the common law wife of a Christian Englishman. The law held at that time that no Christian could be a slave, and she won in court. The law was changed in 1662 to keep that from happening again, and also to outlaw mix-raced marriages. That law held until 1967--yes, 1967--when it was thrown out by the Supreme Court in the Loving vs Virginia case.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-4_ep2J-DVnonwNBaOOShNgiZlMTEEhPjKTXs2K9RG5z8w61gU4eSvMFNp8hAeFV_lHiRJR8ftHlcCUBfS2od5JB_YZPjtfirGBmu7O_rPpI6N-QqCpXMK0y5uFGulbbCLMgZaRRZ-pwzvAgLIndP5gofNTZwilyFREDglew_L264cfPJBHPSP6NbA/s1704/51.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="1704" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-4_ep2J-DVnonwNBaOOShNgiZlMTEEhPjKTXs2K9RG5z8w61gU4eSvMFNp8hAeFV_lHiRJR8ftHlcCUBfS2od5JB_YZPjtfirGBmu7O_rPpI6N-QqCpXMK0y5uFGulbbCLMgZaRRZ-pwzvAgLIndP5gofNTZwilyFREDglew_L264cfPJBHPSP6NbA/w200-h163/51.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Last but not least, watch this very quick video--turn up your volume and you'll see the transformation of Native American lands to British lands in less than 70 years.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwyEEcOH0v7pyF_Q2SSOjMsiAL5pDR7gH7SlMWUmNydCR3hfjcz3CJzZD4MvQDtXQ_sde-MLGpNo6lztM-jeg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Ok, we're off to Williamsburg today. I hope they are through hoodooing us!</div><div><br /></div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-90975372504090599442022-06-26T14:50:00.002-05:002022-06-26T14:50:53.984-05:00The Last of Richmond!<div>26 June 2022--Did some running around yesterday, trying to fit in as much as we could while we're here. We started at St John's Episcopal Church, which has a ton of history to it. From Patrick Henry, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, to the traitor Benedict Arnold, they have all been right here.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxYjdX6B31gXFX6S_Hz01X0Q7Chjcy8kVg07aiBURxH-sUQNuvErrEK0PJnHsRppSdyjU39KAxgJ5M1cfbXPMNqEkYwZZlY1kRYHhWuBtoTM0RBnsKpK2Pat6zdSTthwA9GbjntAs6qXrOJp7G8oVYRoqCwN9plq6lW9V8k4BzQR7EIiSzoUWx_e5WA/s1682/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1682" data-original-width="1641" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxYjdX6B31gXFX6S_Hz01X0Q7Chjcy8kVg07aiBURxH-sUQNuvErrEK0PJnHsRppSdyjU39KAxgJ5M1cfbXPMNqEkYwZZlY1kRYHhWuBtoTM0RBnsKpK2Pat6zdSTthwA9GbjntAs6qXrOJp7G8oVYRoqCwN9plq6lW9V8k4BzQR7EIiSzoUWx_e5WA/w195-h200/1.jpg" width="195" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXyTZZhoi99vM52_zn2R9TlRD1kWmQQ5UOqg4QPw155sf0oFGMEY5b5l3CCzAV_hupHw7zfooE1aYbZGN2TZfm3-nh-RuOVq6VL9metcT01CDeY6vO1Jt47RySPGDlG9kEbVdijdAKGagg0-zy5wxu4iQJ46P2ebMLw_vRaNfXNKbFCUnatD1kDoy8g/s2000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2000" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXyTZZhoi99vM52_zn2R9TlRD1kWmQQ5UOqg4QPw155sf0oFGMEY5b5l3CCzAV_hupHw7zfooE1aYbZGN2TZfm3-nh-RuOVq6VL9metcT01CDeY6vO1Jt47RySPGDlG9kEbVdijdAKGagg0-zy5wxu4iQJ46P2ebMLw_vRaNfXNKbFCUnatD1kDoy8g/w200-h181/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <div><br /></div><div>It's a small church, but bigger than when it was 1st built and when the historical events happened. I heard a guide say that there are approximately 400 headstones on the grounds, but they believe about 3500 people are actually buried here. Most of the markers are so old there is no discernable writing anymore, but this one of George Wythe has been restored and tells us that he was the 1st professor of law in the US, and the 1st Virginian to sign the constitution.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDm7RTMPWxuX_PfZDZjaSx_mfcKPVN49_x-dLYo9rPRaaPGpdLSLI6o8hXBo_72K2UvnXh1kjQB5GOZL41QV4eGW6xmhzVoWwsv-xJKRjtfP1L6tPJAcoRvZhLyOaVQ6Y7jz2v7-23nuAI2mNdiyn7kp3tJBce4Gp_Id3ILpKjifsXKuW0fFji7LzEg/s2856/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2856" data-original-width="1867" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDm7RTMPWxuX_PfZDZjaSx_mfcKPVN49_x-dLYo9rPRaaPGpdLSLI6o8hXBo_72K2UvnXh1kjQB5GOZL41QV4eGW6xmhzVoWwsv-xJKRjtfP1L6tPJAcoRvZhLyOaVQ6Y7jz2v7-23nuAI2mNdiyn7kp3tJBce4Gp_Id3ILpKjifsXKuW0fFji7LzEg/w131-h200/3.jpg" width="131" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGpDd3XXQMJdNtXUirJPh4MiNbUwTvFdK2aRPinvntBmX9FeINCSl5U3eP4weOZRe4Zwavbgkp3vtRT1_xIxL6QNJVQJKVzvdhbYICDZCgZu8bb0m_RZmDclnHKcGpiF3sT7YCp8FhwPln3WeRPJ7XdPaeBpoELuefOmPHgMcDSKDgcwPLZ1BARsyQw/s3439/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="3439" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGpDd3XXQMJdNtXUirJPh4MiNbUwTvFdK2aRPinvntBmX9FeINCSl5U3eP4weOZRe4Zwavbgkp3vtRT1_xIxL6QNJVQJKVzvdhbYICDZCgZu8bb0m_RZmDclnHKcGpiF3sT7YCp8FhwPln3WeRPJ7XdPaeBpoELuefOmPHgMcDSKDgcwPLZ1BARsyQw/w200-h104/4.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr4twe0Sy7O2dX4j6h31p4J9XRbQL4woGbM5Hrwoc_CuDCB8m68c46wWHdPQ16BoGlKc-nD3YV_c1mHvVb8yK3Fgbhluhpysa1AGwGDNdg0slcIZI6sCFylignTaHmcxvtlgMQB27ZyNU6npWQ_WXU0LJV8d1WYbMkJNqo8kD0MohQPHTdClsIewDlQ/s4000/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr4twe0Sy7O2dX4j6h31p4J9XRbQL4woGbM5Hrwoc_CuDCB8m68c46wWHdPQ16BoGlKc-nD3YV_c1mHvVb8yK3Fgbhluhpysa1AGwGDNdg0slcIZI6sCFylignTaHmcxvtlgMQB27ZyNU6npWQ_WXU0LJV8d1WYbMkJNqo8kD0MohQPHTdClsIewDlQ/w200-h93/5.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuXMGaKoIiP7VcvzrZ-iL9lToPDwgAMt-4IHXbCPLTk_hgdEJZ_A4Owr3sU0QxiBo3O_O55ileuNcy-V6HkdE7M8UFZS6odRTBwYGMmIDuWNqTMg9SC0e-IT7EV5HvxHlywHx_CG8TqhD5G-qaT0w0JfGoMy5J7PrrYfxGPN_g9TWRA2agTFnKCChag/s4000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuXMGaKoIiP7VcvzrZ-iL9lToPDwgAMt-4IHXbCPLTk_hgdEJZ_A4Owr3sU0QxiBo3O_O55ileuNcy-V6HkdE7M8UFZS6odRTBwYGMmIDuWNqTMg9SC0e-IT7EV5HvxHlywHx_CG8TqhD5G-qaT0w0JfGoMy5J7PrrYfxGPN_g9TWRA2agTFnKCChag/w200-h93/6.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjni4VDRJChg14Q9zgKAWeLdhOUvBZiQ7UQQmZV0OWUlB_nRd5fNGyqHVzrjSvghwt3-Qp2t8vv0F06ch6RWYoPre2M5F9_Ky6G6-sCmiDBYl3_5uu5yT8gAQZQ0VOTRiImyxJg1LwGMmK382IRi4a_vLu3j9yiLCCevVP_mHJ6Zor7slWo3ZHh7-VQig/s3273/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3273" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjni4VDRJChg14Q9zgKAWeLdhOUvBZiQ7UQQmZV0OWUlB_nRd5fNGyqHVzrjSvghwt3-Qp2t8vv0F06ch6RWYoPre2M5F9_Ky6G6-sCmiDBYl3_5uu5yT8gAQZQ0VOTRiImyxJg1LwGMmK382IRi4a_vLu3j9yiLCCevVP_mHJ6Zor7slWo3ZHh7-VQig/w114-h200/7.jpg" width="114" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We stopped in the small visitor center/gift shop first, where there was some history for us to read. I had never seen anything about Patrick Henry's speech beyond "Give me Liberty...", but I read this excerpt from that speech and thought it was pretty good. I also didn't know that he was not a supporter of the US Constitution as originally written...he thought too much power was placed in the hands of the federal government, so he was a big reason why we ended up with the Bill of Rights. Touché, Patrick! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsK3HVSQHqtRkpZP479n32LZh3fiLMWMuJRC6tXw9KJZc962DaaXEyO_k7ku9OKGltFtQgPAvOKKb_VKXJRcIckI9_8eSHtMnXtFf9NyDEd6ZK2mlwM3FLiyJxlewqrJkpp67XeBsvcm9hTyK5YgWgH46ZJWZiyKWi6hUn9OihpFlRPLSZhpU85_V2w/s3606/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="3606" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsK3HVSQHqtRkpZP479n32LZh3fiLMWMuJRC6tXw9KJZc962DaaXEyO_k7ku9OKGltFtQgPAvOKKb_VKXJRcIckI9_8eSHtMnXtFf9NyDEd6ZK2mlwM3FLiyJxlewqrJkpp67XeBsvcm9hTyK5YgWgH46ZJWZiyKWi6hUn9OihpFlRPLSZhpU85_V2w/w200-h58/8.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyWzCytqS7UU0sbuZ5goXR0B3Q6Im4QlIQ3C5-yYNO6BzMkAYKLcycy1GEgYuMCtYt2kPnM4KuTpo9U55CUWoZn6zqncQXcJak201_iDQzuoxRW1SwyMg7MzUmyL45kKgppEtzK02C3oPPL_GFOuZv6V_sghzhAAY3qvLQ9l7wI2LuF_N-_chIQeq1g/s2302/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2302" data-original-width="1755" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyWzCytqS7UU0sbuZ5goXR0B3Q6Im4QlIQ3C5-yYNO6BzMkAYKLcycy1GEgYuMCtYt2kPnM4KuTpo9U55CUWoZn6zqncQXcJak201_iDQzuoxRW1SwyMg7MzUmyL45kKgppEtzK02C3oPPL_GFOuZv6V_sghzhAAY3qvLQ9l7wI2LuF_N-_chIQeq1g/w153-h200/9.jpg" width="153" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_MHF8DDU9cbDYJzq2rZ6apDKan6W4fbo-PwHlwTyhxCxXmWYIAXticyNF-tLIw3xThFni5Qqt_AVwFWGf89hWMiALLPMOCAA6MZqyHNOIb2xHRw-nQFY44W_3UmNqLjKzLEonqeFxOIW8ZW9o0FXbnjFVDMO7N0Hf_-BtSMGlt9N_xivOs_fq_BNEQ/s4000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_MHF8DDU9cbDYJzq2rZ6apDKan6W4fbo-PwHlwTyhxCxXmWYIAXticyNF-tLIw3xThFni5Qqt_AVwFWGf89hWMiALLPMOCAA6MZqyHNOIb2xHRw-nQFY44W_3UmNqLjKzLEonqeFxOIW8ZW9o0FXbnjFVDMO7N0Hf_-BtSMGlt9N_xivOs_fq_BNEQ/w93-h200/10.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Inside the church our guide told us that up until 1776 every church in America was, by law, an Anglican church, (with the exception of Rhode Island), and all Anglican priests had to be ordained in England, so that while we have all been told as kids that our country began with people leaving England for religious freedom, that isn't really true. It makes sense--we started as subjects of the King of England, the head of the Anglican Church. This church only became Episcopalian in 1785, after the war.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the 3rd pic, the guide said the balcony was where the servants sat. I asked if that was a nice way of saying slaves, and he said yes. Geez! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9awtnp_l8DOJPbgxMXDGcIckr3Urq_SLue_YFSQk4eQZzH6NuBpx3V04hVAXBxXfABYZafmqijuV-Z7yWDNcw0yBmr9oYtNRM-RrmiwKSmORI3IelTTwjk3pjcU2AoqK2hFLIe77M8J1U42dYC_SQtCWrA1CsISukRYkgz9dTo0YzeQ5SQZtPsuDUA/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9awtnp_l8DOJPbgxMXDGcIckr3Urq_SLue_YFSQk4eQZzH6NuBpx3V04hVAXBxXfABYZafmqijuV-Z7yWDNcw0yBmr9oYtNRM-RrmiwKSmORI3IelTTwjk3pjcU2AoqK2hFLIe77M8J1U42dYC_SQtCWrA1CsISukRYkgz9dTo0YzeQ5SQZtPsuDUA/w200-h93/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCAeZCLpCD9yRP0MisqKkjNL8gspEHoAFEI4KUhHdh_PPXl8z7SOlr-GiTWMvkmwd25_TqD-jDvV4JfYLL5wGQS02SMUomGIUWI25OzjNlhSkNyph4W3--kCYC7imXbtzujhrRk7hH_gbNK6iM78cPvj4MrgHilSA_H1xHA-XMfoFRoXCkXW2x1RApQ/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCAeZCLpCD9yRP0MisqKkjNL8gspEHoAFEI4KUhHdh_PPXl8z7SOlr-GiTWMvkmwd25_TqD-jDvV4JfYLL5wGQS02SMUomGIUWI25OzjNlhSkNyph4W3--kCYC7imXbtzujhrRk7hH_gbNK6iM78cPvj4MrgHilSA_H1xHA-XMfoFRoXCkXW2x1RApQ/w200-h93/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBl6FtlnQC6Y3IUKQkycxUUmbN7a1bTFd9zAWbgs3MJnOTf3Su53gueKkiiHB18XE1QuBptRgMaipyLpoI4Kr_paf7nT92aR7BhYW01nsVc45kXwcuwoxKDTXYbrtygaThKNbhwU2jnGmt5HCbi0By15M_v8GprKyX1wGx8o72imykAtirBWJLuTLRA/s4000/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBl6FtlnQC6Y3IUKQkycxUUmbN7a1bTFd9zAWbgs3MJnOTf3Su53gueKkiiHB18XE1QuBptRgMaipyLpoI4Kr_paf7nT92aR7BhYW01nsVc45kXwcuwoxKDTXYbrtygaThKNbhwU2jnGmt5HCbi0By15M_v8GprKyX1wGx8o72imykAtirBWJLuTLRA/w200-h93/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>These flags are flown inside the church, with the 1st one being the Union Jack, the 2nd one being the Grand Union flag representing the 13 colonies still under the king, and then of course our flag today.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6IQgM50Dk-kEvkyeBPizDZgWo2t3iCbepLTlWnDfSdsZeaXQ2WVKILPY8aRe5-ozlbib49ghcmoGpSbHloO4EnlJU9OOwHKi-COJtzterjEhh0W1e4xuk0_0z22SaUgKYjqACi4PbACpSX9pf-la8hJqb9njO4KYlWEFgvfycgGOXh1NJEq8G9fOfQ/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6IQgM50Dk-kEvkyeBPizDZgWo2t3iCbepLTlWnDfSdsZeaXQ2WVKILPY8aRe5-ozlbib49ghcmoGpSbHloO4EnlJU9OOwHKi-COJtzterjEhh0W1e4xuk0_0z22SaUgKYjqACi4PbACpSX9pf-la8hJqb9njO4KYlWEFgvfycgGOXh1NJEq8G9fOfQ/w93-h200/14.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qAftSZcvAm5HfdkZswGkBl1zPYDhUSAPTU8a-EmpHak0euu4sCqJB5WVGuMwl8d7P1moL2ewHZdBan6gW_R4_MdgR5Hmwd0Lc07m5F2y9GDcyHF2sImGCmmL7q3O53GVnu70Su_zJhXmohRCIi0yXE4dAzQunNO_xRUnHPYGhyco-gjGRYUezxw7Bw/s4000/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qAftSZcvAm5HfdkZswGkBl1zPYDhUSAPTU8a-EmpHak0euu4sCqJB5WVGuMwl8d7P1moL2ewHZdBan6gW_R4_MdgR5Hmwd0Lc07m5F2y9GDcyHF2sImGCmmL7q3O53GVnu70Su_zJhXmohRCIi0yXE4dAzQunNO_xRUnHPYGhyco-gjGRYUezxw7Bw/w93-h200/15.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>So from St. John's we headed about a mile and a half away to what we thought was the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. This was my 1st picture of about a half dozen before we realized we were not at the cathedral at all...lol Freakin Virginia Commonwealth University is all over this town...you simply can't get away from it. This building, looking like a church to the uninitiated, is actually the VCU music department's performance hall. (Took us at least 15 minutes to realize this--lol) </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBctqg8E8A-eitkBSHA1wxTyKiosYVGMNpr3cmsJ0w0bX539AoVVak1rvoT9o8LLdZlMoaDYm2Un7CvLxUsCICD50IFyKKF9xSud70LFYv3Kyq73vdPNiQJ8elB6n5asSIj55tFfTU8_SHcC75C5FoQgxis3zxdkonaI3PzTo3jBbRtlZnaUJjzTQ0A/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBctqg8E8A-eitkBSHA1wxTyKiosYVGMNpr3cmsJ0w0bX539AoVVak1rvoT9o8LLdZlMoaDYm2Un7CvLxUsCICD50IFyKKF9xSud70LFYv3Kyq73vdPNiQJ8elB6n5asSIj55tFfTU8_SHcC75C5FoQgxis3zxdkonaI3PzTo3jBbRtlZnaUJjzTQ0A/w200-h93/16.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So we walk another block or so, and here it is! Now I don't care what religion you are, but the Catholics really know how to express "grandeur"! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIrKgfOoP7R3kes_E6QXCTCBGVzNHCdUgT3ype6F97NeUAY-2sCMmFDck2xcu024VQsl_9krz_T1q4Ow-JjnyiNKSWs4q-UHysI87fjmqQ9xYEQ5j7tCvZDl5UkQwCWgTCjnf2g1aidDVySyuam_ikfEs5EfkbZb3aTbYowjzjagYtKmrn6m00SiJZw/s2353/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2353" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIrKgfOoP7R3kes_E6QXCTCBGVzNHCdUgT3ype6F97NeUAY-2sCMmFDck2xcu024VQsl_9krz_T1q4Ow-JjnyiNKSWs4q-UHysI87fjmqQ9xYEQ5j7tCvZDl5UkQwCWgTCjnf2g1aidDVySyuam_ikfEs5EfkbZb3aTbYowjzjagYtKmrn6m00SiJZw/w200-h144/17.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhbtDHKrrBr5-_ncNtoBDafcPRXrvXZIjbGB2o3h4jXbr6ubzGLxSUFuj5sDy_e9bAOY6No-rzE4AZTidXgfatezcx-Z0mtkOuAnLggU3vQQ1fuDqaztl23JskZelOlSj2Qz7RBbBtbA_LTC2FcfzxAiwnSqLeFmSeVY8uZT3tHFJanZwGxYbkBjH8Q/s2724/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="2724" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhbtDHKrrBr5-_ncNtoBDafcPRXrvXZIjbGB2o3h4jXbr6ubzGLxSUFuj5sDy_e9bAOY6No-rzE4AZTidXgfatezcx-Z0mtkOuAnLggU3vQQ1fuDqaztl23JskZelOlSj2Qz7RBbBtbA_LTC2FcfzxAiwnSqLeFmSeVY8uZT3tHFJanZwGxYbkBjH8Q/w200-h129/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRTromBIt0bmBhQ0DgsrCgQcgxUA2jMib6zVe590eWcXdlDVNtlZI3vxAB-cnPcnyNSxBS2q7vnk-5tBP1qS8e7joGCYBKavWLSdIrG_P8hiyc6A3FTGXz_jEElD9BCI-Tu0XYc-yBmbaXTiT4iFzvTOeMkVM4jqn8KmoyYlJLre-n3Ye_Yv1CEguhQ/s3730/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3369" data-original-width="3730" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRTromBIt0bmBhQ0DgsrCgQcgxUA2jMib6zVe590eWcXdlDVNtlZI3vxAB-cnPcnyNSxBS2q7vnk-5tBP1qS8e7joGCYBKavWLSdIrG_P8hiyc6A3FTGXz_jEElD9BCI-Tu0XYc-yBmbaXTiT4iFzvTOeMkVM4jqn8KmoyYlJLre-n3Ye_Yv1CEguhQ/w200-h181/19.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>In 1883 the 5th Bishop of Richmond travelled to Jerusalem and sent back this stone, which was cut from stone in the Garden of Gethsemane, and then implanted into the cornerstone of the cathedral in 1903 when it was being built.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpBhDAFlwL0dxBJotOBABMZg6gxKxV4I7XuqIO8kEh-ZR_7Jsh_0WcjRHMyTcrC_icmblnOfwKS6FK3kExHhR9oVHwH9ABU8QA6N_mhkwv6n53yxECMny-Z9C-OaO9tgN4WhssU7iF-A_iQEOZWmiPHR5atxT6RilKcmtAJi0KDsgqMSBrMkqtbeHNg/s4000/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpBhDAFlwL0dxBJotOBABMZg6gxKxV4I7XuqIO8kEh-ZR_7Jsh_0WcjRHMyTcrC_icmblnOfwKS6FK3kExHhR9oVHwH9ABU8QA6N_mhkwv6n53yxECMny-Z9C-OaO9tgN4WhssU7iF-A_iQEOZWmiPHR5atxT6RilKcmtAJi0KDsgqMSBrMkqtbeHNg/w200-h93/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This was the 1st cathedral built primarily with funds donated by one family. They donated $500,000--the equivalent of about $10 million today. You need to blow up the pics to see how pretty this is. And check out the organ in the 2nd pic.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-aLvQlYUzrKpIiscRgEu-A1fofB7FwPBfAS76URSj2Ku6BVbXdu3RHcojMS29fLcBGBXX35ZZkSusGIolEzsRYEygk4Btbn1vZ07llFmW9S5nNQ7FJpb7TbGY6yMNmg61jdcvLrNvpJ6nBe_-t6t3uYtu_MZR282N0sKW_5BHFSidOL5rtlYKoiTtw/s3382/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3382" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-aLvQlYUzrKpIiscRgEu-A1fofB7FwPBfAS76URSj2Ku6BVbXdu3RHcojMS29fLcBGBXX35ZZkSusGIolEzsRYEygk4Btbn1vZ07llFmW9S5nNQ7FJpb7TbGY6yMNmg61jdcvLrNvpJ6nBe_-t6t3uYtu_MZR282N0sKW_5BHFSidOL5rtlYKoiTtw/w200-h111/21.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswVa-8fHDFbVCfi2y9pyf7b1Ac-R4RkLltFUDWX9QUYXcCJDLb_r4LPGB178gLuHCTsKXoLTpw5fbsc3zk0ZHBtSpTZZxclcaikzHpBwHMpGuXotGxJi4iF_5hoZYcTgBiRWW4kfidr7yNlAeT0zWqstopHzHhHzVPVCwyZoCibeqF8VL_zgjiGhqBQ/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswVa-8fHDFbVCfi2y9pyf7b1Ac-R4RkLltFUDWX9QUYXcCJDLb_r4LPGB178gLuHCTsKXoLTpw5fbsc3zk0ZHBtSpTZZxclcaikzHpBwHMpGuXotGxJi4iF_5hoZYcTgBiRWW4kfidr7yNlAeT0zWqstopHzHhHzVPVCwyZoCibeqF8VL_zgjiGhqBQ/w200-h93/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgda-fciwWaOqPXEysW8yYTBHLTOywy79fTDFM6216-JVXc4hUC06mH3VgrJ5OJlaI7toHcMO7fb9av1ZnP-eI_nDK8-J-7CAVm2UtE3ZnFen8s339Cygx9FFns_oDKaU12NLvzNWI7UmzacAeDcjV_PJD2SicqM8gCLXazOm-gIqYXPRunbmZFR8HoZQ/s4000/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgda-fciwWaOqPXEysW8yYTBHLTOywy79fTDFM6216-JVXc4hUC06mH3VgrJ5OJlaI7toHcMO7fb9av1ZnP-eI_nDK8-J-7CAVm2UtE3ZnFen8s339Cygx9FFns_oDKaU12NLvzNWI7UmzacAeDcjV_PJD2SicqM8gCLXazOm-gIqYXPRunbmZFR8HoZQ/w200-h93/23.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0tc8NvAsxXlxarlwSLEDOnbHV0QkR0ib94u8JrK6A8_DQhovLQr588N8YCqsID-ShIb_Dkvuh_R7lo4Hm7ibfjD4qmyApldPoXAmkU4mVZnyAadvGZN9QMDklKSwCbkFMPGuXhOS9QZ5IoCArly-bXXcl8afPO_hmn0pfw3YgR4U_PqYSgeqRA8EvA/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0tc8NvAsxXlxarlwSLEDOnbHV0QkR0ib94u8JrK6A8_DQhovLQr588N8YCqsID-ShIb_Dkvuh_R7lo4Hm7ibfjD4qmyApldPoXAmkU4mVZnyAadvGZN9QMDklKSwCbkFMPGuXhOS9QZ5IoCArly-bXXcl8afPO_hmn0pfw3YgR4U_PqYSgeqRA8EvA/w93-h200/24.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOVykR-v2oIBObviMXmlWj_CTsFO6sxbid-dSTQnWNANSbGd9DeG1rNucv7IhJnboScXprO6n_b6xRW-oYlBQiEGzusuKlfqALV0eoE6mHhLss8wStIxAr5RsALl6LJOi5GpQPmgWvwF6EURWmVArCtYj7fCn5LdbIhM2CqWDcyEsCmZ73-MxfLad4Q/s3968/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3968" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOVykR-v2oIBObviMXmlWj_CTsFO6sxbid-dSTQnWNANSbGd9DeG1rNucv7IhJnboScXprO6n_b6xRW-oYlBQiEGzusuKlfqALV0eoE6mHhLss8wStIxAr5RsALl6LJOi5GpQPmgWvwF6EURWmVArCtYj7fCn5LdbIhM2CqWDcyEsCmZ73-MxfLad4Q/w200-h93/25.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J4AUIFJ6jPcmeXh8Wh6IL9H_Jz5pzopwj6jvlZkaQMpTr-mV6t6um5GCOd_27Ue0N6yP6ndT6djvD0-JZ_NclURvXWrmKjLjEYiCg-iNm4N615QJs-8IdECutNpobDCoGJckhNt5V7LuOXvh5eg3Fbs0NzqnIaDZEPv65l63Bh_vnIh8j5iofYuxgA/s4000/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J4AUIFJ6jPcmeXh8Wh6IL9H_Jz5pzopwj6jvlZkaQMpTr-mV6t6um5GCOd_27Ue0N6yP6ndT6djvD0-JZ_NclURvXWrmKjLjEYiCg-iNm4N615QJs-8IdECutNpobDCoGJckhNt5V7LuOXvh5eg3Fbs0NzqnIaDZEPv65l63Bh_vnIh8j5iofYuxgA/w93-h200/26.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Our next stop is called Monument Ave, which until very recently had big statues of Confederate War heroes, but have now been taken down. What they still have though are some very nice houses lining both sides of the street.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfP2B8oFBnljSuM8EsXtOrnnkVYGoTRExYh6bH0ko6rteuZxDeTbKzn7QiZ9BeIXE08HKwNU8tBTcB7YqR5LRbcwG_AczJvcWfZV4dlwVh7STOwXobdqDntJeS4uiXiaA7g62s2XPFeRJoUH9Qs2QYpsQJZEOPxKNzhgXiW8GFgqJ6GOKO4LRLyvXvg/s4000/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfP2B8oFBnljSuM8EsXtOrnnkVYGoTRExYh6bH0ko6rteuZxDeTbKzn7QiZ9BeIXE08HKwNU8tBTcB7YqR5LRbcwG_AczJvcWfZV4dlwVh7STOwXobdqDntJeS4uiXiaA7g62s2XPFeRJoUH9Qs2QYpsQJZEOPxKNzhgXiW8GFgqJ6GOKO4LRLyvXvg/w200-h93/27.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbu3eFAJzI4cbuUZ211R9bGb5O-U_PLpBsQkNNCYi6dWeZew6pht1yLcG2-uUjSHN-DVVnc5ws-fgQki-J_8u02GKxIcJ5OAPsQrCGpjAp9AKfCN0Qfeo2Jpe5OvIphEua08M8fpqpJGDy2agfaeEw0m_eIV9SxdrRa8rDrFj5UdvbHGgS3alAGxthw/s4000/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbu3eFAJzI4cbuUZ211R9bGb5O-U_PLpBsQkNNCYi6dWeZew6pht1yLcG2-uUjSHN-DVVnc5ws-fgQki-J_8u02GKxIcJ5OAPsQrCGpjAp9AKfCN0Qfeo2Jpe5OvIphEua08M8fpqpJGDy2agfaeEw0m_eIV9SxdrRa8rDrFj5UdvbHGgS3alAGxthw/w200-h93/28.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwOWxRsW7Da7JCAosb9jF709dKkPMgeBH6E4uhJEDhd-bBavq1j7TTCztLjXUpXF091i00SYtkUr_ygRo2-xpsuYOehXXAzX0XIF7zLWL2EsJRtd1G5Y32Fy_f-0eZAQU6OZEdFQA0C9InfFKzzfSBoxY2YOLiAlFKOGLN95Kzib-jgfUlC1x5ky4Uw/s4000/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwOWxRsW7Da7JCAosb9jF709dKkPMgeBH6E4uhJEDhd-bBavq1j7TTCztLjXUpXF091i00SYtkUr_ygRo2-xpsuYOehXXAzX0XIF7zLWL2EsJRtd1G5Y32Fy_f-0eZAQU6OZEdFQA0C9InfFKzzfSBoxY2YOLiAlFKOGLN95Kzib-jgfUlC1x5ky4Uw/w200-h93/29.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytYunLMSxAp7y1EhfoFQ63PLFby0ecHMP-3lX7E0oTCd7QvhKPmvwLf_LQGrxz46KHcqmXn7vGdUk_aVWMXn7bLM8TaqmtmLYf_ga58F6G1iwYypoe6vIUw1C7Y8YbLfCnqj9HBkt4DcUjo8wv4GoOtwwCYzXz-Pmht_jzlF-G5yIZvZKwVX04BStOQ/s4000/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytYunLMSxAp7y1EhfoFQ63PLFby0ecHMP-3lX7E0oTCd7QvhKPmvwLf_LQGrxz46KHcqmXn7vGdUk_aVWMXn7bLM8TaqmtmLYf_ga58F6G1iwYypoe6vIUw1C7Y8YbLfCnqj9HBkt4DcUjo8wv4GoOtwwCYzXz-Pmht_jzlF-G5yIZvZKwVX04BStOQ/w200-h93/30.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Going down the street, at rotary intersections, huge statues used to be displayed--Robert E Lee, JEB Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, etc. Now all that remains are empty rotaries and Arthur Ash. This 1st pic is where Robert E Lee used be.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2rH3psXBSbnIjmY-3TQZvLFvb6bg8gx_jCm9SgACmqlok8CSY3YA-tkCauveHR6paFyK3bU3ToY1ZzBJMgvJqNnMEMv5HC41SvyQ-aKJdvUmq7GMFRhPNUZf0PDDejW9uak4mGogycoL9xAlHGwBkveo5pxS2n3MTTNflH5zMx_1hh_UGDfvqONHGQ/s3982/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="3982" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2rH3psXBSbnIjmY-3TQZvLFvb6bg8gx_jCm9SgACmqlok8CSY3YA-tkCauveHR6paFyK3bU3ToY1ZzBJMgvJqNnMEMv5HC41SvyQ-aKJdvUmq7GMFRhPNUZf0PDDejW9uak4mGogycoL9xAlHGwBkveo5pxS2n3MTTNflH5zMx_1hh_UGDfvqONHGQ/w200-h75/31.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisP7aDrCeqY2BbBgCD591A_aJVzkGba35sU9eCkEdnngkoIGNf7hbLMetdsETaI15ArZjsHyk9BChAugmP2-J3UnrrtXsiUrubGKLS-IdafbRzlds0SpHJHgdbrZiiBgz5sfvqYhFZ60EBw4gM8Yp3Bf3WWMSfP3qK3cW8_0c9Qo_2CuwyunZIGXfzAg/s3594/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="3594" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisP7aDrCeqY2BbBgCD591A_aJVzkGba35sU9eCkEdnngkoIGNf7hbLMetdsETaI15ArZjsHyk9BChAugmP2-J3UnrrtXsiUrubGKLS-IdafbRzlds0SpHJHgdbrZiiBgz5sfvqYhFZ60EBw4gM8Yp3Bf3WWMSfP3qK3cW8_0c9Qo_2CuwyunZIGXfzAg/w200-h77/32.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u6IOeNqKbM5PZMHY-vyMNuAckZGIrCfBNHKb0-cHutqO3x1oMgVhHwNC2rvJIxTzTA2OqBnB1600Uh3gFfFMc3zccc8JEu9rLwtlfpuEVsOp7-zbv9L9ZGbFiDXfl6tw76rtM7773TBUtjDkIMKYv4jx0hPhO_xnAZ1vxsA9VK5dPtSrMSDrr1oasg/s4000/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u6IOeNqKbM5PZMHY-vyMNuAckZGIrCfBNHKb0-cHutqO3x1oMgVhHwNC2rvJIxTzTA2OqBnB1600Uh3gFfFMc3zccc8JEu9rLwtlfpuEVsOp7-zbv9L9ZGbFiDXfl6tw76rtM7773TBUtjDkIMKYv4jx0hPhO_xnAZ1vxsA9VK5dPtSrMSDrr1oasg/w93-h200/33.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Off we go again--here's another church, Grace and Holy Episcopal, that we passed on our way to our next stop. Lots of churches here.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwTkgc1Drpog10hhihlj9Ge36KR1ZtPvF6D8XCvzmM0qdvxndhRdcDCTtKuqG6S9o0O2sfLX2lSt91avIEUPYFWZwxDLTtLzDEezvW3B3SXCWK5Ew_Grbc6Br23zJJxAZJrtMDJyRb1uaxEdiXqZeOivbZwKEizq5W9kKRKeyMqdLU0byQxudnIuHnQ/s4000/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwTkgc1Drpog10hhihlj9Ge36KR1ZtPvF6D8XCvzmM0qdvxndhRdcDCTtKuqG6S9o0O2sfLX2lSt91avIEUPYFWZwxDLTtLzDEezvW3B3SXCWK5Ew_Grbc6Br23zJJxAZJrtMDJyRb1uaxEdiXqZeOivbZwKEizq5W9kKRKeyMqdLU0byQxudnIuHnQ/w200-h93/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Believe it or not, this cemetery, called the Hollywood Cemetery, is on the list of "best things to see in Richmond"...lol So we had to go, of course. I could not find anything that told me just how many plots are in here, but the dates on the stones go back to the early 1800s up to present day. The overwhelming majority are very, very old, but even our friends Dayle and Dale have a plot here for their final resting place. It is massive! </div><div><br /></div><div>I posted these pictures and videos so you could see how many are here. This is just a snap shot, of course, but blow up the pics and watch the videos and you'll get a small idea of just how many plots are here and maybe an idea of how big it is. We probably spent 2 hours in here riding around, getting out to see things, and then riding around in circles trying to find certain gravesites that are on the map we got. Once you go in, it can be like the Twilight Zone trying to get out. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4joXTPeGtLyG1eoPxojkQbbzIeUFZ3lUtsLGhnejjOUtwen7ueuXha5uxvR7Hitkzg6xIrknRPGIANODhvfrUeFXJuFsPuoPvP8bio0CvUoTHBuTCaWwpDS7lZTjEDxPW3Qyw1zMbmSIanDPuxv6zDf-0MLL_q-3pZ0S9--H72y4Pa02byZ2pz3YGaQ/s4000/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4joXTPeGtLyG1eoPxojkQbbzIeUFZ3lUtsLGhnejjOUtwen7ueuXha5uxvR7Hitkzg6xIrknRPGIANODhvfrUeFXJuFsPuoPvP8bio0CvUoTHBuTCaWwpDS7lZTjEDxPW3Qyw1zMbmSIanDPuxv6zDf-0MLL_q-3pZ0S9--H72y4Pa02byZ2pz3YGaQ/w200-h93/35.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9ae7srf7hvFa9Rhw1EPvF1L9mBUOp99U29V2g-Ae9YBa2rQE49ZQGDZs4C2cUZ5hKGa0-8pGVvFgpLvCMDbNUbmhdLqhF3PqvflDGGXLGa2DRw3PAPMebKSp4HhHdqrAXJn8_pkIVH-yrvOJ7VNEMDD4X8Pl92J2i46SJH8VbA9Oeh-eX3GMPbHnUQ/s4000/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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The 1st is John Tyler followed by James Monroe.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6zxBpihtln_Yr58qDptuJsxqwhkayZKrNoAU3Qp1Xto-aLxoRJ0uDViCTMiRXougC5Myqeeq3wf1ohGUDs8tFlW_suLzeo_X7Sgiy-tNp8XFqjlnrwJaSvRqpLL63rgmbmI1a-ePLwGpmU1NQleN5gLUcF1KT6hmRnpFyujl1RPuuGdVWlpnW3M5AQ/s5281/48.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2076" data-original-width="5281" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6zxBpihtln_Yr58qDptuJsxqwhkayZKrNoAU3Qp1Xto-aLxoRJ0uDViCTMiRXougC5Myqeeq3wf1ohGUDs8tFlW_suLzeo_X7Sgiy-tNp8XFqjlnrwJaSvRqpLL63rgmbmI1a-ePLwGpmU1NQleN5gLUcF1KT6hmRnpFyujl1RPuuGdVWlpnW3M5AQ/w200-h79/48.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AZ6yaOYGwj3J7vqQY2cV5i1GAAhyvk6j6ql4gATQtSLamcW2iqAENKqCVKFrUGDaVi77Zk5k5diyrPgdjQPRiIV90PxfPfnCJWVbr3Z3pogNLw_8wUPT4ghznVYSWoAJINkfuDCn3O03QOOHELqSNFAG87Ip7lO88GlEpr0sVD5uMbQAR5z9zZ7Bvg/s3271/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3271" data-original-width="1811" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AZ6yaOYGwj3J7vqQY2cV5i1GAAhyvk6j6ql4gATQtSLamcW2iqAENKqCVKFrUGDaVi77Zk5k5diyrPgdjQPRiIV90PxfPfnCJWVbr3Z3pogNLw_8wUPT4ghznVYSWoAJINkfuDCn3O03QOOHELqSNFAG87Ip7lO88GlEpr0sVD5uMbQAR5z9zZ7Bvg/w111-h200/49.jpg" width="111" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0is7vhcRvoTM4p9h_gR66CgThsogi3S42KSJOkMnvIsWYse7KR2OyZwOeCrUkBwOv4rFm1Iun-CKt915IzQvQI9Pkm0C4-MLtJcc6SbQEIsxYefgeUkxaZ2Q5ZykYtNoc_U2biIliDKl3pGMH4XCoL2k29ndgluOzf3Q_KcvHMhQlWol0OwnklPb9rQ/s2808/50.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2808" data-original-width="1779" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0is7vhcRvoTM4p9h_gR66CgThsogi3S42KSJOkMnvIsWYse7KR2OyZwOeCrUkBwOv4rFm1Iun-CKt915IzQvQI9Pkm0C4-MLtJcc6SbQEIsxYefgeUkxaZ2Q5ZykYtNoc_U2biIliDKl3pGMH4XCoL2k29ndgluOzf3Q_KcvHMhQlWol0OwnklPb9rQ/w127-h200/50.jpg" width="127" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>So that's all we've got for Richmond--our journey south continues tomorrow as we head to Williamsburg for a couple days. More to follow!</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-53492397433335421442022-06-24T21:50:00.000-05:002022-06-24T21:50:09.853-05:00Did Someone Forget to Mention "Hilly"?<div>24 June 2022--We went into Richmond this morning, the capital of Virginia, and as we were going to see the capitol building, we ran into this sign pointing out that this was the spot of the old state capitol where Thomas Jefferson wrote the VA statute establishing religious freedom--a statute later adopted as the concept of separation of church and state in our constitution. I think, based on what happened today, our Supreme Court members might want to take another look at this.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKimUVxPm_BJm_JHDQzoiyrb0nupa00UvQ5cS5QK8ZY4wjU9tjY5M14M7Uswm4wftK6wYEM1dizhiG-bcoqrhS82qY9-CPwV24nUerk505-BN2uotE9b2zSWPOtbrWTo6M1mqB67QLH4JkDLdkWo40mge66bHjfJU_R-WpVHGIxrS46ZkG25VUmoUsjQ/s1768/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1768" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKimUVxPm_BJm_JHDQzoiyrb0nupa00UvQ5cS5QK8ZY4wjU9tjY5M14M7Uswm4wftK6wYEM1dizhiG-bcoqrhS82qY9-CPwV24nUerk505-BN2uotE9b2zSWPOtbrWTo6M1mqB67QLH4JkDLdkWo40mge66bHjfJU_R-WpVHGIxrS46ZkG25VUmoUsjQ/w200-h111/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWnnpCk85HqdTUHw07fN_U4ii3pF-TGbc0EN9v1va5hq7NxlUhgknijnc6mr8EPjhsnpnRqr1kCPcLUH40QlzXxwpro969cPVDzIkGdUrKx_wiKY56z7jISahadmKrNjZhjogSw27VXRAg05Ze8A_hiaBklqrJgGjnoIPpkfV9C3KVM4JaHYMOAIXlA/s1891/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="1891" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWnnpCk85HqdTUHw07fN_U4ii3pF-TGbc0EN9v1va5hq7NxlUhgknijnc6mr8EPjhsnpnRqr1kCPcLUH40QlzXxwpro969cPVDzIkGdUrKx_wiKY56z7jISahadmKrNjZhjogSw27VXRAg05Ze8A_hiaBklqrJgGjnoIPpkfV9C3KVM4JaHYMOAIXlA/w200-h175/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <div><br /></div><div>Two things stood out today. One was that Richmond, or at least the capital area, is a very hilly place, and the other is that no matter where you went there was massive construction happening. So although the couple places we went should have been able to be covered in about the space of a mile, we must have walked 5 miles trying to get to there--and all of it seemed to be uphill! lol</div><div><br /></div><div>The capitol building sits on 12 acres with lots of statues, the governor's mansion, etc., to see on the outside. We couldn't enter thru the front doors, or even get a really good picture due to construction.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hTIb20GQSNrsbHDS_lv-TrmKOyzr7g-Xd_HH1AW6RBv471cv9EypTX3mK_tNBUbQ_bD7T8_ugY2YLMwLy76zsoWSMyM-QRLY5_ss2eIMywCC4dIKsUgb1BnPMQjrGr2vEiGwbrv2pOWg30irhU4P-3Ck2LbFOLQMnonvIF1QaJRHeUJKP0Lew8SoMg/s3415/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3415" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hTIb20GQSNrsbHDS_lv-TrmKOyzr7g-Xd_HH1AW6RBv471cv9EypTX3mK_tNBUbQ_bD7T8_ugY2YLMwLy76zsoWSMyM-QRLY5_ss2eIMywCC4dIKsUgb1BnPMQjrGr2vEiGwbrv2pOWg30irhU4P-3Ck2LbFOLQMnonvIF1QaJRHeUJKP0Lew8SoMg/w200-h109/3.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a display honoring the "women's movements", different people from different eras going back to Martha Washington. Cathy is standing with Adele Clark, a suffragist born in 1882 and only died in 1983--wow--101 yrs old, and would I have loved to talk with her! I only posted the 2nd lady here because I was fascinated by her hat--lol. Seemed like a bird somehow got caught up in there.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistxMdsZBO9M_I3MC0sWxc1z8-5FPGQmfRGWLxi7JZmdh9FeG_VrlEeQB9f1Gp9bzAAefwHvkd2k-K8lXYsg3eD63PXHXwXu-CDkcWLwFJpMfjgHqsCMhTEidkN8DrFtyYfYo3UNSdNPN1OuCzINYl1uV0fyfxZ0iKW7L1yNjZxUT69uVFbQAPKC1pyA/s3765/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3765" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistxMdsZBO9M_I3MC0sWxc1z8-5FPGQmfRGWLxi7JZmdh9FeG_VrlEeQB9f1Gp9bzAAefwHvkd2k-K8lXYsg3eD63PXHXwXu-CDkcWLwFJpMfjgHqsCMhTEidkN8DrFtyYfYo3UNSdNPN1OuCzINYl1uV0fyfxZ0iKW7L1yNjZxUT69uVFbQAPKC1pyA/w200-h98/4.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCrMHHtjNT7OHLBgNwCxSDe3DGE9NRCVht6yq3a-BX7LfLm1hDMnFXHiQKvXVfhJ54IiEJnIOLiX27oa_wGGqnqhdD7BaWx0jVjsBcZiH9ZefEMpanEJ7e81gYpuXcXcq2_qfiAHM1Wp6MAgghDfolSUyC63xprmgng8uBhUOPrYNPKoWeU3YC_1x_w/s3450/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3450" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCrMHHtjNT7OHLBgNwCxSDe3DGE9NRCVht6yq3a-BX7LfLm1hDMnFXHiQKvXVfhJ54IiEJnIOLiX27oa_wGGqnqhdD7BaWx0jVjsBcZiH9ZefEMpanEJ7e81gYpuXcXcq2_qfiAHM1Wp6MAgghDfolSUyC63xprmgng8uBhUOPrYNPKoWeU3YC_1x_w/w108-h200/5.jpg" width="108" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here you have a towering George Washington, and then in the 2nd pic is Stonewall Jackson. I was surprised to see him because Virginia has removed a lot of their statues honoring Civil War era generals, and Stonewall was one of them. Must have slipped thru the cracks?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJrTvWKUM_LCqpDTZKuWPGqrYrWbc-L6OdbGxe0pvQ2d5_vqydX5qX9FERw_6b5gIoSsO9K9ac1DCPc2c3m4EeMscmaZKHGxpqtW-2TZIFNXzQT6y2cN0JYyqFJ_8j67kPUEog3bxrFcCEJ4jcOdw3QpTxZaVp0GxIC6LnNIn690W-jUaBVkT9pCmNg/s3160/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="3160" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJrTvWKUM_LCqpDTZKuWPGqrYrWbc-L6OdbGxe0pvQ2d5_vqydX5qX9FERw_6b5gIoSsO9K9ac1DCPc2c3m4EeMscmaZKHGxpqtW-2TZIFNXzQT6y2cN0JYyqFJ_8j67kPUEog3bxrFcCEJ4jcOdw3QpTxZaVp0GxIC6LnNIn690W-jUaBVkT9pCmNg/w200-h115/6.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuOMV_jEnoc1-PLsZP6FsHCg0Z9KfRu1sLzjJ2lh0g2CleDSnLxFYoKdxkY7hLLN1Npl1X6eSxOMeZEbmJnMHNciLpk0PYFpl6n86pxKw8n9_NgtjsS4my25tPjXZuQ2MS5estSRM2HBWkUbFrf8zX8Uwyb8jF0okcs6QeXH-Zab5v57ilR60V92D8g/s4000/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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I have seen the flowers in the 2nd row before, but no idea what the bush in the 1st pics are. Just very pretty.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3C8mZdJ76dbdVr886_zlKnTOQQPBbzO9mJio5YXSmchNanyEDZrfv4Or8J7p3FN7Q3x4XG5YEc_8QMhbT4k9TcVZ0QI6-ncCsGD_UFDrWaD7lqDVozKV6DvTrkfw3bTfpUg-Z0q0rForLw3kvdFhajhTq7uItdQjJBP4UPKf0Ed0YWgXCl97VquZYA/s4000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3C8mZdJ76dbdVr886_zlKnTOQQPBbzO9mJio5YXSmchNanyEDZrfv4Or8J7p3FN7Q3x4XG5YEc_8QMhbT4k9TcVZ0QI6-ncCsGD_UFDrWaD7lqDVozKV6DvTrkfw3bTfpUg-Z0q0rForLw3kvdFhajhTq7uItdQjJBP4UPKf0Ed0YWgXCl97VquZYA/w200-h93/8.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgrCIYq7_58IiR1WPsQhCCiiJDvbLMSfOzo5-amFoeKmERs4XmQoStOXyN9s1SvLrj0_2UylhgACv5IzHmhNnx7reL5vtY6JnmRPMYQyvjwMcWRI2qo6pkR7otKqyQLkdAYqfUYDQ71hyjVlkqPNEP6Vvoczb3mZGQZY05JQ1YxlLlo6DfBVh9bNmEQ/s3446/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3446" data-original-width="1700" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgrCIYq7_58IiR1WPsQhCCiiJDvbLMSfOzo5-amFoeKmERs4XmQoStOXyN9s1SvLrj0_2UylhgACv5IzHmhNnx7reL5vtY6JnmRPMYQyvjwMcWRI2qo6pkR7otKqyQLkdAYqfUYDQ71hyjVlkqPNEP6Vvoczb3mZGQZY05JQ1YxlLlo6DfBVh9bNmEQ/w99-h200/9.jpg" width="99" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJZV9YB_TgnwmF6HJDJ9OooZ70SBuGsLSyQNtmOM5XdZtkoEVh4NwG6jeXg-ed31AVvAEWaUS2R5-gdi6cfCTLLIyIE2l_Zha8ub4qPsAYI69gHM62t7f1jkfs5Z3lNHjqd-SeitisV2T_quD-QXi4sYu07fqvIxyJAFFGUV7ywKQrnmz1O2qKqv5cw/s4000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJZV9YB_TgnwmF6HJDJ9OooZ70SBuGsLSyQNtmOM5XdZtkoEVh4NwG6jeXg-ed31AVvAEWaUS2R5-gdi6cfCTLLIyIE2l_Zha8ub4qPsAYI69gHM62t7f1jkfs5Z3lNHjqd-SeitisV2T_quD-QXi4sYu07fqvIxyJAFFGUV7ywKQrnmz1O2qKqv5cw/w200-h93/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeO6oysyWbwGZDaLlCPZySWwTQWTcv3RTBiqsrik-Z_hQOSwV9e__pUMbMLNg3nZQbksXWbXXKqw0DnOTnCMyFcgmfPpqNmI6CtRhKKrYWK3qzGwhxWQAq1IGWgW2qH5nUTvxmE-RDe2-HY3XeWVC11uOVlzE42lkLpPqle9k_AgxauKpCLmKPX3u2A/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeO6oysyWbwGZDaLlCPZySWwTQWTcv3RTBiqsrik-Z_hQOSwV9e__pUMbMLNg3nZQbksXWbXXKqw0DnOTnCMyFcgmfPpqNmI6CtRhKKrYWK3qzGwhxWQAq1IGWgW2qH5nUTvxmE-RDe2-HY3XeWVC11uOVlzE42lkLpPqle9k_AgxauKpCLmKPX3u2A/w200-h93/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Thomas Jefferson actually designed this building when he was the Ambassador to France. In the rotunda is this statue of Washington, (made in 1796), a bust of Lafayette, and busts of the 7 other presidents of this country that came from Virginia. Other than Washington there is Jefferson (3rd), Madison (4th), Monroe (5th), Harrison (9th), Tyler (10th), Taylor (12th, and then Wilson (28th). There will be a test at the end of this post. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNSDzNPCpdV4iarUds3-mYlw5ISh5ICWayvWnr1j-lWYBVGteSiOkcfWNmnAQXMFy8mBXy46yoz9KauMqhM1lz6eQ-3IEnnTJB2DmYcWt8UqQSbU2mrP3pYcevb4-SP4sThN5maQa9XfGu_VhQqCR-RiJR49UkCAP-YcasAk1CrY-75DFlMEq9vW3ow/s2422/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="1758" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNSDzNPCpdV4iarUds3-mYlw5ISh5ICWayvWnr1j-lWYBVGteSiOkcfWNmnAQXMFy8mBXy46yoz9KauMqhM1lz6eQ-3IEnnTJB2DmYcWt8UqQSbU2mrP3pYcevb4-SP4sThN5maQa9XfGu_VhQqCR-RiJR49UkCAP-YcasAk1CrY-75DFlMEq9vW3ow/w145-h200/12.jpg" width="145" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodTDOcrF5dMbLgyEoEVhmgtw5joqWAoibV2rHyhiModWqt-6sY8iQhUkqdXVbmoOhdB5tvQZ45Adg52S5Ulrzk5bYwQorsD-rBQj-Kw8cpKPx5703PONHZPTj3bBq7smD43W6m7t4X4CvZFtmlp6TycwzXyPhQuO8PzMhBuzMEdUfrL-xzVBvDZtilw/s3735/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="3735" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodTDOcrF5dMbLgyEoEVhmgtw5joqWAoibV2rHyhiModWqt-6sY8iQhUkqdXVbmoOhdB5tvQZ45Adg52S5Ulrzk5bYwQorsD-rBQj-Kw8cpKPx5703PONHZPTj3bBq7smD43W6m7t4X4CvZFtmlp6TycwzXyPhQuO8PzMhBuzMEdUfrL-xzVBvDZtilw/w200-h98/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tVfrTWj7sXCf06JFIcC408OduXN2ENSMvS0lLq18DtXK-pqgDJ114FGXf-ULO85HQYWl_G8G2jRV6ZyRGfMptKS1rxtZgb1T2MMCXbheCRfTC57yKGm4CKi9j5asgKVsors4ESPJF5_CWfevGcF9_MSGHShnolR_RSiq_3dgWGD3obf-SM_90Kke2g/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tVfrTWj7sXCf06JFIcC408OduXN2ENSMvS0lLq18DtXK-pqgDJ114FGXf-ULO85HQYWl_G8G2jRV6ZyRGfMptKS1rxtZgb1T2MMCXbheCRfTC57yKGm4CKi9j5asgKVsors4ESPJF5_CWfevGcF9_MSGHShnolR_RSiq_3dgWGD3obf-SM_90Kke2g/w93-h200/14.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This room is where the delegates voted to secede from the union and also where Robert E. Lee accepted command of Virginia's military forces. It's also where Aaron Burr, former US Vice President, was tried and then acquitted of treason.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSHv7qGis6Oco6EWWarYrFx61zqybUbN-eaWlIrQmYRJ5bOhtZlfKTDFlOO5aeDALki3Qqgwa02V_RgTRCIIuSB9qPWGBfxut5M8RpcBdfbNqvrK7M9c-yWWT413FHPsaYmdVed9a3HsovjBHk8_QEN1p-tR5bIkuxDCI1G0YVk5DsslgkcaqL-w7GQ/s1636/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1636" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSHv7qGis6Oco6EWWarYrFx61zqybUbN-eaWlIrQmYRJ5bOhtZlfKTDFlOO5aeDALki3Qqgwa02V_RgTRCIIuSB9qPWGBfxut5M8RpcBdfbNqvrK7M9c-yWWT413FHPsaYmdVed9a3HsovjBHk8_QEN1p-tR5bIkuxDCI1G0YVk5DsslgkcaqL-w7GQ/w200-h141/15.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dIBPSwGqjeXo7T7uVN34UzZjvYcuOT_Clg0GH4miab6Gg-F9N85a0-46QnjsGVZFsXCvaR2p3J7hk-bj-guiHRVVWJ9sqtpH5Q_fEktHMEyCYclv5w6enJF5lc-2ZQHf8LRYt-FmtZorBN0qj8XeMqp2_IKG6ZgL3HaBZNNHV1KDUZK66wlF4RiTBQ/s5392/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="5392" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dIBPSwGqjeXo7T7uVN34UzZjvYcuOT_Clg0GH4miab6Gg-F9N85a0-46QnjsGVZFsXCvaR2p3J7hk-bj-guiHRVVWJ9sqtpH5Q_fEktHMEyCYclv5w6enJF5lc-2ZQHf8LRYt-FmtZorBN0qj8XeMqp2_IKG6ZgL3HaBZNNHV1KDUZK66wlF4RiTBQ/w200-h108/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRJUpv62D6BrYdWeY9nYv_V6sr6V-jrKp3iiXybm-pATkjfitKox2-Uv1sxk_6Pdtyd2MVLtQ05kPdkopL75jyd7l0ghzp575MEqHvCakEW_yr7uMR3Y9LzVMApA0YQtIm2dBCxMqWGNaAB4CjbfrIH3_Os20dywlM6j843EbWeJmDfTASGDQIdsMcQ/s3144/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="3144" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRJUpv62D6BrYdWeY9nYv_V6sr6V-jrKp3iiXybm-pATkjfitKox2-Uv1sxk_6Pdtyd2MVLtQ05kPdkopL75jyd7l0ghzp575MEqHvCakEW_yr7uMR3Y9LzVMApA0YQtIm2dBCxMqWGNaAB4CjbfrIH3_Os20dywlM6j843EbWeJmDfTASGDQIdsMcQ/w200-h110/17.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Not unusual for state seals and state flags to be different, but here they are the same.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbKBQweiuDTqMWGJiI2T6iHXuKUhO0nH6ksL2HTtKFFvJlVA8g5PTN2FJufPzPupJFuU61K_O3ANjzYIqZ9SaR4bWrrNtjvs9nIVJYVwJnE-G6Y40HLGSnr6aEmNGY1rDQmCh7fyBW_t7LcRtNi12VjBDQlTbz29p6GaiURQtLwy1dBwmeKRJbvMA7A/s2513/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="2513" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbKBQweiuDTqMWGJiI2T6iHXuKUhO0nH6ksL2HTtKFFvJlVA8g5PTN2FJufPzPupJFuU61K_O3ANjzYIqZ9SaR4bWrrNtjvs9nIVJYVwJnE-G6Y40HLGSnr6aEmNGY1rDQmCh7fyBW_t7LcRtNi12VjBDQlTbz29p6GaiURQtLwy1dBwmeKRJbvMA7A/w200-h114/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9x6oJxkm6OvUYWxlrvGYahFpn40ALLN8Z5dVYppLupp8kxgW5guOegenZxykcDlj3Q4M8WXo_YrBbcXUapfYgjHiSE_txTL5tvqmHWyVF2uxvLiJGin7B6gmvOudaDk_WAAXEXffUvjuHcFGswFbbBUz5BNcaCmifDZNpmmdShO7lEEmRsLNO3mWEMQ/s2292/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="2292" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9x6oJxkm6OvUYWxlrvGYahFpn40ALLN8Z5dVYppLupp8kxgW5guOegenZxykcDlj3Q4M8WXo_YrBbcXUapfYgjHiSE_txTL5tvqmHWyVF2uxvLiJGin7B6gmvOudaDk_WAAXEXffUvjuHcFGswFbbBUz5BNcaCmifDZNpmmdShO7lEEmRsLNO3mWEMQ/w200-h99/19.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZAW_FRDs_dz-_Doh9ms8jVKHndnYY4fzvjvqGY8Uy599ZfUyf6Jett-iYjAx87w_FJyzuKzizP6QlWfg4xoBX7-awl3fSXMsxUSxmA_8T4B3scMUb0ESdjZdSydn2Z6xGGNSflBVsYHxJpT2mHQ0-Dej89MMzIMzX8_XmhTYJe7znEwXPg5gDsjw0g/s2661/19a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="2661" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZAW_FRDs_dz-_Doh9ms8jVKHndnYY4fzvjvqGY8Uy599ZfUyf6Jett-iYjAx87w_FJyzuKzizP6QlWfg4xoBX7-awl3fSXMsxUSxmA_8T4B3scMUb0ESdjZdSydn2Z6xGGNSflBVsYHxJpT2mHQ0-Dej89MMzIMzX8_XmhTYJe7znEwXPg5gDsjw0g/w200-h130/19a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This was just a random painting of Pocahontas, with no explanation as to why she was there. I found myself wondering if she really went around wearing pearls, or was she a republican and no one ever told me? Blow up the pic and you'll see she's wearing a very "white woman's" necklace. lol </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIe_D6UQX_v49YyKQ1b2FzDyCMRxcSsHIgnsW1rMeuHnULJAueD8i06hozl3uxxxgOKRDDBSAbeE_ejUVt9l060D9qJHl2AXlGmzw4ujGwEp57WjIJyaYk4bMEe7S3RZS5j2ZmidYhXlO94g17E6B6YLdE8p7pLeEmaQnJW7P0j1F_mWe_mIdxjkv2hg/s2865/19b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="1829" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIe_D6UQX_v49YyKQ1b2FzDyCMRxcSsHIgnsW1rMeuHnULJAueD8i06hozl3uxxxgOKRDDBSAbeE_ejUVt9l060D9qJHl2AXlGmzw4ujGwEp57WjIJyaYk4bMEe7S3RZS5j2ZmidYhXlO94g17E6B6YLdE8p7pLeEmaQnJW7P0j1F_mWe_mIdxjkv2hg/w127-h200/19b.jpg" width="127" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Outside the capitol grounds, on opposite sides of the building, are the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and the old city hall. The old city hall building was begun in 1886, and was a much more interesting building that any others we saw from the outside.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYmaWx7A7PZnJxWKrwnMb7nqFPgMkVfB_cBnXVRkIkIrss7_hjfQUHgrJZ3p1z7rEJ9n617w-TCJ62jd1ZTMRe-ef1TxPFJdidWannckU7OSw8klYGf1IIoZ4uYnSixn0CoALzdlDAK0FqDuZqzfV8O6Cgp3FsGlTCz0elOmy-lY75cNensRvt4iUXQ/s4000/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYmaWx7A7PZnJxWKrwnMb7nqFPgMkVfB_cBnXVRkIkIrss7_hjfQUHgrJZ3p1z7rEJ9n617w-TCJ62jd1ZTMRe-ef1TxPFJdidWannckU7OSw8klYGf1IIoZ4uYnSixn0CoALzdlDAK0FqDuZqzfV8O6Cgp3FsGlTCz0elOmy-lY75cNensRvt4iUXQ/w200-h93/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-O4DSzabcKiicwPhs4_rVrBT0MRcPlR3x7iw7RjOrv9NvCM_jgwB7J6bi6K-MmOScnp_RQovH9UrlQm4_XMp3_joqua5daZteZPPFxUcUDJCYcVrELYY2qxVArMUQ7RdRCq9v6qfpI-VREorqItfCMhE84WLzE7TcpsXvA3jOujHcUSqwFN42_UpaA/s2586/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2586" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-O4DSzabcKiicwPhs4_rVrBT0MRcPlR3x7iw7RjOrv9NvCM_jgwB7J6bi6K-MmOScnp_RQovH9UrlQm4_XMp3_joqua5daZteZPPFxUcUDJCYcVrELYY2qxVArMUQ7RdRCq9v6qfpI-VREorqItfCMhE84WLzE7TcpsXvA3jOujHcUSqwFN42_UpaA/w200-h144/21.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpNWhIz_WeDYn6KiKsFqCk7z7MNd59N8weX-8ZW3BJGrLJlWlrCc6Q1dvhu0czHTNlDE2_01BXsEoEZ83T5BGe6SU21IncDm9A240fC0y44Ykeglge5ogOq_Hqu2ufyzM8Npf-OTFskOr2PPrwE1PmQDbPCQzEJ5B9eORqbaEmmPg5VhYLZ3ytW-wJg/s2853/21a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2853" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpNWhIz_WeDYn6KiKsFqCk7z7MNd59N8weX-8ZW3BJGrLJlWlrCc6Q1dvhu0czHTNlDE2_01BXsEoEZ83T5BGe6SU21IncDm9A240fC0y44Ykeglge5ogOq_Hqu2ufyzM8Npf-OTFskOr2PPrwE1PmQDbPCQzEJ5B9eORqbaEmmPg5VhYLZ3ytW-wJg/w200-h131/21a.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Except, of course, if you ran into this building built in 1844. Now who would ever think an Egyptian-style building would be built in America in the 1800s? </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLqWqhOBAdWC2AXCmEermNSQlSLdWovSBDkMSepXQOERj21a4d1kAlliBBdqHTems72eihOkkKbpnEtVguFH5cI3R59iqtUO4SNAKNvEys8kFES-2tZHCK9qC2iYUWb448dKj5FZ2NjXq2HMBr85DCnLgVg8EwVsnZ3GDlwVqqsma2beA4t5pWGtvHw/s2159/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2159" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLqWqhOBAdWC2AXCmEermNSQlSLdWovSBDkMSepXQOERj21a4d1kAlliBBdqHTems72eihOkkKbpnEtVguFH5cI3R59iqtUO4SNAKNvEys8kFES-2tZHCK9qC2iYUWb448dKj5FZ2NjXq2HMBr85DCnLgVg8EwVsnZ3GDlwVqqsma2beA4t5pWGtvHw/w200-h173/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNAZ9XnKnWfaTJqdj7YuYLDfPGr99_k4CQJL5bGULivBMRs8k6IM2Yk0_i0F6Di_SrGFwrxhPavmTndmfhjkqyhZTq5V0fnS2iv8X5nbs7Wf8-KSDcOCQHB1O3IX8JOtYt0UO3UpItAJp3vaXqGtwdV0NKYTEi0sAAh4M5D7SVqh2Zt2MmJXxVM7tJw/s4000/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNAZ9XnKnWfaTJqdj7YuYLDfPGr99_k4CQJL5bGULivBMRs8k6IM2Yk0_i0F6Di_SrGFwrxhPavmTndmfhjkqyhZTq5V0fnS2iv8X5nbs7Wf8-KSDcOCQHB1O3IX8JOtYt0UO3UpItAJp3vaXqGtwdV0NKYTEi0sAAh4M5D7SVqh2Zt2MmJXxVM7tJw/w200-h93/23.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmFWv8qPV8NBpjHnyYZMTLdBwWynUaK8bc5MJmilB0dF-FloE4hPCInOdZ056aWf09ofa9L1KLpDqW2eBKEko4QIWru78Q3pKR5UszFbA7iHs-LJ5shK4mIMptGDjQemyqoS9phzh8CVCY5bvxv3bn21CtN5CC99NyUmWNynNWSwefWwDQSNgd3Jjwg/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmFWv8qPV8NBpjHnyYZMTLdBwWynUaK8bc5MJmilB0dF-FloE4hPCInOdZ056aWf09ofa9L1KLpDqW2eBKEko4QIWru78Q3pKR5UszFbA7iHs-LJ5shK4mIMptGDjQemyqoS9phzh8CVCY5bvxv3bn21CtN5CC99NyUmWNynNWSwefWwDQSNgd3Jjwg/w93-h200/24.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>It seemed to take us forever to walk to the Confederate White House, where Jefferson Davis lived during the Civil War. Other than the hills and the construction, I forgot to mention that a dominant feature of the capital is the Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia Medical College. They both have numerous buildings--the Egyptian building is part of it--so between the construction fences blocking our way and the buildings occupied by these schools we were constantly running into dead ends as we tried to get from point A to point B--once again, seemingly always retracing our steps uphill! lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Ten days before he was assassinated and 2 days after Davis left this house, Lincoln met here with prominent confederates to try to start reconstruction.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iF-EU8l1qPcZ0BNpPyEt4II2cZPXofBgZOhgP5uOTNYKar84X6EjAMK9b3KkEanobTr5NbK35bVbX3wp2J75QCULJItGT59pIUPek_2atNZoBo8pVi8AMw2vWTSxAxDn_vbHa7fTXUh0-mwN-A8fvrvyuTlcDHu2mVL2yAN3HG1vRtnmSuPZyEuRBw/s2641/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="2641" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iF-EU8l1qPcZ0BNpPyEt4II2cZPXofBgZOhgP5uOTNYKar84X6EjAMK9b3KkEanobTr5NbK35bVbX3wp2J75QCULJItGT59pIUPek_2atNZoBo8pVi8AMw2vWTSxAxDn_vbHa7fTXUh0-mwN-A8fvrvyuTlcDHu2mVL2yAN3HG1vRtnmSuPZyEuRBw/w200-h79/25.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXJMgwoXyoCHKYz7_XytWtU_PltO3qrVi7rlzh9bQ-cCufS_qeP5Biv-yWfRMHRat4vek1JTMcyVKzBcXd2c-2gq-cgAXapagMDmQ5iK_3EfGPjYmyZ4XHmFLUH3CewJV1QjlA57tK7j-9ckboCSKDRIsvjbudskCTe3MWNcUyu7ax4c21iTuHQ20Tw/s3539/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3539" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXJMgwoXyoCHKYz7_XytWtU_PltO3qrVi7rlzh9bQ-cCufS_qeP5Biv-yWfRMHRat4vek1JTMcyVKzBcXd2c-2gq-cgAXapagMDmQ5iK_3EfGPjYmyZ4XHmFLUH3CewJV1QjlA57tK7j-9ckboCSKDRIsvjbudskCTe3MWNcUyu7ax4c21iTuHQ20Tw/w200-h106/26.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvddFzego-7dzXA1xhJHKVSeybOdxr62t_UcalEx-LA312RpaE3spicGE_50kmeJoO8jhImBbumJ357QGCdBb5qbuczvpO9WZEis-vTA_ax42M7rQdnGA0CAoUdLW1hppBp4oi9fttAWVJwD9h8AUFuejvybxSU1_y3XXNVST_ubF0eCIf0roM3nAAg/s2619/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2619" data-original-width="1580" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvddFzego-7dzXA1xhJHKVSeybOdxr62t_UcalEx-LA312RpaE3spicGE_50kmeJoO8jhImBbumJ357QGCdBb5qbuczvpO9WZEis-vTA_ax42M7rQdnGA0CAoUdLW1hppBp4oi9fttAWVJwD9h8AUFuejvybxSU1_y3XXNVST_ubF0eCIf0roM3nAAg/w121-h200/27.jpg" width="121" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwSWS--7ZkJZIEwpALtMBjyDy1GwXA7ZTlCyuz9YqxLfBd31fpM_3e6aQtIshji99XZ0h9eFHQ62gt0M9i-cINLkls7U8vfnbQw5VvYpiNgPTN7wo4JLiaSwEjdSu4y2tl9QJxCpz-QsR2Fqcu93UVXcucFwT9oz6rSTzQIjJHGe02Cx2gGMv4wcQqQ/s3221/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="3221" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwSWS--7ZkJZIEwpALtMBjyDy1GwXA7ZTlCyuz9YqxLfBd31fpM_3e6aQtIshji99XZ0h9eFHQ62gt0M9i-cINLkls7U8vfnbQw5VvYpiNgPTN7wo4JLiaSwEjdSu4y2tl9QJxCpz-QsR2Fqcu93UVXcucFwT9oz6rSTzQIjJHGe02Cx2gGMv4wcQqQ/w200-h66/28.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Heading back to the canal district where we had parked, we saw this display telling us about how a slave escaped back in 1848 after his wife an children were sold. If I got in that box I knew I'd never get out, so I coaxed Cathy in. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlf9ZowRCLWfJAvj8PeH56WvNIwc15J6hk73naq_8RDmgHpcAM-W9M9hkjiDlz8vjtLqmOHycWEodKftXIsDkZPZAKLS0YUCcTfoMx79hzws7VAPDQGZWbxV2mmI6tsEgqiVgsHmAyoWxgb4vyD3WcyZn3tcH8_vYSITkpH3g-ytQ_p7VkgJBuMu1LLA/s3423/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3423" data-original-width="1720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlf9ZowRCLWfJAvj8PeH56WvNIwc15J6hk73naq_8RDmgHpcAM-W9M9hkjiDlz8vjtLqmOHycWEodKftXIsDkZPZAKLS0YUCcTfoMx79hzws7VAPDQGZWbxV2mmI6tsEgqiVgsHmAyoWxgb4vyD3WcyZn3tcH8_vYSITkpH3g-ytQ_p7VkgJBuMu1LLA/w101-h200/29.jpg" width="101" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sWmGdt4k8XsfNv7vaCTbXSS05SR4y9iFeYFdfJR_eICmWMfT6Pt1yOh6Jhf6SkywM9Gqsc2KlD6enfOPOPStRn9MYbnKZWpquG44OvOzW-lDOSZCHq7yRuZ21iAk0fFZLGlJ5-BKOjTgrJkPBGjpv9cg2TB9qXBaq-rSiCK8zVW58nECIFLDcn3aLw/s3557/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3557" data-original-width="1781" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sWmGdt4k8XsfNv7vaCTbXSS05SR4y9iFeYFdfJR_eICmWMfT6Pt1yOh6Jhf6SkywM9Gqsc2KlD6enfOPOPStRn9MYbnKZWpquG44OvOzW-lDOSZCHq7yRuZ21iAk0fFZLGlJ5-BKOjTgrJkPBGjpv9cg2TB9qXBaq-rSiCK8zVW58nECIFLDcn3aLw/w100-h200/30.jpg" width="100" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>And last, but not least, we went for a late lunch at "Bottoms up", a pizza place our friends Dayle and Dale told us about. It's in a trendy spot under overhead train tracks. A train actually went over us, so we had to shout for about 15 minutes until it passed. Thanks Dayle and Dale! lol </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQTqj3Pvj_2UtHv6_JHTTGKI9kYVV1SIj2dAj4DNGtvEsGsbzxVOiV1BCzc68XBZr8TKsWgQX1rG4josV6PmxzSNquKm3FhRycIVY-j3Peax_ERPlrwYwcaHcl_yO1nQKZ9gY3KbFQCRZQEUcj2NrZHetwJ5_Bc-EfjuKiWNNVPpezBQMjsDDWhnchA/s4000/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQTqj3Pvj_2UtHv6_JHTTGKI9kYVV1SIj2dAj4DNGtvEsGsbzxVOiV1BCzc68XBZr8TKsWgQX1rG4josV6PmxzSNquKm3FhRycIVY-j3Peax_ERPlrwYwcaHcl_yO1nQKZ9gY3KbFQCRZQEUcj2NrZHetwJ5_Bc-EfjuKiWNNVPpezBQMjsDDWhnchA/w200-h93/31.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Off for a little more sightseeing tomorrow--and praying for flat ground!</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-66052672053589429852022-06-24T08:27:00.001-05:002022-06-24T09:22:27.643-05:00It's a Wrap!<div>24 June 2022--We left Caja and Jeannie 2 days ago to start our journey home and are staying in Ashland, VA over the next couple days for some sightseeing in Richmond. So this is the last of our Sugar Lake, PA area pics.</div><div><br /></div><div>I mentioned before that this area is very rural, and these 2 pics pretty much sum that concept up. Of course, the 1st is telling us to be careful driving as there are some Amish around. We didn't see very many, but one day right before we left, a horse and carriage drove down the street in front of C&Js place. I have always been fascinated by their lifestyle, so that was very exciting for me (lol-what an idiot, huh?) Believe it or not, the 2nd pic with the trash cans shows what used to be the neighborhood bus stop--lol. I would have thought Caja was pulling my leg when she told us this, but above the entrance are the letters CCSD--for school district.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoafbwgKhMTehU4N8uToN7RLnW1MI10Ksnas0RmgaVnnUqio6k5INU1MesByWZOnGZ3bMKrI823wKofOujt8Ii2fKj7J9rm8FIJIk-z0J-poVBULoc2244iBYfmAfhEjmD7ZorcoZb_Dy0-rMAx2CXRKx7CPzTjzIXWbnA_hwNkLGKKTNpwXJJ1oayvw/s698/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="698" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoafbwgKhMTehU4N8uToN7RLnW1MI10Ksnas0RmgaVnnUqio6k5INU1MesByWZOnGZ3bMKrI823wKofOujt8Ii2fKj7J9rm8FIJIk-z0J-poVBULoc2244iBYfmAfhEjmD7ZorcoZb_Dy0-rMAx2CXRKx7CPzTjzIXWbnA_hwNkLGKKTNpwXJJ1oayvw/w200-h158/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bJAFMVuI0Ik81AYcd-6lHbe9Hl0ai94ReZWz1bmRo-cuik0OMq6PjAEmzt1dbxUTMtMB8-RBay_VM7e2VyLiqWdwD6GGjEvPcB_ezyba-TXbZeMhzolswmK2ymoCtL-0eXEdH0vxQTx99golgN-NvloCgQrT5dhnWN6iHRCd60xpvIKYDMi_ThjK-Q/s4000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bJAFMVuI0Ik81AYcd-6lHbe9Hl0ai94ReZWz1bmRo-cuik0OMq6PjAEmzt1dbxUTMtMB8-RBay_VM7e2VyLiqWdwD6GGjEvPcB_ezyba-TXbZeMhzolswmK2ymoCtL-0eXEdH0vxQTx99golgN-NvloCgQrT5dhnWN6iHRCd60xpvIKYDMi_ThjK-Q/w93-h200/2.jpg" width="93" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Almost everyone who lives here has a "gator", and they seem to travel in packs. They are very loud.</div><div><br /><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzeLkAR_9Rb89teqo5XSVR-lQmZ1qOxH6ipXLmx0Fzd6zOr-9f-5eScgXIAteMBCnDZo6kstow0H4PMIX67WQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>Just out walking.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8TJaQd5OtWVqqh05_TLyJrQ9LiTDthIKIHbfJAn0st_eI556quSxVcvFyy46_Pc_kqFU-qhiICRfgXtEuzN5lfdnSe6v_qaobE13RVevpKTRHgYTqbJSPGoeqYy9Ga4vi6spaFuam41IYUh4xi2GJM2quZFOboRvt82d7kmXf7NKL5GRtmugigZzeQ/s4000/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8TJaQd5OtWVqqh05_TLyJrQ9LiTDthIKIHbfJAn0st_eI556quSxVcvFyy46_Pc_kqFU-qhiICRfgXtEuzN5lfdnSe6v_qaobE13RVevpKTRHgYTqbJSPGoeqYy9Ga4vi6spaFuam41IYUh4xi2GJM2quZFOboRvt82d7kmXf7NKL5GRtmugigZzeQ/w200-h93/4.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTUdteS02y_Siee9GamYWC-NsHzlOK3fIXz72jlhe-JSthVc4Z44Ewspq7gaPALCMc1jL8qPuiSLkZE_5gA0KE6Jp_hE5ynaZLCrLpHObLhWoolLuO3oq1klWppviDeGkBJceJ9n85GWL5QsGWVWG0OxP6ozFmrm_0idUR7oio--LAYdjofGMfrUC8g/s4000/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTUdteS02y_Siee9GamYWC-NsHzlOK3fIXz72jlhe-JSthVc4Z44Ewspq7gaPALCMc1jL8qPuiSLkZE_5gA0KE6Jp_hE5ynaZLCrLpHObLhWoolLuO3oq1klWppviDeGkBJceJ9n85GWL5QsGWVWG0OxP6ozFmrm_0idUR7oio--LAYdjofGMfrUC8g/w200-h93/5.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a turtle, directly outside our window, seemingly digging a nest, but check out the little chipmunk who comes in from the left. He gets surprisingly close to the turtle--like he was checking out what he was doing.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzBVsXOcgi0x-9BAUBoUhEZJNS-v5-SYUJIbbTIbaCj0W_CX0vOchvfFyRkBRQMBDNt9Y__tEvDUs9IixVIkg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>More flowers. Jeannie said the 2nd one, which is on their property, was called a "firecracker plant". Don't know the names of the others.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-W23xWwRzjijNbShcEqx30axiBseAZW0tmhpjmWN0kgxKEpQztIeqmETywAFWs7TE9pyzpHbBwQ75pmp2JN0rvxv31qztISFvUkZr32MCo8Mznd2ckMln0oAMXJL2HpvBkT6BMGBcK_ixOgNyoFkYCKctea1FRbC8iwESEegKiovfSVUUM-xgyAr1w/s2590/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="1826" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-W23xWwRzjijNbShcEqx30axiBseAZW0tmhpjmWN0kgxKEpQztIeqmETywAFWs7TE9pyzpHbBwQ75pmp2JN0rvxv31qztISFvUkZr32MCo8Mznd2ckMln0oAMXJL2HpvBkT6BMGBcK_ixOgNyoFkYCKctea1FRbC8iwESEegKiovfSVUUM-xgyAr1w/w141-h200/7.jpg" width="141" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO8iDZGrgJ76MeK4_yH5lRVIHKmiuIaPmF1SGKxiTIWmn_fOM4hr5nTMmZArUxXHMBoKZhC6y2LVrNPMn3JjpPPXWLaRPvXdO3ZfhII-tFy_r2rBRMrUz9rWMH7MhavfuTpbiD5uZSU7NJWhrBCq8TwuFuaILhMCKWhXYcVYqxsOmLEcUYN25LuwA2g/s4000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO8iDZGrgJ76MeK4_yH5lRVIHKmiuIaPmF1SGKxiTIWmn_fOM4hr5nTMmZArUxXHMBoKZhC6y2LVrNPMn3JjpPPXWLaRPvXdO3ZfhII-tFy_r2rBRMrUz9rWMH7MhavfuTpbiD5uZSU7NJWhrBCq8TwuFuaILhMCKWhXYcVYqxsOmLEcUYN25LuwA2g/w93-h200/8.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwmdp033bz0YAafn8rnvZf4gxVDlo7jjbYz8oJa2OwfGm3d1FvJf3w-AomAbpuAFEh0NnWqvaKniDsEfwH77noj-rT1awJG6t3A5gJ62AmiOzK8ZWvxOn88_b09_z9PbGY4wmKejR8nAVmh_7lMAGjalq-i4ZJX1or2QQgITexp4wrXCD2jx6hQ3qqg/s1079/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1079" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwmdp033bz0YAafn8rnvZf4gxVDlo7jjbYz8oJa2OwfGm3d1FvJf3w-AomAbpuAFEh0NnWqvaKniDsEfwH77noj-rT1awJG6t3A5gJ62AmiOzK8ZWvxOn88_b09_z9PbGY4wmKejR8nAVmh_7lMAGjalq-i4ZJX1or2QQgITexp4wrXCD2jx6hQ3qqg/w200-h158/9.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1sz9azdVBnfKECNPm5f5GMp6M7aszzPV6B1R5EU5uNogCFbICkiVqm7KNAqcH9OCQQyllujPzwNtdrswIohHCgLgw9TWQRaHNu178MMLau7wDsGzvW5K-NRg6-GN7s65lxH1ErF11cA9TN5ELEFb1fXFmzIi5AFYyWzwwEiJ6nrtR_LoDtKD5TSMeA/s4000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1sz9azdVBnfKECNPm5f5GMp6M7aszzPV6B1R5EU5uNogCFbICkiVqm7KNAqcH9OCQQyllujPzwNtdrswIohHCgLgw9TWQRaHNu178MMLau7wDsGzvW5K-NRg6-GN7s65lxH1ErF11cA9TN5ELEFb1fXFmzIi5AFYyWzwwEiJ6nrtR_LoDtKD5TSMeA/w93-h200/10.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>More young geese. In the 1st pic they are more like the equivalent toddlers, I guess, while the other 2 pics show very young babies.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrC-kFpm0jUFsu_NpcCW-_yZKca5rO0YKECLx7HiM1hayR7OqpgzAGtZ5J-J4cpZRt8M2aNypbdW1DnYQnLDsH_rEIW8E6-B2VbkCVBBHrg1GNNAmNIMtohVf7XvHKOg0btTij0SS4q1Iqch_0r9dBh_r5SEa_slrpN0qQIhLlwLiR0x_os50uknuHA/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrC-kFpm0jUFsu_NpcCW-_yZKca5rO0YKECLx7HiM1hayR7OqpgzAGtZ5J-J4cpZRt8M2aNypbdW1DnYQnLDsH_rEIW8E6-B2VbkCVBBHrg1GNNAmNIMtohVf7XvHKOg0btTij0SS4q1Iqch_0r9dBh_r5SEa_slrpN0qQIhLlwLiR0x_os50uknuHA/w200-h93/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLebb_yRByVX2T4svMFEdukchtM0Z67rd1r5Zzptpi_51B0o68Lz12MrKdqVU3WED0-6Ao4IfXT1o5lmvLjf78e627gfo_z8Lr56gtsBVj3cDWJdGruyKj_8uDaCxnqkjHMtN99ywzCz6KHNB7weTUn8W3GKUFfsMi7LpS0RL7aBO9aNh7WH7p3W21Bw/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLebb_yRByVX2T4svMFEdukchtM0Z67rd1r5Zzptpi_51B0o68Lz12MrKdqVU3WED0-6Ao4IfXT1o5lmvLjf78e627gfo_z8Lr56gtsBVj3cDWJdGruyKj_8uDaCxnqkjHMtN99ywzCz6KHNB7weTUn8W3GKUFfsMi7LpS0RL7aBO9aNh7WH7p3W21Bw/w200-h93/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Bl9KjJXiU9OwO6Hp01u9RANf9_janprtQOZUG7PTLNJtIKJ8L8Efva60eY8GzKMuYEFNd7wqtg866mH68ZX6pE9AP7Mmin1On2oVU3pfu48oGfDdx_Ba0JcswU4yeVYKYAwqbOts6koVJRsnE5_CPOoD6QZa28S6Lzm9D2BgzKYlOF9v9HaYO3ijA/s4000/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Bl9KjJXiU9OwO6Hp01u9RANf9_janprtQOZUG7PTLNJtIKJ8L8Efva60eY8GzKMuYEFNd7wqtg866mH68ZX6pE9AP7Mmin1On2oVU3pfu48oGfDdx_Ba0JcswU4yeVYKYAwqbOts6koVJRsnE5_CPOoD6QZa28S6Lzm9D2BgzKYlOF9v9HaYO3ijA/w200-h93/13.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This field has just been harvested, while the next 2 just make for pretty pics.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW6xM7DFNVRjNo_8wls2nMuzyKGq7cURKVnmXZQkpFeIBGjPDckkTyAjbH2lYWgEBPVkxR1nr1UC0kmmIVQmzGzjSF2PBT1BpjG9RGss6-SX4vb6Reh2uOTvkCRjh5JrHA1T7OnKLzkYQMRD9339Bml868IcgoVbkd2stRk2_PcO4tr2p8xNz64GqUw/s4000/14%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW6xM7DFNVRjNo_8wls2nMuzyKGq7cURKVnmXZQkpFeIBGjPDckkTyAjbH2lYWgEBPVkxR1nr1UC0kmmIVQmzGzjSF2PBT1BpjG9RGss6-SX4vb6Reh2uOTvkCRjh5JrHA1T7OnKLzkYQMRD9339Bml868IcgoVbkd2stRk2_PcO4tr2p8xNz64GqUw/w200-h93/14%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQ8gnWN7Kem0ZP3aypIe5LsSa8QNP4AgJHf2SizttX1FYWCR21cwQofjehqgPB6wQ1qVxXs82qdSmwURq2UH8sZq3JiGsWV6VCSgKbgwGNwLXHIHtfAqM3iGUxhpVhejynYbUldPDroK_h2sn2xwYOxM-QN3MUm2_U49M2uOjjHQrPP9F6J988MDoSw/s3500/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="3500" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQ8gnWN7Kem0ZP3aypIe5LsSa8QNP4AgJHf2SizttX1FYWCR21cwQofjehqgPB6wQ1qVxXs82qdSmwURq2UH8sZq3JiGsWV6VCSgKbgwGNwLXHIHtfAqM3iGUxhpVhejynYbUldPDroK_h2sn2xwYOxM-QN3MUm2_U49M2uOjjHQrPP9F6J988MDoSw/w200-h104/15.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hRaPbHsTdxYnE_I4jUqB-ksQPDiQTWFUxmZ1E5yJiVuH8gUtrUM1P-uTQrYoVNnx8oWfMcFwaTxJ2hBqn61kiqbSMolxQ2e9dw1PLwVzFnv86nGGMHOYOmzqHNyh0SUidF8FhLqkI9MLJqCeo-I12POiVjYK1tIlyZjOODh1Ep0U7VxYskHcYDHxdw/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hRaPbHsTdxYnE_I4jUqB-ksQPDiQTWFUxmZ1E5yJiVuH8gUtrUM1P-uTQrYoVNnx8oWfMcFwaTxJ2hBqn61kiqbSMolxQ2e9dw1PLwVzFnv86nGGMHOYOmzqHNyh0SUidF8FhLqkI9MLJqCeo-I12POiVjYK1tIlyZjOODh1Ep0U7VxYskHcYDHxdw/w200-h93/16.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cathy and I had to drive to go to Meadville one day and passed this house on our way to get my blood tested. We had to go back to get the pic. Blow it up and see how pretty it is.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6c46t7NnDoYVJR-iTPb6_E6wWtGFDLxaw2TpdKwXPQQunEqfom19sZDV0DHDiptgcUacs042qWaXKwKX5Ckg_uO_U6MaS0_q9CMXz5MMqLZjfoJtbffIbHGzaHXdljAILMaIzn5WcUpRXkaJuBPFg4ZYjux8g5BF4EMPG106jym2zpez6Tr_8L4Y1rQ/s3364/16a%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1801" data-original-width="3364" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6c46t7NnDoYVJR-iTPb6_E6wWtGFDLxaw2TpdKwXPQQunEqfom19sZDV0DHDiptgcUacs042qWaXKwKX5Ckg_uO_U6MaS0_q9CMXz5MMqLZjfoJtbffIbHGzaHXdljAILMaIzn5WcUpRXkaJuBPFg4ZYjux8g5BF4EMPG106jym2zpez6Tr_8L4Y1rQ/w200-h107/16a%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOi08iLT0eDEKn5h54lnL0lO-CHn8djECFI5di6P_0NKgrxRRvT7ukDsg4pR-TcLv82RGdyf7zYMzDjomQcWT0wKJ_hw0LeAYW80OcrLjDeCfPurg7bgU8ExlQA-Wi4O5AX76_XQl25VtySjVWHQt4-qTism-hj0fZ_k22RfY18gRHCxsFWTGySU6UrQ/s4000/16b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOi08iLT0eDEKn5h54lnL0lO-CHn8djECFI5di6P_0NKgrxRRvT7ukDsg4pR-TcLv82RGdyf7zYMzDjomQcWT0wKJ_hw0LeAYW80OcrLjDeCfPurg7bgU8ExlQA-Wi4O5AX76_XQl25VtySjVWHQt4-qTism-hj0fZ_k22RfY18gRHCxsFWTGySU6UrQ/w200-h93/16b.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>These 3 pics are different spots of the same field. I couldn't decide which I thought was the prettiest, so I posted them all. lol You really have to blow them to appreciate how pretty they are.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa9ecbPRnc7ul3ZmWjBZjQUg06x7ry03mYyzhw4MT-Nzr1EEuvI98l8YGQcrt3m4A17LpSIL1KkbmGtfqYKOK-jNUxP8--1LBcEJEdQcD8yU_FlAug7zlo_hdeppZOgwquNxSaajk-QCnNir7GbYaO961rJcZEX2GofOKKw0LCDgG01_NLMgmKNTdXw/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa9ecbPRnc7ul3ZmWjBZjQUg06x7ry03mYyzhw4MT-Nzr1EEuvI98l8YGQcrt3m4A17LpSIL1KkbmGtfqYKOK-jNUxP8--1LBcEJEdQcD8yU_FlAug7zlo_hdeppZOgwquNxSaajk-QCnNir7GbYaO961rJcZEX2GofOKKw0LCDgG01_NLMgmKNTdXw/w200-h93/17.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoNBnZtr-MUOu_6yzACgUjAvD7tPL75Yfe4SOrUrDZ74tjkU3ousxY69I0tOSyG0Oo8fE5gTjXNTOAuffR7bqzmj-NZywGmLhBy1nMYRt2YfOMxJOoydTI691U8ecpWpXSPg_RbgTM4S5gtXUhavUNGMWzxtvNJuBN3NA08gb-Gp-rW7ye5g8FTdH4w/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="4000" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoNBnZtr-MUOu_6yzACgUjAvD7tPL75Yfe4SOrUrDZ74tjkU3ousxY69I0tOSyG0Oo8fE5gTjXNTOAuffR7bqzmj-NZywGmLhBy1nMYRt2YfOMxJOoydTI691U8ecpWpXSPg_RbgTM4S5gtXUhavUNGMWzxtvNJuBN3NA08gb-Gp-rW7ye5g8FTdH4w/w200-h76/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EgRVg1Li-D1ZT6t4rh_dA-V2rxzCi6HqEThoJXHUkIrrBtOjXUOSFSXwwD-HnXy5kHE3lSigW7DrDJqtL_sSlRIjQGBLXxVMRvy49DxwlVYzCwMbCL6XKALW0o4vUk6tDvuGd-vf9G5nbl-lv1OzF8Vg2ooQ5bSLwRrW7WZJkn98l9W3ZfrtfGWEYg/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EgRVg1Li-D1ZT6t4rh_dA-V2rxzCi6HqEThoJXHUkIrrBtOjXUOSFSXwwD-HnXy5kHE3lSigW7DrDJqtL_sSlRIjQGBLXxVMRvy49DxwlVYzCwMbCL6XKALW0o4vUk6tDvuGd-vf9G5nbl-lv1OzF8Vg2ooQ5bSLwRrW7WZJkn98l9W3ZfrtfGWEYg/w200-h93/19.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We had quite a few cold and overcast days, so we played a lot of Rummicube.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkOM5JeGmhT205bT5f1NTVHOUCxjnK_nyBADHhXvhLz0zDdZ0NckUKYNe_1p5B1Fo7p5xxfVvb2A4N7Lofi8I-wTGEoGwt07QKMKVyx8pj_FbVWV_yj7tTB0aDzieb-khIH0kFqKil29MS2qNMzDUOcqgGfdd2ZELCXdnToWR2-IggHe3sjAkP0FQ1g/s4000/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkOM5JeGmhT205bT5f1NTVHOUCxjnK_nyBADHhXvhLz0zDdZ0NckUKYNe_1p5B1Fo7p5xxfVvb2A4N7Lofi8I-wTGEoGwt07QKMKVyx8pj_FbVWV_yj7tTB0aDzieb-khIH0kFqKil29MS2qNMzDUOcqgGfdd2ZELCXdnToWR2-IggHe3sjAkP0FQ1g/w200-h93/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>But we also had a some really nice days. Jeannie and I took on Cathy and Caja in what I thought was a bag job for Jeannie and I. Jeannie is definitely the best golfer, and I am the worst, but we played "best ball" so I figured we'd always be playing Jeannie's ball. lol Well, Jeannie decided not to show up this day and we got slaughtered. lol But at least we saw a baby deer.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi3hc8MT-d7CX80vYkxgVghLPDTWtuCUmeeJD5wNgv5qUB0BUuJuQ7zQeiAQuRuzVJYVUr_zSogvba-JLXlLoyrj4tsuipnAsI0-rEr55IiEQg9ojLug_YsJ7q3nR_49LoylgmTX9V902H3qQVBJT9OAFsJcFC4_mjZLEXRxtWPEfenHtYXAFEdEnAg/s4000/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi3hc8MT-d7CX80vYkxgVghLPDTWtuCUmeeJD5wNgv5qUB0BUuJuQ7zQeiAQuRuzVJYVUr_zSogvba-JLXlLoyrj4tsuipnAsI0-rEr55IiEQg9ojLug_YsJ7q3nR_49LoylgmTX9V902H3qQVBJT9OAFsJcFC4_mjZLEXRxtWPEfenHtYXAFEdEnAg/w200-h93/21.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjjQwtHIucB612Slgs7Z9dTMTTXIxJBV_MbYRwftqVV9Rfwr6FIsSb5GMYuBXPOgBgMZwvRSTUXQTXDXweunz_bfrZ8ntCwgxDBbmL3Rty4SUc49O54j_WrBMAhw2oWqR1NOrGBDP0Rud7q3frmJxHFilxuxjNzQJcpffNdtVXQ-xnO3NrwIrQHqP4g/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjjQwtHIucB612Slgs7Z9dTMTTXIxJBV_MbYRwftqVV9Rfwr6FIsSb5GMYuBXPOgBgMZwvRSTUXQTXDXweunz_bfrZ8ntCwgxDBbmL3Rty4SUc49O54j_WrBMAhw2oWqR1NOrGBDP0Rud7q3frmJxHFilxuxjNzQJcpffNdtVXQ-xnO3NrwIrQHqP4g/w200-h93/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>After golf we went to a late lunch at a place about 150 yards from their place. It's a combination restaurant/bar/hotel--I call it the No-tell Motel! Caja was clearly exhausted after all the days activities--too much fresh air I guess! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0QZf3H5uz_GUQkZwBKkS2LKX3iAnhZmmfSmzJqEEex_uw0LeK-6HKb6PpGtAy8N1pqiKbahks_86pY6qgMGiUvgv5uQRBiUK-4Z7YL5k0NqKLleclF9KV39sExRcW3y5oBJh6HLSnjTvs0i-gcclC998gpnj2rgYefDculnRL_BLMuifF7Fd7M1Rrg/s4000/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0QZf3H5uz_GUQkZwBKkS2LKX3iAnhZmmfSmzJqEEex_uw0LeK-6HKb6PpGtAy8N1pqiKbahks_86pY6qgMGiUvgv5uQRBiUK-4Z7YL5k0NqKLleclF9KV39sExRcW3y5oBJh6HLSnjTvs0i-gcclC998gpnj2rgYefDculnRL_BLMuifF7Fd7M1Rrg/w200-h93/23.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCKiydDPlI9_2nHTxRteB8EI5loyCbznoTQPeuwhVT9tSoGpQk-pNx5FeXx-pgWjMi1XGrObfYMjiQtG24lgFdDOzT2oHRXhNCRB1ob2uczk0UmBK1EmgXoFjDjicVfUpbwCYncyOw6H7sYqN9n4DCPNM8MrSgq8XAGg3MF6nXBhmL8QLw_UbapnOCw/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCKiydDPlI9_2nHTxRteB8EI5loyCbznoTQPeuwhVT9tSoGpQk-pNx5FeXx-pgWjMi1XGrObfYMjiQtG24lgFdDOzT2oHRXhNCRB1ob2uczk0UmBK1EmgXoFjDjicVfUpbwCYncyOw6H7sYqN9n4DCPNM8MrSgq8XAGg3MF6nXBhmL8QLw_UbapnOCw/w200-h93/24.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some very pretty pics of the lake area on a very sunny day, at night, and a very foggy morning that Cathy took.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErCnc_l6LY0sxwEamRjXwcNQwRZqGI3wgSTvEfsaf23cQjrH390-ZjSWf1NtRR-cru8pgLh8wAbHhHIZ28W51j8K14YcZC0GgTgRi05YqAi0oABahJoMYx5ZoryiSk9QxdnqlQMcVZmxmPycWPLxNzlC3Qv6cCxd7gtrWI7Q0PK7rTPW8FK3EmmbZHQ/s4000/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErCnc_l6LY0sxwEamRjXwcNQwRZqGI3wgSTvEfsaf23cQjrH390-ZjSWf1NtRR-cru8pgLh8wAbHhHIZ28W51j8K14YcZC0GgTgRi05YqAi0oABahJoMYx5ZoryiSk9QxdnqlQMcVZmxmPycWPLxNzlC3Qv6cCxd7gtrWI7Q0PK7rTPW8FK3EmmbZHQ/w200-h93/25.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGIwMF0ie6pk5kOR2IlztvWQ5A1yrD3yMgRM0SXDZw8__UPogt0I6Xe_Y7_pq3k0vYSiFJE9ZJEFa-Kc8HpZgTDNOVScBM2htGTWHbFso9Z7OJrS87j9r6wsxE1DMSyxErmDuMKJyT6TVNvrwA-HIKXdvt7aZAcL0fgPF1JKm-b13hAPGXlu2LJrpVg/s4000/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Jeannie and I took the kayaks out one day and I caught a monster! The biggest fish of the trip, a bass about 18" long and about 3 lbs. I let Jeannie hold it before we released it just so she'd know what one felt like. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIxw3Q3IFPfVt95M3_050JlgasS3sBkyKJLVhqiDyY43DGynlrnn208F9VQJ5lC1KiBT7aFF44tLpkGMqd8KNI42ymR49UVwVkkKUb8h_9B89D_Uclo0-B4qgxT4_FHf_InHHk60s2cGmxUyEiTT_9d_t7l5j1xPAO-QX4JGB177Cv8Csh-c2c0_7fw/s4000/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIxw3Q3IFPfVt95M3_050JlgasS3sBkyKJLVhqiDyY43DGynlrnn208F9VQJ5lC1KiBT7aFF44tLpkGMqd8KNI42ymR49UVwVkkKUb8h_9B89D_Uclo0-B4qgxT4_FHf_InHHk60s2cGmxUyEiTT_9d_t7l5j1xPAO-QX4JGB177Cv8Csh-c2c0_7fw/w200-h93/30.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim79OQEwOJJUdUR89BNyIRGMnuVgBwK8OmCtGlGDPGc3sQF-GJIJ3C5FY0ANcxK4xEmm04b-hX_43XOx-Vper7es42lfG3vgkRKE9jjrQIX7M9eVjvDgFbBjQCVt0J8SnI3Q2RVtBjO8XdofKReQXask8D_UxnkQMYX84LoZpuHSdPjX2yjf5aP1CUiw/s3453/31%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3453" data-original-width="1852" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim79OQEwOJJUdUR89BNyIRGMnuVgBwK8OmCtGlGDPGc3sQF-GJIJ3C5FY0ANcxK4xEmm04b-hX_43XOx-Vper7es42lfG3vgkRKE9jjrQIX7M9eVjvDgFbBjQCVt0J8SnI3Q2RVtBjO8XdofKReQXask8D_UxnkQMYX84LoZpuHSdPjX2yjf5aP1CUiw/w108-h200/31%20(2).jpg" width="108" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT24AXHsTRde5D0WoJFEFiDovk8ZD_inh6qnV2hLd3dCKRr5I0Rs_k7Li17FKyDyJBiZGhYzX9Pknum7oI6NbLOEqjHgidVePWUb_xjwXq6hgWQSV5KH50j3xUfavZZKJqgVDbFk5ZYZo9CJHlYicwAdhXX6dnvN9QZ9YORpVuBp9F72cAaTZRXKRqg/s4000/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT24AXHsTRde5D0WoJFEFiDovk8ZD_inh6qnV2hLd3dCKRr5I0Rs_k7Li17FKyDyJBiZGhYzX9Pknum7oI6NbLOEqjHgidVePWUb_xjwXq6hgWQSV5KH50j3xUfavZZKJqgVDbFk5ZYZo9CJHlYicwAdhXX6dnvN9QZ9YORpVuBp9F72cAaTZRXKRqg/w93-h200/32.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>And we're off! Thanks to Caja and Jeannie for a wonderful 3 weeks at their place, and 2 weeks of fun sightseeing before we got there. It was a great trip and visit!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkQuk9oUjnpCLJWK9WD5XOVNd8tRLy1j3Q0esBF_BoNHEE8D9oxq5MIRYzAJvWQJ5lGM30DLGGAt7KHTboTqKgCY1mBX9fLXi7flPR1-iXSlCImRBYxKRLLOEAxrwp9iGyMN1UBoE9kqrNQFlkQ-v8ekZCc0n4gTSEcZB4mSDrfUfZPSDRyHMfFTJow/s4000/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkQuk9oUjnpCLJWK9WD5XOVNd8tRLy1j3Q0esBF_BoNHEE8D9oxq5MIRYzAJvWQJ5lGM30DLGGAt7KHTboTqKgCY1mBX9fLXi7flPR1-iXSlCImRBYxKRLLOEAxrwp9iGyMN1UBoE9kqrNQFlkQ-v8ekZCc0n4gTSEcZB4mSDrfUfZPSDRyHMfFTJow/w93-h200/33.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Ok, so now for a little reality. We have seen some horrible billboards over the years, and it seems they just keep getting worse. This 1st one I was able to take on the fly in Georgia, while the rest were taken at one spot in Worthington, PA. Cathy and I had just been talking about how so much of rural America seems to be so pissed off at the rest of us, and BOOM--we run into this. I actually had Cathy stop the car so I could take these--they are so outrageous! </div><div><br /></div><div>I got on the google to see what I could find about the demographics of this town, and found that over the past 10 years their population had dropped from 800 to just 644 people, but also quite a few articles about the electronic billboard posting these messages. The 1st article went back to 2019, so this guy has been at it for a while already. He owns the gas station behind the billboard, is a retired Army Infantry Aviation Pilot, and was quoted in one article as saying, "I will not bend, I will not give in. They can take my business. They can do whatever the hell they want. I don't care. I'm going to stay focused. I'm going to perform God's work. God wants us to be united." WARPED!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1qdAbIyG-OlgS4zxVMCe1RElvrSyz3hfGFCx_ehQF2cZqSecL6ZV6iBtHh6gzy4KWBdkBZlgoPTEqkRRA9dx4ZIDNgH1rMSl1WYy26SgI2SSvoyunW8nuWD1_9lwFGaY2Kg4LWsr8AV3G5yNuoz_nXKjOEssJDd3sw1GaIOZvQ2PDYFeNqlY6R981w/s3083/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1801" data-original-width="3083" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1qdAbIyG-OlgS4zxVMCe1RElvrSyz3hfGFCx_ehQF2cZqSecL6ZV6iBtHh6gzy4KWBdkBZlgoPTEqkRRA9dx4ZIDNgH1rMSl1WYy26SgI2SSvoyunW8nuWD1_9lwFGaY2Kg4LWsr8AV3G5yNuoz_nXKjOEssJDd3sw1GaIOZvQ2PDYFeNqlY6R981w/w200-h117/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2R9wQrJtQJ4ktuOvkqa2DAiy8HFTfZL_l-2WxRqugs4XywCutKRTj8N_CBw2z32ijfDxawmbjjbPryx8oJelamOcVwMSiFXEDbHp5-Hca4ZNk3xW68fJUDyky_fmCk6FeXVtJuUHVBjmVwE2lyOjEheUXQOkKRkCfnayYEnJCOhy7kjcaIB6dEn58Sw/s1867/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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These clouds forming over the mountain ahead of us look like a wave ready to crash in the ocean.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhauD03diN6UPYUzbcLkZ0XLCEag_JsBiUqgJjWWrHMUb74s9ZxnZLLGu026C7bwIonm8fTEX5b4ORaYp38fT4csewiuqKmPN4C5zNZ3tIO6MZd49RA6UkXf-hUlw9029fweUYAvjj7HRYk05mkaCYEdojkpES4NbuLBGJJR6Uy_ABPmtuCq3neCfy5MQ/s4000/43.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhauD03diN6UPYUzbcLkZ0XLCEag_JsBiUqgJjWWrHMUb74s9ZxnZLLGu026C7bwIonm8fTEX5b4ORaYp38fT4csewiuqKmPN4C5zNZ3tIO6MZd49RA6UkXf-hUlw9029fweUYAvjj7HRYk05mkaCYEdojkpES4NbuLBGJJR6Uy_ABPmtuCq3neCfy5MQ/w200-h93/43.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The roads were mostly good on our way here, but these are just a couple of bridges we crossed. I checked it out and PA has the highest state gas tax in the country...hmmm.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpprspoa7XXlP9kgbLWbYqfIfu8aB8-1poYqJOk69HK2ssXZUqoD9Ig4snNt3MCryuQF3sg9KiuUIbIE_YQK4Yiv-iFl2-LujEpiv4EUo2BMlLHi6XMXYn6v8wfzCauYx9WGAbewU0vYr4Hp3Ia7T4bUvAZsqUXTg3jCef970vpAXy_Von274-v9FyUw/s2624/44.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2624" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpprspoa7XXlP9kgbLWbYqfIfu8aB8-1poYqJOk69HK2ssXZUqoD9Ig4snNt3MCryuQF3sg9KiuUIbIE_YQK4Yiv-iFl2-LujEpiv4EUo2BMlLHi6XMXYn6v8wfzCauYx9WGAbewU0vYr4Hp3Ia7T4bUvAZsqUXTg3jCef970vpAXy_Von274-v9FyUw/w143-h200/44.jpg" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgHzsGimMAqMfaQ6BMkEW9JDb1RnYnFtkgKnVavxXz3h4-ZuTya83uYydyQ3KeSweJOYFklMZKcjPEZ6-ISbO8ZhfzB0AXSTD8YDW0QzK13fODPRkvUT2xDhUd3-PzoKdVvaf2FdhREli7Wgrup9tFUQV9mawR6JMAUW05pPQIKcMv_QaapZB32mytA/s2106/45.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgHzsGimMAqMfaQ6BMkEW9JDb1RnYnFtkgKnVavxXz3h4-ZuTya83uYydyQ3KeSweJOYFklMZKcjPEZ6-ISbO8ZhfzB0AXSTD8YDW0QzK13fODPRkvUT2xDhUd3-PzoKdVvaf2FdhREli7Wgrup9tFUQV9mawR6JMAUW05pPQIKcMv_QaapZB32mytA/w178-h200/45.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We've gone from rural to the forest in Virginia! Have I ever mentioned that we are RVers, not campers! lol I really like concrete under my feet! Thank God this was just an overnight before we got into Ashland. Check out Cathy cutting away to clear the air conditioner--she's my hero! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpVGWhfVeAqnBuhHsV2_UZuD8cqZ9ubG3BAQMbWVFJ1mLWdBz5tyhZPGWOmeg7lwqzesOk1SpWNc-sFxQmuj-JbJvmzAUOY9ioWGD_XAtkTInwUAKgqd15MgQqHGx9AxgaZN77iG-Qu6VGVMiNiO8qA-cWqmQsuJXh-8bRNkvLx8Tnwc0eH-xBloPUw/s4000/46.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpVGWhfVeAqnBuhHsV2_UZuD8cqZ9ubG3BAQMbWVFJ1mLWdBz5tyhZPGWOmeg7lwqzesOk1SpWNc-sFxQmuj-JbJvmzAUOY9ioWGD_XAtkTInwUAKgqd15MgQqHGx9AxgaZN77iG-Qu6VGVMiNiO8qA-cWqmQsuJXh-8bRNkvLx8Tnwc0eH-xBloPUw/w200-h93/46.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeIIjcXrEJ66scM78kCAig4VkmSaeRZxpMJ27bxLN4BOicC8il7iKdHMlg_1QXrtHPo_V1u0smpZ23CwlckIetdE_Ni8eVyfRw2ZkUpertAgPEQHGnWKoNpDSASft556l-CEqdsZnzm_7vZIIOnT9cJuBqMa9mq-ncAgQnAU9E5xjY3Z6X9vyWwV6hQ/s4000/47.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeIIjcXrEJ66scM78kCAig4VkmSaeRZxpMJ27bxLN4BOicC8il7iKdHMlg_1QXrtHPo_V1u0smpZ23CwlckIetdE_Ni8eVyfRw2ZkUpertAgPEQHGnWKoNpDSASft556l-CEqdsZnzm_7vZIIOnT9cJuBqMa9mq-ncAgQnAU9E5xjY3Z6X9vyWwV6hQ/w200-h93/47.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4wibxtIuyGpxKPPgFldkFAeHBItT-fzewl2Qd50uEBbWE1Y3-QpK2kULwRgaSN1RBeuCCO28J0rhOCWuZ5NdMPS8H1d8rzGqgFZv14yfBl_AGlKVZ8I_Ifv1ZeuOJHos44_YSHEA04811JcN3sX5dSZeVmQNY7JAOxB4h89cLLdaacPusdbHx9jkag/s4000/48.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4wibxtIuyGpxKPPgFldkFAeHBItT-fzewl2Qd50uEBbWE1Y3-QpK2kULwRgaSN1RBeuCCO28J0rhOCWuZ5NdMPS8H1d8rzGqgFZv14yfBl_AGlKVZ8I_Ifv1ZeuOJHos44_YSHEA04811JcN3sX5dSZeVmQNY7JAOxB4h89cLLdaacPusdbHx9jkag/w93-h200/48.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh_qarSYVnt4ri8A7K_QgyDAJ7xUlp4JYtORJL4OTGKLpMFOF7XfOIMmxX6juaU0gCY7VIY63xMPFgYFkEbrfGEzf19G5iym1KR13RvfuU_CW2TsJk1YZAje4gmmX8pt7ICr37rZ4jI-2O9k9dppP3Tm-_8PqBX4MZtqWeHaCJUMjVrv5MMZhhFmHrQ/s4000/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh_qarSYVnt4ri8A7K_QgyDAJ7xUlp4JYtORJL4OTGKLpMFOF7XfOIMmxX6juaU0gCY7VIY63xMPFgYFkEbrfGEzf19G5iym1KR13RvfuU_CW2TsJk1YZAje4gmmX8pt7ICr37rZ4jI-2O9k9dppP3Tm-_8PqBX4MZtqWeHaCJUMjVrv5MMZhhFmHrQ/w200-h93/49.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4K6JwrN3e9gBblJymkhsPWA-skXNEfva0RL6FMlWNDm6mqssJn0FjP4jIU0Mb9A2SqGtBFH1u9jPa7m9zROnMZda5-fZ4CEjR79PdLJ8zBEVePByshAkovsO7PR_6lm4QrCKDvJSw-uMQmkpXttMPEWJQtMjuKzC0c_2z3tn1AxD7ROZ3UeHF0R-VRA/s4000/50.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4K6JwrN3e9gBblJymkhsPWA-skXNEfva0RL6FMlWNDm6mqssJn0FjP4jIU0Mb9A2SqGtBFH1u9jPa7m9zROnMZda5-fZ4CEjR79PdLJ8zBEVePByshAkovsO7PR_6lm4QrCKDvJSw-uMQmkpXttMPEWJQtMjuKzC0c_2z3tn1AxD7ROZ3UeHF0R-VRA/w200-h93/50.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMtcGrXdSWqzY_yMxs-_agmQHDh-QtTrtGzW-FHBXnD8-IWggR1oiNCH6G7YH34PwCHVcH0Y9e6r0SlHUnHkVPDN2cA3Yx5loN2kSZIh7hEvxWqmm2e2xCV4xhZ98XouylCbRQhPpdel5f7TKCt-plc3ylAJq5UYO48XOiEKbe6ihaUub4CzIJdARpg/s2884/51.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="1867" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMtcGrXdSWqzY_yMxs-_agmQHDh-QtTrtGzW-FHBXnD8-IWggR1oiNCH6G7YH34PwCHVcH0Y9e6r0SlHUnHkVPDN2cA3Yx5loN2kSZIh7hEvxWqmm2e2xCV4xhZ98XouylCbRQhPpdel5f7TKCt-plc3ylAJq5UYO48XOiEKbe6ihaUub4CzIJdARpg/w129-h200/51.jpg" width="129" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>We are heading into Richmond today to catch some of the sights. TTYL</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-21898609122686960442022-06-17T21:57:00.000-05:002022-06-17T21:57:51.763-05:00Carp-a-looza! <p> 17 June 2022--Last Saturday we visited a local attraction about a half hour from C&Js place, "The Spillway" at Pymatuning State Park. It's been a big attraction since the 1930s because of the amount of carp in these waters--you've truly never seen anything like it. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiF-6qoXfXMir4uybfa1mvC21kIz5viLf5_Pgr24_8S83HEwRyTyYgzQ-YiA6m_Nd_n_SulkKWKssOCUwekQeARj4YqYNYJzCvmZn8czTd5v6mDSLk5EiWn9wEYDCO2s0kMcRWnsD-t42D8n5c4f4Iaz1TBLQUQB0CcbktCdU5U1YQO0gfvF-0AI2MA/s2967/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="2967" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiF-6qoXfXMir4uybfa1mvC21kIz5viLf5_Pgr24_8S83HEwRyTyYgzQ-YiA6m_Nd_n_SulkKWKssOCUwekQeARj4YqYNYJzCvmZn8czTd5v6mDSLk5EiWn9wEYDCO2s0kMcRWnsD-t42D8n5c4f4Iaz1TBLQUQB0CcbktCdU5U1YQO0gfvF-0AI2MA/w200-h125/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4jiPgXayOiqlNLu-QxaCEKjxe8zFOW3J5YfHDe2u65EOtFidHFJ3GVsIZYvE_YKy67ozxuiBVDfsXulNzoLyzaYgLViVo-TmgR5Cl1rcA3NMT0rHFysxL6GCMqT7YwLBHsDuuYbUgKRk4SekQ78sN8uqxgcFipC6toJo0rSGfUyzfPif1SGVJtacsw/s3672/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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(Remember, to enlarge the video, click on it, then hit the little square in the lower right-hand corner. To make it small again, hit the "esc" button at the top left of your keyboard.) You really have to enlarge all of these pics to get a true feel of just how many fish are fighting for some food.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dygqQMI6BitV6ORWbstN1kiMWaivJi9DcZzM3eKcNasN0K4K8rUO9wJUfD-tlye0MeDeQJn-cRMGSQtswj1Og' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBKffBr4v3OV55_U5XYTdut62VM9E2UclZoYfPnB7n0YjSEC9gHilu35BfQ1tXFpnYRkZMkbGCWQoeRUtZmnh3zgB-zmoHk52Ny5VLtNLBwOOlt49eYtUg5SRrpdtwzO2Y1b-4qE67J_kXtBYb1bwJJtCx678zzhlNmTOHAuVUKqSW33Gj2M_Frx5wg/s3335/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3335" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBKffBr4v3OV55_U5XYTdut62VM9E2UclZoYfPnB7n0YjSEC9gHilu35BfQ1tXFpnYRkZMkbGCWQoeRUtZmnh3zgB-zmoHk52Ny5VLtNLBwOOlt49eYtUg5SRrpdtwzO2Y1b-4qE67J_kXtBYb1bwJJtCx678zzhlNmTOHAuVUKqSW33Gj2M_Frx5wg/w200-h112/7.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Caja told me that when she was younger people used to throw whole loaves of bread in the water, bag and all, just to see the fish tear it apart. Thank God we are a much gentler society today--lol.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTw144LDrkb5FrLQSpO4tW3-uzBT1pSuF1edHOULGSV6smvK2a-PgdqBjfvTAh96ae-G4yE_GP49lEfqPIWCq6sMyffaNo2s9bty6eSqxZQfBkHrIS2ORQR9TGuKSWvV9e0roc-oRLCLn-tCkUbZ5kHIJdwwf1K2oRHZ52rCNJ2wLaY9j_uYmZTcWFHg/s4000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTw144LDrkb5FrLQSpO4tW3-uzBT1pSuF1edHOULGSV6smvK2a-PgdqBjfvTAh96ae-G4yE_GP49lEfqPIWCq6sMyffaNo2s9bty6eSqxZQfBkHrIS2ORQR9TGuKSWvV9e0roc-oRLCLn-tCkUbZ5kHIJdwwf1K2oRHZ52rCNJ2wLaY9j_uYmZTcWFHg/w200-h93/8.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LZPbGBpVmpulLZ95qw8QzCDEHUKXbfdzWUoqAvhfwwd_au0rGqElaFel6lZUYdwa4-X5sQ8-RHCVEA06grpimVTOhLEImZ4hZ9u6Fi2fy_mQ_mbj5SuhRj6vAIc-PWhtC2o80dMt9K0ZKhSpO9_VAMXJPKbo9tsdGvKDhrNsyWpmMXv_Au3G1VktMw/s3559/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="3559" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LZPbGBpVmpulLZ95qw8QzCDEHUKXbfdzWUoqAvhfwwd_au0rGqElaFel6lZUYdwa4-X5sQ8-RHCVEA06grpimVTOhLEImZ4hZ9u6Fi2fy_mQ_mbj5SuhRj6vAIc-PWhtC2o80dMt9K0ZKhSpO9_VAMXJPKbo9tsdGvKDhrNsyWpmMXv_Au3G1VktMw/w200-h89/9.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdV3AYQqzbSOLZtGjvf1nkDT9X9YDBNn6QdOBoHiGWpZDLiRsotEigT-Ap7VXoF0G5tTf1GqNDE5RlxakKe28U1HNgZ9qoleItpymXGH6hHOCDARtkSNtc5jx-yfow7D0ntDSbeyInHcoL-0ZgYCpDDCaORQOxJv_NkbsdugD9hS_9zH1tXD9GksXHQ/s4000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdV3AYQqzbSOLZtGjvf1nkDT9X9YDBNn6QdOBoHiGWpZDLiRsotEigT-Ap7VXoF0G5tTf1GqNDE5RlxakKe28U1HNgZ9qoleItpymXGH6hHOCDARtkSNtc5jx-yfow7D0ntDSbeyInHcoL-0ZgYCpDDCaORQOxJv_NkbsdugD9hS_9zH1tXD9GksXHQ/w200-h93/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-XIVh9EyQ5Xap3aNI7ZwQ8BSBKYTbZ7akKNC8zdQyCS9S8Ht1l0hFyCwXuVu-CRMGAB1LYBaql_T5_ckKEw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jnjIOVl5MlrwRSeJAvTMEt-XzMo2cHSxO3w_42N5Ch19Cx5Swl6clpbv7BcT9VUXsl6UXKD3Urgtq24Q8vEmjOVs_hHXtFyRCmrncFPsTL5wvxM7hn8hfIkS3R-NQ62obvzK9l1UW0NDzSdXCxBhKRluk2fCeoC4f94jEg5eHiwc9B6QT_NF0BOpcg/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jnjIOVl5MlrwRSeJAvTMEt-XzMo2cHSxO3w_42N5Ch19Cx5Swl6clpbv7BcT9VUXsl6UXKD3Urgtq24Q8vEmjOVs_hHXtFyRCmrncFPsTL5wvxM7hn8hfIkS3R-NQ62obvzK9l1UW0NDzSdXCxBhKRluk2fCeoC4f94jEg5eHiwc9B6QT_NF0BOpcg/w200-h93/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We try to take a walk most days and I always take my phone in case I see something worth sharing. Here's some pretty flowers and just a lone tree in an empty field, but still pretty.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rD_wfoIG5RXyRMp3Xdt3pBznqeOlkW8R-sSEQjfZKjCCMluGH0db_ALsNSyO_l3B1HtmrIq8WECupXhuJeqL26oC-pj1xED9QL3NW5nQBg9qO1_GrIngA5lCcrmxlnVjVSlcMmdL0JHVkYDQHp001Xr8o7vgbAJEH9AiV2dASMZ1-5_Tj_yVnERm6g/s3162/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3162" data-original-width="1852" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rD_wfoIG5RXyRMp3Xdt3pBznqeOlkW8R-sSEQjfZKjCCMluGH0db_ALsNSyO_l3B1HtmrIq8WECupXhuJeqL26oC-pj1xED9QL3NW5nQBg9qO1_GrIngA5lCcrmxlnVjVSlcMmdL0JHVkYDQHp001Xr8o7vgbAJEH9AiV2dASMZ1-5_Tj_yVnERm6g/w117-h200/13.jpg" width="117" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYDK1yDC28V0eODDAzI9Tozycc_7vWbHf9GE467v_2_L6O0WNUCMJfl0qWX3JpSdJAZRocVuN67BgJUMYpEmH-Sx6X8sMoVyTLNMUuBq2ikbsYj7UVVGn0cU_fo06Ll1kkaoohpdTlUYZMviLqZT0DnUYAhs-whcE2k0Y00DXxsPlAsvhAKRj0PqOPA/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYDK1yDC28V0eODDAzI9Tozycc_7vWbHf9GE467v_2_L6O0WNUCMJfl0qWX3JpSdJAZRocVuN67BgJUMYpEmH-Sx6X8sMoVyTLNMUuBq2ikbsYj7UVVGn0cU_fo06Ll1kkaoohpdTlUYZMviLqZT0DnUYAhs-whcE2k0Y00DXxsPlAsvhAKRj0PqOPA/w200-h93/14.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLVFas_RuDvMcx1Uye9xpDmTaJlpEgBgnB9_gbfUuIdQrv0DBnNOfC_dZN0i20YMbBom72HdUQJk6ViUZARsOpWhwpoW-YhzEsNkaJweAG_XtqGW_XbgA8f8Ys86kSrOjzjqKwtvMsXHO21MX-JHf1q2Vnyntolc682CU5lAh0E-5jpReUkhJi2_lTA/s2938/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="1691" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLVFas_RuDvMcx1Uye9xpDmTaJlpEgBgnB9_gbfUuIdQrv0DBnNOfC_dZN0i20YMbBom72HdUQJk6ViUZARsOpWhwpoW-YhzEsNkaJweAG_XtqGW_XbgA8f8Ys86kSrOjzjqKwtvMsXHO21MX-JHf1q2Vnyntolc682CU5lAh0E-5jpReUkhJi2_lTA/w115-h200/15.jpg" width="115" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>These flowers are so big and heavy they are posing as American Quarter Horses--all droopy and depressed looking! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XxmumL_AQfJaycWImX5sJJY_AXyigQ2-tlVy-pa8SZlzVqcqt2uRZvSIHCxkZC7cLZjYNVPCyJfO0vDk9Vvb_0ct53z21QmCQ8s2BMd-e0UK4sBfTtvF2-jqlASLWL_8KTJO1FCx3xaWcFJfNkJZ4NKAtXccBbQPnT3uh_IzMtB0xg9eKnzvuMYzrw/s4000/15a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XxmumL_AQfJaycWImX5sJJY_AXyigQ2-tlVy-pa8SZlzVqcqt2uRZvSIHCxkZC7cLZjYNVPCyJfO0vDk9Vvb_0ct53z21QmCQ8s2BMd-e0UK4sBfTtvF2-jqlASLWL_8KTJO1FCx3xaWcFJfNkJZ4NKAtXccBbQPnT3uh_IzMtB0xg9eKnzvuMYzrw/w200-h93/15a.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlp3z33tcl81oDfnsnibotnOuEYCzAhalhUtsnzF94BygU0_YXrpQKXu4yVjP9Ctxkp1t9yzKFO7TEgGvOubk2Rwzo0JGJbxLyREXqstwTj24-tOiDCEYEutUxaICCPyXFlNMC7UHcE8rXwYGIEmKAmQCalmr2JekogslYXyLDJOchuO02lXXIcBKLw/s3074/15b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3074" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlp3z33tcl81oDfnsnibotnOuEYCzAhalhUtsnzF94BygU0_YXrpQKXu4yVjP9Ctxkp1t9yzKFO7TEgGvOubk2Rwzo0JGJbxLyREXqstwTj24-tOiDCEYEutUxaICCPyXFlNMC7UHcE8rXwYGIEmKAmQCalmr2JekogslYXyLDJOchuO02lXXIcBKLw/w200-h121/15b.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>A relic from the set of Gilligan's Island, the "S.S. Minnow". C&Js pontoon boat has been stripped bare--you have to bring your own chair--lol. Caja built the box that houses the steering wheel--Jeannie put the steering wheel together. (Very clever women!) That's their house from the middle of the lake looking in.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSquxZzH30YDOunJKvsXL9dBUoh3VDxLTihHRX7VOEpD8T2O9DoAYF9fDMF541LPcYFiLwW72H55RaMlN5FdGdDZqb6pSh6kZtzKSwbwqnY6Uy2_SWWxUovIFPzerZ6_8MP8PYIcMySiSNDizXwAzpCDwv9YmsGWoq7jXWJLIVqJDXFOZl2crmmo0gg/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSquxZzH30YDOunJKvsXL9dBUoh3VDxLTihHRX7VOEpD8T2O9DoAYF9fDMF541LPcYFiLwW72H55RaMlN5FdGdDZqb6pSh6kZtzKSwbwqnY6Uy2_SWWxUovIFPzerZ6_8MP8PYIcMySiSNDizXwAzpCDwv9YmsGWoq7jXWJLIVqJDXFOZl2crmmo0gg/w200-h93/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcpgiNTH2-hm1b44lwHO_loBMo_C5IJkBZmvpZuFQG9CJE-nV--hr82-h-YT2iK_AsCNOSjFqRWh302euqNYktVEJGjv4G7fi7ZlDI-D2-YDyQ2ZQJR55i8ErN0pQd9fdoT12-h3AAOSj8TWTbbI9ykMDYnnzhhaIy9ZTvT69cN1cDuMeC60x2yzDkw/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcpgiNTH2-hm1b44lwHO_loBMo_C5IJkBZmvpZuFQG9CJE-nV--hr82-h-YT2iK_AsCNOSjFqRWh302euqNYktVEJGjv4G7fi7ZlDI-D2-YDyQ2ZQJR55i8ErN0pQd9fdoT12-h3AAOSj8TWTbbI9ykMDYnnzhhaIy9ZTvT69cN1cDuMeC60x2yzDkw/w93-h200/17.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShXMoUiJwSSRkDXLOUQFYv2ZdmO194yfWnYvktyATRc4iC8hd2Iz1sUWqXOV4QW-5-5rz5sr_FcCplrFqCVnPICTrVOH7P1l4-j07Y_V4zFHgSEtNGtwnpdywmNd9kaNIcB2IPbzdpxcTlINerKP3PAq-xZ94qz23rb4blvE3BzJBA_twG17TMxxoVQ/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShXMoUiJwSSRkDXLOUQFYv2ZdmO194yfWnYvktyATRc4iC8hd2Iz1sUWqXOV4QW-5-5rz5sr_FcCplrFqCVnPICTrVOH7P1l4-j07Y_V4zFHgSEtNGtwnpdywmNd9kaNIcB2IPbzdpxcTlINerKP3PAq-xZ94qz23rb4blvE3BzJBA_twG17TMxxoVQ/w200-h93/18.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Another day we went over to C&Js 'almost relatives' place, about 15 minutes away. They have quite an operation going, from chickens to vegetable and fruit gardens. They were on vacation a few days so Jeannie had to go over daily to feed the chickens and gather the eggs, and gather any asparagus that needed gathering. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbNjPnmAJK7WZsAL-BSO_ZasjG4Mw3aHbGKUAAa-FK5J06Jt8bA--G1pnJAD4vk_rWk24zpAd-gHxZ3ollRHols3AKDE75jHQDOtpV8RP-uNErTTaSVZSjeq8dK3ORVap5SJ_T98iF81WNQlfDsKXsAyR71aYBihQ_OcwLqykPegocOyUFEahUowwRA/s2616/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="2616" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbNjPnmAJK7WZsAL-BSO_ZasjG4Mw3aHbGKUAAa-FK5J06Jt8bA--G1pnJAD4vk_rWk24zpAd-gHxZ3ollRHols3AKDE75jHQDOtpV8RP-uNErTTaSVZSjeq8dK3ORVap5SJ_T98iF81WNQlfDsKXsAyR71aYBihQ_OcwLqykPegocOyUFEahUowwRA/w200-h136/19.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe8znnSZr1GG8aHXAun1GjbMB9og5BwDw9tD9xzWavJZg3SuoVhiCvJ7Vz-tiAjaFNy7W3P1yV-1zyJqEK72ITfy7QprS8-fkvPaybNwxataEgczahjpTAcgBu6aKl_mRU9JWh7OWHAV0F587sKXepoDoIcryqwyR9zSM9ikr9JVJLebD9NJWVcUcLw/s4000/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe8znnSZr1GG8aHXAun1GjbMB9og5BwDw9tD9xzWavJZg3SuoVhiCvJ7Vz-tiAjaFNy7W3P1yV-1zyJqEK72ITfy7QprS8-fkvPaybNwxataEgczahjpTAcgBu6aKl_mRU9JWh7OWHAV0F587sKXepoDoIcryqwyR9zSM9ikr9JVJLebD9NJWVcUcLw/w200-h93/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>I feel like there were only maybe 15 or so chickens, but this day they gathered like 26 eggs I think. Caja talks to them and apologizes for disturbing them. lol </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz2vFAyfkY1Dw1t52cdlCdTjRx2Sr2Bop92t_4ZO59RC0ro-UFB9t6aBgHkMPBXIQT4YzEUyC3s19Tn5ohqhw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGPevWjMHvCodmzBzZLaRAPrGmCoHgoV93be1nvzD4NWWafuiMR3KOe-57D07lZl5fcDNHUloUAUqZCmsmZQh-fN9Ty86-8Z3RHIBgfR3KVdMJGb_XXCRHxb9s_cz6drtJnydXqLNviXePGAmLsriRtTCAA88rcWHrKmPJPhzhJHtkzkbmtC8IoIMtQ/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGPevWjMHvCodmzBzZLaRAPrGmCoHgoV93be1nvzD4NWWafuiMR3KOe-57D07lZl5fcDNHUloUAUqZCmsmZQh-fN9Ty86-8Z3RHIBgfR3KVdMJGb_XXCRHxb9s_cz6drtJnydXqLNviXePGAmLsriRtTCAA88rcWHrKmPJPhzhJHtkzkbmtC8IoIMtQ/w200-h93/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>They actually have 3 or 4 gardens, planting asparagus, potatoes, lettuce, etc, and a separate area that has strawberries and blueberries. Now this may not be very interesting to most people, but I've never seen asparagus in the ground before, so I took some pics to share with those of you who may have always wondered what it looked like in the ground--lol--I'm sure a whole bunch of you are clamoring as I speak to enlarge these pics. lol (I was a little surprised that they weren't more in bunches.)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ckQNoTO2tCIIflKWvb96WX-_oQhB9r2uxC-sYyn51mwXbdVTn3eSYQ3x2Na4ihTKhvgXKszBYOUCvx-g-BokENULwtUMH6cEIS8wCaagnNVVNIwk0WBSNylh-3Q8gkJ7jFmYP7UzNT-meLzizMPrLJSmUBWCkdnf2Uo9XMv2X-6f4JfYoV_xbEYNcg/s4000/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ckQNoTO2tCIIflKWvb96WX-_oQhB9r2uxC-sYyn51mwXbdVTn3eSYQ3x2Na4ihTKhvgXKszBYOUCvx-g-BokENULwtUMH6cEIS8wCaagnNVVNIwk0WBSNylh-3Q8gkJ7jFmYP7UzNT-meLzizMPrLJSmUBWCkdnf2Uo9XMv2X-6f4JfYoV_xbEYNcg/w200-h93/23.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4dsjU6P5KhzQQbtUbHrRPC1g2ItR2aYDvn5AsvmzmJCvv6dnojBlF1u5J73ZiHf7f0s4vgmFctoEaZKKU3mvSbrNVeumRhNEg6KVO41tsaniFKbOOgYgusHYk0xmJ84FXYZkTiXPX6NLFltPqmWb2uDaecJvdW6M0hqJwMEPBuAzy9RxwldFIjM2Bg/s4000/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4dsjU6P5KhzQQbtUbHrRPC1g2ItR2aYDvn5AsvmzmJCvv6dnojBlF1u5J73ZiHf7f0s4vgmFctoEaZKKU3mvSbrNVeumRhNEg6KVO41tsaniFKbOOgYgusHYk0xmJ84FXYZkTiXPX6NLFltPqmWb2uDaecJvdW6M0hqJwMEPBuAzy9RxwldFIjM2Bg/w93-h200/25.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdXMBdmvTXnW7TZfrallyHXKBn9OB8ARDvJ08MNMQKn3MJE1lv-V4nqvuZ4yjz-QJG2ekdfSpYMMibFw0LLQQ63phZJ0n_O20Ff00EtPEx5AddVlphyOFk-KQP-BoUlaVXe_3oj3s6LGVopK1jFBeb7aKdRcYE2kPv628qcRDcUMAMTbDRcIjt9Gc3A/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdXMBdmvTXnW7TZfrallyHXKBn9OB8ARDvJ08MNMQKn3MJE1lv-V4nqvuZ4yjz-QJG2ekdfSpYMMibFw0LLQQ63phZJ0n_O20Ff00EtPEx5AddVlphyOFk-KQP-BoUlaVXe_3oj3s6LGVopK1jFBeb7aKdRcYE2kPv628qcRDcUMAMTbDRcIjt9Gc3A/w93-h200/24.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So that's all the excitement I have to share this week. Cathy and I will be heading out next Wednesday for our road trip back to Ft Myers, making a couple stops along the way for sightseeing and visiting a couple friends. We'll be posting again soon.</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-7941356058214228332022-06-11T13:43:00.016-05:002022-06-11T18:35:15.473-05:00This and That in PA!<div>NOTE: I just realized I never told you this before--to fill your screen when trying to watch the videos, once you click on the video look in the lower right hand corner where you will see a little box. Click on the box and the video will be larger. To exit the video, hit ESC on your keyboard.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>11 June 2022--Got here to Caja's and Jeannie's place a week ago, on the 4th. As you can see from these pics, they are in a very rural area. Lots of very picturesque barns, silos, and houses. I don't know what it is about an old barn and a wide open field, but I love it.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkaTi2ujmfy5d9uhz6eF5E9C6A8d4Zvh_5usjqLVKMoRWLvphzSFNM4UI3pT_6k98C9d0_fMm3YDiLEPcwImgV25tl_x7lWA5DM52KCAXOeQgbNxZJxShPP2o1z9If7aKzYFe78d8EUImuTySoG9hJx3i9nMpi8hmp11C38zj1jEU1G5FMKD8B05QzA/s1732/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1732" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkaTi2ujmfy5d9uhz6eF5E9C6A8d4Zvh_5usjqLVKMoRWLvphzSFNM4UI3pT_6k98C9d0_fMm3YDiLEPcwImgV25tl_x7lWA5DM52KCAXOeQgbNxZJxShPP2o1z9If7aKzYFe78d8EUImuTySoG9hJx3i9nMpi8hmp11C38zj1jEU1G5FMKD8B05QzA/w200-h111/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pm8nrsFblPxcrX8if2TEV0f7s4pu3ANBmnPViDUMfbPpJwnO_rcayHUzDKgzeYApuAkBRgheGc5SgEtUBgoIUXVcr4mqnnp1A_n0FN44CvOnbekRb8DB27q3Lcki3nh1Dbz-wVlTMKuADbfRKvU_M1215sTm1B6HT_U0NuwW6Wof9R3W3WOhfhVcwA/s4000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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In this 1st pic I have my back to the lake, while in the 2nd I am taking the pic from their deck. That's Cathy and me on the far left by the barn.<br /><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ3VNdpU7OFPAtF3AQNM2k-ypGex9gCpEe7mBQrLi-wx7Bjdim-hTJZI1waJGzXaefHyWc-bFbHXOtQ0wfOird8k4RcSzEjrgmK5QHQGXdJfR_PJnzQvIh6YtzJGZNyiJK30uPYhxxeRceCxx5euwFx-2RDWJGH34egcYp2T2_0ekc2hbJCX0-0vqoQ/s4716/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2145" data-original-width="4716" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ3VNdpU7OFPAtF3AQNM2k-ypGex9gCpEe7mBQrLi-wx7Bjdim-hTJZI1waJGzXaefHyWc-bFbHXOtQ0wfOird8k4RcSzEjrgmK5QHQGXdJfR_PJnzQvIh6YtzJGZNyiJK30uPYhxxeRceCxx5euwFx-2RDWJGH34egcYp2T2_0ekc2hbJCX0-0vqoQ/w200-h91/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMbxsBJbecqtjoVCX5F9uY2C51ENueFy38IKXgfCc6RDdgpKoVO-4AKGi9gBcq__3jJZXePAG4kKqYCD7sHjAHfr3B0ESs3DSP9zJKQqUbtlYITubG4TgYFScmG6SPTa7oqSIr_phM0qeB0OGQ6ad_y4Z7HSarJoHYcqtGKLyHFfxY4bSBkFPXQscyA/s5584/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2442" data-original-width="5584" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMbxsBJbecqtjoVCX5F9uY2C51ENueFy38IKXgfCc6RDdgpKoVO-4AKGi9gBcq__3jJZXePAG4kKqYCD7sHjAHfr3B0ESs3DSP9zJKQqUbtlYITubG4TgYFScmG6SPTa7oqSIr_phM0qeB0OGQ6ad_y4Z7HSarJoHYcqtGKLyHFfxY4bSBkFPXQscyA/w200-h88/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Their trailer. Check out the deck Caja built about 10 years ago! Very impressive!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeIPpPeC86YBY-BL55yfs1-nzik5dgXn0Jf796mai3pebzdnyIHRtLNnZnd5pI22joWkFy0aJi-V6nbWa91mqkngaZmldKaivc8BcTWGhXWQcorvNmq7KdcvAnDtUVJDtIaWGDDIP1oGQlMRbTD4xJ-088zebyTm1IepgKDZqaojzr1O2xB_a5psn2g/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeIPpPeC86YBY-BL55yfs1-nzik5dgXn0Jf796mai3pebzdnyIHRtLNnZnd5pI22joWkFy0aJi-V6nbWa91mqkngaZmldKaivc8BcTWGhXWQcorvNmq7KdcvAnDtUVJDtIaWGDDIP1oGQlMRbTD4xJ-088zebyTm1IepgKDZqaojzr1O2xB_a5psn2g/w200-h93/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtajg_4HPv7CYggeID62AYNDRcSMf8kHlh7EiWJpcGMVTIKj200qdPAjAYuOSvzZpqOsirDFR5_H8w--syohCzT1uUmi7XtHMUNf1xYgz3bA01ugBlYU3jtK4DbjtdEGMnvaiq3LKcYWkBrYhn6YQ_guUekeVS-_NdgT5CWhXEV-ltweNqD4MqeVMw0Q/s3530/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="3530" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtajg_4HPv7CYggeID62AYNDRcSMf8kHlh7EiWJpcGMVTIKj200qdPAjAYuOSvzZpqOsirDFR5_H8w--syohCzT1uUmi7XtHMUNf1xYgz3bA01ugBlYU3jtK4DbjtdEGMnvaiq3LKcYWkBrYhn6YQ_guUekeVS-_NdgT5CWhXEV-ltweNqD4MqeVMw0Q/w200-h106/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Some pics while we are out walking. Very nice landscaping.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyfSKTu0iUXibpWHwzFjlbOWAVfGHF4rIBkBYNjcwy9KCJfa68XtJ7ZS72RzNcGJbYBhK1dp4eR0gLAAdh9fPp379pFgkXwDFQBrPIkFjr74mHY9icU4912SyRdpqXp__G7pJ-kCjrfdaHqAFjJ9v__QSVlXUYr01Ij7Y6qQrzjkkj_rWkjz56B1fZQ/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyfSKTu0iUXibpWHwzFjlbOWAVfGHF4rIBkBYNjcwy9KCJfa68XtJ7ZS72RzNcGJbYBhK1dp4eR0gLAAdh9fPp379pFgkXwDFQBrPIkFjr74mHY9icU4912SyRdpqXp__G7pJ-kCjrfdaHqAFjJ9v__QSVlXUYr01Ij7Y6qQrzjkkj_rWkjz56B1fZQ/w200-h93/14.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg4bj_O0ntZgD_LSsHVPZKA7d4kTHMVdQNBTEobPknskWk-sG5MvnSv_HvF8H7nQ3UlRteh0aQSKUFIn9kRMOqdFnSHZnTAaGbYdTbi6h84nLZ3y7IblVtUoJnWyA2uWRYQNLWoPUvOi-I-15XN-ML4wBbFxnmAH3GsFvewOT8cYNyimzDJgAxgMQRw/s4000/14a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg4bj_O0ntZgD_LSsHVPZKA7d4kTHMVdQNBTEobPknskWk-sG5MvnSv_HvF8H7nQ3UlRteh0aQSKUFIn9kRMOqdFnSHZnTAaGbYdTbi6h84nLZ3y7IblVtUoJnWyA2uWRYQNLWoPUvOi-I-15XN-ML4wBbFxnmAH3GsFvewOT8cYNyimzDJgAxgMQRw/w93-h200/14a.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm calling this "the end of the road"...lol Hasn't moved in a couple years, no hook-ups, but we did see a guy come in there with his kayak for a 2 day visit.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cFkn5Fn-mg_kr32d0nlgspMXepCFO9Me3lEfhp_KLl00Q6I69tesyYBEl8UH_fsfHfnLyIOuHCBxr8Ywb88H_gzGvShARnHNa9DVMyfKQXw8h6SEhFHQ5zXNzhbfxIZ8TUXoAfXLJg_8O2YCgoxklJYSmgM0PUQUE_5dzWB6ncaWdYJxtkpgL3FY4w/s4000/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cFkn5Fn-mg_kr32d0nlgspMXepCFO9Me3lEfhp_KLl00Q6I69tesyYBEl8UH_fsfHfnLyIOuHCBxr8Ywb88H_gzGvShARnHNa9DVMyfKQXw8h6SEhFHQ5zXNzhbfxIZ8TUXoAfXLJg_8O2YCgoxklJYSmgM0PUQUE_5dzWB6ncaWdYJxtkpgL3FY4w/w93-h200/15.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkD8_0XliL_s1a32sbVUcOQ67ZzU4LI7UsbhEzBAbT6bOGRvAzT1gUCCYmHsapOGOrQ7p50-SKbm6JE_kzDSkJ1Jx2-bAgV7Xmk2cb9x2gDL-R5hAAD2RVBPwjqAZKyvpK-bSRzbxsBcvbZrya9PM85Qkgy2nmC9NtNCw56ALjU7kM5ictf2G8qyRzA/s4000/15a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkD8_0XliL_s1a32sbVUcOQ67ZzU4LI7UsbhEzBAbT6bOGRvAzT1gUCCYmHsapOGOrQ7p50-SKbm6JE_kzDSkJ1Jx2-bAgV7Xmk2cb9x2gDL-R5hAAD2RVBPwjqAZKyvpK-bSRzbxsBcvbZrya9PM85Qkgy2nmC9NtNCw56ALjU7kM5ictf2G8qyRzA/w200-h93/15a.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Mushroom? No idea!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CXsVcK24zum7PIsMqpaPEvNb74nKxdIeRQc_NhuLtfNIwX2klpfExmu0iOk6MZQdOP66pzK5dDmIxXfoAZFOkqUoS2kHWPcJ0txvlaOVk3GuwU10g25izqUa9ERSLD_U_7E4IlCtcmwofAys0BB1BQrAVV5RzKA6iBRLLCWOS59aFwkbfswzaIIXeg/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CXsVcK24zum7PIsMqpaPEvNb74nKxdIeRQc_NhuLtfNIwX2klpfExmu0iOk6MZQdOP66pzK5dDmIxXfoAZFOkqUoS2kHWPcJ0txvlaOVk3GuwU10g25izqUa9ERSLD_U_7E4IlCtcmwofAys0BB1BQrAVV5RzKA6iBRLLCWOS59aFwkbfswzaIIXeg/w93-h200/16.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZrxkOV_aops9pV-KRIGs3Esvb_MC81XSDDu6Jhl2gqWOp8ialXXQWavtLnjzvFKOcOX-xUBn5S1qPDD4CmZWkQ_KqYk_zfc8BT_fC_QAEBiNp1xh8XrgHhhgVhE5F7OwhwXMFZb-Pmlb1mSTaho3qJz6m4FEgVvbNG4KxfCbhzGCRNxf0RLA3Pwhrg/s4000/16a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZrxkOV_aops9pV-KRIGs3Esvb_MC81XSDDu6Jhl2gqWOp8ialXXQWavtLnjzvFKOcOX-xUBn5S1qPDD4CmZWkQ_KqYk_zfc8BT_fC_QAEBiNp1xh8XrgHhhgVhE5F7OwhwXMFZb-Pmlb1mSTaho3qJz6m4FEgVvbNG4KxfCbhzGCRNxf0RLA3Pwhrg/w200-h93/16a.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Just some pretty flowers.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTAmVB8T3r2RERHt7WT4E1MA0DYLzL3nfJamDvF8fFP4dv-yLf0It3S9xQHN8ZKvfeepEyF7f3KuhNud2z75fW8Wf4v1LDs4h2_OIlFmXWRpAfAcJuRE1zMHBPkujnCh5w4E_MvMVqoGsy-db4j-82etPJCq_RqXEqIeO6-1tqxbQgnJuJ9prRX7Mgw/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTAmVB8T3r2RERHt7WT4E1MA0DYLzL3nfJamDvF8fFP4dv-yLf0It3S9xQHN8ZKvfeepEyF7f3KuhNud2z75fW8Wf4v1LDs4h2_OIlFmXWRpAfAcJuRE1zMHBPkujnCh5w4E_MvMVqoGsy-db4j-82etPJCq_RqXEqIeO6-1tqxbQgnJuJ9prRX7Mgw/w200-h93/17.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DnF-HREqX3QkrR_Ym74pRDH8IFbuvzOSOOWAKnGMfC52w16Io1wWuBYrfZ3vTi6HJXWC4J4QJ71zOLDHQwUVuV_2A5IZKKy24j0vJay80hbnbexVHIyIVjnk4GuQwfQO45yTndBiL91yTpoB7w7YmDwKeg9wYNDF0yWVtZcpkG2Dl3TVEVR_J03GkA/s4000/17a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DnF-HREqX3QkrR_Ym74pRDH8IFbuvzOSOOWAKnGMfC52w16Io1wWuBYrfZ3vTi6HJXWC4J4QJ71zOLDHQwUVuV_2A5IZKKy24j0vJay80hbnbexVHIyIVjnk4GuQwfQO45yTndBiL91yTpoB7w7YmDwKeg9wYNDF0yWVtZcpkG2Dl3TVEVR_J03GkA/w200-h93/17a.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Massive farming area...not sure what they are growing here, but Jeannie thought maybe oats or barley. Check out the video for a nice surprise! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWTQmMhDpO_ocvOAQyId3eJcA40HULT0ltjiUj31hVQtLSFCTzFZ0ve5IXDClBGIzNKDML9OVuSpaR9_G71PrDt-1locTRUcHbtd7gdcpW3V9Pdwd0npr9j3oulcylXknqDDt0tcgfWaXhXPuKH7AXzOpD5Rj53VdFM0Hq5QjAPErS73NgP_DmMRRxA/s4000/17b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWTQmMhDpO_ocvOAQyId3eJcA40HULT0ltjiUj31hVQtLSFCTzFZ0ve5IXDClBGIzNKDML9OVuSpaR9_G71PrDt-1locTRUcHbtd7gdcpW3V9Pdwd0npr9j3oulcylXknqDDt0tcgfWaXhXPuKH7AXzOpD5Rj53VdFM0Hq5QjAPErS73NgP_DmMRRxA/w200-h93/17b.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPnesz3ld7_ESME7Oo_DE3fAmJUsokoJrh3TzvKGVSL84KInz9Z9-evLGA4wr0C7OoRCLJiiLWWC6HAvRdQbJD4pKlGH5BG_a_TI255I0q4vOxUiCyhhkDQr6rt5HJpPDHz_3AJ0v4bnKbJu0Q3jQt2ZCppmzRVoclg4zVgxVe45fzl1p92u1OiukRQ/s4000/17c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPnesz3ld7_ESME7Oo_DE3fAmJUsokoJrh3TzvKGVSL84KInz9Z9-evLGA4wr0C7OoRCLJiiLWWC6HAvRdQbJD4pKlGH5BG_a_TI255I0q4vOxUiCyhhkDQr6rt5HJpPDHz_3AJ0v4bnKbJu0Q3jQt2ZCppmzRVoclg4zVgxVe45fzl1p92u1OiukRQ/w93-h200/17c.jpg" width="93" /></a> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyaesAZtFiMutCF7I4TW3wmKTIaERNt2cBxCMc3YKVJszSvmIp-NkfcNnzhoMGcNYJ3QXOW6kAhxMJzyjSxVg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>Out walking the dogs. Cathy and Caja are in the 3rd pic but you'll have to blow it up to see them.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzgsno2ACd6xN35j5TzT4yZKyojkKT042VmxXAhwZA74s4V_I7-Z_MdND2z-eRYutbXDr1c_ELZVwgPnR9umkQDy6OPJ3SnY7LEig8LjAYiv_m03qkwYNTGspn1Zv-J9kJ7EzIo3JMtmeg9yuOW0WBqIjlyq-o9Uy5QFqQHOt4xqbbAh0Tzr2ixIcWQ/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzgsno2ACd6xN35j5TzT4yZKyojkKT042VmxXAhwZA74s4V_I7-Z_MdND2z-eRYutbXDr1c_ELZVwgPnR9umkQDy6OPJ3SnY7LEig8LjAYiv_m03qkwYNTGspn1Zv-J9kJ7EzIo3JMtmeg9yuOW0WBqIjlyq-o9Uy5QFqQHOt4xqbbAh0Tzr2ixIcWQ/w200-h93/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FAH923HvM31AR1dZkPaf0-EZW4DmOIvEd_45HfUKyCWCR9KXdpvG2h9IYlr9ju7F-W2Wt3svvtcHOPSpi7ITERUcw2VNNLJELq8qZX2as2vsDz8qFX5MnxjaNrpRucPHcov89cL_dvo830GmjsNwT18u4I8PUPeJmLBGUtenG3ddMZuf7BoPW3_ltA/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FAH923HvM31AR1dZkPaf0-EZW4DmOIvEd_45HfUKyCWCR9KXdpvG2h9IYlr9ju7F-W2Wt3svvtcHOPSpi7ITERUcw2VNNLJELq8qZX2as2vsDz8qFX5MnxjaNrpRucPHcov89cL_dvo830GmjsNwT18u4I8PUPeJmLBGUtenG3ddMZuf7BoPW3_ltA/w200-h93/19.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTJdDN_JORGxFNUb0ASRlE8JO9Uh3OFhawXHNBJTfOlugYX9PfiFldx1sJdeiXeaD9IfrpM-0NcXmpAEiMZmoG1JwWHD6zJmnbip7ko3oPjpRCtMOkvTa5CU-0aBubdl1_P30JlvkTZbLG0c3MW0gwxPWOBrv1-3aDaLHuPe4lhh2HrOe9kmdDJ5qnw/s4000/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTJdDN_JORGxFNUb0ASRlE8JO9Uh3OFhawXHNBJTfOlugYX9PfiFldx1sJdeiXeaD9IfrpM-0NcXmpAEiMZmoG1JwWHD6zJmnbip7ko3oPjpRCtMOkvTa5CU-0aBubdl1_P30JlvkTZbLG0c3MW0gwxPWOBrv1-3aDaLHuPe4lhh2HrOe9kmdDJ5qnw/w200-h93/20.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So after a couple days here, Caja is going to put her boat dock in the water, assisted by Cathy. (I am the documentarian--lol). Caja 1st has to spruce up the area.</div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyo5lMqaK-lXES6y2tvcuszB7YJHQH0ln78DZGPMEgEfNp2sTl2Ge1N_3PyV5DJw4jjAPjBG26mmKXgl6XDVA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy0bMGJfDkL3tYswXTaQEiDRNgCKTNn1CqNzACTqPdcfpfAS6W9-fr4CO1T3wyRlfxNl1j7Qz9J6LuMIS6zZg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzwsIRpQc_V79-BFY1ab7P_LbbC7G4Vsphiu4WCjuD0qoWEqyK4JKazkSEmRzr0AZwWieT9enfMkYHGRr4lFA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyoKConLPbzUgoAvrpmQAmz07iOg4195v7K4FVVdVwMGlNTTUyUCLjOx43G1TqtK2RiB8PqFplfCmLkTlY53w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>Caja has to secure the dock so it doesn't roll away, and then she is trying to get Cathy to get into the water to help, but Cathy is having none of it. lol</div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGvM1Jb0CnnulNt4w1NPJf8u9pF_qb-fHavPbJBWFUamvd4CyxkzRTnMcQ4o9y1qT6y-LsXONJwkx_vhFB4w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx3ZlJB-RYWFoY8VozjeWRdEBbXVJTDrmpCTn0JMcoEepWtbUWk7ahDiiVrY4gc9NRaBb0fq6ikQMM3LnzS-Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>Cathy goes high!</div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-omi5LPYUxPZyqX9ccPi85QNDD3EW3_9VeG5wOu4k_XW2vRYKAcBPj-EDvT088sklL7O6AW9iVBR_OGXMGA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>The final touch! (I'm exhausted at this point!--lol)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0a53nJbhWv6CXJ42FJAy7zFCHoL4EftmL-EFW1QnjIzj6eRA8htB14y9EtQnlf56OxGhPvf71q-AViNz10t_E_TJyTD3fEh5BY-wiNR65OPh3dtZNJ_KjHeaUdNsY86oMOjbv3dIePr99yqneBLOoVRDfe2XRNT-Boz3-bMqyqsIji2pMZD-OcCAew/s4000/21g.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0a53nJbhWv6CXJ42FJAy7zFCHoL4EftmL-EFW1QnjIzj6eRA8htB14y9EtQnlf56OxGhPvf71q-AViNz10t_E_TJyTD3fEh5BY-wiNR65OPh3dtZNJ_KjHeaUdNsY86oMOjbv3dIePr99yqneBLOoVRDfe2XRNT-Boz3-bMqyqsIji2pMZD-OcCAew/w200-h93/21g.jpg" width="200" /></a> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzWEg9x01vF4KliUGpueQMAPoomyXKw4JTvQtNlnekhFfi87p5ZFbybg7Lgbre-F6d4ZMxm4nMtBclYO9mLRw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>To put the pontoon in the water, Cathy towed it over to the other side of the lake and Jeannie drove it back to the dock. Check out how calm and pretty the lake is here.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcMnUZyCFfi1nfd-dKhnnI1aGZvlgh0Iyy2VOYUmp2qxIKdP4ZBP9HfpjIstKKlQyjIeWVyNEhFfK6VzlyPnjvqu2gQVA739RckakG8LT2XYrbPHT5rsAIStVSHpXta5gGpX_M0iJOQWdo15iVrUlJHPBDn3KeFL2SERoYQCxPS9BY1XUFfZH8G2aGw/s3983/21i.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="3983" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcMnUZyCFfi1nfd-dKhnnI1aGZvlgh0Iyy2VOYUmp2qxIKdP4ZBP9HfpjIstKKlQyjIeWVyNEhFfK6VzlyPnjvqu2gQVA739RckakG8LT2XYrbPHT5rsAIStVSHpXta5gGpX_M0iJOQWdo15iVrUlJHPBDn3KeFL2SERoYQCxPS9BY1XUFfZH8G2aGw/w200-h87/21i.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAl2E4M928qWRknhlOQwDSJbJ2Dl9KvfsF7G4K7OAl1-y1f3u16KEsynHVRNeWWMVmqTPjzOv5K9pu1LAYoxNcGpoE2nG3L-78HswXLX0nWBLx_lC-x5PXoxEBwgWnere4-OAv3fOc1akxyKjP7jFVXWam9wacW_7qwopWhgMoTlxRsRanIZt1CSf6A/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAl2E4M928qWRknhlOQwDSJbJ2Dl9KvfsF7G4K7OAl1-y1f3u16KEsynHVRNeWWMVmqTPjzOv5K9pu1LAYoxNcGpoE2nG3L-78HswXLX0nWBLx_lC-x5PXoxEBwgWnere4-OAv3fOc1akxyKjP7jFVXWam9wacW_7qwopWhgMoTlxRsRanIZt1CSf6A/w200-h93/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYOjYSvrmzOId_62kWLRUKZcyyFZO8H4TPcj2u5Hq_SWlrjPtwKM0LwSfpsrE85k55VRUZZuwhF2iiB1Xa0R7-iWwhdZ7Mw_Q3ykj_ZabJ3A5vXkeyHj8S_tH50pGezJBwN3ag-1CvzacwGUOk8lBDlmIHCzir-_Oyd6HkhQU0F4my7Ws0GSqp-M3bg/s4000/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYOjYSvrmzOId_62kWLRUKZcyyFZO8H4TPcj2u5Hq_SWlrjPtwKM0LwSfpsrE85k55VRUZZuwhF2iiB1Xa0R7-iWwhdZ7Mw_Q3ykj_ZabJ3A5vXkeyHj8S_tH50pGezJBwN3ag-1CvzacwGUOk8lBDlmIHCzir-_Oyd6HkhQU0F4my7Ws0GSqp-M3bg/w200-h93/23.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Out walking a 3-mile loop...remember, I said it's very rural! lol The horses in the 1st pic of the 3rd row are not American Quarter Horses (depressed--lol), they are just eating. The horse in the middle row is beautiful.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbtXfW-M641yl9UUd4yRt9py1gFt02zeqC4z55NQoOYcQJzm2yObrx8oZlUXqTQ2PzpYPooMAmBk4kCC_-vuq-GRqGxZbIaU6WorlStn7zMz_aXJk6q57nmtG_pBvhIxgTM9Y3n6Ee_KSJCRkub3RUYsoE2WV00D-xEKudP0MjdWkltG63kCLqvHXQg/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbtXfW-M641yl9UUd4yRt9py1gFt02zeqC4z55NQoOYcQJzm2yObrx8oZlUXqTQ2PzpYPooMAmBk4kCC_-vuq-GRqGxZbIaU6WorlStn7zMz_aXJk6q57nmtG_pBvhIxgTM9Y3n6Ee_KSJCRkub3RUYsoE2WV00D-xEKudP0MjdWkltG63kCLqvHXQg/w200-h93/24.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZ8n3yz8E-lGlsuKQ3J6y1zKO1JSnRQKfPFtm93dcw4K2WMs5FoXCsSuCnxYs-JNtjwP-7a49SemKVTH-GtM9Rn83dhInyVLzyr3KckoDNsxAS0zvgXTLSlX1zJT4eM8UtkfOsStwzmLIlWRwXXHUGcX3tKKrk68At4mVVsrdkx2gj51xgDz-_FbppA/s4000/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZ8n3yz8E-lGlsuKQ3J6y1zKO1JSnRQKfPFtm93dcw4K2WMs5FoXCsSuCnxYs-JNtjwP-7a49SemKVTH-GtM9Rn83dhInyVLzyr3KckoDNsxAS0zvgXTLSlX1zJT4eM8UtkfOsStwzmLIlWRwXXHUGcX3tKKrk68At4mVVsrdkx2gj51xgDz-_FbppA/w200-h93/25.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15VMeu7Insz-gke-FccVYO9wLNTw3BB7DnGLtbYkcMkjrIosnYGiHZeClQ5XwEiEyRxK78lmyf1QHEY4PgCdH0aTcDnJfcY9GoQTY2JlIHKj6OYp9R4wzqqtujT-8_HIfRN9FKr8XC8sXGGxgRgZq4SmDDrznlmJE2Zo7opIeWmP8nOz3biKjEKLW4Q/s4000/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15VMeu7Insz-gke-FccVYO9wLNTw3BB7DnGLtbYkcMkjrIosnYGiHZeClQ5XwEiEyRxK78lmyf1QHEY4PgCdH0aTcDnJfcY9GoQTY2JlIHKj6OYp9R4wzqqtujT-8_HIfRN9FKr8XC8sXGGxgRgZq4SmDDrznlmJE2Zo7opIeWmP8nOz3biKjEKLW4Q/w200-h93/26.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwX1g-fmhX6A-abeYcM55NXMI6EmZ7KgMEKjIC3JDzsmLmJG9EKBPE88FV3DRl4EyVmYCW6KwXqlZZkk0MWmxg2PKsEVqZT_tcS_1BIxvE1k2OwN4tWOQsZXcMKQ3NVJWdIZFIkynrX0S4i7XUW2LYYJ1HeVTsLXTztem80shdFPxCXgKM9-YQtHa4g/s4000/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwX1g-fmhX6A-abeYcM55NXMI6EmZ7KgMEKjIC3JDzsmLmJG9EKBPE88FV3DRl4EyVmYCW6KwXqlZZkk0MWmxg2PKsEVqZT_tcS_1BIxvE1k2OwN4tWOQsZXcMKQ3NVJWdIZFIkynrX0S4i7XUW2LYYJ1HeVTsLXTztem80shdFPxCXgKM9-YQtHa4g/w200-h93/27.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u0wzLGl0dZDrldTwQUR1voGrP5ttYp6p7qWtspijp83zPRP5xoM2pQwPPIvvikUdNg8-nW_4fyH3yH-DmUFf8Elv9Nwu9q388OgqHVflGQRtzPjkdm3wZQJBtY2cOYsPIcW6Ajk-b287dmFQ93alDiQSlHqMhaYcGaHaulmSs60VOPwNk8XlrG1sZA/s4000/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u0wzLGl0dZDrldTwQUR1voGrP5ttYp6p7qWtspijp83zPRP5xoM2pQwPPIvvikUdNg8-nW_4fyH3yH-DmUFf8Elv9Nwu9q388OgqHVflGQRtzPjkdm3wZQJBtY2cOYsPIcW6Ajk-b287dmFQ93alDiQSlHqMhaYcGaHaulmSs60VOPwNk8XlrG1sZA/w200-h93/28.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK8kdkm-cMgrO4fQY5Nf_NfFdNx3QIYW9ZCb9hr2BTWy7qjkcjW18cnhuCKLzhMyezGQkc8C583Jw41TLrRd3o9zUEeRW1olXj-kQxtVCK7c6CDw9YP7yI4QTeajCYMtXZjJvaTwRBzqOtPO1RgWaFrLp892f0squSC5MmlzsVxqOtxcMOEtC7ce51Q/s4000/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK8kdkm-cMgrO4fQY5Nf_NfFdNx3QIYW9ZCb9hr2BTWy7qjkcjW18cnhuCKLzhMyezGQkc8C583Jw41TLrRd3o9zUEeRW1olXj-kQxtVCK7c6CDw9YP7yI4QTeajCYMtXZjJvaTwRBzqOtPO1RgWaFrLp892f0squSC5MmlzsVxqOtxcMOEtC7ce51Q/w200-h93/29.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTRFATHjWNuoqV7MtsIdj47vPLCQnO4hipSv8dcuaL8zYPf61dwS16zuQZs1FxvvZLGWx44zta2_Vl2FKnZmT8OILjkK9bwed6ztmuAJ-V46K8ZSYCbIhyUgw6EnCmcg4DMCYz6KC555j4dVzEKMGmrhZN_O7YAERwWhdHK4blVpo6TZh-aMV16leoA/s4000/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTRFATHjWNuoqV7MtsIdj47vPLCQnO4hipSv8dcuaL8zYPf61dwS16zuQZs1FxvvZLGWx44zta2_Vl2FKnZmT8OILjkK9bwed6ztmuAJ-V46K8ZSYCbIhyUgw6EnCmcg4DMCYz6KC555j4dVzEKMGmrhZN_O7YAERwWhdHK4blVpo6TZh-aMV16leoA/w200-h93/31.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Cathy and I out fishing. Something is blowing from the trees covering the water in the 1st pic.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNgL_JIXX8Df5guBB_wwyMcnTNZwkTaAcXR1y9n4gTfKIyyizEuJwga0s-hVVB-3VlgSm-SreI1VxycwQkyPJHXGwOfZWnvDPIm6ltg1fTg4WVzP8sRvoxGJLRQFTam6URZjIxrawkZw1hNwU2hMRbhs0sYZ5XNB-QrDB_2-FM8pggfZdoJ1z1UU_Mw/s3530/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="3530" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNgL_JIXX8Df5guBB_wwyMcnTNZwkTaAcXR1y9n4gTfKIyyizEuJwga0s-hVVB-3VlgSm-SreI1VxycwQkyPJHXGwOfZWnvDPIm6ltg1fTg4WVzP8sRvoxGJLRQFTam6URZjIxrawkZw1hNwU2hMRbhs0sYZ5XNB-QrDB_2-FM8pggfZdoJ1z1UU_Mw/w200-h96/32.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMCM4vARNXtWgR5MnvUOkivHLuIHXLsP_wU6h4Fxjf1uY73utjPq23TBNtmCNH3SYGiaNNcYahVVcFyTT2TUVQZ3TI4mseDM1L65QPAPH8IAHhZyfDbNQNpK3U5m3L5opscd0IF0hHAo-siqx6wbRF73cfsKfPg4GHo5IK_kKe2y-WRa_-aNPFzqb-w/s4000/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMCM4vARNXtWgR5MnvUOkivHLuIHXLsP_wU6h4Fxjf1uY73utjPq23TBNtmCNH3SYGiaNNcYahVVcFyTT2TUVQZ3TI4mseDM1L65QPAPH8IAHhZyfDbNQNpK3U5m3L5opscd0IF0hHAo-siqx6wbRF73cfsKfPg4GHo5IK_kKe2y-WRa_-aNPFzqb-w/w200-h93/33.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We caught a bunch of fish, but most weren't keepers. Cathy got the biggest, a bass; I caught 4 of these yellow perch. All the rest were blue gills (about 30 between us.)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUb9PgmHDcda7fHLyF_qHWjAzXD455LvHUowQON7uNkIa3g8PyTbB60BehLuTfMr5PeGovulAtYGFeLYnK6iRliYGkjL6xIixJ8FOnclycLpUrOAhVqZsj8R9YaFIuSFdTIbNqpYQh3fryikbKbKHTeixe5E6JGNuJjmrBMU4kR-DYusveFnRhMWZkeA/s4000/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUb9PgmHDcda7fHLyF_qHWjAzXD455LvHUowQON7uNkIa3g8PyTbB60BehLuTfMr5PeGovulAtYGFeLYnK6iRliYGkjL6xIixJ8FOnclycLpUrOAhVqZsj8R9YaFIuSFdTIbNqpYQh3fryikbKbKHTeixe5E6JGNuJjmrBMU4kR-DYusveFnRhMWZkeA/w200-h93/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQt7MN0YE2qNCcGmjIyDe5miCbtoArrzvxUdy7CDlnnGPNmaXUAuuBbrmHQAWCFCFqeqIJfKL5DBZYxb4WYUrg1pM2SGyzkyjrMeXvgjrrnp4Dqd8N6STCDCk_y4mHEDMAI0FveEZj0Uin4FfmV_5hETsybCmV0z1N7fM8Z-HgNM7LfvstrtBYFOvAA/s4000/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQt7MN0YE2qNCcGmjIyDe5miCbtoArrzvxUdy7CDlnnGPNmaXUAuuBbrmHQAWCFCFqeqIJfKL5DBZYxb4WYUrg1pM2SGyzkyjrMeXvgjrrnp4Dqd8N6STCDCk_y4mHEDMAI0FveEZj0Uin4FfmV_5hETsybCmV0z1N7fM8Z-HgNM7LfvstrtBYFOvAA/w93-h200/35.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are a bunch of Canadian Geese, with babies. They are here all season--and poop up a storm!</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzWB3rZ-CHbElmuPAvV6s0nAxh9veXkibvi0CGbIXSA4Q7JW-gJAEpiAyGuqOcwrhXG9lPVlMDXV9SZ0JCbmA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>The dogs are loving the big yard.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_5xGYCZbXXPqPsymhWEA7ygjQc--NnOp8kADaGd3zzFP1WAvyab-jXD0fE4eAXVI56NSQ0a4Kt8YEbfs3gHl6Stgalk-lXELEHOxsM18jUBYCf9d-B3ZRByntFGMGFeXjKgqT7AjzCSBH1RrIqhx6NqhOygPeAyA17P8ZGEUphfY7V_rnXqKOkmWBA/s4000/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_5xGYCZbXXPqPsymhWEA7ygjQc--NnOp8kADaGd3zzFP1WAvyab-jXD0fE4eAXVI56NSQ0a4Kt8YEbfs3gHl6Stgalk-lXELEHOxsM18jUBYCf9d-B3ZRByntFGMGFeXjKgqT7AjzCSBH1RrIqhx6NqhOygPeAyA17P8ZGEUphfY7V_rnXqKOkmWBA/w200-h93/37.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSEbRp4zPVFs3Lc03CtwPRGv478KhCgY2TfLI0cjIzP6-46ZjmvbACw4NUKtuimiKnTQCd6NVyyU_mtI0dBqeMTtgvwhEESNXicKe7D4w-45wjjagJn9ks3H3UJz_zWXJc7v5fQHFrTE_0giaHTz0hoDgm85WfQD_9qjEl8hx21tc3gzW0ulMOedQlQ/s4000/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSEbRp4zPVFs3Lc03CtwPRGv478KhCgY2TfLI0cjIzP6-46ZjmvbACw4NUKtuimiKnTQCd6NVyyU_mtI0dBqeMTtgvwhEESNXicKe7D4w-45wjjagJn9ks3H3UJz_zWXJc7v5fQHFrTE_0giaHTz0hoDgm85WfQD_9qjEl8hx21tc3gzW0ulMOedQlQ/w93-h200/38.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4zVXN4C0Uus38ouTZQ5Y1B3lPNk2TS5eIk3_uhITYhOzJzRn-EnPXaL6NsfEavOJ_yRYn9Px2GHq00ad9IIr07x5G86Emk4czgYVq-viGv3_MfYHPAz1HRKJ_aBIw6aBIMqr5EgsD5n-lGcvsl9oPrRSnRTmCqYm4Jsyr89tAzDaD-j1CaI2_tWwzA/s4000/39.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4zVXN4C0Uus38ouTZQ5Y1B3lPNk2TS5eIk3_uhITYhOzJzRn-EnPXaL6NsfEavOJ_yRYn9Px2GHq00ad9IIr07x5G86Emk4czgYVq-viGv3_MfYHPAz1HRKJ_aBIw6aBIMqr5EgsD5n-lGcvsl9oPrRSnRTmCqYm4Jsyr89tAzDaD-j1CaI2_tWwzA/w93-h200/39.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwADg2wbly7Ylz4L_uFD0SBUu5-tZnKHG84XBVQUNQA8MVtYXn4J__W9mgZCOJZ2lyYCYD2-PrNuSsaTMRqi830cWxpi38ia6stTOrCHXZBy__kwr5SPzcDqP4MSrYTMRXZDx7tuT52JnF6v966A-9YkKO3RlMqf1J9aAHytpHi41v9rG-tUqsxUHKuQ/s4000/40.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwADg2wbly7Ylz4L_uFD0SBUu5-tZnKHG84XBVQUNQA8MVtYXn4J__W9mgZCOJZ2lyYCYD2-PrNuSsaTMRqi830cWxpi38ia6stTOrCHXZBy__kwr5SPzcDqP4MSrYTMRXZDx7tuT52JnF6v966A-9YkKO3RlMqf1J9aAHytpHi41v9rG-tUqsxUHKuQ/w93-h200/40.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The dogs will chase and play with each other, but only up to the point that Willa sees the ball. Then, Willa runs for the ball, while Kota only runs for food--lol</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9Vxqv_oI_PYXYk-98Boj7xkVKAtyToIjZB52SWET8aqugAeJoprEMg9g4DvwQxk1iUyOy2mOSYeLYJ2F9kA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz4r3xvt52zYu6G6kfom7fNKtQCqYs6TIdcGcWas0WSHQTT7ZesRvxhVqy7PD2LZ0uG1SaIWdOxW5z_dRHzPA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMX1-fCOkrcabtZ4JLedQAuclQjghBpyhEMk2CspHg3XkXwEeLq8ucOWwv1huzhsr2eSjSbGIf5rYgBmlyEg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzhsfZiRg8c8ZaSqH1xcCrHHqjiwJzog-xhc4Zhq7tA3O7w5WM3VmifgqA_RlpHQy3MQuBOZtZBQZLPeZhhcw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Fairly slow internet up here--I'm in C&J's house in order to upload and type this--so we won't be doing daily blogs, but stay tuned. My next post will be titled "Carp-alooza", and it's pretty wild!</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-67646712311644455092022-06-04T12:21:00.004-05:002022-06-04T12:27:36.791-05:00Going Crazy in W Virginia!<div>4 Jun 2022--Left Kentucky on the 2nd and drove 295 miles to our next stop in W Virginia. I mention the 295 miles because it seemed every one of those miles were lined with the highest density tree population I've ever seen. The trees are so close together it's like trying to look thru a head of broccoli...you can't see an ounce of daylight beyond the 1st row of trees.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAWhqrG0mXUhORtCwrHDyKS3EeZ90aVervE3VjV4X-R6Q4c5MGfW8ho9bWZIdE9MaDTtny85ewjP983D-kJpdXHGnuu7JDRiVLszE0x2YBO7dfK3lB0pcS1u8qklvZY2nzu5mCCIi_8x2ROwydNVlqPl7Fu-EvVlUrv32Qct39_QpXhkLeHF6RMSGVg/s4000/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAWhqrG0mXUhORtCwrHDyKS3EeZ90aVervE3VjV4X-R6Q4c5MGfW8ho9bWZIdE9MaDTtny85ewjP983D-kJpdXHGnuu7JDRiVLszE0x2YBO7dfK3lB0pcS1u8qklvZY2nzu5mCCIi_8x2ROwydNVlqPl7Fu-EvVlUrv32Qct39_QpXhkLeHF6RMSGVg/w200-h93/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvl3YmsnGwyT_dUaRG3ffZwMDrlKnNJegoiIROW2fb_PjfCGKlfVCqs-rDD5VNmpu2_Vhxz9N1uBhGk53cW-AGU5cdf5oqJUyZNg5u6C4j_CtpZ_1Ki6xOpmj5dtGBmwgVe9uoOPprPyUx28hrxdU6s_S51Nnhx9NJpu3BPcccYEpCzTPjYlvQVShlw/s4000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Just the name of it makes me both cringe and crack up at the same time. lol </div><div><br /></div><div>Built by Irish, Scottish and German stone masons (borrowed from the Kentucky wall builders?), this building is the 2nd largest hand built stone building in the world...2nd only to the Kremlin. We were met by these 2 outside--all the guys working here are dressed as 1920s orderlies, while the women are dressed as 1940s/50s nurses. This facility was originally built for 250 patients, but at it's peak in the 1950s they had up to 2400.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcn4w3MlKORD_sMfscsz710ck6QpppGKVnsKk4mfaF86qZQaerfkvSvEWs6xYoMFPK7NaMD9kPSkrh0CPrEbMYF5bApRmbfYl7K0PEQ66mVigT_qwUvyl2PSGapWIvjY87L9zI6R4xwNQmGccWezEppowWAQannfjZQchHmNmayKNayfwY0BvYLQDkQ/s3518/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3518" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcn4w3MlKORD_sMfscsz710ck6QpppGKVnsKk4mfaF86qZQaerfkvSvEWs6xYoMFPK7NaMD9kPSkrh0CPrEbMYF5bApRmbfYl7K0PEQ66mVigT_qwUvyl2PSGapWIvjY87L9zI6R4xwNQmGccWezEppowWAQannfjZQchHmNmayKNayfwY0BvYLQDkQ/w200-h106/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQVJtoyUAHrHyMogY76nwbDv8mNl-hvVIsfniv104-DKZmL2YNvuPZHx-TdK2NhhHQHVtOJb8KZVrDpFco7JyjVfoIFQpYQvgUBTlCSTxAN4yPFizYoKDxrQKHyY9S6agMqb19AyQkbIuX2giXemnaLNmY-NkDM9DT-mZSYG695XzEYbXcBLqRumTew/s3738/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3738" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQVJtoyUAHrHyMogY76nwbDv8mNl-hvVIsfniv104-DKZmL2YNvuPZHx-TdK2NhhHQHVtOJb8KZVrDpFco7JyjVfoIFQpYQvgUBTlCSTxAN4yPFizYoKDxrQKHyY9S6agMqb19AyQkbIuX2giXemnaLNmY-NkDM9DT-mZSYG695XzEYbXcBLqRumTew/w200-h100/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAA0QjMup1nbzcDj2CDQXBTfsOkx-Ghztqbw2vivZODWq9gq9M0DjuN2kxtLUjZYpDVokS8Lv-eTeDg0iIfmipo4TEgKLrM-ixAPGEUqUCsaSzrvLJvfVRatdQG0RvPN4udTfFWYpoujijMyslebuCi5wMiRcPchGv8S-ZOFVmlF6mHE_ZO6Of28S4Wg/s4000/11-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAA0QjMup1nbzcDj2CDQXBTfsOkx-Ghztqbw2vivZODWq9gq9M0DjuN2kxtLUjZYpDVokS8Lv-eTeDg0iIfmipo4TEgKLrM-ixAPGEUqUCsaSzrvLJvfVRatdQG0RvPN4udTfFWYpoujijMyslebuCi5wMiRcPchGv8S-ZOFVmlF6mHE_ZO6Of28S4Wg/w93-h200/11-1.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The 1st things you see as you enter the building...not sure if it's a joke or not.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYSniuYN4dAmAX9FUoFhE3ZJPfZJkmd3NGUJSFoTOELkJCosyQHAE-q1W1utmO6MW8dAu19NuRiuZ7-HUosbLOhiLUPwCdzxtoGcutwqTj56B2EiIdhho4NvnPtnjoRjNNiYL2_QzsZGPDAlS1VT7Q6PGiPLb0y0-uFPZFofVmYCCajCFRLjWwpCTMA/s4000/11a%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYSniuYN4dAmAX9FUoFhE3ZJPfZJkmd3NGUJSFoTOELkJCosyQHAE-q1W1utmO6MW8dAu19NuRiuZ7-HUosbLOhiLUPwCdzxtoGcutwqTj56B2EiIdhho4NvnPtnjoRjNNiYL2_QzsZGPDAlS1VT7Q6PGiPLb0y0-uFPZFofVmYCCajCFRLjWwpCTMA/w200-h93/11a%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDBI3axyNlUW05R5AHdW60EFk8LFR0pWOU26ccGqYhIoietUaWBOORXqWc8qb0PRfYvvIH2hW2LZHfpBsV9Zw1CQcy-Lojis9oMrCMA1xKswrokWD7oW2QMO7fs-9PGgPRzWibSrFnjSjVZnoVLt0eWF3nsbM70AmA1k49JJWs9wm_RSq6nerHPuGCw/s4000/11b%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDBI3axyNlUW05R5AHdW60EFk8LFR0pWOU26ccGqYhIoietUaWBOORXqWc8qb0PRfYvvIH2hW2LZHfpBsV9Zw1CQcy-Lojis9oMrCMA1xKswrokWD7oW2QMO7fs-9PGgPRzWibSrFnjSjVZnoVLt0eWF3nsbM70AmA1k49JJWs9wm_RSq6nerHPuGCw/w200-h93/11b%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Not being educated in the sciences, the stone masons added gargoyles to the building to keep evil spirits away. You can buy replicas in the gift shop.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuXgeUgz2BqdEUZ8DMZTpRPcOdRl5oZR3jPZxPgWaZJ4pgtuSvr6JqEDC77ZZTzWs-Q4XBYjJNyjQhlg4af7I8CH5FyStth22QtNLS4deAYwov63xe5VQ-cuNLXzgUZmQwjLBX5Z2t5zwnT5TEMJmNhMcFcs6fJEGDlIcp5UBhJctbD_Wz39P0mHIcQ/s3346/11c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1727" data-original-width="3346" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuXgeUgz2BqdEUZ8DMZTpRPcOdRl5oZR3jPZxPgWaZJ4pgtuSvr6JqEDC77ZZTzWs-Q4XBYjJNyjQhlg4af7I8CH5FyStth22QtNLS4deAYwov63xe5VQ-cuNLXzgUZmQwjLBX5Z2t5zwnT5TEMJmNhMcFcs6fJEGDlIcp5UBhJctbD_Wz39P0mHIcQ/w200-h103/11c.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5KmgggxcRPVjB8q7Sn1ewpWvSnkZVvntq8zebZujXu_Ydc8vt7dyrbVo70cfTnE1vTAqpjKfJLlkooQussF5JS1gXJO5ChXXIraDZ6YFMZrY9rjlECfIxXcg8_RlG2mbkZxyge3VhSz0IEWMvHs3Usi8pFgZ91FMm6Wg_rLxZKDA6LmOZSTjhr8GwA/s4000/11d.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5KmgggxcRPVjB8q7Sn1ewpWvSnkZVvntq8zebZujXu_Ydc8vt7dyrbVo70cfTnE1vTAqpjKfJLlkooQussF5JS1gXJO5ChXXIraDZ6YFMZrY9rjlECfIxXcg8_RlG2mbkZxyge3VhSz0IEWMvHs3Usi8pFgZ91FMm6Wg_rLxZKDA6LmOZSTjhr8GwA/w200-h93/11d.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhlbmO9vJHQhJ1-12EHBGG5gazE4vwJrin6-K3bsiHmVSeYO2yzckslNQl7TncWz_HWUq4xPBbpd2X_Xz2-JouJQ0xplx9JKby9nZiOBa1-T4dEUvsViMCUo4Sm3K5EK-AC6PKzYeLwhFcNf1TO7yvaeBHRK2UcrFxe2ct8w2DjpV1fCfQfwI8I0fGQ/s3281/11e.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="3281" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhlbmO9vJHQhJ1-12EHBGG5gazE4vwJrin6-K3bsiHmVSeYO2yzckslNQl7TncWz_HWUq4xPBbpd2X_Xz2-JouJQ0xplx9JKby9nZiOBa1-T4dEUvsViMCUo4Sm3K5EK-AC6PKzYeLwhFcNf1TO7yvaeBHRK2UcrFxe2ct8w2DjpV1fCfQfwI8I0fGQ/w200-h106/11e.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Famous people with mental illness. Don't recognize all of them, but quite a few of them, for sure.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZH0nU0hSeCy7CQknRsusNYjoh4n7VD9QappMOw52-A3IVMfkXPJ7rvz-H2AdCCpqXAbi2ggsxPdMPrUnw3apFOhl7zjQPtocwC3Oab7kceciALfX6-dDGWoLafC8N-ahPcp32uF_T_bOHy0K1Uj91EfoSRpxM_g-iIW9Nl8LdWtTbsJmF11o1Hfhisg/s3024/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1635" data-original-width="3024" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZH0nU0hSeCy7CQknRsusNYjoh4n7VD9QappMOw52-A3IVMfkXPJ7rvz-H2AdCCpqXAbi2ggsxPdMPrUnw3apFOhl7zjQPtocwC3Oab7kceciALfX6-dDGWoLafC8N-ahPcp32uF_T_bOHy0K1Uj91EfoSRpxM_g-iIW9Nl8LdWtTbsJmF11o1Hfhisg/w200-h108/13.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These 9 people were the 1st patients admitted--take note they are all women! And if you blow up the pics you will see they are all pretty young. The tour guide explained that the last lady in the 3rd pic was a milliner--a hat maker--and that she most likely had mercury poisoning, because the brim in hats used to have mercury in them. (God only knows why.) He claimed that's where the phrase, "mad as a hatter" came about.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0aZEtvXUQZH8dhCpaGeW-6XXmaFknWVjtLpt2n823rc_w-lLsV0h0qv8GSIDwj4lZahg-CwVuGatdPE-9DSjopIm7h3FerZHsnnidoVbq0-oimAkCcPrKeEzBZmlPS5kNBzeQ6Jn47DD3nGg8FwEnayL4oaviaEy3il-9gbgK_KqazjZ59CIgNZ-KA/s3473/13a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3473" data-original-width="1619" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0aZEtvXUQZH8dhCpaGeW-6XXmaFknWVjtLpt2n823rc_w-lLsV0h0qv8GSIDwj4lZahg-CwVuGatdPE-9DSjopIm7h3FerZHsnnidoVbq0-oimAkCcPrKeEzBZmlPS5kNBzeQ6Jn47DD3nGg8FwEnayL4oaviaEy3il-9gbgK_KqazjZ59CIgNZ-KA/w93-h200/13a.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C6x3du6eDKXSxE52E4aEZUCjFna-0kMEWyx2oWdEcx-zrN317-JL7jA_Q5t00rrSfYxSOyLsz1IYX1bZ-NUyOqLxprh5CELB9I8engDqvoui6m_nU8N4XVb2r6jWFBcQCi1by-oJu_Nyc2PmKE2ercC2vIS17isA3_DYZkGot3KcPgfFTWwKoKmYOg/s3415/13b.jpg" style="margin-left: o; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3415" data-original-width="1592" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C6x3du6eDKXSxE52E4aEZUCjFna-0kMEWyx2oWdEcx-zrN317-JL7jA_Q5t00rrSfYxSOyLsz1IYX1bZ-NUyOqLxprh5CELB9I8engDqvoui6m_nU8N4XVb2r6jWFBcQCi1by-oJu_Nyc2PmKE2ercC2vIS17isA3_DYZkGot3KcPgfFTWwKoKmYOg/w93-h200/13b.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ryVsMueEuNqx5bUKPl6ZGr9VoOfZwbJCsU5nCfG63Ar4oCJN9i3rJazhDc84pirU7h5cSjNecL5irXCOwwhO8pxajBoURAXtSsTi36QTm9aMwcwX8rH3dTIyy5J_5vu6nCoBaAbgKULdjiByGAnUyIZKQYdTEk_mRln1yNKTYRt8HCUz7700T3UjoA/s3479/13c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3479" data-original-width="1667" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ryVsMueEuNqx5bUKPl6ZGr9VoOfZwbJCsU5nCfG63Ar4oCJN9i3rJazhDc84pirU7h5cSjNecL5irXCOwwhO8pxajBoURAXtSsTi36QTm9aMwcwX8rH3dTIyy5J_5vu6nCoBaAbgKULdjiByGAnUyIZKQYdTEk_mRln1yNKTYRt8HCUz7700T3UjoA/w96-h200/13c.jpg" width="96" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Somehow they allowed these 3 to walk around freely! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUjzDNJ8dVDSsT9Wjwt2_iamnIMoR_-ex0tsOLBmvZkNRtkXJK5xB3E-hWgND0TubrYPTsqfmXwNeqg_wGMPDVuaqEMJ1HE6-kB-ekcVVxTPFIcMxZ7XEghyhctEISvWfBavjFmluIf_HcxRDb8ufs_l7mvioJ8RTU_HwXolrOm1BVGPMUK1O79D53A/s3699/13d.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3699" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUjzDNJ8dVDSsT9Wjwt2_iamnIMoR_-ex0tsOLBmvZkNRtkXJK5xB3E-hWgND0TubrYPTsqfmXwNeqg_wGMPDVuaqEMJ1HE6-kB-ekcVVxTPFIcMxZ7XEghyhctEISvWfBavjFmluIf_HcxRDb8ufs_l7mvioJ8RTU_HwXolrOm1BVGPMUK1O79D53A/w200-h101/13d.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A couple more fun facts: </div><div>1. Up until about the 1950s, if a woman was admitted her children went into the asylum with her, because at the time they thought mental illness was hereditary. </div><div>2. Until 1965, a husband could have his wife committed on his word alone, so it was a pretty easy way to get rid of his whole family if he chose to. </div><div><br /></div><div>A few of the cells had mannequins in them--looked a little cheesy! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCs5dAHvAiTLlnAOudGSrghd__yF8rNCY3kl3r57JFGf1roy2EaH33YzQRsLy_2nffSZkN_2loiyfrcrxVQ-YSqVFbUMQIAZkJFq2KusAzoaNn8gsGKuW3pw5mo-KXU-SuYR1r8kzDaVGpoqwgM8Quxk7FAc4d_ZzHB7PeBGGVq_3Jp-Uig0mejJkxQ/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCs5dAHvAiTLlnAOudGSrghd__yF8rNCY3kl3r57JFGf1roy2EaH33YzQRsLy_2nffSZkN_2loiyfrcrxVQ-YSqVFbUMQIAZkJFq2KusAzoaNn8gsGKuW3pw5mo-KXU-SuYR1r8kzDaVGpoqwgM8Quxk7FAc4d_ZzHB7PeBGGVq_3Jp-Uig0mejJkxQ/w93-h200/14.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpLDsup_jHMncvXbwtoP5nOk8wVLIMeSwlbXnYzMivkW8zlRNu9pAiYB3seGte_0d5TmSvkO124lb4VXhHY5TZxqkLQ6FFNyaN_uoPcgHVJVh3CPy1GmtMTfHafYB50Lv7w8P97OSQBAhYO1mD9r6O9TAr1pCdKmHz_0obFEBauc34Wry4NuW6LCoOw/s4000/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpLDsup_jHMncvXbwtoP5nOk8wVLIMeSwlbXnYzMivkW8zlRNu9pAiYB3seGte_0d5TmSvkO124lb4VXhHY5TZxqkLQ6FFNyaN_uoPcgHVJVh3CPy1GmtMTfHafYB50Lv7w8P97OSQBAhYO1mD9r6O9TAr1pCdKmHz_0obFEBauc34Wry4NuW6LCoOw/w93-h200/15.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>At least the military had stalls! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW-S4NWpp2PJdGsmIO9yqZRd6AdFLi2vaNxSZpEbOgZUgxTPCbGpIGD0TsEq5dgJrEi6mr7_1G81q6yHCagWmMRMgqmU0BWF9i8WjzWV_DkFXzqXlgdfpEhTTDaJLa_EHh_RB8kXI9GD9pvFBrqSsqDodWHtNRAcyF3puht-pBTLjCIFV7iIxPfgmjg/s2685/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="1860" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW-S4NWpp2PJdGsmIO9yqZRd6AdFLi2vaNxSZpEbOgZUgxTPCbGpIGD0TsEq5dgJrEi6mr7_1G81q6yHCagWmMRMgqmU0BWF9i8WjzWV_DkFXzqXlgdfpEhTTDaJLa_EHh_RB8kXI9GD9pvFBrqSsqDodWHtNRAcyF3puht-pBTLjCIFV7iIxPfgmjg/w139-h200/16.jpg" width="139" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfm0scWqkyhL7DxO_gPVkP6lcLZUmLEOLenyQdlj_VnJxh_qJJymkpvspKl5Cx5K_ci4KKyb2v6DSDKGcxyd3-B6ZBXA_IlOm22eJvDR-SLcjMoW9aWVQM9d6D0TIj7FfOYD4yIukF2aQwxd_ul0dqgKL_m81o85mB4NhtLzGZ0ZL-BDVbhQ6bIuMMA/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfm0scWqkyhL7DxO_gPVkP6lcLZUmLEOLenyQdlj_VnJxh_qJJymkpvspKl5Cx5K_ci4KKyb2v6DSDKGcxyd3-B6ZBXA_IlOm22eJvDR-SLcjMoW9aWVQM9d6D0TIj7FfOYD4yIukF2aQwxd_ul0dqgKL_m81o85mB4NhtLzGZ0ZL-BDVbhQ6bIuMMA/w93-h200/17.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>At 1st glance you might be wondering why I would post a couple pics of windows. Well, although we may be appalled at what we see here today, back in the 1880s when this place 1st opened, it was considered the epitome of humane treatment. The guide pointed out that if you look straight at the windows (pic1) the bars on the outside align with the wood in the windowpanes, obscuring the bars from the patients. All you have to do though is stand to the side and the bars are clearly visible (pic2). I guess they figured the patients would never do that? lol </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi49RQxBIkKEiGyC1eBlA-k4b0H91s2dMogDMpIKJLqgQuYKJFhMO7aNxSaytwyOoIRkpuOsVWCEhgvry1H4YizqcTf1deVob1S8QanYDSmYwtRDNhSMti0HjZweKqcQ_7IxtZRAMvjvql4mIFDtVNqrLnimMrsDld83OlGhEmQLH3_WPYw_yip_Yog/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi49RQxBIkKEiGyC1eBlA-k4b0H91s2dMogDMpIKJLqgQuYKJFhMO7aNxSaytwyOoIRkpuOsVWCEhgvry1H4YizqcTf1deVob1S8QanYDSmYwtRDNhSMti0HjZweKqcQ_7IxtZRAMvjvql4mIFDtVNqrLnimMrsDld83OlGhEmQLH3_WPYw_yip_Yog/w93-h200/18.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5RrR9rHE3v9FZOSY6p-bY_jZuaObLaCUggAOs6JA81IieL-D9bPWrgty7MGp0jsOXb_K5klgrI54gU9DqOPrFjP3Qv-IiaZXgX1Qhtfy2eMY3gNJ_2HbhreDhYMSRHItvYk1Fw4XzlNMRjNJ_4XAGtqGAdfu_WCi0eORmgVo01Z6eSi68nHcc5SAiA/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5RrR9rHE3v9FZOSY6p-bY_jZuaObLaCUggAOs6JA81IieL-D9bPWrgty7MGp0jsOXb_K5klgrI54gU9DqOPrFjP3Qv-IiaZXgX1Qhtfy2eMY3gNJ_2HbhreDhYMSRHItvYk1Fw4XzlNMRjNJ_4XAGtqGAdfu_WCi0eORmgVo01Z6eSi68nHcc5SAiA/w93-h200/19.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Built to be self-sustaining, the grounds had a farm, a dairy, a morgue and a cemetery. If your body was not claimed, they either sold your corpse to experimenters or buried you here on the grounds. These 2 ladies were sold, along with a baby. Someone was working on "mummifying" techniques, and these 2 were found years later floating in a river--still intact! The baby was not found. About 700 people are buried in this field right outside the grounds on this hillside--no markers, but they are there.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsD3Su9HrS41Q0A8tL8BlhOZNGlrrPt8gk8bo_berFy_pDSE04eXl1mdcEnOx2hFBzctS-bL8HfTRcKCrInR3oQM73E1uqpskxKw_GBcn7Idk7nfmB3cPDkqbQddXQsgobRz-XkSg7fv8rpF5IjTPtLOL3vIYKgeW8GwpTfXgEF3VMbyDgHnWDrPrOQ/s2309/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="2309" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsD3Su9HrS41Q0A8tL8BlhOZNGlrrPt8gk8bo_berFy_pDSE04eXl1mdcEnOx2hFBzctS-bL8HfTRcKCrInR3oQM73E1uqpskxKw_GBcn7Idk7nfmB3cPDkqbQddXQsgobRz-XkSg7fv8rpF5IjTPtLOL3vIYKgeW8GwpTfXgEF3VMbyDgHnWDrPrOQ/w200-h145/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_Atb1bR1B1lix2ohF7FhUOcomtgt-wqsjDu4N4MFfFp5SpG_gmUd0t831bRH3gsdrg0Lzsa997YJru3brdG0kmpeMvXUQ5LBmQOMjglcQ--s57HVRn-jsezTEYmmOKR2cDrhZRAoo3P-ZrwqLwpmpX7zq6g1Ktj8WP2Q2hzUMd8E1W14bDsLq1TWvQ/s2481/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="1768" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_Atb1bR1B1lix2ohF7FhUOcomtgt-wqsjDu4N4MFfFp5SpG_gmUd0t831bRH3gsdrg0Lzsa997YJru3brdG0kmpeMvXUQ5LBmQOMjglcQ--s57HVRn-jsezTEYmmOKR2cDrhZRAoo3P-ZrwqLwpmpX7zq6g1Ktj8WP2Q2hzUMd8E1W14bDsLq1TWvQ/w143-h200/21.jpg" width="143" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEqROAzjvXo4Pu8qu_YJWi5caVEDHbY4BpKvT9dJFYYnl3N5ft6fIvAGBdBEZ0tdtMKEXaLYtOQ10ugv6gqB8-K-V-Yqmo8DBkiXEeu1vsJCNzBR27Nb3byqm38mtSb4qjt-0reefv8S_g_yzKLvRAzJpBQcr53ah9RSeNzV_tGLZy279enmB9sUyEw/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEqROAzjvXo4Pu8qu_YJWi5caVEDHbY4BpKvT9dJFYYnl3N5ft6fIvAGBdBEZ0tdtMKEXaLYtOQ10ugv6gqB8-K-V-Yqmo8DBkiXEeu1vsJCNzBR27Nb3byqm38mtSb4qjt-0reefv8S_g_yzKLvRAzJpBQcr53ah9RSeNzV_tGLZy279enmB9sUyEw/w200-h93/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The 1st 2 pics here are some of the doctor's quarters. They had some nice ones for the nurses also, but when they needed extra rooms for the nurses because there were more of them, they were put up in cells (3rd pic) where the alcoholics were housed. (If you weren't assured this was true, you'd be hard-pressed to believe it-lol)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC_cmaviVks-4CZ-ktPso_St11AuYyvIICxXDhD6RopyQbsmoU5GB129C4l_kG-_Q4yq9K0w_XP5ia2zW3X3VYRswAI64c5PBVobCWOnBjwL_8eTdUUZkp0GFrF_-n4uSGwj4xikacBWgxNtCGeVKcgUfiIyvu5KD54IFgac-rqscTgFrFU31DFEvmg/s6064/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="6064" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC_cmaviVks-4CZ-ktPso_St11AuYyvIICxXDhD6RopyQbsmoU5GB129C4l_kG-_Q4yq9K0w_XP5ia2zW3X3VYRswAI64c5PBVobCWOnBjwL_8eTdUUZkp0GFrF_-n4uSGwj4xikacBWgxNtCGeVKcgUfiIyvu5KD54IFgac-rqscTgFrFU31DFEvmg/w200-h90/23.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFZfDI1f6DjbI8RtzaNnibS6FXbQV2rZHArxh5fxv0rvz_Zw8wo-p-LlCUPR1YlOoLCfwBRdhsdWUhMn7QN_QuzM3nou7dWOP9X1r1fmR5f25WTH-k4OI8eB9fN5lvJnXvCZqgn-y9gQ33jWhQ7fT-9d9Q8LQBslwWXJxdtj3Q-sPTyGFXt49soSPfQ/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFZfDI1f6DjbI8RtzaNnibS6FXbQV2rZHArxh5fxv0rvz_Zw8wo-p-LlCUPR1YlOoLCfwBRdhsdWUhMn7QN_QuzM3nou7dWOP9X1r1fmR5f25WTH-k4OI8eB9fN5lvJnXvCZqgn-y9gQ33jWhQ7fT-9d9Q8LQBslwWXJxdtj3Q-sPTyGFXt49soSPfQ/w200-h93/24.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGnbs5AX17D1QONJN9XpQMIKW1RO0I8nzgtYeVb00Th47a1A6RcBbNNL0VVQx_Vtj_Zd7mtFclvQ1poxveRhnfm2g4kVBRpA8Lqs5GIsC7zndlwWe_W9KFj2eCbtjBky0Rv8EIzmv9Tw6EXTAOiebgq1j_jlbgqgcDeUMQLiP-CdIRJ64Z-Ad47ha7g/s4000/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGnbs5AX17D1QONJN9XpQMIKW1RO0I8nzgtYeVb00Th47a1A6RcBbNNL0VVQx_Vtj_Zd7mtFclvQ1poxveRhnfm2g4kVBRpA8Lqs5GIsC7zndlwWe_W9KFj2eCbtjBky0Rv8EIzmv9Tw6EXTAOiebgq1j_jlbgqgcDeUMQLiP-CdIRJ64Z-Ad47ha7g/w200-h93/25.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, they had their own apothecary. Check out the ingredients in the bottles--everything from heroin and chloroform to chocolate covered arsenic and strychnine tablets. You have to wonder how many people were killed by their doctors in those days? lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCudzrI6DrC2XE72zwE34FLfZRuKlpNug3YuMLgP5iVFY64w_K02wdgPx4g0TVU1miaFMLytghNz0lWlHnoxIxEuuvcPC378jNABUXutD5HP-ndb8zL33uA_tfasfDfBxVcYsiBN1Z1-FAy7vljhYMAeIEakMUrTd5x9ui1bqeTq3osgnt2rI9wvA5Vg/s4000/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCudzrI6DrC2XE72zwE34FLfZRuKlpNug3YuMLgP5iVFY64w_K02wdgPx4g0TVU1miaFMLytghNz0lWlHnoxIxEuuvcPC378jNABUXutD5HP-ndb8zL33uA_tfasfDfBxVcYsiBN1Z1-FAy7vljhYMAeIEakMUrTd5x9ui1bqeTq3osgnt2rI9wvA5Vg/w200-h93/26.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_AvCaEIIeDQsxhyc0LCdkCn0o5c9r0TU8WY_-SuKZYoFBQjIOKu9EKdU4rQjRo4I8Hi9dI8ci6jQQIp-mVW5vmy55MFn4q8eur8jogauPAqyhB2ipQBzwrz0rEP52GcakluftjY7vHLvo5a6Gq-P4KS1v3DWRFQkF-DzydXGxYMWsbVEISG9m038OA/s2911/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2911" data-original-width="1851" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_AvCaEIIeDQsxhyc0LCdkCn0o5c9r0TU8WY_-SuKZYoFBQjIOKu9EKdU4rQjRo4I8Hi9dI8ci6jQQIp-mVW5vmy55MFn4q8eur8jogauPAqyhB2ipQBzwrz0rEP52GcakluftjY7vHLvo5a6Gq-P4KS1v3DWRFQkF-DzydXGxYMWsbVEISG9m038OA/w127-h200/27.jpg" width="127" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_uRerrzpCsJGkBcxWoRXtybY02IBXtSKynUjCSmjrbXcwdn6R7CEX8wO65mDTlkK2qBLvO0wSPWk0SOJrcrp5QHU8YUR1flbePO_XN8u0_3-qnhLY9YtZCc-8b4HrLGdkw3JEaUaaVooADgDiWMZQWiokRhTE3_4YVl_AmgS90BCueN_nYckmeZ7fA/s2847/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="1719" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_uRerrzpCsJGkBcxWoRXtybY02IBXtSKynUjCSmjrbXcwdn6R7CEX8wO65mDTlkK2qBLvO0wSPWk0SOJrcrp5QHU8YUR1flbePO_XN8u0_3-qnhLY9YtZCc-8b4HrLGdkw3JEaUaaVooADgDiWMZQWiokRhTE3_4YVl_AmgS90BCueN_nYckmeZ7fA/w121-h200/30.jpg" width="121" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifity7dVHSJZ2RklQnqYsRlAPaeiJiHnFH0QtEdrhzjXIQuKqFKlFS2X5qRek5SICnRKthpsgmoyfA3AZA5ItHdQeeT7Sr0JO_3zcYIbVxZy7VWJZVTFV_F1ExDs0_nuu0nqePIDd2SVer7IjyayT3uXtaeXilxvoz29nvfFztJy2t0Bgp1bYfhriItw/s3265/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="1588" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifity7dVHSJZ2RklQnqYsRlAPaeiJiHnFH0QtEdrhzjXIQuKqFKlFS2X5qRek5SICnRKthpsgmoyfA3AZA5ItHdQeeT7Sr0JO_3zcYIbVxZy7VWJZVTFV_F1ExDs0_nuu0nqePIDd2SVer7IjyayT3uXtaeXilxvoz29nvfFztJy2t0Bgp1bYfhriItw/w98-h200/29.jpg" width="98" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxnqKmvbIzySRVvB6od48i-weMFtXVehlKS4uwrs8YNPs8YXLhK-dlvBF-5g6BKME_XyOd-KlmhT-qwPBf7Z18EmHW9eeL4m_JxobWwJuakvVUVn25DEUaxUoQNDnPnuOWEa5neKFYpFs42FEdKMuHGrghOPrwKLoYOn-mfcNDQAViEBML_yHVLZ-1w/s1807/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1807" data-original-width="1083" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxnqKmvbIzySRVvB6od48i-weMFtXVehlKS4uwrs8YNPs8YXLhK-dlvBF-5g6BKME_XyOd-KlmhT-qwPBf7Z18EmHW9eeL4m_JxobWwJuakvVUVn25DEUaxUoQNDnPnuOWEa5neKFYpFs42FEdKMuHGrghOPrwKLoYOn-mfcNDQAViEBML_yHVLZ-1w/w120-h200/28.jpg" width="120" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Keep in mind that in years previous to the 1880s they just shackled you to a wall if you were having a bad day, and even let tourists come and ogle you for fun. Any advancement in the sciences would be thought to be an improvement, right?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNprWJZYX_rSRHbt4hAThExh7zQY2aTSgigTZ7i8z02gNDrcmf3_fQAG-9tRs-Hg4HKv2WL9l1JubkJEpnPQEVzVGLSV5TMJZW81Wnui3EAm8rzWicAlBSvCrWg7n7em10UlML06wMDU_R7TNCis_Oo9FcK6pnE0Kdhl51Q8jme8oXaCqLVeWwtD3-_g/s2082/30a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2082" data-original-width="1765" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNprWJZYX_rSRHbt4hAThExh7zQY2aTSgigTZ7i8z02gNDrcmf3_fQAG-9tRs-Hg4HKv2WL9l1JubkJEpnPQEVzVGLSV5TMJZW81Wnui3EAm8rzWicAlBSvCrWg7n7em10UlML06wMDU_R7TNCis_Oo9FcK6pnE0Kdhl51Q8jme8oXaCqLVeWwtD3-_g/w169-h200/30a.jpg" width="169" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnv7Erl-yx-hUoaA8qUct6XJ8n9DvY64IFhByQuNHztAvLp1rQKvMfHfemJGKyhXXjtTLqnD07HJgSc69kgTlLjFEYyRGPSf3yGZDqjIdaeauWL-MTmlcyWW13FHIJnlbZPBVeGUWQZc8113wUqOt8J04U7wUjghBhi2RMOktBdNmEbuJrSTQRSMx_g/s3120/30b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="1782" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnv7Erl-yx-hUoaA8qUct6XJ8n9DvY64IFhByQuNHztAvLp1rQKvMfHfemJGKyhXXjtTLqnD07HJgSc69kgTlLjFEYyRGPSf3yGZDqjIdaeauWL-MTmlcyWW13FHIJnlbZPBVeGUWQZc8113wUqOt8J04U7wUjghBhi2RMOktBdNmEbuJrSTQRSMx_g/w114-h200/30b.jpg" width="114" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8bkBYq4pMr0AR5d0crruRknPuoZg9zuGjo-XdkSkluduiiQl_rPvEjMaEAEUYAin9cDqFy1m9_gRdVxNBLkQPDqQohJcw_ENQx_vP3UbQvDTm0JLQoHz9CNuNCq7qZLVx18sEqwLc3L9XJ49Bzua3YdFDLIw7tvB7X2ZyUfSR6vHsdeY9kwTKF7Ncg/s3419/30c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3419" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8bkBYq4pMr0AR5d0crruRknPuoZg9zuGjo-XdkSkluduiiQl_rPvEjMaEAEUYAin9cDqFy1m9_gRdVxNBLkQPDqQohJcw_ENQx_vP3UbQvDTm0JLQoHz9CNuNCq7qZLVx18sEqwLc3L9XJ49Bzua3YdFDLIw7tvB7X2ZyUfSR6vHsdeY9kwTKF7Ncg/w109-h200/30c.jpg" width="109" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>How about a bath in hot or cold water? The guide said it was actually better to be in the cold water, because they only kept you there a short time. Conversely, they might keep you in the hot water for anywhere from 8hrs to a week, all in the name of calming you down, of course. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlZ9Eh87yCNj6HVCyY-ClmkzQM2vxfZoDIoKDVi7T8zBfsCdwRtOT646ans0qnPQgVxewEG7z6OAhc963tUFGFp2DWTjhC_XrcSufMBUzKpkqDlF-Yi2eCTCCWrb1rw8iT4hi7fqUA9pAH3NwqOIPwMNyEo8tK0DsPao2cMYJp8yWjpzsUSNkgf8VAw/s2556/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="2556" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlZ9Eh87yCNj6HVCyY-ClmkzQM2vxfZoDIoKDVi7T8zBfsCdwRtOT646ans0qnPQgVxewEG7z6OAhc963tUFGFp2DWTjhC_XrcSufMBUzKpkqDlF-Yi2eCTCCWrb1rw8iT4hi7fqUA9pAH3NwqOIPwMNyEo8tK0DsPao2cMYJp8yWjpzsUSNkgf8VAw/w200-h129/31.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhrFL64fRpu9a-MF0ZQccEbLkfQTl8i4WGzWRb7NzCd5HPMaIQGkc4m0LODtivK8TQyDmy9swALopnlYMxJqTS4dS56J5J1bbZE1WlSwRXaqmid48pZAqJTscIgmOaZuN_uuBjKzv8LSKvy_27xQfoNXH58yFa0MJj_nPDZVajbcm9UCkabE8TCkwxQ/s2658/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="2658" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhrFL64fRpu9a-MF0ZQccEbLkfQTl8i4WGzWRb7NzCd5HPMaIQGkc4m0LODtivK8TQyDmy9swALopnlYMxJqTS4dS56J5J1bbZE1WlSwRXaqmid48pZAqJTscIgmOaZuN_uuBjKzv8LSKvy_27xQfoNXH58yFa0MJj_nPDZVajbcm9UCkabE8TCkwxQ/w200-h138/32.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>In another quest to slow blood flow, a patient would be strapped to this chair--arms, legs, waist, shoulders and then head--in the belief that your mental illness was caused by too fast blood flow to your brain. I don't know about you, but I know that if I wasn't truly bonkers going in, I sure as hell would be after a few of these treatments. lol Look what they've reduced Caja to! lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIBpvmpGCQ_5LsoCqml8ZZkE_pWUdADVFljrwBYtpCEJbVXJE8Etb-8tTuiQ-qv2nEp7Yx--XcHsLNJZ5k9vRspY0xQHXn6G5MMcFWCch6D03HRPrOOXo2KK9rYsazJFOjd6YBzn-fOW3zNavZgOizlFhUCu8GaHqe9rtlzSdMxI4GJ2Ukp7X9Exxzw/s2778/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="2778" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIBpvmpGCQ_5LsoCqml8ZZkE_pWUdADVFljrwBYtpCEJbVXJE8Etb-8tTuiQ-qv2nEp7Yx--XcHsLNJZ5k9vRspY0xQHXn6G5MMcFWCch6D03HRPrOOXo2KK9rYsazJFOjd6YBzn-fOW3zNavZgOizlFhUCu8GaHqe9rtlzSdMxI4GJ2Ukp7X9Exxzw/w200-h123/33.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvBbGAbuHlNGOJoPdQTXLYbAdAFjYDS-CmUeL7kMq_NUNiguU8sqduZxoiR-TORTzOLxvjzfv7MkVgV8oeOg_PdnKmiIwYS_cUDqkIkSVOw2ACuwE0FxR9-j7aKu5wClL_lii4rcLM7QcqL9KdiOUWWh9L377JtTmrCtv3xOHxETl1wCkZ80-k6vxaA/s4000/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvBbGAbuHlNGOJoPdQTXLYbAdAFjYDS-CmUeL7kMq_NUNiguU8sqduZxoiR-TORTzOLxvjzfv7MkVgV8oeOg_PdnKmiIwYS_cUDqkIkSVOw2ACuwE0FxR9-j7aKu5wClL_lii4rcLM7QcqL9KdiOUWWh9L377JtTmrCtv3xOHxETl1wCkZ80-k6vxaA/w93-h200/34.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The confinement crib was widely used in the 1800s..sometimes even strung up from the ceiling so as to rock the patient in the hopes of calming them.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUaRB_tJd7tfHOZMVTSMKLN1tgaZ1h0A9gkn-VWqVrImhv88Y6Qq9yGHuUxhh8xBMwmqh_jo7-QoCow9H2-ARuC0HSAi2hgcd2_xQUSkEc8tMCsd-NhznW9o9GUC0KSCc_O_oqpf3nzLVgUG3Yd1A5TuV4ql4kJFwaIWmCu6xnz5FJMKIBQy0Nz4ARg/s2987/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2987" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUaRB_tJd7tfHOZMVTSMKLN1tgaZ1h0A9gkn-VWqVrImhv88Y6Qq9yGHuUxhh8xBMwmqh_jo7-QoCow9H2-ARuC0HSAi2hgcd2_xQUSkEc8tMCsd-NhznW9o9GUC0KSCc_O_oqpf3nzLVgUG3Yd1A5TuV4ql4kJFwaIWmCu6xnz5FJMKIBQy0Nz4ARg/w200-h125/35.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaR9B_zjE3OTcKAxOxOBONzfSOlfhzWB30Nd1FNkAmLFO4H76-GRWiEq9oiy0vKf0UrjdrSqfPiXXxiD1o36eckxQANt_JtKtdHx0rl0L3YyHV0GZYC8mzaCIrTqn_i6VMMotWhPtvrsG1tluUfrWv0zF415mBU7PdSSdUBdCBcgLGtVLhu1iLAZP4A/s4000/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaR9B_zjE3OTcKAxOxOBONzfSOlfhzWB30Nd1FNkAmLFO4H76-GRWiEq9oiy0vKf0UrjdrSqfPiXXxiD1o36eckxQANt_JtKtdHx0rl0L3YyHV0GZYC8mzaCIrTqn_i6VMMotWhPtvrsG1tluUfrWv0zF415mBU7PdSSdUBdCBcgLGtVLhu1iLAZP4A/w93-h200/36.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>You think electric shock therapy is bad? Wait till see what's coming up next!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERk3pHiHFtkFolD70vti9Ww7dFZLDv05WikuH5ZBSOf7NBZauE3y6L7MB2Gzhkte7PcC_iV12mdUuxFFk5emEZctVFL5seK5OARm6OFgGHmHg1qV98PeMokKt5nf1hFMl7qpkOi3XuSwQUXHokRtAo0HJLElDP3Q0vHZqekcHIep__dDIcanc6aT1lQ/s2521/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="2521" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERk3pHiHFtkFolD70vti9Ww7dFZLDv05WikuH5ZBSOf7NBZauE3y6L7MB2Gzhkte7PcC_iV12mdUuxFFk5emEZctVFL5seK5OARm6OFgGHmHg1qV98PeMokKt5nf1hFMl7qpkOi3XuSwQUXHokRtAo0HJLElDP3Q0vHZqekcHIep__dDIcanc6aT1lQ/w200-h142/37.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This is the "transorbital lobotomy"--where, while you were awake, they used a pick and hammer to go up underneath your eyelids, tap until the pick went about 2" into your brain, then moved the pick side to side in both eyes to sever your frontal lobe. They actually had a short, black and white, video showing the procedure being done. It was gross! This procedure was done to about 50,000 people in the country--the guide said one was Rosemary Kennedy. The boy pictured here was 12 yrs old...and is still alive today living in California. The youngest ever to have this done was 4 yrs old. So sad!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQex3pSHE4TExDr6CwgXBWV8fayBJM5K0cc2vT8vIwMJtnipdNhI4FvsUnvBPaef5hKzhdC4x1eIU_S7HEpkPeNTAAOsQuqv-6s6Z5iuO6vXXwtp5fwnYCjlW0CkpKJwz8KfFAvaw27oeayXOqTtUsTk3YLeqQRj3QPTfnk7Kk_yi6D2KWuS7xabLVQ/s2640/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1859" data-original-width="2640" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQex3pSHE4TExDr6CwgXBWV8fayBJM5K0cc2vT8vIwMJtnipdNhI4FvsUnvBPaef5hKzhdC4x1eIU_S7HEpkPeNTAAOsQuqv-6s6Z5iuO6vXXwtp5fwnYCjlW0CkpKJwz8KfFAvaw27oeayXOqTtUsTk3YLeqQRj3QPTfnk7Kk_yi6D2KWuS7xabLVQ/w200-h141/38.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_1YCCybURiVpT7aSwKRGrRfzOUCrEc7MsXSv1heOHt5VYo1UHaj3vcrQp1NIprokgs4cLT0gyJIXqdJ8j87g-x5gBXCkN7ehCGfpAzrFwcgq5l3Okpd577-kOZCyXl-_0WCKnGN-f96WFuhHkYH-sShR-kyAfxTnVgrfFJqE-7WBjQrJwaOGK7TeNg/s3300/39.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1781" data-original-width="3300" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_1YCCybURiVpT7aSwKRGrRfzOUCrEc7MsXSv1heOHt5VYo1UHaj3vcrQp1NIprokgs4cLT0gyJIXqdJ8j87g-x5gBXCkN7ehCGfpAzrFwcgq5l3Okpd577-kOZCyXl-_0WCKnGN-f96WFuhHkYH-sShR-kyAfxTnVgrfFJqE-7WBjQrJwaOGK7TeNg/w200-h108/39.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8SdBuJ6Z0cIttleS7h31Yl-he4Xd7uOQMYhl9uc-CMDexa_4bey82QOjS6Djb-p4FRJFoTL-kp9v6j41MR7GXaW5G6xAyo9pLzo9rIt9yl8n0qr1KgfIiVNUSaIWk0VMyxt93tLyX6lr_HDGxPJTaeK6AO_uLlWmag0JsQpvBNHGiRFW4_edD6--xg/s1905/40.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1905" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8SdBuJ6Z0cIttleS7h31Yl-he4Xd7uOQMYhl9uc-CMDexa_4bey82QOjS6Djb-p4FRJFoTL-kp9v6j41MR7GXaW5G6xAyo9pLzo9rIt9yl8n0qr1KgfIiVNUSaIWk0VMyxt93tLyX6lr_HDGxPJTaeK6AO_uLlWmag0JsQpvBNHGiRFW4_edD6--xg/w200-h152/40.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course no study of mental illness would be complete without the homosexuals! lol If you blow up the 1st pic they list a bunch of traits commonly thought to be true at the time. One was that they could "easily recognize each other"...lol Cracks me up!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVF5-Krjms1LfdNmN8kp3r_eCPiJyI9Tlf1RyuKLu0_4UzHosHyQCO5FdcS0PUbbG_qe_xj_jwlQpqfDFvmri0dsNxDFIOtgnnDYyviKz4rJ5IR8ttFx-gJcQ_ls7ihCqHKSvJzco1C76SjvzSPO-tFj2EbQxJGKKs3y9aqzi2lgI7FAqGAAdh897qSA/s2061/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="1683" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVF5-Krjms1LfdNmN8kp3r_eCPiJyI9Tlf1RyuKLu0_4UzHosHyQCO5FdcS0PUbbG_qe_xj_jwlQpqfDFvmri0dsNxDFIOtgnnDYyviKz4rJ5IR8ttFx-gJcQ_ls7ihCqHKSvJzco1C76SjvzSPO-tFj2EbQxJGKKs3y9aqzi2lgI7FAqGAAdh897qSA/w163-h200/41.jpg" width="163" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ng6xXTV--Ik_i-Fckti0dPM5iryAfGHI523S7XbcSdqZWp2AWP10e_XAizbp3QjpyFydSF9V-qjtJ72FwTlmqeMLOM1NELD2NJAyDMxelS0se0rP4ma40YEywZqJwpYgknH4hHsygF5qag9DSdb3XbyhdeEMq8_3qQABl4RznhQ3gbmdk_jiQA36rQ/s1647/42.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="1631" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ng6xXTV--Ik_i-Fckti0dPM5iryAfGHI523S7XbcSdqZWp2AWP10e_XAizbp3QjpyFydSF9V-qjtJ72FwTlmqeMLOM1NELD2NJAyDMxelS0se0rP4ma40YEywZqJwpYgknH4hHsygF5qag9DSdb3XbyhdeEMq8_3qQABl4RznhQ3gbmdk_jiQA36rQ/w198-h200/42.jpg" width="198" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPsr3v2AK_KWlEbzYkDx-x3hK0RP5xulUKYMj34B-fr9TxrQSwRvaIZFucZFly5YBW_yUaSDOe4VbDHWjUfxumpni00MtbTSGQ_ArqWeJZ1geuyf_YZ5Y6107V0brjqFUOZ3ZHNwDiKxcSOGvrMo8g5iaeFxHEG9Dlzzdakxtsq3GzpG3RMvwJiXhNA/s2255/43.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2255" data-original-width="1777" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPsr3v2AK_KWlEbzYkDx-x3hK0RP5xulUKYMj34B-fr9TxrQSwRvaIZFucZFly5YBW_yUaSDOe4VbDHWjUfxumpni00MtbTSGQ_ArqWeJZ1geuyf_YZ5Y6107V0brjqFUOZ3ZHNwDiKxcSOGvrMo8g5iaeFxHEG9Dlzzdakxtsq3GzpG3RMvwJiXhNA/w158-h200/43.jpg" width="158" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Reasons listed on patients forms when entering the asylum...Cathy is pointing at the one that says "women"--incredible!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9LQlAtiw5PwFdf_etcSzb6ex0Bfs2rLXgLQQGxbX-jKY0GXlw-EHanY3fWWGz_ccfgfDI7_i7V2miEhbCtvWD37JdrMctEUj5_FbRkrMR9MQjZlO6WOwBvk6E-uRWWo8q9VaRIHb8CKr2ruVHglmJJU9Ny6WDc3nBvzE73ebwz5gfHJQ3IyahPvaUw/s3047/44.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3047" data-original-width="1858" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9LQlAtiw5PwFdf_etcSzb6ex0Bfs2rLXgLQQGxbX-jKY0GXlw-EHanY3fWWGz_ccfgfDI7_i7V2miEhbCtvWD37JdrMctEUj5_FbRkrMR9MQjZlO6WOwBvk6E-uRWWo8q9VaRIHb8CKr2ruVHglmJJU9Ny6WDc3nBvzE73ebwz5gfHJQ3IyahPvaUw/w122-h200/44.jpg" width="122" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tfhJEyyafj3wb_pYAM-bRBxDSgLNk31CiDhmZA0saGfI5DAQHxjrmtICm_KuivdxcR7dbtR7wBcEqlBJzbczzQxw9EwJJGEhzOu1Vyr0sv3DJwSTW6pdJjsAtBzeRFSznvnomHQSskiMCKbyLRlp6rL5QaY9euYFCvgwXYDKTqQhL_prNGyge5cw-w/s2333/45.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="1845" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tfhJEyyafj3wb_pYAM-bRBxDSgLNk31CiDhmZA0saGfI5DAQHxjrmtICm_KuivdxcR7dbtR7wBcEqlBJzbczzQxw9EwJJGEhzOu1Vyr0sv3DJwSTW6pdJjsAtBzeRFSznvnomHQSskiMCKbyLRlp6rL5QaY9euYFCvgwXYDKTqQhL_prNGyge5cw-w/w158-h200/45.jpg" width="158" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqQ-QnT4Rf_C1RaQK7t-KJ66yZnrEDR9Vn2YM3OsdIeC8sZJGxQm6NHT7kNu2p-SPm7DE8wySAmq7BlnSAUHTIlSGU4E9PPqfLKD8nkC4p_quMQP72bwrGdmo6BtZy5XaM2HADwp0I6a2yajkq9EyAqZ5InNtpKZ0aqQlZkGX0NHJz2E6ucVleD_CwA/s3970/46.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3970" data-original-width="1646" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqQ-QnT4Rf_C1RaQK7t-KJ66yZnrEDR9Vn2YM3OsdIeC8sZJGxQm6NHT7kNu2p-SPm7DE8wySAmq7BlnSAUHTIlSGU4E9PPqfLKD8nkC4p_quMQP72bwrGdmo6BtZy5XaM2HADwp0I6a2yajkq9EyAqZ5InNtpKZ0aqQlZkGX0NHJz2E6ucVleD_CwA/w83-h200/46.jpg" width="83" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is Dr Wilbur, the 1st woman to be Superintendent of the facility in the 1960s. More interesting, is that the movie "Sybil", with Sally Fields, was based on this doctor and one of the patients she treated. I found that movie both horrifying and fascinating! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGNHx_vUt3Jpz6ddMnhpMjV5QTKsnsLReJf3Y5bh1BpbLdn_FiLE5rl2gLXWx5nrzGoGEzHr28rY3ZNn-iuZpQWQq2eUnTJSxaAqaAAa3Vm81vS3RjA3U2IYfEz13H-t4D2AjnoBR4epow8R6rhkdWmOu7CbUcBD0D13sMF2wo-xw7K8DDqYJ5Jw-OA/s4000/47.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGNHx_vUt3Jpz6ddMnhpMjV5QTKsnsLReJf3Y5bh1BpbLdn_FiLE5rl2gLXWx5nrzGoGEzHr28rY3ZNn-iuZpQWQq2eUnTJSxaAqaAAa3Vm81vS3RjA3U2IYfEz13H-t4D2AjnoBR4epow8R6rhkdWmOu7CbUcBD0D13sMF2wo-xw7K8DDqYJ5Jw-OA/w93-h200/47.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubjihjyKNZo6D4RGSzjHoCK8OZ9vsNwRMcENZzrIJJIIkQPGn5SI2Bok-kX66ZUFikYUhkoSkeYcgRycDhHIplPEhKTXS4IzzUj4Y4Fsjd2RZUe7dx29qHbP8osgjhyeG9IBoLUTy77GehogOpSz1zIEXPFUVVocW_BzC5ZXbu42ZsTRhpIrB3CYkyg/s1688/48.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="1688" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubjihjyKNZo6D4RGSzjHoCK8OZ9vsNwRMcENZzrIJJIIkQPGn5SI2Bok-kX66ZUFikYUhkoSkeYcgRycDhHIplPEhKTXS4IzzUj4Y4Fsjd2RZUe7dx29qHbP8osgjhyeG9IBoLUTy77GehogOpSz1zIEXPFUVVocW_BzC5ZXbu42ZsTRhpIrB3CYkyg/w200-h197/48.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>And as we close out the tour, here is my version of "Where's Waldo?" lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJikbDLzfPTS4aG99oQ69ZEgzFY0aASV9bauzD0GyfeETFAAswTKUXZ9WApEAcVxpcdconduSII7uZZgoHFvuOp4nh_9huQtexlYd8MvHlL5CW8yVbc1HeSEz40bVEDyHhaqq5n83iqE0xb87C5QeQMjrT5E0RsGJo0oR_SGb64jA-ggLBhd_jL-uV-g/s3316/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3316" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJikbDLzfPTS4aG99oQ69ZEgzFY0aASV9bauzD0GyfeETFAAswTKUXZ9WApEAcVxpcdconduSII7uZZgoHFvuOp4nh_9huQtexlYd8MvHlL5CW8yVbc1HeSEz40bVEDyHhaqq5n83iqE0xb87C5QeQMjrT5E0RsGJo0oR_SGb64jA-ggLBhd_jL-uV-g/w200-h112/49.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>So, today we are on our way to PA...I'm typing this on the road. Don't know how long we will visit yet, but if we see anything interesting I'll be sure to share it with you!</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-83462488845588861732022-06-02T20:17:00.000-05:002022-06-02T20:17:14.358-05:00Giddy-up, Kentucky!<p> 2 Jun 2022--Got here to Lexington this past Monday to visit "an 'almost' bucket list item" of Jeannie's, the Kentucky Horse Farm. We went to the farm on Tuesday only to find out that it was closed...lol...but the young girl at the entrance said we could go in and look around.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lk24-cnHkEtJ49TUrq7wI6n5UNLvB0snLzxyKXD5FKl3yUGvWds3h6VJTFhvFbLNexYbj8UdwGIoOJ50nLClpHx1-0TiTYg1sJ5ism0conH3A9NgQIo3aVf8R0XaUM1pwRsfqGJPJgUWXIlG9B9KrWy4NswUKDaTP4OR0xOBbgtgQK1vQmnmBZnW5g/s3608/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="3608" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lk24-cnHkEtJ49TUrq7wI6n5UNLvB0snLzxyKXD5FKl3yUGvWds3h6VJTFhvFbLNexYbj8UdwGIoOJ50nLClpHx1-0TiTYg1sJ5ism0conH3A9NgQIo3aVf8R0XaUM1pwRsfqGJPJgUWXIlG9B9KrWy4NswUKDaTP4OR0xOBbgtgQK1vQmnmBZnW5g/w200-h93/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzW3u-6LfilYEO4leV3xG4zUjOM67UrzJkUOkbGA72FfIHidn14RMpY6i5ICfjFglPZ-qcRjVH4iUfZtLpCsqN27lLvapRZqYck2ziUTwfJlxD3BKhHBUd-0b5U5WXbjqUegxj9qzG8y-Gq28PgUxXayEy-4J3oEZdN-KwxeHl5VW54ZbTQnk_5D_dg/s1048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="1048" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzW3u-6LfilYEO4leV3xG4zUjOM67UrzJkUOkbGA72FfIHidn14RMpY6i5ICfjFglPZ-qcRjVH4iUfZtLpCsqN27lLvapRZqYck2ziUTwfJlxD3BKhHBUd-0b5U5WXbjqUegxj9qzG8y-Gq28PgUxXayEy-4J3oEZdN-KwxeHl5VW54ZbTQnk_5D_dg/w200-h138/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpo7LfjWIARpADHQ8L3_IC0rnp1PXfjYl0yHSIek8U66zmmEwnhJWZwo4jQYN-MwLwqjwrHeXZJlEwBIRMy3hzotve-ePtzFuFOw7V54EQEyqaHD5qh5qPeKeTAOvF6ardePkSIhGEC4t4pjX2AXnF-JpfLSzIdH7NFFwSODl3iB8mSZ57eobCcGwgw/s2247/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1801" data-original-width="2247" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpo7LfjWIARpADHQ8L3_IC0rnp1PXfjYl0yHSIek8U66zmmEwnhJWZwo4jQYN-MwLwqjwrHeXZJlEwBIRMy3hzotve-ePtzFuFOw7V54EQEyqaHD5qh5qPeKeTAOvF6ardePkSIhGEC4t4pjX2AXnF-JpfLSzIdH7NFFwSODl3iB8mSZ57eobCcGwgw/w200-h160/3.jpg" width="200" /></a><div><br /></div><div>On our way to the farm, we saw this guy helping a mother duck and her little chicks cross the road...so cute!<br /><div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxs_8nIIOgXL-MbL0OoZQMNirNCnX6WY_BKj5UDbssOGyxSa01fhnsY1oYSDn_qL4V_n5ptP1i92khqbS8Lfg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>For our short stay in the park, we got to see some people, actually quite a few people, practicing with their horses...these are all Western Quarter Horses, bizarrely trained to always keep their heads down. Whether they are walking, slowly trotting, or doing some sort of fancy 3 step, notice that they all have their heads down the whole time. They seem horribly depressed-looking to me, so I don't know why anyone would want to train their horse to look like this, but I guess it's popular in horse circles. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzi16NImi4Kxr8d22c2RyJW2U9xUyLKcj55YA1Hu_OpEgf3h2sLQ7SO1X7ShjEBgdkptQIaUfJ5mRUgriwBsQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz2G3CvElsrN62xaGoTNUY-nS2F4kiq5JfWCAWhpSCCL92HLM1J8BWSMWFk4vbO7paxgb8zzsyCT6sMpacC0A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxkY_Q87HYdTewXT6lKNjWDTS_Z3hvZPhrJASFCNWhy6EYQ-SWkPrWQ5HyD8glUC40QrsvDQaMNcYYSw7bRvA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>So after a short while watching the depressed horses-lol-we headed to downtown Lexington. There really wasn't much to see, and there were surprisingly few people walking about. This is the County Court House, built in the early 1800s and since refurbished. It was the site of both the slave auctions and the whipping post, for those slaves deemed needing it. </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1BGSwdB3gZh0w-4p158ocfA38C6gwIZooDPWSWiB7KkHpWMwzIpENkJLFvVaYvcrsxwJ5CTSRy5h3QWedswsTg_m4FKTll1slWdx_W55FlMS-J67sqSnU0EVh2YxasoSmj8votpC9XlVsKFGnsXpld6uL5jP7lHvV_FZ8_TDNHEoI6pNq-0RElFFqQ/s4000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1BGSwdB3gZh0w-4p158ocfA38C6gwIZooDPWSWiB7KkHpWMwzIpENkJLFvVaYvcrsxwJ5CTSRy5h3QWedswsTg_m4FKTll1slWdx_W55FlMS-J67sqSnU0EVh2YxasoSmj8votpC9XlVsKFGnsXpld6uL5jP7lHvV_FZ8_TDNHEoI6pNq-0RElFFqQ/w200-h93/8.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWtxobZ43zPCOrTh99Q2MwQ9NRwbHrE32566oDnkoRqSant2quo7kHkKo7AjaVSbcrp0tJWB2srA1BiNyd1rDgjmPPPQ34WcsYi9yK7kCUui1j6OKOa3tkUCNno2Te7zks282lfErW2I-TAMsZ2icNQDnXH-I8Mqyqgg2Oh7T3kDD2xZ7ByjHIzqyDg/s4000/8a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWtxobZ43zPCOrTh99Q2MwQ9NRwbHrE32566oDnkoRqSant2quo7kHkKo7AjaVSbcrp0tJWB2srA1BiNyd1rDgjmPPPQ34WcsYi9yK7kCUui1j6OKOa3tkUCNno2Te7zks282lfErW2I-TAMsZ2icNQDnXH-I8Mqyqgg2Oh7T3kDD2xZ7ByjHIzqyDg/w93-h200/8a.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCQ-B3jvefVYTSe7rBGhdAYRUmfC9GgmyM2aoI3W0BaYi5_8NxOUEm0WPGWMEO0WCrN4sTbiL6umRT7hYj4-bYLkJE_CP5ivUS_AAs_0PSXmVxmCQ3tYjPg8CidwkIXXmRuJmB1fy2UGvzV589Im1ND3dOKT3YPO5mXtr2piaaR3X8m8OPkPTYQIYXA/s1729/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1729" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCQ-B3jvefVYTSe7rBGhdAYRUmfC9GgmyM2aoI3W0BaYi5_8NxOUEm0WPGWMEO0WCrN4sTbiL6umRT7hYj4-bYLkJE_CP5ivUS_AAs_0PSXmVxmCQ3tYjPg8CidwkIXXmRuJmB1fy2UGvzV589Im1ND3dOKT3YPO5mXtr2piaaR3X8m8OPkPTYQIYXA/w200-h175/9.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaglFieOfSAcDiFO84s-Xrl97qC-4rJaVvPJR7tvz6HpJmF1Z0j0fmJg5FEq2v4TLydZCsFizChDKWtI9F_qGzDpdfRs96XbR5Ruv4YF8__GgRifjdNv8R4o3chmZHDpb4T-zjAWYJN5-mIFMzSgMsR4Sni-BTzUJeVTwgFEFl0-ucNXIeKcieeIMlQ/s2042/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="2042" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaglFieOfSAcDiFO84s-Xrl97qC-4rJaVvPJR7tvz6HpJmF1Z0j0fmJg5FEq2v4TLydZCsFizChDKWtI9F_qGzDpdfRs96XbR5Ruv4YF8__GgRifjdNv8R4o3chmZHDpb4T-zjAWYJN5-mIFMzSgMsR4Sni-BTzUJeVTwgFEFl0-ucNXIeKcieeIMlQ/w200-h136/10.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>A couple interesting pics...curly-cue light posts, a rainbow street crossing, an eternal flame for firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty, and the the center-most point of the city. Lastly, the Lexington sign at the base of the court house. (Clearly, we didn't fix the phone for a selfie before realizing all the letters appear backwards if you don't.) </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS_ubDJ32wa0uET6sO5M-M6dYz6s2ZKI2IOqfN_iHvhdrUUjYskeCxLSHWvtqnlmvSxUMUKK6jdlaTjbHnOdVlghOv8skep61SBeWuBDbWdNzzLS20DXI3umApcuCQ6_14vfBuTclRjH0nf34f4pQlH4LwDmaxPCE5YiHKH9GKPnYcCzVa2ifKQ5kBA/s3609/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3609" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS_ubDJ32wa0uET6sO5M-M6dYz6s2ZKI2IOqfN_iHvhdrUUjYskeCxLSHWvtqnlmvSxUMUKK6jdlaTjbHnOdVlghOv8skep61SBeWuBDbWdNzzLS20DXI3umApcuCQ6_14vfBuTclRjH0nf34f4pQlH4LwDmaxPCE5YiHKH9GKPnYcCzVa2ifKQ5kBA/w104-h200/11.jpg" width="104" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaHquuU3xFGJh7Ml-GX5DETNb1bexl-a0MJbRFq_XfCkiOKDttuhTfjybQdEtno7S1zyAUnNXOJLRmvp2SKgQ2MhQRM7rXr7iFYCFEMGqUDRoPO95JMsJmfn7Z2xmjrBxYe3diprkKghVS2GJQ1bzhyOo4nGKcv43qywKtk0cQbMadmKmKZEGyfonZQ/s3160/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaHquuU3xFGJh7Ml-GX5DETNb1bexl-a0MJbRFq_XfCkiOKDttuhTfjybQdEtno7S1zyAUnNXOJLRmvp2SKgQ2MhQRM7rXr7iFYCFEMGqUDRoPO95JMsJmfn7Z2xmjrBxYe3diprkKghVS2GJQ1bzhyOo4nGKcv43qywKtk0cQbMadmKmKZEGyfonZQ/w118-h200/12.jpg" width="118" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirb_yvHKJWhZh4fMUKcCBNg1aFyHxGBEt8xwUtgWuR4lQyrP06bh7bIEMNRgMyBpybDQf2rKLe-qBE5FablNzWGq2zL7eUQ4jvpdGKlfhX9EG8NvS9CyO4EsrmpDFmLMPn2CPp66UlLohw6PacWpD_wZ2440s8yB50MwOMc1cTg9faR0SfxQyeCOPhbg/s3618/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3618" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirb_yvHKJWhZh4fMUKcCBNg1aFyHxGBEt8xwUtgWuR4lQyrP06bh7bIEMNRgMyBpybDQf2rKLe-qBE5FablNzWGq2zL7eUQ4jvpdGKlfhX9EG8NvS9CyO4EsrmpDFmLMPn2CPp66UlLohw6PacWpD_wZ2440s8yB50MwOMc1cTg9faR0SfxQyeCOPhbg/w103-h200/13.jpg" width="103" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBAC-rqjsEoFeUqjXIJG1n-3ots8xKS71NFVJLB6kstfr043KaaCm-ufZLd4wPMO2yFOQsZYZlVGCgHM84tP7H1wvC9OfT8qkinTT7OPERk7vpqzbZqc_17H6Gzi20oaNXDGpZsb3WirWQ65YF2eptlZ8FJ2TEBS56TyUNxq5zs2nOCW52TeHdXHj1A/s2966/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2966" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBAC-rqjsEoFeUqjXIJG1n-3ots8xKS71NFVJLB6kstfr043KaaCm-ufZLd4wPMO2yFOQsZYZlVGCgHM84tP7H1wvC9OfT8qkinTT7OPERk7vpqzbZqc_17H6Gzi20oaNXDGpZsb3WirWQ65YF2eptlZ8FJ2TEBS56TyUNxq5zs2nOCW52TeHdXHj1A/w126-h200/14.jpg" width="126" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFYLzjpc66slQUB4d4YCibd8kHTRvT8e8kIZY1EffwWvXI43rNW2xRsezh34MWO31I-c7kLa5tsdIYcgku1AkB9bB-0r1iGVgoiZPUcZbj3B-aSAhsY3nRskBSPi0hy6R7TTCPv37Ead9EUgqrIbxgMseNepCbPwS4bAbQiBIOTaCT0ynorXBpn-7HQ/s3216/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="3216" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFYLzjpc66slQUB4d4YCibd8kHTRvT8e8kIZY1EffwWvXI43rNW2xRsezh34MWO31I-c7kLa5tsdIYcgku1AkB9bB-0r1iGVgoiZPUcZbj3B-aSAhsY3nRskBSPi0hy6R7TTCPv37Ead9EUgqrIbxgMseNepCbPwS4bAbQiBIOTaCT0ynorXBpn-7HQ/w200-h93/15.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In the visitor's center we learned that 95% of the world's bourbon is made in Kentucky, and that Mary Todd Lincoln was born here...just a mile or two from this spot. And who doesn't love a painted horse! Especially with Jeannie peaking over the back! lol</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfSNjx2cz4JKrhI-fq1gZE78A-3HziXVAKcBhsLdIQ_C7YOV5obG_Rmmk5EjFvFqTB8ZImrgxuUECJs69TFCb1t9FufOUjIwm48v-z8M2lReMWMpjKIOYsgkzWDafRzrsp1x5hcOM3eMKGc4_ldSqblN-oEX_R5xEfx0S96tG1Plvo6THaZ3nLpnibQ/s1814/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="1814" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfSNjx2cz4JKrhI-fq1gZE78A-3HziXVAKcBhsLdIQ_C7YOV5obG_Rmmk5EjFvFqTB8ZImrgxuUECJs69TFCb1t9FufOUjIwm48v-z8M2lReMWMpjKIOYsgkzWDafRzrsp1x5hcOM3eMKGc4_ldSqblN-oEX_R5xEfx0S96tG1Plvo6THaZ3nLpnibQ/w200-h199/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgOst_7aRlSpl6GY2-y2d46G26VNDs4jUKv_ZYCbRq_RhMG35xhKrw_LEDCl5dikLnhz6bPEeKjqwwZOMyT2zfPx2XeUOMmBLPXXZwhqwOb1Ic1B0UPAOmbaB9K8FFiDRG-HMlgegLjW-UEIuED4BI9q2HL4hbs8Qj5OyYb26h15TXWe7cFFpMBWycA/s3268/16a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3268" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgOst_7aRlSpl6GY2-y2d46G26VNDs4jUKv_ZYCbRq_RhMG35xhKrw_LEDCl5dikLnhz6bPEeKjqwwZOMyT2zfPx2XeUOMmBLPXXZwhqwOb1Ic1B0UPAOmbaB9K8FFiDRG-HMlgegLjW-UEIuED4BI9q2HL4hbs8Qj5OyYb26h15TXWe7cFFpMBWycA/w200-h113/16a.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>A few things stand out when you drive around this area. One is how many fences, and double fences, line these roads and fields. Lexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World, with 450 working horse farms, and every farm has multiples of these fences to not only keep the horses from getting out into the street, but to separate the paddocks that keep certain horses separate from others. We were told that these fences cost about $18,000 per mile to build, so with miles and miles of them in just this area alone, it is a considerable sum spent on each farm. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAbhXWnRuPnClAlzRPgTGTh6KgGBbZ2r-uMgUUSfSR-M94kBEC-3WGzP_b8mo5mPpOTY8dw60B_nyCDS359ttdJvNN3xoJKF9yXZbHa-6avQjxNaD3Ver0PythHWluvnBDGgnghd9jck1d6pm_ktGd4mfbS1Lr6hR8faHtYTSPbeh_ye6Mcck35AMJg/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAbhXWnRuPnClAlzRPgTGTh6KgGBbZ2r-uMgUUSfSR-M94kBEC-3WGzP_b8mo5mPpOTY8dw60B_nyCDS359ttdJvNN3xoJKF9yXZbHa-6avQjxNaD3Ver0PythHWluvnBDGgnghd9jck1d6pm_ktGd4mfbS1Lr6hR8faHtYTSPbeh_ye6Mcck35AMJg/w200-h93/17.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>These stone fences line lots of roads and properties, sometimes for miles, and date back mostly to the early and mid-1800s. If you click on the pic to make it bigger, you will see that there is no mortar holding them together. They were built by Scotch-Irish stonemason immigrants, who later taught slaves how to do it. The stones are limestone, which brings up a 3rd thing that stands out here. Lexington and the surrounding area sits on limestone, and whatever minerals that limestone puts out leads to incredibly green grass as far as the eye can see. It is really, really pretty here.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOj8LidoiN0UrxCGC9XQEimFr0a_wd9vMjQBT6yGz1Ktb-1UYsSchinYA29JiwUnx1KdAWDwVuVaMV_fOgrEs3gfbA66mLmgjgkIQktKYFCkleRXdjbd8EOooAKsaumRxKmEOGY2ObBZu-TRQrFIU_qT1l-2RvCLQcFktl6DKpjsQTb06JP29Ky8ZCFA/s3160/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1595" data-original-width="3160" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOj8LidoiN0UrxCGC9XQEimFr0a_wd9vMjQBT6yGz1Ktb-1UYsSchinYA29JiwUnx1KdAWDwVuVaMV_fOgrEs3gfbA66mLmgjgkIQktKYFCkleRXdjbd8EOooAKsaumRxKmEOGY2ObBZu-TRQrFIU_qT1l-2RvCLQcFktl6DKpjsQTb06JP29Ky8ZCFA/w200-h101/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IZWYg1c_DeVtN5GZPInWrVuyQpXzSbk1Cj3927QqGeODnInflG942EHUjJQ-kFQIVJZ8cv-uGutPk4J6TpZmTWCzgIS3uXg_LmFdGINtzESGkUMdSAyKn0xtYXZhLwnUgPZ_rqf1EH3BH_L9bzpIqr9B8uPVrJ02wZ2sm5chsv9yQ9MLzbLS7welQw/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IZWYg1c_DeVtN5GZPInWrVuyQpXzSbk1Cj3927QqGeODnInflG942EHUjJQ-kFQIVJZ8cv-uGutPk4J6TpZmTWCzgIS3uXg_LmFdGINtzESGkUMdSAyKn0xtYXZhLwnUgPZ_rqf1EH3BH_L9bzpIqr9B8uPVrJ02wZ2sm5chsv9yQ9MLzbLS7welQw/w200-h93/19.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So on Tuesday we finally make it to the Kentucky Horse Farm.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadvRz8w0Vu1USwEamV-Cli-FbBbmuZoCBeF81DAqBK-pn9Iq6sMOsySbG4Az0Qzo7CN6TLBIAD0fLJsKYU_3ux-TtEMiMki-iBvKlDzi3GGN8wjucRCwPGE8-TvILefdZ9Ho8UigHtwcJMyeA3X9s9dqiBMLwh3KOLDJyCpJ8tCOZGudJNTYvUPQ4CA/s3445/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="3445" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadvRz8w0Vu1USwEamV-Cli-FbBbmuZoCBeF81DAqBK-pn9Iq6sMOsySbG4Az0Qzo7CN6TLBIAD0fLJsKYU_3ux-TtEMiMki-iBvKlDzi3GGN8wjucRCwPGE8-TvILefdZ9Ho8UigHtwcJMyeA3X9s9dqiBMLwh3KOLDJyCpJ8tCOZGudJNTYvUPQ4CA/w200-h99/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>There are different barns showing off different horses, so our 1st stop was the Hall of Champions. These 3 horses are all champions, starting with "Western Dreamer", who is now 28 yrs old and the only gelding to have won the Triple Crown. The 2nd horse is "Mr. Muscleman", a trotter who won over $3 million dollars in his career. And the 3rd horse is "Win the West", a pacer who took in almost $4 million dollars in his career. Trotters and Pacers are the horses that pull the little buggy behind them with the rider in it. The difference between them is that the trotter runs like we would--when his right front foot is out his left back foot is back--so like your arms and legs go opposite when you walk or run. A Pacer on the other hand, puts both his front and back leg on each side out at the same time--so his right front and right back legs are hitting the ground at the same time. They are actually bred this way to keep the trait going. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmtfc3D9MMvdZ1oy0B1X-nIWHljTJFJbFqgZbIR8uq7QuRtDEekyiWy1o3FQ_uPO7Uhl2u_WRJjDvnJZu3GPzhvDizmlPk2KbNkmq9qfnnwo5ZIHRB4nyYIeOUiSU20h2bB3_2AIcIk9vrrA1CMnPgF1EmoC8O9TXQ3K8ZMXg8buiwHYhrwOfOabOwQ/s3203/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1859" data-original-width="3203" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmtfc3D9MMvdZ1oy0B1X-nIWHljTJFJbFqgZbIR8uq7QuRtDEekyiWy1o3FQ_uPO7Uhl2u_WRJjDvnJZu3GPzhvDizmlPk2KbNkmq9qfnnwo5ZIHRB4nyYIeOUiSU20h2bB3_2AIcIk9vrrA1CMnPgF1EmoC8O9TXQ3K8ZMXg8buiwHYhrwOfOabOwQ/w200-h116/21.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9ym2AGUZ-dGmFwIffFy-E-ieuoJbr8a8BP1SfKN3UNLayjS9pGt2ChYHotwa7lCAuak71E8gIEQDFSM7yxO_iH8SyHV1zpbyepo0UaeMKDz32sSbDCt14KEMZSsWFkcJO90vSkJ1VtXzhzxXgIswPK75ETlj3MKCzQU51wVNNLDIl8Gtq4uoG0OzUg/s3190/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3190" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9ym2AGUZ-dGmFwIffFy-E-ieuoJbr8a8BP1SfKN3UNLayjS9pGt2ChYHotwa7lCAuak71E8gIEQDFSM7yxO_iH8SyHV1zpbyepo0UaeMKDz32sSbDCt14KEMZSsWFkcJO90vSkJ1VtXzhzxXgIswPK75ETlj3MKCzQU51wVNNLDIl8Gtq4uoG0OzUg/w200-h117/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1F3zXrluno9M486_tZL91gVjqhEnyghrhyBAyBSFOkxu3w9USW-1Nstz35vIs_Kf_rY71nTTiHQtrkIkSot4GwIhkJKuK-L1QB4R54XqWa986ercnMPu0IXrrd6nAPLjxU2V1llrTBYwBuv3p-cfQ461b5bEvXE4FyghJH7QK6-5k26kaw6Ua-KewA/s2671/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2671" data-original-width="1867" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1F3zXrluno9M486_tZL91gVjqhEnyghrhyBAyBSFOkxu3w9USW-1Nstz35vIs_Kf_rY71nTTiHQtrkIkSot4GwIhkJKuK-L1QB4R54XqWa986ercnMPu0IXrrd6nAPLjxU2V1llrTBYwBuv3p-cfQ461b5bEvXE4FyghJH7QK6-5k26kaw6Ua-KewA/w140-h200/23.jpg" width="140" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Next we went to the Parade of Breeds show, which had a little more action. They brought out about 6 different horses, but I only included these four. 1st up is the Chincoteaque Pony, a pony native to a small island off the coast of Virginia, and then we had a Halflinger--a very pretty mare from Austria. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45GQTTaIp2oVC6PLcOv4tw_Z3BP5Ih7UqtJnTq4HBkl1zmzngRlqAKP3ZfLsnNpWzhvuq0PV1li4B6jAH1AhNh-8cSJ4lJQUmj0XoninwqeYlrkCYDfkVT-ntyPHalQOB_wiUoGOAiMZHiYsO_aOltpUKh2NJoLRjjxSS1dHAYsFQqfv4AtL0-9jQ7g/s2859/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1763" data-original-width="2859" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45GQTTaIp2oVC6PLcOv4tw_Z3BP5Ih7UqtJnTq4HBkl1zmzngRlqAKP3ZfLsnNpWzhvuq0PV1li4B6jAH1AhNh-8cSJ4lJQUmj0XoninwqeYlrkCYDfkVT-ntyPHalQOB_wiUoGOAiMZHiYsO_aOltpUKh2NJoLRjjxSS1dHAYsFQqfv4AtL0-9jQ7g/w200-h123/24.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxS99r5IHHXgn4VKTqagD4JiGVVgXrqCwChVuYwJfSdxGWlLaZ71DP1ZVdCbGLwgpAiVa33d2RW5sMvE57uIlxEnXDs26CYEJIk2hGEnZMlAiD2boABM5tX-PCWD6MkubzZF0dTdBOTZzlrB1LYV6B4OMTtLHxLHtp-LAQK3E0bAwV0EgzGWcASrjpA/s3174/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3174" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxS99r5IHHXgn4VKTqagD4JiGVVgXrqCwChVuYwJfSdxGWlLaZ71DP1ZVdCbGLwgpAiVa33d2RW5sMvE57uIlxEnXDs26CYEJIk2hGEnZMlAiD2boABM5tX-PCWD6MkubzZF0dTdBOTZzlrB1LYV6B4OMTtLHxLHtp-LAQK3E0bAwV0EgzGWcASrjpA/w200-h118/25.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The best were the next 2. First up is Frodo, a Friesian horse from the Netherlands...here's a shout-out to our friends Ellen and Jolanda from Amsterdam! He was really big, dwarfing the 1st 2 horses, and looked beautiful when they got him running around.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T7mt9-NTacPStjRdkKScgqZRpRRdDgE9liLYIlbEBCxOEPxGCIyQnAZ2AH2l8RURszUVTYOWPg2rgtnSs0yNC7J-Km4POo1VaFQJ5RlVIFRPTBOLwXXMfHanOdO3qVbn4BXRVKOpbeYqOiQ1xgNURobgQhuRm_W51dxfHF8TcCD_ZNCuoTx3uXNqqQ/s2810/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="2810" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T7mt9-NTacPStjRdkKScgqZRpRRdDgE9liLYIlbEBCxOEPxGCIyQnAZ2AH2l8RURszUVTYOWPg2rgtnSs0yNC7J-Km4POo1VaFQJ5RlVIFRPTBOLwXXMfHanOdO3qVbn4BXRVKOpbeYqOiQ1xgNURobgQhuRm_W51dxfHF8TcCD_ZNCuoTx3uXNqqQ/w200-h131/26.jpg" width="200" /></a> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzXM6OCvUCzxdSyWXdDrvNsSZa3YPb2h9Zig3t5P8U49G7JHIeZW58FFWy05CyhIaZ2t5MHf_wC7HenKRsAtA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>And this was the best. This is an English Shire--a war horse going back to medieval times when the knights would fight. It is the biggest of the draft horses...fun to watch!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ89gfyIFM2OKuKN63ln3YiXfnNcbcNt4WOGqwkXlv0NLZKkQflToZK0hyp8cKlc_0wVdz5xqIk_E7g5gAETlbjafId-nrb6cybQsQ8lY1ySc2SNDJz0QHKeKlQsDlA3Z-ImQ97yUOk3sE-qClGUUqIuNeVRwAHGfFcai2OAek9GE5Pbgx6XY9XrPcSg/s2183/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="2183" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ89gfyIFM2OKuKN63ln3YiXfnNcbcNt4WOGqwkXlv0NLZKkQflToZK0hyp8cKlc_0wVdz5xqIk_E7g5gAETlbjafId-nrb6cybQsQ8lY1ySc2SNDJz0QHKeKlQsDlA3Z-ImQ97yUOk3sE-qClGUUqIuNeVRwAHGfFcai2OAek9GE5Pbgx6XY9XrPcSg/w200-h140/27.jpg" width="200" /></a> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx0qUqa-dP2_oXAoOALAFoq8kG3WWyqDlB3SWvI8ZWf8xALcdmcVb-O3s7-zzo8sDOYy8EljLW-Jlr14q5vPQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>Me, a little nervous, petting Frodo.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXvASSTT1gmp13aL8BlUfFuUSJXOzEZLgVMXUQMevyaSNyRxS33QgDXXtcTBwC30_kxVspBy2XgrCmDrxN-YRSgImUIABloMLXhilQjIeWTHdqo6vySfMakKGYCK5wJxiN2NaLvFIXy13dfwxkmo1SGUOs6zhzDAjC6P6L-YHUFiOReKv4bBZqK5qZA/s4000/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXvASSTT1gmp13aL8BlUfFuUSJXOzEZLgVMXUQMevyaSNyRxS33QgDXXtcTBwC30_kxVspBy2XgrCmDrxN-YRSgImUIABloMLXhilQjIeWTHdqo6vySfMakKGYCK5wJxiN2NaLvFIXy13dfwxkmo1SGUOs6zhzDAjC6P6L-YHUFiOReKv4bBZqK5qZA/w93-h200/28.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Off to the draft horse barn. Along with the English Shire, draft horses were originally bred for warfare...the armor worn by the soldiers used to be really heavy so the horses had to be able to bear that weight. Here you see Cathy with a 1600 lb Clydesdale, the most well known horse, and then I am with a Belgian, who because of it's work ethic is the most numerous in North America and Europe. He weighs in at 2300 lbs!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4E3sx-Dm_jgVeH7o1EJKIVriRAgW8cgpUgYoGF-PIBciMbCEfT9us02h8hMEjb39SZx9-iXZRgWe-07lYXKgfsdXuZm4Hnl3mecrO3g7empiBMoUWAS-hYta5i3w5gj5vF6SisMIzBRJ-wV47jcNXF-2TSUQiSRwXSl89qptZIhbAcw0GCEiZkSBTiA/s3398/28a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="3398" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4E3sx-Dm_jgVeH7o1EJKIVriRAgW8cgpUgYoGF-PIBciMbCEfT9us02h8hMEjb39SZx9-iXZRgWe-07lYXKgfsdXuZm4Hnl3mecrO3g7empiBMoUWAS-hYta5i3w5gj5vF6SisMIzBRJ-wV47jcNXF-2TSUQiSRwXSl89qptZIhbAcw0GCEiZkSBTiA/w200-h95/28a.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EVhPDXngf80YrDGL3h8FLyjIvUcH8_FmMFfQb1xi9iegHwYqCBFwYKUjExiXwufWNJy99ltn1c3Y5Es6vH6VWM3ryVj78sjHPT9Rnvc4HxckDMVUrNt1TrgRrWeW5RZq7_kMkdXjn2efH1KC_2NSKSmxnBUV4UN4kJoPyRWtSmAewE4RvsKaV2_CWQ/s4000/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EVhPDXngf80YrDGL3h8FLyjIvUcH8_FmMFfQb1xi9iegHwYqCBFwYKUjExiXwufWNJy99ltn1c3Y5Es6vH6VWM3ryVj78sjHPT9Rnvc4HxckDMVUrNt1TrgRrWeW5RZq7_kMkdXjn2efH1KC_2NSKSmxnBUV4UN4kJoPyRWtSmAewE4RvsKaV2_CWQ/w200-h93/30.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8rTsmyt69kjvplDU_ci9N8UqOCXQgeB1sWSmxzu1yxvlnQPi7SSmLlEOL2TkbBGA-1QDDB12PDp3XXc1mhLRISNrMBJ_bdaKSSGx4E0y0E2WnbFQ0TcQtasKzxS5IZTeiGxRWapimQSwpbwNBcJ6i4sTkD8qB4LFADs1v9z5cJ3ES-8y-xQ2kYMDaA/s4000/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8rTsmyt69kjvplDU_ci9N8UqOCXQgeB1sWSmxzu1yxvlnQPi7SSmLlEOL2TkbBGA-1QDDB12PDp3XXc1mhLRISNrMBJ_bdaKSSGx4E0y0E2WnbFQ0TcQtasKzxS5IZTeiGxRWapimQSwpbwNBcJ6i4sTkD8qB4LFADs1v9z5cJ3ES-8y-xQ2kYMDaA/w200-h93/31.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> A couple of the coaches displayed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YtLDiltAflyhzaP7QDySzmD2oqqQ-gcOb8VOqn8glE-GqGq7cS_M6dHz5ONAGWrbNLEkh20hPcaZ9z8Oo843OOwMN3WGn_qKtNLCQaPG9-Yxgxs5wh3ffNR-hfhurE_pdzRhJj_88SC7KDwIUSEl8V3TqQO-nkuC9BIem823l2uZJ4YcotcTkBroyQ/s3635/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="3635" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YtLDiltAflyhzaP7QDySzmD2oqqQ-gcOb8VOqn8glE-GqGq7cS_M6dHz5ONAGWrbNLEkh20hPcaZ9z8Oo843OOwMN3WGn_qKtNLCQaPG9-Yxgxs5wh3ffNR-hfhurE_pdzRhJj_88SC7KDwIUSEl8V3TqQO-nkuC9BIem823l2uZJ4YcotcTkBroyQ/w200-h103/32.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmcur5GAaMnkGTtZ9pobKWZ_SDWfZS3oj7wWR_oLLKoWqXfDzokRNtLK2Jlgv0MHn3PKduvRwS0tnuyEJ8dDEliiwOFI9Q6Bt1GiZOhd4F5N6c6WMCZzJeDFGrlD31ihA8u6jtwMpAJxee8t6mkcEjaaOQc1GQHUtyhkXIi53L3DJET0n-OmoFjAEXw/s3089/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1843" data-original-width="3089" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmcur5GAaMnkGTtZ9pobKWZ_SDWfZS3oj7wWR_oLLKoWqXfDzokRNtLK2Jlgv0MHn3PKduvRwS0tnuyEJ8dDEliiwOFI9Q6Bt1GiZOhd4F5N6c6WMCZzJeDFGrlD31ihA8u6jtwMpAJxee8t6mkcEjaaOQc1GQHUtyhkXIi53L3DJET0n-OmoFjAEXw/w200-h119/33.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, we went to one of the 2 museums, this one being the "International Museum of the Horse". There was simply too much to take in here. I think there were 3 floors of exhibits, but by the time we got to the final floor we were pretty tapped out. (We are definitely getting old...lol) So instead of posting all the pics I took, I'll just leave you with a few fun facts.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is statue of SSgt Reckless, a much decorated horse who served in the Marines in the Korean War, and is buried at Camp Pendleton. Next we learn the origins of why we drive on the right side of the road. Look at the picture and see where the driver of the coach is sitting. He sat on the last horse on the left, and therefore could see anyone coming in the other direction.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK2lWazCJznq2yG28LZxwGVeTwmaWkbcml_DKtVfMCm3D0dzedFRisPUAtITA8ye2mzuBaU0Xa5Y1fzhHOvgjB5YuVBXIX6xIpCEVwa0KsF4s2P0OWuM-V9zhE9YYGDNuNq1drMoZhrKOh2Eko8T9iNqmbNcdsb4lrFv4o32nqzNh7PXXqFepFMK-tg/s2505/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2505" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK2lWazCJznq2yG28LZxwGVeTwmaWkbcml_DKtVfMCm3D0dzedFRisPUAtITA8ye2mzuBaU0Xa5Y1fzhHOvgjB5YuVBXIX6xIpCEVwa0KsF4s2P0OWuM-V9zhE9YYGDNuNq1drMoZhrKOh2Eko8T9iNqmbNcdsb4lrFv4o32nqzNh7PXXqFepFMK-tg/w200-h149/34.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFl4FTM4oQ0e9Cu-4pWTfiLou1kstDmBfRKcjKK6s-kjCz--DZVUACFD3vwV__cN0mc1elM7RGe65qYgvntj8j6C_SQvQnoAH1oNcvX9uSzIKILk8oPmTSOuzaSr5OQqsIRSVNb0vxmZZJOWX5UjogRUMar-YvcefFvgWTiIdiKURYJ6sJJ6eTfdXBQ/s1724/35.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="1724" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFl4FTM4oQ0e9Cu-4pWTfiLou1kstDmBfRKcjKK6s-kjCz--DZVUACFD3vwV__cN0mc1elM7RGe65qYgvntj8j6C_SQvQnoAH1oNcvX9uSzIKILk8oPmTSOuzaSr5OQqsIRSVNb0vxmZZJOWX5UjogRUMar-YvcefFvgWTiIdiKURYJ6sJJ6eTfdXBQ/w200-h199/35.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know how I missed this, but according to this telling Paul Revere never rode into Concord at all. A Dr. Samuel Prescott is the one who warned the Minutemen that the British were coming. I am the only one who either forgot this, or never actually knew it? lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXubDK_m_pZrRnWa3QxaHNGUEoyj_YaQSqZGZUPMoF66acjN4__nNxmbT7x9MeSkM8q-1c05vzHAoJTupdp0k66Zd66zTqWKUEUCkkhnrUxdNxwyERZaJKJFaUmUPqBdhGMY4lUdFnTdlpjQM5jMWFaBNOqRy7jytfPBaHzju6vtqVri9X9OrZyY9lw/s4000/36.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXubDK_m_pZrRnWa3QxaHNGUEoyj_YaQSqZGZUPMoF66acjN4__nNxmbT7x9MeSkM8q-1c05vzHAoJTupdp0k66Zd66zTqWKUEUCkkhnrUxdNxwyERZaJKJFaUmUPqBdhGMY4lUdFnTdlpjQM5jMWFaBNOqRy7jytfPBaHzju6vtqVri9X9OrZyY9lw/w200-h93/36.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmmQ9ZL3URqULZnIYHRvz-IyNThKiAf0c2c2ZIDCwjqo3sEbEZppd0zim9x06fvkpfsI-aIv9NElsoQxAnuTtEipCD5TVAykGsBhlb4mQPi5EObLNLkr88nM0cmdDC1Ng9-bfYE6wECoddrsDnM1LuoljdRw6iMOLB_I_rn6BTNiszC4epwMZS-puqg/s1770/37.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1770" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmmQ9ZL3URqULZnIYHRvz-IyNThKiAf0c2c2ZIDCwjqo3sEbEZppd0zim9x06fvkpfsI-aIv9NElsoQxAnuTtEipCD5TVAykGsBhlb4mQPi5EObLNLkr88nM0cmdDC1Ng9-bfYE6wECoddrsDnM1LuoljdRw6iMOLB_I_rn6BTNiszC4epwMZS-puqg/w200-h174/37.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>I would have bet big money that it was a man who invented the side saddle for women...lol...but, alas, it was Anne of Bohemia back in 1381 who did. And who knew that they milk horses in Kazakhstan? Finally, it's interesting that for the 1st Kentucky Derby in 1875, 13 of the 15 riders were African Americans, including the winner!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiof0d2q4Rnfx13KrcLPKqMUlrhGVavRjZ22ONC4nhEkO6TjFMzdhJSRRHs7xK5jgg69Jz4zF8vQfCN8YPTQfzClTLf4q8CDG8jxWrECufm35iRVTp9fcoFC6PurlSjpqOypkfIzsuvUcpRTryoXEGEQx5DhZ5JjfN6vdbx0UCs8WX3ImnUJ2IXNM-9Sg/s1669/38.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="1669" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiof0d2q4Rnfx13KrcLPKqMUlrhGVavRjZ22ONC4nhEkO6TjFMzdhJSRRHs7xK5jgg69Jz4zF8vQfCN8YPTQfzClTLf4q8CDG8jxWrECufm35iRVTp9fcoFC6PurlSjpqOypkfIzsuvUcpRTryoXEGEQx5DhZ5JjfN6vdbx0UCs8WX3ImnUJ2IXNM-9Sg/w200-h194/38.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1z5ZHMXA4XqH-_TQ1bSY_dbNxRgOB-mdonZHopw8Osjg7GBxetH7VU999W6yjg80tB7KiG7MVcr5hG96HQddjnu8EXK2hMtKQVf8nw7yqiLlPj3ixDPO-vXpprffbQoZFnBsJmU_TJl8r8EfPF8tFZaEC8Ej-bs_-Vnbd8ZDAmisApmPQAjtJymEoA/s2484/39.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2484" data-original-width="1825" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1z5ZHMXA4XqH-_TQ1bSY_dbNxRgOB-mdonZHopw8Osjg7GBxetH7VU999W6yjg80tB7KiG7MVcr5hG96HQddjnu8EXK2hMtKQVf8nw7yqiLlPj3ixDPO-vXpprffbQoZFnBsJmU_TJl8r8EfPF8tFZaEC8Ej-bs_-Vnbd8ZDAmisApmPQAjtJymEoA/w147-h200/39.jpg" width="147" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHa51Y0GTmuCKkrOrmceuISodd3zsUds2zMGrlMMkm8hFwVsqmU9WBhoriWHuM1N73WMuaBLebIjIgOUSkVGzjAFn5lWwE179L8YFhYVm3hIYnG2VusD5oGxT4ZREf-bSwnF5O3Z1FwMM7hCrwn2m7uxdPx74gSm-pYepgLDlBwabHef3--msFNxxjw/s2939/40.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2939" data-original-width="1830" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHa51Y0GTmuCKkrOrmceuISodd3zsUds2zMGrlMMkm8hFwVsqmU9WBhoriWHuM1N73WMuaBLebIjIgOUSkVGzjAFn5lWwE179L8YFhYVm3hIYnG2VusD5oGxT4ZREf-bSwnF5O3Z1FwMM7hCrwn2m7uxdPx74gSm-pYepgLDlBwabHef3--msFNxxjw/w124-h200/40.jpg" width="124" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>A sampling of dresses worn at the Derby over the years.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtphTXlSbKYjSk3_qYUkiZLgffUlCZk3tSLBGslkC2yK5X-2ME7zcrTXtLkHZVw5XaTNzFBlTsgLcPiuF4jQ4NPdbnqOXE0Hox5VrssaiN8xnLA_IJmJGSaKET_yXH88azxcutwR371fDcF4Dr0_k2IEqR1bSy2oNOoSPXBFECLtQ_9x00nRq5nlLwg/s3838/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1601" data-original-width="3838" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtphTXlSbKYjSk3_qYUkiZLgffUlCZk3tSLBGslkC2yK5X-2ME7zcrTXtLkHZVw5XaTNzFBlTsgLcPiuF4jQ4NPdbnqOXE0Hox5VrssaiN8xnLA_IJmJGSaKET_yXH88azxcutwR371fDcF4Dr0_k2IEqR1bSy2oNOoSPXBFECLtQ_9x00nRq5nlLwg/w200-h83/41.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Last of the fun facts: Did you know that horses get new shoes every 6-8 weeks? Or that they eat about 20 lbs of hay and grain a day, and drink 6-10 gallons of water a day? </div><div><br /></div><div>We were all pretty tired after our day here--if you ever come plan on a 2-day stop just to get thru the museums. lol </div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow we are touring the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (their name for it, not mine--lol) The name alone demands we visit it. lol. Stay tuned! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-33113435053287059732022-05-28T21:37:00.001-05:002022-05-29T06:17:03.795-05:00Chattanooga River Walk<p>28 May 2022--Went biking on the River Walk here in Chattanooga, a really nice trail that snakes along the Tennessee River for 13 miles. We only did about 8 miles total, but it was quite enjoyable.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRMx0jWOiYEExLd-KDZfgtktZFyqxEJprui1ztz09K2YeDgbEwCur5uNiATPVU_aVY6ysXlyeU-PsW32Hl9XNNhZrJdLMiTWAc-M7hP2YoiQIM7uweRCMxrAANM7hAqgQUxLJDwQTEQBVXNjDT12R0D7RYq9oq50FiwptJQ9ZErU4-PyBkfPZJpb-lA/s4000/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRMx0jWOiYEExLd-KDZfgtktZFyqxEJprui1ztz09K2YeDgbEwCur5uNiATPVU_aVY6ysXlyeU-PsW32Hl9XNNhZrJdLMiTWAc-M7hP2YoiQIM7uweRCMxrAANM7hAqgQUxLJDwQTEQBVXNjDT12R0D7RYq9oq50FiwptJQ9ZErU4-PyBkfPZJpb-lA/w150-h200/1.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrFSovZ9eClrmPxl4vx0pZwWEGyVzSvc4DSwI_6fPbdu7Nt1VchFQMcnD7fid3BMmCkKUjTe88aOYJIsO83zEkcp83MLN5B_msz3TowiT0krJfX2_wLuJ2laZsNbKWLdI-Qul3e4C_OixYGcg36IQp6gqOw3oZMPA6uwY4VdblRvaoQFh1z4z25ssOg/s3738/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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I stopped to capture up close a whole section along the trail just covered with Kudzu. Tennessee has miles and miles of trees and forests, and it seems like no one is doing anything about this out of control growth. I would think someone should be able to figure out a cure, short of goats, to save these forests before they are completely smothered with Kudzu. </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx23H4U-TNa-gR_m8m9jTGXyPtxemTi9n9JB3CWaOjMJG9XHWOfwX069h9oTtTPRURlhlK_Jis65VsFG1PoPQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Just a couple pics along the trail.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDp0Qo3xKz1g5SbwegPZOuwZoTLHuoEqS2aCe3Kjk1nifR92ezZQ3wSCKuiPoyKt-GBUgEkyC76BB6PD9pn66ArfkfChXSjGcY2kacNDZTGXQ5NoLRh3GOXgB151YKujXA0wwSdVWIdsjbOXmogclDq9cdHJDYOj-5KxUsALEd1ZqH2SZ3qu_5HiV4w/s4000/15.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDp0Qo3xKz1g5SbwegPZOuwZoTLHuoEqS2aCe3Kjk1nifR92ezZQ3wSCKuiPoyKt-GBUgEkyC76BB6PD9pn66ArfkfChXSjGcY2kacNDZTGXQ5NoLRh3GOXgB151YKujXA0wwSdVWIdsjbOXmogclDq9cdHJDYOj-5KxUsALEd1ZqH2SZ3qu_5HiV4w/w200-h93/15.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMO6Ti6tUoOp0YNSZd8c6ie8JRVdTvrHvstYm5ZRLUUcNEhhDZo3hPAVGY2nj7yzxmIsF6Kvq1ix1IkNA62EwGIwZksKzS7mE-bzxq4SbYFRRJ-1ES8GrxH42gzb-kw0X2PwIl5sbRhnd-yYflqyG6SUFELZLScPwp_69ESaqZfjTrDzDCIMqwasX9vA/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMO6Ti6tUoOp0YNSZd8c6ie8JRVdTvrHvstYm5ZRLUUcNEhhDZo3hPAVGY2nj7yzxmIsF6Kvq1ix1IkNA62EwGIwZksKzS7mE-bzxq4SbYFRRJ-1ES8GrxH42gzb-kw0X2PwIl5sbRhnd-yYflqyG6SUFELZLScPwp_69ESaqZfjTrDzDCIMqwasX9vA/w200-h93/16.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>You might be wondering exactly what I'm doing on the ground here. Well, I'm re-enacting the scene of Jeannie's misfortune...lol So what happened? We were all riding along, minding our own business, sort of single file on the right side of the walkway, except for Jeannie who was on the left. A guy on a bicycle came in her direction, and instead of getting over to the right where we were, she went further left, off the sidewalk--where there was such a steep drop-off she couldn't touch down with her feet. Over she went with her bike, but because of the mulch she fell into, and as she was behind us, Cathy and I had no idea she went down. We could hear Caja sort of yelling Jeannie's name, but we are so used to that we weren't initially concerned--lol. At the same time that Caja's voice went up a few octaves, I guy walking towards us suddenly ran, with a look of alarm on his face, in Jeannie's direction, so that's when Cathy and I stopped our bikes and realized Jeannie was in a pretty precarious situation.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's sort of hard to tell from the picture, but it is a very steep drop off to the river behind me, and Jeannie was actually further down than I am in the re-enactment. She was only stopped by the leg of the sign on the left. It took Caja and 2 men to return her to the safety of the sidewalk, and unbelievably she wasn't hurt at all. We were lucky to have both a small crane and Mobile Medical Unit right where Jeannie went down, but alas, they weren't needed.</div><div><br /></div><div>So in honor of her toughness, this area that used to be called Ross's Landing, has now been re-named Jeannie's Landing! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0iMVRm5KkklNt31R5qJnNYMhPadeMo3OMMnnzi0n_-cmEzbCXwlmUGi6p485FkWYaYggodtnCWbmAjw1iV7OUFCnJqFSWjbmxzg2maHuxrvVMlvMp6_PURTnocUF17izBjeizsmryaj99a2dOKrmyRTPPzdcy8RxbZ6flWhgn1taTCrQ3RbqU7dCXg/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0iMVRm5KkklNt31R5qJnNYMhPadeMo3OMMnnzi0n_-cmEzbCXwlmUGi6p485FkWYaYggodtnCWbmAjw1iV7OUFCnJqFSWjbmxzg2maHuxrvVMlvMp6_PURTnocUF17izBjeizsmryaj99a2dOKrmyRTPPzdcy8RxbZ6flWhgn1taTCrQ3RbqU7dCXg/w93-h200/17.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj4RHx94Zw7cEArzipbeuhbnKxfAr6Qg-kaJYs0ytR0pZ3nRn6bkBgZ-wqRI-efMUhd_DpFHJdYamf0mv1_3QxkcYSRMLz2YUUEPSSaC2QRcwDR_edVKwZayC_LXRK6wN2YA5qC-hKMQW4bZSlbky36bzMBbFjvdNlum-LdGhHsbqsn-Ws30UFesrbw/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj4RHx94Zw7cEArzipbeuhbnKxfAr6Qg-kaJYs0ytR0pZ3nRn6bkBgZ-wqRI-efMUhd_DpFHJdYamf0mv1_3QxkcYSRMLz2YUUEPSSaC2QRcwDR_edVKwZayC_LXRK6wN2YA5qC-hKMQW4bZSlbky36bzMBbFjvdNlum-LdGhHsbqsn-Ws30UFesrbw/w93-h200/18.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMXvktuC7cg8RZTQNOStLHo4iyg9_KfLpfRTcr95Xyr5ormZDhYCFz_twOvExxbE_CY7d6-38DnxdDno68Dzsh3J8dVFOuePrlYK1PKxPl8UxSUQtZfTsc0El3WoFYdfrGi-ic_Nf_ofiHGspEYYMqzIejo_QAdiqOwBl-wLqzSyqrdDsnM8ljLOZPQ/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMXvktuC7cg8RZTQNOStLHo4iyg9_KfLpfRTcr95Xyr5ormZDhYCFz_twOvExxbE_CY7d6-38DnxdDno68Dzsh3J8dVFOuePrlYK1PKxPl8UxSUQtZfTsc0El3WoFYdfrGi-ic_Nf_ofiHGspEYYMqzIejo_QAdiqOwBl-wLqzSyqrdDsnM8ljLOZPQ/w200-h93/19.jpg" width="200" /><br /></a></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMXvktuC7cg8RZTQNOStLHo4iyg9_KfLpfRTcr95Xyr5ormZDhYCFz_twOvExxbE_CY7d6-38DnxdDno68Dzsh3J8dVFOuePrlYK1PKxPl8UxSUQtZfTsc0El3WoFYdfrGi-ic_Nf_ofiHGspEYYMqzIejo_QAdiqOwBl-wLqzSyqrdDsnM8ljLOZPQ/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><br /></a></div><div>Tomorrow is a down day and then Monday we will be heading out for Lexington, Kentucky for a couple days. There is a horse farm there that is a big tourist attraction, I guess, so we are going to check it out.</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-22362248955004420252022-05-27T23:06:00.001-05:002022-05-28T05:35:05.224-05:00Rock City Gardens<p>27 May 2022--Went to Rock City Gardens today, a 700 acre mostly "rock garden" established by Garnet and Frieda Carter and opened to the public in 1923. They weather was absolutely beautiful---our first day of no rain--perfect for walking around these grounds for a couple hours.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ_hxSkbRUIrMpdSuF9utA9DGh3WZh5Rjh0dKG2Q_7sFdnfk3WWIUJDKHdA8zys5JNYuVcbUnmI47EMzmbjzU4h2dijIIQewyN7zT8PXZuxFhzChYR20qPESWsGcHTJs-t8rUaoFtP84huCsXGHwBn_4Ilna0-BrLPh0VWz3RdDXOexoaCbwfGhCIgw/s4000/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ_hxSkbRUIrMpdSuF9utA9DGh3WZh5Rjh0dKG2Q_7sFdnfk3WWIUJDKHdA8zys5JNYuVcbUnmI47EMzmbjzU4h2dijIIQewyN7zT8PXZuxFhzChYR20qPESWsGcHTJs-t8rUaoFtP84huCsXGHwBn_4Ilna0-BrLPh0VWz3RdDXOexoaCbwfGhCIgw/w200-h150/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5BJMLO-pxccF9LY5uw_6lS541d9yrAEodf3gOLxY1iTSB2J335GoHAbCcRjCN5ahOUjEuFYNDxK1SwtSBkjkhST0fXEMuBJ9Ho0zKFc9tAc-1xtP-pUBfkMTAWLjyQElKJt1B1Wd_t3fdCNaGskxIWCr3Xnd9fEmuTJ7BWpe6sgWbbIN9sz9U5YmrQ/s3867/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3867" data-original-width="2501" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5BJMLO-pxccF9LY5uw_6lS541d9yrAEodf3gOLxY1iTSB2J335GoHAbCcRjCN5ahOUjEuFYNDxK1SwtSBkjkhST0fXEMuBJ9Ho0zKFc9tAc-1xtP-pUBfkMTAWLjyQElKJt1B1Wd_t3fdCNaGskxIWCr3Xnd9fEmuTJ7BWpe6sgWbbIN9sz9U5YmrQ/w129-h200/2.jpg" width="129" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF20HoFTKVsAl1LOjdEPkI0XW5Fb3mnpIHKfhZyL2UBSm_9XxYfJdjKGkJMHGR1AD_zS_6TcRl1Ld0a_Wniv5LKrCHq8MqhOSKB-D3dljgdUaP1QNwxtPuTwMhtnI7_Pq2tdupyP07DUYnwdmfO-Aws4_rhXGOqDFQI4ByseUYwP7CNFcj-Q_O5i9KA/s3578/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3578" data-original-width="2953" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF20HoFTKVsAl1LOjdEPkI0XW5Fb3mnpIHKfhZyL2UBSm_9XxYfJdjKGkJMHGR1AD_zS_6TcRl1Ld0a_Wniv5LKrCHq8MqhOSKB-D3dljgdUaP1QNwxtPuTwMhtnI7_Pq2tdupyP07DUYnwdmfO-Aws4_rhXGOqDFQI4ByseUYwP7CNFcj-Q_O5i9KA/w165-h200/3.jpg" width="165" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2lzRHXHNq6j7-jzQI83HZ8Q3bTcyp4mBXa6vf1SJlLL-e0k6mwUKJ6BZZgoH6jRyclJ2-4zeObGhK6-AghHJAjN6913e6Q97qDC8Uzy0wI2YH640cGWj_DItJ4vul9nLeJKXtUHYzUQretUl8-2cSOdvW-BUllcWuuxzUoJUHRkDUpnyXzOyI-_JiA/s3258/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3258" data-original-width="2480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2lzRHXHNq6j7-jzQI83HZ8Q3bTcyp4mBXa6vf1SJlLL-e0k6mwUKJ6BZZgoH6jRyclJ2-4zeObGhK6-AghHJAjN6913e6Q97qDC8Uzy0wI2YH640cGWj_DItJ4vul9nLeJKXtUHYzUQretUl8-2cSOdvW-BUllcWuuxzUoJUHRkDUpnyXzOyI-_JiA/w153-h200/4.jpg" width="153" /></a> <div><br /></div><div>They have different names for different sections, so we started out at the "Grand Corridor". Initially it was just a bunch of large natural rock formations that you are walking thru, but it got better and better as you go thru it.<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VVl2aPPE63E5Yl6cuB705QqrWuQajJJMWQ_pLAUhwMqkhpIC-1Mp75273-dLBLytzqJDoMFCB70cdDZI8njkJwFLOd5ZGshztSYgKjabVJbnJ9uuF3Iz3MTllsBVOOtF1oZy_oilqn8SaQu3KJAGpt2iaIg2U1BLyEhtgGwzOzFNJLF34b8pzpUe5g/s4000/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VVl2aPPE63E5Yl6cuB705QqrWuQajJJMWQ_pLAUhwMqkhpIC-1Mp75273-dLBLytzqJDoMFCB70cdDZI8njkJwFLOd5ZGshztSYgKjabVJbnJ9uuF3Iz3MTllsBVOOtF1oZy_oilqn8SaQu3KJAGpt2iaIg2U1BLyEhtgGwzOzFNJLF34b8pzpUe5g/w150-h200/5.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjmlrohmk3SA5v8kmtSFIJ6fVWZn1u_1qj902ra71-YTqsDKlf1PiztUKsWDc8cmiWa2TiEEuNX9VXKqUnELTfz7HbtA01uEQBKMqCENLWzK6Ns38FlUveI1Rsn89ITRNuvgvRZcToUa_UpW7-j-ou6rOdsKr9xfD08XNENyG3ud5w5N9QIJOoZedKQ/s4000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjmlrohmk3SA5v8kmtSFIJ6fVWZn1u_1qj902ra71-YTqsDKlf1PiztUKsWDc8cmiWa2TiEEuNX9VXKqUnELTfz7HbtA01uEQBKMqCENLWzK6Ns38FlUveI1Rsn89ITRNuvgvRZcToUa_UpW7-j-ou6rOdsKr9xfD08XNENyG3ud5w5N9QIJOoZedKQ/w150-h200/6.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Definitely more interesting at what is called the "Needle Eye" section. If you click on the pictures you can see there's not much room to squeeze thru these massive rocks.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI87Z4Skn8xEiOrEeWhDUPCsj7_yd6qXyx9crvzrx9eszMyUhSEZub8CgVDimjKEfyekr18ncopIgPjfIgbTbnvZGdcpyXqG9h8yjctMCapR72k3gRy4VdfwuSaFSqTzOrk39UScSAnFYSzcFMGzsZKiM8J9tYRyeQjeTegZeRBKy87PqP5bqQN-GJQ/s4000/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI87Z4Skn8xEiOrEeWhDUPCsj7_yd6qXyx9crvzrx9eszMyUhSEZub8CgVDimjKEfyekr18ncopIgPjfIgbTbnvZGdcpyXqG9h8yjctMCapR72k3gRy4VdfwuSaFSqTzOrk39UScSAnFYSzcFMGzsZKiM8J9tYRyeQjeTegZeRBKy87PqP5bqQN-GJQ/w150-h200/7.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcl-hD0tjA42Nhu3z26f_mKFFOGH4Dq2ja4eL8v7EDOkjfjGuCf33GtFFKywZZDhx3ElUeqX6m23hTJ_8-gpi33DjoHK13H7vCheHiz4G0pZFmfe70Fb_luP81vc0D5EJ69HKL66NCJKiYSE9BrrU9FCTYMK4K_lhsVCKZciJzNCIp28mQnv3xY56e6A/s4000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcl-hD0tjA42Nhu3z26f_mKFFOGH4Dq2ja4eL8v7EDOkjfjGuCf33GtFFKywZZDhx3ElUeqX6m23hTJ_8-gpi33DjoHK13H7vCheHiz4G0pZFmfe70Fb_luP81vc0D5EJ69HKL66NCJKiYSE9BrrU9FCTYMK4K_lhsVCKZciJzNCIp28mQnv3xY56e6A/w93-h200/8.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These pink flowers are called Lenten Rose, but not sure what the white ones were. This place would really be stunning if we were able to see it in full bloom, but it's not quite there yet.</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-sxhFo-6w34v0UCGbDDDTkLG2nPjaEVUVGgjJPkeL81sVqzmKSTt6UkeVUkFC1J4E3xtGaKcoIxcV5mPa5qwz-PUePQh8a5nr_LuQ7EqsQeoQRbQWavdxCVrsZ66ysh-F132ScUj0VVvygteZ0jz4ogTXTZApFvPKL8XW4tn5gAjnuJF1rlFVk3EDw/s4000/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-sxhFo-6w34v0UCGbDDDTkLG2nPjaEVUVGgjJPkeL81sVqzmKSTt6UkeVUkFC1J4E3xtGaKcoIxcV5mPa5qwz-PUePQh8a5nr_LuQ7EqsQeoQRbQWavdxCVrsZ66ysh-F132ScUj0VVvygteZ0jz4ogTXTZApFvPKL8XW4tn5gAjnuJF1rlFVk3EDw/w150-h200/9.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz5bob6173XSV7-8XnBy5P0Ay6okong1UcopvjYXo0Bv4OA4ABbgloNfvVNHDN1kKg9heAs7LhwKGlG6M7BcccYvsu7wrVcpO-0ZwSX7yaRrcsPv91j8GvK7aRN2P_q5MUH6zjGqEhjXHm9dOaBrHxLwGGSLUJ2IYNvXL4lG1wGsPKg1XM5yPSPbX_Q/s4000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: opx;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz5bob6173XSV7-8XnBy5P0Ay6okong1UcopvjYXo0Bv4OA4ABbgloNfvVNHDN1kKg9heAs7LhwKGlG6M7BcccYvsu7wrVcpO-0ZwSX7yaRrcsPv91j8GvK7aRN2P_q5MUH6zjGqEhjXHm9dOaBrHxLwGGSLUJ2IYNvXL4lG1wGsPKg1XM5yPSPbX_Q/w93-h200/10.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQD1ldpfp6RP9jrx_fuNsJ2AJ62V78aNXzPtC17qXEmb88qlOB8581nz7xhjRefof0S74utJqmF2nl7TJcIivelN-sfTz-FOQR-CKm07HtkruFj-oFQOPXfn_MnwjGZH_6PzRcaRLsSn5E7N3_q8xIXzSiJoUh4Zb5x9LGroe_qOWtcO9NLd15dCi9g/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQD1ldpfp6RP9jrx_fuNsJ2AJ62V78aNXzPtC17qXEmb88qlOB8581nz7xhjRefof0S74utJqmF2nl7TJcIivelN-sfTz-FOQR-CKm07HtkruFj-oFQOPXfn_MnwjGZH_6PzRcaRLsSn5E7N3_q8xIXzSiJoUh4Zb5x9LGroe_qOWtcO9NLd15dCi9g/w150-h200/11.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>There's quite a few colorful doors and interesting entryways to the different paths that you walk along. In the 2nd pic Caja and I are sitting at what's called "Mushroom Rock".</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8SNx32kXwP4pLBa_msIDFsbKJfDWfW8GMp7hCtTkyJVdfACL8udpjtpo_-6iKf_7bCxRUPXBtWo98ShrXOfWpHMw066CfEsQcfCfNjfjWDJqoiEPxiRhm097qrzpenBGMLYEK1VFwTO1hU1JMX27TP1cqNrRCBqElgyVoxpZLDLOkQhgBra9z6FZBA/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8SNx32kXwP4pLBa_msIDFsbKJfDWfW8GMp7hCtTkyJVdfACL8udpjtpo_-6iKf_7bCxRUPXBtWo98ShrXOfWpHMw066CfEsQcfCfNjfjWDJqoiEPxiRhm097qrzpenBGMLYEK1VFwTO1hU1JMX27TP1cqNrRCBqElgyVoxpZLDLOkQhgBra9z6FZBA/w200-h150/12.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifg5esToiVmTXxuTQlx3FsvdbqHaKj3AuxGv2BN8XO97lY1Y0YjIXlMU9yjsSj9OBjsaroWTC93fQS5mKLoA8H74YrPbvrTx8DTl_SORRG9fAUy9fAlj6rC2rZNPxdB6tLQN-GF0I1FXCQb89iukR4vDpAczY0M3QJEdBRfF0A_PTI_6Ap2lzLpc1zrA/s4000/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifg5esToiVmTXxuTQlx3FsvdbqHaKj3AuxGv2BN8XO97lY1Y0YjIXlMU9yjsSj9OBjsaroWTC93fQS5mKLoA8H74YrPbvrTx8DTl_SORRG9fAUy9fAlj6rC2rZNPxdB6tLQN-GF0I1FXCQb89iukR4vDpAczY0M3QJEdBRfF0A_PTI_6Ap2lzLpc1zrA/w200-h93/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbbyZjb9Tnf7H561iY2aVdbtit4aXRpSePAmtS1JWB-XgZYSWjJJ4poP2xZUpsGNcSoRvvv7hvR3duv31_w09rV2FYpWZGoBnQUix_0W9LhjAwOBbxHv3j32AokSDx96prYFKCUgymmw6Xgk7B9CDW5yLAfps2YlAewDDS3CIeJqud5SpxB5bliLG5A/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbbyZjb9Tnf7H561iY2aVdbtit4aXRpSePAmtS1JWB-XgZYSWjJJ4poP2xZUpsGNcSoRvvv7hvR3duv31_w09rV2FYpWZGoBnQUix_0W9LhjAwOBbxHv3j32AokSDx96prYFKCUgymmw6Xgk7B9CDW5yLAfps2YlAewDDS3CIeJqud5SpxB5bliLG5A/w150-h200/14.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiZ1WVOs8HUCK0Z9zps_qDl2wdfpRhPlV5IADpbstIWu0Y5QAnzugxPxUkhMsoxYEIgqtX6ZmkHbvHKufmN3XKj3j30fAPHzEgkzpSEJ4e8f9e7rFAFny4sCmuOsXrW0VWhoZwMQ7jSKr1TJ4_1tvnyWXX-OXLy8l7cYDKvf-A5IrLFZB3nrsO0vjhA/s4000/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiZ1WVOs8HUCK0Z9zps_qDl2wdfpRhPlV5IADpbstIWu0Y5QAnzugxPxUkhMsoxYEIgqtX6ZmkHbvHKufmN3XKj3j30fAPHzEgkzpSEJ4e8f9e7rFAFny4sCmuOsXrW0VWhoZwMQ7jSKr1TJ4_1tvnyWXX-OXLy8l7cYDKvf-A5IrLFZB3nrsO0vjhA/w150-h200/15.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvAI2mOTI_8IT2pqJXyuooc2ORnA5RTKZZRwPDmlCf1lHChSXELxuyTu2H_k0UnIjK-yp2IXKJw2ukSrVF7KngtgVKnDTaxF_a9b_VPpOvjnfU9ElM8uvoB35zH7qr88KTSzU63IKPwOO00-oNgFCcf0BgM76rt8w4Ld9uhKOV1-scgnU9dhOzzLWsg/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvAI2mOTI_8IT2pqJXyuooc2ORnA5RTKZZRwPDmlCf1lHChSXELxuyTu2H_k0UnIjK-yp2IXKJw2ukSrVF7KngtgVKnDTaxF_a9b_VPpOvjnfU9ElM8uvoB35zH7qr88KTSzU63IKPwOO00-oNgFCcf0BgM76rt8w4Ld9uhKOV1-scgnU9dhOzzLWsg/w93-h200/16.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mhLBosIlcOSE6xILC0lzF1A7Hqy-ynleB34UdccmgoBLi2cpxdml0c4rNhQ3ldH_8m3924wNHFnx--fc2o0HGep7TUWX4jp2IP2s9Vl3lXFamAUKHpawxmbKWT3jYZxfLKxBgMbXK2X2USdrMfPJRV3hEa3XrLWJ1P1Qc_lohBKDDyJbOlnpPY0K-A/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mhLBosIlcOSE6xILC0lzF1A7Hqy-ynleB34UdccmgoBLi2cpxdml0c4rNhQ3ldH_8m3924wNHFnx--fc2o0HGep7TUWX4jp2IP2s9Vl3lXFamAUKHpawxmbKWT3jYZxfLKxBgMbXK2X2USdrMfPJRV3hEa3XrLWJ1P1Qc_lohBKDDyJbOlnpPY0K-A/w150-h200/17.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>With Frieda being a German immigrant, they say she loved German folklore, so she was a big gnome fan. Varying sizes of gnomes are randomly placed throughout the gardens...we didn't see dozens as this info board suggested, but we saw a few.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_RMduLnB6-2gOjqeSXkBFTjSc5L2-N_CZ2TpWeczPrAAStIUaYPbWVkAZraz48IRMZ_AVDk7ABHVm9z-TKpJ6UCcrDBspolD4rEOe2yABj9_sxo1Tnl1qFXt-27p6HciNeHHS6GC9-R4kugvOKQ0UXGZz04bsTqJJKscOIqh10hCfpu70bz2MPEn7g/s2944/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="2944" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_RMduLnB6-2gOjqeSXkBFTjSc5L2-N_CZ2TpWeczPrAAStIUaYPbWVkAZraz48IRMZ_AVDk7ABHVm9z-TKpJ6UCcrDBspolD4rEOe2yABj9_sxo1Tnl1qFXt-27p6HciNeHHS6GC9-R4kugvOKQ0UXGZz04bsTqJJKscOIqh10hCfpu70bz2MPEn7g/w200-h126/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcOuT0_owO3n-_OKgW3GCoh2zTl1aapWUKww3g_HNmLwlk-xKx_pGApBvrVSL22zSx0EaWUrbhuwZ57OB3EsovZUthw7jCbfIovdDjuZrfcC8Bgbn6MIjW_tFYBIXYzp3kHtp0QGrPbHjHTrQfWsR5VELUWbgDNbMiLE-kU04zmKMrBr7JHDWafbCTA/s4000/18a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcOuT0_owO3n-_OKgW3GCoh2zTl1aapWUKww3g_HNmLwlk-xKx_pGApBvrVSL22zSx0EaWUrbhuwZ57OB3EsovZUthw7jCbfIovdDjuZrfcC8Bgbn6MIjW_tFYBIXYzp3kHtp0QGrPbHjHTrQfWsR5VELUWbgDNbMiLE-kU04zmKMrBr7JHDWafbCTA/w150-h200/18a.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-CxFlnuX5Zat_6sFvfFk_1GMXdHEn6Z8SJ1OlZh9-gZlqCXk4HqDzo6v11AIwh9ZDNftGfaq7mZM_XXeprNpa6a3Uq9vCM1XeN2tMBHz5t2EV5jv3XGuDU-EbnRQ5g5pkppp0Xk7jih69Ta-XkpX2CQDiYDWjqeoFXcnhr-517-4WAqViUi3Y6kOgQ/s4000/18b.jpg" style="margin-left: o; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-CxFlnuX5Zat_6sFvfFk_1GMXdHEn6Z8SJ1OlZh9-gZlqCXk4HqDzo6v11AIwh9ZDNftGfaq7mZM_XXeprNpa6a3Uq9vCM1XeN2tMBHz5t2EV5jv3XGuDU-EbnRQ5g5pkppp0Xk7jih69Ta-XkpX2CQDiYDWjqeoFXcnhr-517-4WAqViUi3Y6kOgQ/w150-h200/18b.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uOCiMFMLLiSZoQUyeAQHlW3DDa8-fKx7r_ugYK3441mYkE15bh-F93B1RwmIfuD2nMMfqWaPmkdzvq_oJFKlsxT2tEbIHpUUDlTAaeDdxCVqLhvrcgQdumvnVAGVgBD4WQbN9-bKwl_7G7QZ16l_hBF0hFkAuYem9Oy-g7rda4UL1-HmKdKEqK7w2g/s4000/18c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uOCiMFMLLiSZoQUyeAQHlW3DDa8-fKx7r_ugYK3441mYkE15bh-F93B1RwmIfuD2nMMfqWaPmkdzvq_oJFKlsxT2tEbIHpUUDlTAaeDdxCVqLhvrcgQdumvnVAGVgBD4WQbN9-bKwl_7G7QZ16l_hBF0hFkAuYem9Oy-g7rda4UL1-HmKdKEqK7w2g/w150-h200/18c.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Here we are on the "Swing-Along-Bridge"...not sure how high it is, but as you can see in the 2nd and 3rd pics it was quite high...and quite bouncy! lol Jeannie was a little nervous I think.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJcDweFIlK80R5O5761sATADjjJx_MUJ_sUuf-6A_XvOb6miFX2sdXjWjPxhpQqjMTRUbL7GlPuZqEEZyca5o6HV4ooxq5rg_AhyHWy_RGjzn4YZulp64fzKY_lhoE9FaTvX2nnHwqkinI5QtG-uiypuhRrsM2S40SBENHbP-1jWL3kz25jSs_puokg/s4000/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJcDweFIlK80R5O5761sATADjjJx_MUJ_sUuf-6A_XvOb6miFX2sdXjWjPxhpQqjMTRUbL7GlPuZqEEZyca5o6HV4ooxq5rg_AhyHWy_RGjzn4YZulp64fzKY_lhoE9FaTvX2nnHwqkinI5QtG-uiypuhRrsM2S40SBENHbP-1jWL3kz25jSs_puokg/w150-h200/19.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIKa3chfqoN0IfX5TUG0JgkdXe_ovcU8jLte9zdNSYDA6GWJQva3zM5A0OGyCPs3aHFFXo73-8bi6QTu6iGO6QlNUCX334gLYA3XEyisZtF1UkC6eYmL205OeOCF5mNwm1zS2wp0SQbPs_p81xcLxmhlrD9DnFUcUqCNZuJZVBB5iR4KnSNx0rxcxXQ/s4000/19a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIKa3chfqoN0IfX5TUG0JgkdXe_ovcU8jLte9zdNSYDA6GWJQva3zM5A0OGyCPs3aHFFXo73-8bi6QTu6iGO6QlNUCX334gLYA3XEyisZtF1UkC6eYmL205OeOCF5mNwm1zS2wp0SQbPs_p81xcLxmhlrD9DnFUcUqCNZuJZVBB5iR4KnSNx0rxcxXQ/w200-h93/19a.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nj4dKKKgsMTvr7MTX9aRFAg3aJnuKAZ35IJnqYinGQufOibLVkOxjsxKMufUstP1bljxwkhm_VmDF45gP3pa3GBlcvK2zOS-5XLJofAlbLtiGG0xHxxHpcS5jghtluBa8SqfDIOYsedakmXiUWTYxKYpXOTVnw-KaexoxhQDpR9RmqCYXqXC2RN71g/s4000/19b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nj4dKKKgsMTvr7MTX9aRFAg3aJnuKAZ35IJnqYinGQufOibLVkOxjsxKMufUstP1bljxwkhm_VmDF45gP3pa3GBlcvK2zOS-5XLJofAlbLtiGG0xHxxHpcS5jghtluBa8SqfDIOYsedakmXiUWTYxKYpXOTVnw-KaexoxhQDpR9RmqCYXqXC2RN71g/w200-h150/19b.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The biggest attraction as far as advertising is Lover's Leap--so named according to folklore because 2 youngsters in love, from different Indian tribes, met their untimely death from here. You can't see it from these pics, but there is a big waterfall coming out of those rocks. Click on the 2nd pic for sure...really a beautiful shot of the area and structure.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IwTAKeh7jBNEr5qr6rgH2nVnxLC8ABqDTARlF6zi_7zNWqWRaxPoWP-rDvSpX9_AatZ7wqSqX9O30_TdgJJteGCFNA7skt--Ky9U-zFGj0itsLtNtOLMBK6TYNYu9uwnyO8dTvJI6HF7D0pTw-ertrc5DpGfE8jLNhH4i9269xOSN9BBh8ztTKadOQ/s4000/19c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IwTAKeh7jBNEr5qr6rgH2nVnxLC8ABqDTARlF6zi_7zNWqWRaxPoWP-rDvSpX9_AatZ7wqSqX9O30_TdgJJteGCFNA7skt--Ky9U-zFGj0itsLtNtOLMBK6TYNYu9uwnyO8dTvJI6HF7D0pTw-ertrc5DpGfE8jLNhH4i9269xOSN9BBh8ztTKadOQ/w93-h200/19c.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3c2GshU1VQl6pRDVQPPdb0XbVA5z_sY7hIEK3KJRgBnHWEvdlufVPUWYLFdBRkTSYI6TwDvvZ6FvmBkhOcV91uqutiai_XVMWCHitfmJ5ObRxGkYBlLAZbe4xsJC0q7pPpfVOajgx2BS701XXHH5JdX9djHHugqgOchE0eBWM7sm6Ir0KY1wEQdBuQ/s6160/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2768" data-original-width="6160" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3c2GshU1VQl6pRDVQPPdb0XbVA5z_sY7hIEK3KJRgBnHWEvdlufVPUWYLFdBRkTSYI6TwDvvZ6FvmBkhOcV91uqutiai_XVMWCHitfmJ5ObRxGkYBlLAZbe4xsJC0q7pPpfVOajgx2BS701XXHH5JdX9djHHugqgOchE0eBWM7sm6Ir0KY1wEQdBuQ/w200-h90/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdp8L9w8sBgwAsDCMAYIoyWGS4QHJoHVG5hguoP2FUxNR4aH7Q45n-XalRHTOhlMr25nD6MWuz4DKtTZAOz3PNBaYpkxF9G5zyQ3o4B8T5fzo0eyiMdrImWZidBwCuE0WWZmpGWqOLkyiWBoZLKXWRuKa0S4yAw8ZSTaZgG3RyXCBkyCcYj7Ac_skgA/s3674/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2795" data-original-width="3674" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdp8L9w8sBgwAsDCMAYIoyWGS4QHJoHVG5hguoP2FUxNR4aH7Q45n-XalRHTOhlMr25nD6MWuz4DKtTZAOz3PNBaYpkxF9G5zyQ3o4B8T5fzo0eyiMdrImWZidBwCuE0WWZmpGWqOLkyiWBoZLKXWRuKa0S4yAw8ZSTaZgG3RyXCBkyCcYj7Ac_skgA/w200-h152/21.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>They say you can see 7 states from up here. Of course they could tell us anything, as you're mostly looking out at tree cover as far as the eye can see, but I'm going with it. lol In the 3rd pic are the flags of the 7 states--NC, TN, KY, AL, SC, GA and VA.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU-gJ3Ybry4rKWKdHbw3_B9B8ilRmsv63nBvN4z6_d06MtIRNBH_kaaZjC8UQO46TWR86ccmwY0VUB5OUcZZz2C27pfmSpKmeh7e05OPq6cKnPHP-RrSyuV9jQRQF7uvozK20qlzHfJnFwkeOwizQ4oB6bf7Tx70aGq3bQ9aLeKzjsm9pjFB8g2FjaQ/s3541/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2662" data-original-width="3541" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU-gJ3Ybry4rKWKdHbw3_B9B8ilRmsv63nBvN4z6_d06MtIRNBH_kaaZjC8UQO46TWR86ccmwY0VUB5OUcZZz2C27pfmSpKmeh7e05OPq6cKnPHP-RrSyuV9jQRQF7uvozK20qlzHfJnFwkeOwizQ4oB6bf7Tx70aGq3bQ9aLeKzjsm9pjFB8g2FjaQ/w200-h151/22.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOv10n6BV2rGbnGUproq-AXfBG3yP5CH7LTVr_C94KRpN3olJGgXLDIRy27SKJgqV_CKpewiGDtqmETVj3IjcfBZhMZYwIdM6ga7XfHilUC-Lp-4LOZ7QnFk5OXjcKKBelyCHy8AX9wPlHQENrty745hTaShdLoqPCfYizUsoFtNZDSeBDRbVr0IB2RA/s3475/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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We've only posted a few of the displays here, and you would probably think they are paintings or drawings as you look at the pics, but they're not. They are all 3-dimensional, and what I assume are ceramic forms of everything from the Cow Jumping over the Moon, to Rip Van Winkle, to Little Red Riding Hood, etc. Kids would find it cute, but probably more appreciated by adults for the level of detail involved.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRWa7k2Bt_9aQe1z71SuFtpNdlsWBHraa9khVO4AaV4a0TSIjsTsuBIDfB5-_WBkzpU4tJejiqsgKEcL-eFxAXZFtiVvDxEe90Z1rI6mcYh-kgQHn_lZLaXngUXshCZrSwlRgPe8_1IGP1qs2NHg2n7jC_RzOSHRfQCX0JqOFGY5ICCMPWNh_6GYndQ/s4000/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRWa7k2Bt_9aQe1z71SuFtpNdlsWBHraa9khVO4AaV4a0TSIjsTsuBIDfB5-_WBkzpU4tJejiqsgKEcL-eFxAXZFtiVvDxEe90Z1rI6mcYh-kgQHn_lZLaXngUXshCZrSwlRgPe8_1IGP1qs2NHg2n7jC_RzOSHRfQCX0JqOFGY5ICCMPWNh_6GYndQ/w150-h200/32.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jk20TRCwiWWGmaw9o4gIRfhe5wbF1PEHiWsOqNkSllrrP5jrBG2Pl1uFQdlAR_pAd1cpSxPggVJ7YAriY0gatCvyWVJOaWaSwEpTtkF42Dwx3PT3H-TqqxKKIySCODHF5dLwRaRygCO0JU-4KlYfBxYJ2ZlbMOV6nMmY5nVbEIFiIJ1vilVU-AUC_A/s4000/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Going bike riding tomorrow along the Tennessee River...looking forward to it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9bOr7ghJSrRpyzhWv07phbZc58j7OyVyhDRrv0onyysju8K_EQIYPFAdAO0XZz1vkuOo4pnKqPy3r6YWMKtixfO66ODVeI1U0KbCJc8iNR0RwDFgL-JIbKW5Za7qypgRVAWz_G0olfY6JWbUcA1iKl0EnO5-6BXelGf3-q7dPKiA23aKxl2HSseZ6w/s3683/41.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3683" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9bOr7ghJSrRpyzhWv07phbZc58j7OyVyhDRrv0onyysju8K_EQIYPFAdAO0XZz1vkuOo4pnKqPy3r6YWMKtixfO66ODVeI1U0KbCJc8iNR0RwDFgL-JIbKW5Za7qypgRVAWz_G0olfY6JWbUcA1iKl0EnO5-6BXelGf3-q7dPKiA23aKxl2HSseZ6w/w200-h146/41.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AdUoAlrXrcgyX1oF8xrq0VFrXiavkN0T9qtRChvrL225FSxo5ELZTKprI-pMstrYK3M9QdH0Kil-M2Rs_YON3s3pAP0pK30OvfdVV0fCeqrb9rIZgBHiGtZD6-mbLTw8uNzbdLJhHXhvZEbLVz6a9ODE91pwH-0NLvrsL5UeyS_dNxv7zCCyp8j-uA/s3413/42.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="3413" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AdUoAlrXrcgyX1oF8xrq0VFrXiavkN0T9qtRChvrL225FSxo5ELZTKprI-pMstrYK3M9QdH0Kil-M2Rs_YON3s3pAP0pK30OvfdVV0fCeqrb9rIZgBHiGtZD6-mbLTw8uNzbdLJhHXhvZEbLVz6a9ODE91pwH-0NLvrsL5UeyS_dNxv7zCCyp8j-uA/w200-h152/42.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-89380998607708358452022-05-26T19:03:00.296-05:002022-05-26T21:51:19.376-05:00RUBY FALLS, TN<div>May 26, 2022--A quick note before we get started. Cathy fixed the HTML code so you should be able to click on each picture now to make it bigger for a better view. Also, for those of trying to write comments--go to comments at the bottom of the blog and click there. Next you will see "Enter Comment", so click there. When you do a screen will come up saying "Comment As: Anonymous" and there is a drop down arrow there. Click and you will then see a list of 3 options, and you want to click on the one that says "Name/URL". Just put your name there and then hit continue and you can comment. It sounds more detailed than it is.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, off we went to Ruby Falls today, a cavern discovered by mistake by Leo Lambert back in 1928. Tours actually began in 1930, so he didn't take long to capitalize! Cathy and I were here about 25 years ago with her mother and father, and like today, it rained then also. lol We have actually had rain and total cloud cover every day since we left Ft Myers on the 21st.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-_H0ILhvxFrwQlaT-5E5THB5wPGSG5AkOFLvM3PdPPWRvIoCYtway2kjZSvWrVpmcI1LeYV2vMuni6GhgnVtnd9Gouea8oHYqdF951iJNIuEayy_fniLRsYP7SauLk7Vjs8FW3x2ZCsV7K_rw5-7bgWo0Mdk0lBs9NVt9ys4Ul9tB03qQ8t2hphjsA/s4000/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-_H0ILhvxFrwQlaT-5E5THB5wPGSG5AkOFLvM3PdPPWRvIoCYtway2kjZSvWrVpmcI1LeYV2vMuni6GhgnVtnd9Gouea8oHYqdF951iJNIuEayy_fniLRsYP7SauLk7Vjs8FW3x2ZCsV7K_rw5-7bgWo0Mdk0lBs9NVt9ys4Ul9tB03qQ8t2hphjsA/w200-h150/1.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuN9kzq8s_aDmpK4zU78xYkpw-ICcLsw6KLPAfYvGCF4PmfHo8jXv995e8kHjpFh5CQKR2px6-1NS-2bPfeMs85HN_8xPx0BZSiFHzFNvuUV_l9JNSRFCx0aPe0xEgWAyN2Hk6Odtbbg-GCYOZ1Kuq0qK2qbV1plb9QqKywHnjIPd8meW11ruztCG8g/s3902/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="3902" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuN9kzq8s_aDmpK4zU78xYkpw-ICcLsw6KLPAfYvGCF4PmfHo8jXv995e8kHjpFh5CQKR2px6-1NS-2bPfeMs85HN_8xPx0BZSiFHzFNvuUV_l9JNSRFCx0aPe0xEgWAyN2Hk6Odtbbg-GCYOZ1Kuq0qK2qbV1plb9QqKywHnjIPd8meW11ruztCG8g/w200-h133/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3mjXI3FXn3TfwY3fEdZN9P2OizrJcRr2cz_Cbf17Qm3SvJVITNZUsdo_81pTMVXWAxHvlF8WtuOMKMAxqf6OtaMZkHi-H10uGF6qX3rOloIe_lLRb4PWSmq9ITUAlfScBKI55W3dwUaov4RqonUb9OuOvf8gofz_rt911baY65Ei62NYi5binHz6Mw/s3509/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2468" data-original-width="3509" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3mjXI3FXn3TfwY3fEdZN9P2OizrJcRr2cz_Cbf17Qm3SvJVITNZUsdo_81pTMVXWAxHvlF8WtuOMKMAxqf6OtaMZkHi-H10uGF6qX3rOloIe_lLRb4PWSmq9ITUAlfScBKI55W3dwUaov4RqonUb9OuOvf8gofz_rt911baY65Ei62NYi5binHz6Mw/w200-h141/3.jpg" width="200" /></a><div><br /></div><div>I put these pics here so you can see what I'm dealing with. lol Notice the difference in the 2 pics. Jeannie took the one of Cathy and I, and didn't take even a moment for us to smile. Now look at the beautiful pic I took of Jeannie and Caja...close-up, smiling, really looking happy to be here. I now have to give Jeannie remedial picture taking classes. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdZVuoYYleBvUFZ86GO9jVN1yIPSJQRXWJ6pYfRv1aELIFgLdXQRLE5ItgfQ6wn8TUz2bn-GA0sd80x2WvnVQQ9TGXqlOoC5iFl8dMJeeMEWSQuYdxMIzuxTkzR4uIgbjSaz42Gg8i8kIHjRsm_wX6EXE4sllwhnclDKNQdwIm_A6-Tv2sz9Q3-gyKw/s2864/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2053" data-original-width="2864" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdZVuoYYleBvUFZ86GO9jVN1yIPSJQRXWJ6pYfRv1aELIFgLdXQRLE5ItgfQ6wn8TUz2bn-GA0sd80x2WvnVQQ9TGXqlOoC5iFl8dMJeeMEWSQuYdxMIzuxTkzR4uIgbjSaz42Gg8i8kIHjRsm_wX6EXE4sllwhnclDKNQdwIm_A6-Tv2sz9Q3-gyKw/w200-h143/5.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaB4jyiycidwod-Ok0Y3YyI9iaTrfT-l1QJfsyHRe7fjvk1LHTCHYCesm8NKNZ9WkcgMFGkd-YHiYEmHKkVVfG6ldsztMpjMOHDy2zarYREkGZqF1_Jdo3XGf7B6gYl3LNFVfTZT6S9O2RN40Ks2YC1lxed3UhMzQyZTfPD9citcM3Lmx2WzLoa5EpQ/s4000/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaB4jyiycidwod-Ok0Y3YyI9iaTrfT-l1QJfsyHRe7fjvk1LHTCHYCesm8NKNZ9WkcgMFGkd-YHiYEmHKkVVfG6ldsztMpjMOHDy2zarYREkGZqF1_Jdo3XGf7B6gYl3LNFVfTZT6S9O2RN40Ks2YC1lxed3UhMzQyZTfPD9citcM3Lmx2WzLoa5EpQ/w200-h150/4.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We had to take an elevator 420 feet to the floor of the cavern. When Leo discovered this, he and a few helpers crawled on their bellies for 6 hours, in an 18 inch high space, to find what he ultimately found. I get the creeps just thinking about that. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOcid8nWOIrPB4sNlY1_3JxQS2Ku3LPB7g4FoOOHqyDZiVZ3qc7PXgtCE8XWJWfkEOMwZuvp-9bXztiFKN0zQb5KIae_sf2jBxUG-4qv6uEKyM-HptX2PbqEN1LcngEBMRf_y9dwuZhcD6Lqg2NwQ_pp6S2osoMlyOlQEilEEPgg5TcgA07b9jhe_dA/s4000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOcid8nWOIrPB4sNlY1_3JxQS2Ku3LPB7g4FoOOHqyDZiVZ3qc7PXgtCE8XWJWfkEOMwZuvp-9bXztiFKN0zQb5KIae_sf2jBxUG-4qv6uEKyM-HptX2PbqEN1LcngEBMRf_y9dwuZhcD6Lqg2NwQ_pp6S2osoMlyOlQEilEEPgg5TcgA07b9jhe_dA/w200-h150/6.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq90i0rpWnpDlmflktTK_11rbd_lELVtw5HLVRt9-ICal22K-QhUQ-Q15KU13gGUotJRxA407Se-OY32Sqg_tNefVb6BglcGcpoNF6II-lkNrURo3YSG8ujqIAs4S_3dj_HhzPzKWLPWUrvmdDWjPgjfPE76QLQGa15ehGXj1gDCaWmMsMhU4iNeCzrg/s4000/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq90i0rpWnpDlmflktTK_11rbd_lELVtw5HLVRt9-ICal22K-QhUQ-Q15KU13gGUotJRxA407Se-OY32Sqg_tNefVb6BglcGcpoNF6II-lkNrURo3YSG8ujqIAs4S_3dj_HhzPzKWLPWUrvmdDWjPgjfPE76QLQGa15ehGXj1gDCaWmMsMhU4iNeCzrg/w150-h200/7.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwX-hOMHx4POh02WhrBBYijlsGVqhfs3y98L5P0d3KZ3x4QUeJNzTdwxQn5kZcVQsU7SpZEbTVhNzhm_EIDtGsNwIPrk48DDU6VTX45tbSsgShCu2k8V0I7tSfVnGKbnWNXxQ-ZYKqQ2DNArGr1vOmFAmBJzkYBAGTiOrEX705zByuKb-JsXJXqAQeQ/s4000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwX-hOMHx4POh02WhrBBYijlsGVqhfs3y98L5P0d3KZ3x4QUeJNzTdwxQn5kZcVQsU7SpZEbTVhNzhm_EIDtGsNwIPrk48DDU6VTX45tbSsgShCu2k8V0I7tSfVnGKbnWNXxQ-ZYKqQ2DNArGr1vOmFAmBJzkYBAGTiOrEX705zByuKb-JsXJXqAQeQ/w150-h200/8.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>There are Stalactites and Stalagmites in here, among other structures. The Stalactites grow down from the ceiling, while Stalagmites grow up from the ground, and they only grow 1/2 an inch every 100 years. In this 1st pic is a Stalagmite that they let you touch--they don't want people touching anything else in here as the oils from your hands will stop the future growth of what you touched for 10 years.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr_mTMVqEHKuMHOhqI2A04TTVonygzICEEhVyQrAYYvAj53IIbTzpeVMOP58WvDED4GxF15WmdVlr7A0ql9mNhASwq3BzInJ8UX2mz9hDIopDvJpySe_ADOlTYCDm1UN_e020ZSMKPqXJMvkL2I_V7BVq8KfSCOzg4bIuEVlGE_E4HWolEZfqdFDfZg/s4000/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr_mTMVqEHKuMHOhqI2A04TTVonygzICEEhVyQrAYYvAj53IIbTzpeVMOP58WvDED4GxF15WmdVlr7A0ql9mNhASwq3BzInJ8UX2mz9hDIopDvJpySe_ADOlTYCDm1UN_e020ZSMKPqXJMvkL2I_V7BVq8KfSCOzg4bIuEVlGE_E4HWolEZfqdFDfZg/w150-h200/9.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBtfbLG4Yae1WuDPG_EKb4jGjXpvSim0BLc7Mu5XqrVlErdyzDEXojVsTJbBi1NS_vMdGLhf59j5bKab2gwaCDM-8QTxyFpaSwum4t-07W0nt1txva0RKv-ExVlRItsT_5QoBxy1KsIeDYu7o2pWJBZgwAvgbJCIat5o2m5MHp8HfIFj--VgxTr0zDQ/s2911/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2911" data-original-width="2489" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBtfbLG4Yae1WuDPG_EKb4jGjXpvSim0BLc7Mu5XqrVlErdyzDEXojVsTJbBi1NS_vMdGLhf59j5bKab2gwaCDM-8QTxyFpaSwum4t-07W0nt1txva0RKv-ExVlRItsT_5QoBxy1KsIeDYu7o2pWJBZgwAvgbJCIat5o2m5MHp8HfIFj--VgxTr0zDQ/w171-h200/10.jpg" width="171" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>You'll need to click on these pics to see just how pretty they are. I put 2 of the Leaning Tower just because I liked it so much. lol</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQo55PtA_xjZ0fzeEIW5RVlP6Q1pHsnD7yFceZW79Vhx9Jj49KUdPVBz6Bziez98OKKJySAfWULVInroxjHo5Bja_OKd5tdtnPIolmDAvZXuQex9GoafuOho8XWYdhoM8PMnT-h3EqjTlVQxchHsXTvnoayJ_9nW9JZECcf2KklGZy2HQxoJum3QtTvQ/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQo55PtA_xjZ0fzeEIW5RVlP6Q1pHsnD7yFceZW79Vhx9Jj49KUdPVBz6Bziez98OKKJySAfWULVInroxjHo5Bja_OKd5tdtnPIolmDAvZXuQex9GoafuOho8XWYdhoM8PMnT-h3EqjTlVQxchHsXTvnoayJ_9nW9JZECcf2KklGZy2HQxoJum3QtTvQ/w200-h150/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSWI4bpTHf2U6XsPSZg35iYH6C_5h_fMEEMXnhIaYLF4vpoVvriyhJwj9Phpn6IGQ5QBddHcx_ZBqqUvqduLI-F8_0nzicI86h1AgnEozR2Ptm0qUmCoWlQBqIoGSSulR6BXX4QZvEsX89wV06U0R7omRzZM0h6DSsTmNIrgvyMpgHwbDgE0gKYvtDA/s3383/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Now I've never seen a tobacco leaf, but Cathy assures me this is what they look like before they dry.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WFsAY8piq2npYX3vdeJM_eT8m95mFS9sYRBh4MZuVwsQXoA9kucOKeXnl0IcAIQB8CAncdwLyPYB4sy9LqQhcFNVwoX7NPWb6C2GAlz-7OsBmrx7-v-5hvFaonf0zf8sH20jNKYrlwIY_xJUFo-VenptaetfAXGOTDLRM8QoxoV6AJjnoV83ByU9ww/s4000/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WFsAY8piq2npYX3vdeJM_eT8m95mFS9sYRBh4MZuVwsQXoA9kucOKeXnl0IcAIQB8CAncdwLyPYB4sy9LqQhcFNVwoX7NPWb6C2GAlz-7OsBmrx7-v-5hvFaonf0zf8sH20jNKYrlwIY_xJUFo-VenptaetfAXGOTDLRM8QoxoV6AJjnoV83ByU9ww/w150-h200/21.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CcWZnaF8_z_5hXpzsm-dwjJPP_rL2kIxRmVJZ6BgtnFbf7TKfsyLIr3dCzxW3uw96TOXwfsER2_D_V4e5Dm0aQPe80O1PUQkVm8DZ8FWbWeRewxT1T4NAQVOnw35JZn96aF-PhA5eriyQMdq88IQVWZIf4i3cBa4zFLZgdv67hE--27dWTl04gnS7A/s3690/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2805" data-original-width="3690" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CcWZnaF8_z_5hXpzsm-dwjJPP_rL2kIxRmVJZ6BgtnFbf7TKfsyLIr3dCzxW3uw96TOXwfsER2_D_V4e5Dm0aQPe80O1PUQkVm8DZ8FWbWeRewxT1T4NAQVOnw35JZn96aF-PhA5eriyQMdq88IQVWZIf4i3cBa4zFLZgdv67hE--27dWTl04gnS7A/w200-h152/22.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the main room we have been trekking thru the cavern to get to the actual Falls. As I said earlier, we started at 420 feet off the elevator, and we are now at 1120 feet below the surface. The falls is measured at 145 ft...really quite amazing! The video will light up for you after a few seconds, so don't turn it off.<br /><div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9D66OKBNkaRDs1yhpDkcymGsIYDWOCXvIlAnTsb9O-e3fln6y1HSNsrhjTmQM9MQWL0Lrakt3uJXgW6oXNg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>They keep changing the lights, giving a different take each time.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48QUWm7napxR7DBwWDEv_-Fqgwl1ZmHejrS13_l-Z4eLiI_BW00BnZuME-os0ROOJnpEZ15vtMdxuSl74MwuVgtd0v9lOdPjNwLP0eEWvBesHHp6eDd0B71coecdcXt69-tmqf0DLCpyUJsSWcHIm62qhS9Bcy3q--hcGS-ewTjJJaPvhVHg2fVCKKg/s4000/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48QUWm7napxR7DBwWDEv_-Fqgwl1ZmHejrS13_l-Z4eLiI_BW00BnZuME-os0ROOJnpEZ15vtMdxuSl74MwuVgtd0v9lOdPjNwLP0eEWvBesHHp6eDd0B71coecdcXt69-tmqf0DLCpyUJsSWcHIm62qhS9Bcy3q--hcGS-ewTjJJaPvhVHg2fVCKKg/w93-h200/23.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCPYZ1Ard8YQCv8Vta0QW-9-JIDlhfl_jt4R8ZNyXz8SlQAy2VF_EhUdWEtWaSsOR9EqLU94qo6soYMi9j1L-C4Dg9kIm7CM9ysTmQW_og6-Jr_omva54faYMPneEyxm9VbcqBZ2aRpn8EigkRhwQxzPJ2cDn--MTVM_umOeyhiI17kRRp7l4T28QTA/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCPYZ1Ard8YQCv8Vta0QW-9-JIDlhfl_jt4R8ZNyXz8SlQAy2VF_EhUdWEtWaSsOR9EqLU94qo6soYMi9j1L-C4Dg9kIm7CM9ysTmQW_og6-Jr_omva54faYMPneEyxm9VbcqBZ2aRpn8EigkRhwQxzPJ2cDn--MTVM_umOeyhiI17kRRp7l4T28QTA/w150-h200/24.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvaBCYH-mDNsNO_5JTrzcHqFTd1010JOPHUVeiRQhXmzOoUNwUOZsMjUSYrVVKu6A6v81WB-jSrhaypk_v3RM-kZ6tnr0NH6Oazk_aZ6Whberb17agiTazU4byeD0swTSD9bRrSMhbtZ0lor6rl2RpvNh7yC6OMALHM8inwSlMe2PLsfZNR6QOGXLKQ/s4000/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvaBCYH-mDNsNO_5JTrzcHqFTd1010JOPHUVeiRQhXmzOoUNwUOZsMjUSYrVVKu6A6v81WB-jSrhaypk_v3RM-kZ6tnr0NH6Oazk_aZ6Whberb17agiTazU4byeD0swTSD9bRrSMhbtZ0lor6rl2RpvNh7yC6OMALHM8inwSlMe2PLsfZNR6QOGXLKQ/w150-h200/25.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGwtCzF03mVSJ7j9aQrW2e2wYeVVepIS0Uj1tp0-thkB0kjl6TMzvJTMd7ZrR7Sv4fl_hmTIeqAy6IhZUntwpcdeKKRta6b4iEmquVu_Irwk9MxX_WjM_4iYXgSYp5Faixa5u-54R-CMJdAYvJnfoupRmpHYHo3wu81RWrUBZXctDtiMhg1H_KiXD4A/s4000/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGwtCzF03mVSJ7j9aQrW2e2wYeVVepIS0Uj1tp0-thkB0kjl6TMzvJTMd7ZrR7Sv4fl_hmTIeqAy6IhZUntwpcdeKKRta6b4iEmquVu_Irwk9MxX_WjM_4iYXgSYp5Faixa5u-54R-CMJdAYvJnfoupRmpHYHo3wu81RWrUBZXctDtiMhg1H_KiXD4A/s320/26.jpg" width="149" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25od5NCn7rh6iWPs9PzLGrBOHZ4diQKyXAICIADXQ8uKecMNKqkMZEWR7Vy-YURsYSr4Qxa3Zv8hfOGDXyqc3nPn5obB29TsIVE77QAioJQ1uU6OhL7npAzT_POYR7QbdupR4UFVEjQyMFwS56pA4cZ27lp56tBMqcKtuJFgihhmWLffRvu54t-vxAA/s4000/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25od5NCn7rh6iWPs9PzLGrBOHZ4diQKyXAICIADXQ8uKecMNKqkMZEWR7Vy-YURsYSr4Qxa3Zv8hfOGDXyqc3nPn5obB29TsIVE77QAioJQ1uU6OhL7npAzT_POYR7QbdupR4UFVEjQyMFwS56pA4cZ27lp56tBMqcKtuJFgihhmWLffRvu54t-vxAA/w93-h200/27.jpg" width="93" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE82N7UIdhEzYMv0nCy9RbowGKk72Y9krLaVJpSTMVxc-eO-i5f42rSBzT1OQ1vXXnKigsrNF_z5BkYFbpiJPQ2_g_bBnLkBwQ0tPhNF_lrhd9_cDLswEFvelcFbwAOzvY20N4QMpUdut2vAkgeJH3kIMI9c7Ggx4do-PnWF22vUjsErM59B76ygy6_g/s4000/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE82N7UIdhEzYMv0nCy9RbowGKk72Y9krLaVJpSTMVxc-eO-i5f42rSBzT1OQ1vXXnKigsrNF_z5BkYFbpiJPQ2_g_bBnLkBwQ0tPhNF_lrhd9_cDLswEFvelcFbwAOzvY20N4QMpUdut2vAkgeJH3kIMI9c7Ggx4do-PnWF22vUjsErM59B76ygy6_g/w93-h200/28.jpg" width="93" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>When you turn around from the Falls, this is directly behind you. You see Cathy has a mask on...a few other people did also, but the vast majority did not.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckzvLA42R_n0cmhlnBYSVJY-tN0O66d2DdLpuRj83iTFVBmbMThtkA7iAO3iT7sGEX8qZMbDnu97At64-jniz8ZaLLDdv7LOT5kOwUVxgbm_Of8Zj1ovshXI5eXlrswDtCkMQ9C3FlgxevMpia7MwYJb-4776ZAIGB62f80HqtF-nV4M2t9qPMuGxPg/s4000/29.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckzvLA42R_n0cmhlnBYSVJY-tN0O66d2DdLpuRj83iTFVBmbMThtkA7iAO3iT7sGEX8qZMbDnu97At64-jniz8ZaLLDdv7LOT5kOwUVxgbm_Of8Zj1ovshXI5eXlrswDtCkMQ9C3FlgxevMpia7MwYJb-4776ZAIGB62f80HqtF-nV4M2t9qPMuGxPg/w150-h200/29.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODp5xoxYcbUIq1y-7HFysbZlIKglb07_0gyXKUOAsLeoQ5sGF7jJld0wM24-_AdoR66f8rQOtC9f3co2icJOOGUXk81iX6cU3K_p2ZUHRjDoW9TU_KCFAYsX3NVWY4jkkB_ZCostnsywkaAQOtcs4FETW3IpGo5W4CAEo1112WoTN7v7jwIWSFem1sg/s4000/30.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODp5xoxYcbUIq1y-7HFysbZlIKglb07_0gyXKUOAsLeoQ5sGF7jJld0wM24-_AdoR66f8rQOtC9f3co2icJOOGUXk81iX6cU3K_p2ZUHRjDoW9TU_KCFAYsX3NVWY4jkkB_ZCostnsywkaAQOtcs4FETW3IpGo5W4CAEo1112WoTN7v7jwIWSFem1sg/w150-h200/30.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9wPzw-GlJKJ1crxhrMGCnfb9CdGK002j-FmvVAtn9QuOxTO3dKYm7o558AzWa81-ViAsXAJvtGqQ2z_7-F-NjVkEmyPdsT0I-9lfbAF4GKiHMU3Y70fNtFc-hRE8KQtihjhskHhP0mVSFKePGOl0Non47hAqV-_Kc8QkPqJhWPX6LaZuWKRz4ztcQQ/s4000/31.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9wPzw-GlJKJ1crxhrMGCnfb9CdGK002j-FmvVAtn9QuOxTO3dKYm7o558AzWa81-ViAsXAJvtGqQ2z_7-F-NjVkEmyPdsT0I-9lfbAF4GKiHMU3Y70fNtFc-hRE8KQtihjhskHhP0mVSFKePGOl0Non47hAqV-_Kc8QkPqJhWPX6LaZuWKRz4ztcQQ/w150-h200/31.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>The trek back to the elevator. A little fun fact: In the 1960s this cavern was made a designated bomb shelter with enough food, water, and medicine stored for 720 people for a few weeks.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdun4n7d3Eg4Dv4czncLQMiedK3-uCb2ah87wHlnH9Qpq9x1bgxWMHxDAdwhN1LirW6z49SJ7YNjHPDSFF8NhOgwdmV9SNTBcdE3Pq2apOdgEtTulVIHkQkxv_QWwsAbvWWshqBAYLyffbj4qjkMtlm1UIpVRCDJvfVrqRKvyfKvQxUrTAo2k8dN1HiQ/s4000/32.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdun4n7d3Eg4Dv4czncLQMiedK3-uCb2ah87wHlnH9Qpq9x1bgxWMHxDAdwhN1LirW6z49SJ7YNjHPDSFF8NhOgwdmV9SNTBcdE3Pq2apOdgEtTulVIHkQkxv_QWwsAbvWWshqBAYLyffbj4qjkMtlm1UIpVRCDJvfVrqRKvyfKvQxUrTAo2k8dN1HiQ/w150-h200/32.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rcRUlmfpbxgFnbw0B64h2tb9YcDVuMUG6JwrK--oOL2KWq13lcTgSyEohLGZ80swmMJHikw_E6p0o6Zc7NyOfh4Xf3lHzuzwVCIdh_iOtxnbat3BSIUPP5HgqNQW2RF474maO8Rs2w4ZpiuVhTYX7WpRewn9iE8qRHSFLaVBm2PvSGXulrweJSlqLA/s3473/33.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3473" data-original-width="2980" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rcRUlmfpbxgFnbw0B64h2tb9YcDVuMUG6JwrK--oOL2KWq13lcTgSyEohLGZ80swmMJHikw_E6p0o6Zc7NyOfh4Xf3lHzuzwVCIdh_iOtxnbat3BSIUPP5HgqNQW2RF474maO8Rs2w4ZpiuVhTYX7WpRewn9iE8qRHSFLaVBm2PvSGXulrweJSlqLA/w172-h200/33.jpg" width="172" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JPu__9mQgEjaquTdo-TF_RWqhKNdfhQb7pv1ET_pk0jFHegJrYASN8bixGPUA-HyFY_Ogbolb-HSnd6GJBUeFSSMjCRFF5H-CM6v-sq9QLguaFjQtd2coN44TQEg9h6x1J4_44_kFPyF6grsbGB8C2CgKGR9TtUDM8VdHPZRKvOquVoLks1tC5LLUw/s4000/34.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JPu__9mQgEjaquTdo-TF_RWqhKNdfhQb7pv1ET_pk0jFHegJrYASN8bixGPUA-HyFY_Ogbolb-HSnd6GJBUeFSSMjCRFF5H-CM6v-sq9QLguaFjQtd2coN44TQEg9h6x1J4_44_kFPyF6grsbGB8C2CgKGR9TtUDM8VdHPZRKvOquVoLks1tC5LLUw/w150-h200/34.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>And finally, Caja and I up on a rock tower made from stones excavated from the cavern. We are looking out at the city of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LF7FEtjBC8uiya-N3rcVpGCSCqctq1aTfKk4z0ZvNTQHWfn6uHYHOurlPFatVNinnUG4pozhqaD4qZnl2dndWz2A1UzeqbIuwI8q8OFhsUczozcGJHdEFaHUfxS7MR7EAt5fMhJtJa36CI-HWvRWUyqMmH42xYL7VYO3k0T89Z6sNKBK4b-Nqv_HuA/s4000/35.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LF7FEtjBC8uiya-N3rcVpGCSCqctq1aTfKk4z0ZvNTQHWfn6uHYHOurlPFatVNinnUG4pozhqaD4qZnl2dndWz2A1UzeqbIuwI8q8OFhsUczozcGJHdEFaHUfxS7MR7EAt5fMhJtJa36CI-HWvRWUyqMmH42xYL7VYO3k0T89Z6sNKBK4b-Nqv_HuA/w200-h93/35.jpg" width="200" /><br /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow we are off to Rock City, so more to follow!</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-42622184648117917132022-05-25T22:17:00.442-05:002022-07-20T10:55:48.061-05:00Finally Blogging Again!<div>May 25, 2022--So we're off for our first trip since we last posted in 2016--whew! It's been a while! We left N Ft Myers with our friends and neighbors, Caja and Jeannie, on the 21st. Since we started hanging out together, I have totally radicalized them with watching politics (haha), to the point that Jeannie is now displaying signs as she travels throughout the country.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm0dyb2lQ1foNgVejW4V2tr0D5ztdVSjNgqiijwxt7MZjQshFvTrQTIsm-ELcx0pz8OuH3JXF4_ux1N9wt4KnM_HpIMRcQ5hy93RY6NijT7jW-4yc15R3nRgCBmRlfx1M0DKBsVFGx96k8x_ysHtfIJijSzGLK6WfBkz8lpoSltc59nPwLWHtwDcNgA/s4000/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm0dyb2lQ1foNgVejW4V2tr0D5ztdVSjNgqiijwxt7MZjQshFvTrQTIsm-ELcx0pz8OuH3JXF4_ux1N9wt4KnM_HpIMRcQ5hy93RY6NijT7jW-4yc15R3nRgCBmRlfx1M0DKBsVFGx96k8x_ysHtfIJijSzGLK6WfBkz8lpoSltc59nPwLWHtwDcNgA/w150-h200/1.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUOz-3nZL_cdb9SL3q0Hah_Bx8TdgcLyjxYh_ccNzrlbxOoXLZpKknEnOJUIU7QCTJcLUn4DNgy0O1D7pWRpeolnGcy-V8MyHtQbumclVB1WFNFt7L6t8vhOrQiaAvfCgIuKA-9e0_zc8GiOYEkKyhe5xQc77RHDe6X2MqP5gCzWSxjeAvoMycYYOGA/s4000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUOz-3nZL_cdb9SL3q0Hah_Bx8TdgcLyjxYh_ccNzrlbxOoXLZpKknEnOJUIU7QCTJcLUn4DNgy0O1D7pWRpeolnGcy-V8MyHtQbumclVB1WFNFt7L6t8vhOrQiaAvfCgIuKA-9e0_zc8GiOYEkKyhe5xQc77RHDe6X2MqP5gCzWSxjeAvoMycYYOGA/w150-h200/2.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We arrived in Cuthbert, GA on the 22nd and headed out over the next 2 days to do some sightseeing. This is a very small, I would say dying, town of approximately 3400 people. As you come into the town the 1st thing you see is the water tower, immediately followed by a somewhat small cemetery with headstones dating back to the early 1830s. There were a couple markers placed in 1980-1990, but the overwhelming majority were in the mid to late 1800s.</div><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofNElDegPjhNPaUB2YmnMAequ-aXDDj4ZtPIgryS00BSNMEcc5Qhn9mux_iLnuyWnCZrvTw-Q5FZsGdLhiU4x-iCZGEilWuXGLO-vSyBslApG9YmLpHQcyhbZbyuyUcQg7fvtx3NOw6n3ZXjeMhiAtRal68GpsUVZj0MYrIFhaRdbGwMPAjaU7Rksow/s4000/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofNElDegPjhNPaUB2YmnMAequ-aXDDj4ZtPIgryS00BSNMEcc5Qhn9mux_iLnuyWnCZrvTw-Q5FZsGdLhiU4x-iCZGEilWuXGLO-vSyBslApG9YmLpHQcyhbZbyuyUcQg7fvtx3NOw6n3ZXjeMhiAtRal68GpsUVZj0MYrIFhaRdbGwMPAjaU7Rksow/w150-h200/3.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggmxkiry9zZo5w0elveG_nkUT1VAllRPayyZy_V7_24aXbblVKEln2TTa9qL2UoPpRmkjiZNnpyhsvKq9n0PozdkQxqGH5MUx6VrdIG929T1VhehRB-p-4efm1CHNKolvgN4oydn8ESbjMDBGDOgZwWrQdIQRHu8LG6Xo4CIca5uTstER-996ea7OFg/s3912/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2518" data-original-width="3912" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggmxkiry9zZo5w0elveG_nkUT1VAllRPayyZy_V7_24aXbblVKEln2TTa9qL2UoPpRmkjiZNnpyhsvKq9n0PozdkQxqGH5MUx6VrdIG929T1VhehRB-p-4efm1CHNKolvgN4oydn8ESbjMDBGDOgZwWrQdIQRHu8LG6Xo4CIca5uTstER-996ea7OFg/w200-h129/4.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZc2FC9i3xhY3LQy8CWdza6KmLsz-PSnEzDqnIBt90gnI-bLstCEgz929_ycEJOp-fa7brwSTJU4QCq-WOjPFpULp6LOQY3OuoD3PK-uhreRkOEzozwMAgHXElExMDGRsNa2chUek_mjnNTHdJORWX1MJcgLNhukYcMJ3V3V-CMHrWF2Qd7IjUGJwwQ/s4000/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZc2FC9i3xhY3LQy8CWdza6KmLsz-PSnEzDqnIBt90gnI-bLstCEgz929_ycEJOp-fa7brwSTJU4QCq-WOjPFpULp6LOQY3OuoD3PK-uhreRkOEzozwMAgHXElExMDGRsNa2chUek_mjnNTHdJORWX1MJcgLNhukYcMJ3V3V-CMHrWF2Qd7IjUGJwwQ/w150-h200/5.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgdwINSN8vI8U3uill9pFt3t7sUbO5CGHuJpcEbhkm34GvHryYsbDkiu59eee3n411NIodl2jyFkSrBzrkT9mDxzwNR4Dc8klqPRYSl3i39dD8TLCwR5hjnpPGgCkPuJUdzPgEydVh7Wx_XG_hw2YP5r9n5yxY7aaYFjTLH6zcX8Xd8uZfvXEoZRfow/s4000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgdwINSN8vI8U3uill9pFt3t7sUbO5CGHuJpcEbhkm34GvHryYsbDkiu59eee3n411NIodl2jyFkSrBzrkT9mDxzwNR4Dc8klqPRYSl3i39dD8TLCwR5hjnpPGgCkPuJUdzPgEydVh7Wx_XG_hw2YP5r9n5yxY7aaYFjTLH6zcX8Xd8uZfvXEoZRfow/w200-h150/6.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The town clearly does nothing to maintain the place, as several of the graves were in varying stages of disrepair. This one that was cracked open was a little concerning...I wasn't so sure there might not still be bones in there.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TmjE99axx7AzN5P7x6vcqM1ieAu6i517Znr2J26ac13t2Jb07dY52-ak69YiKNugJHrkbvH4p_MTUDtdVdqETKb0CFF1ZVCx0gQ7bb8wLJ2jtb-zHPzwINOD9RGvRyw3PCyAurFr7d5oMJWurrcaJ8HnvHMbJivx7sWD5UkxekX-kSDnAyWIcn9-qw/s4000/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TmjE99axx7AzN5P7x6vcqM1ieAu6i517Znr2J26ac13t2Jb07dY52-ak69YiKNugJHrkbvH4p_MTUDtdVdqETKb0CFF1ZVCx0gQ7bb8wLJ2jtb-zHPzwINOD9RGvRyw3PCyAurFr7d5oMJWurrcaJ8HnvHMbJivx7sWD5UkxekX-kSDnAyWIcn9-qw/w200-h150/7.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWlkhV75VGQaKEt6o_0h_O1AbqSRwy_JNeiy8vWV89mEPkboZbq0TxSN4uyoOSY84eF7yOL20W7siVZGpUOmvsP3LrnYuNZd8oHbas16NBEZgCbZD5u9mc7UYVFdUb4qmrx-3c7VkSANRFzLFWkFT--fQ8tw4KSXIcmu9ZsJj9CD8cEUv8lZOvnGfgQ/s4000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWlkhV75VGQaKEt6o_0h_O1AbqSRwy_JNeiy8vWV89mEPkboZbq0TxSN4uyoOSY84eF7yOL20W7siVZGpUOmvsP3LrnYuNZd8oHbas16NBEZgCbZD5u9mc7UYVFdUb4qmrx-3c7VkSANRFzLFWkFT--fQ8tw4KSXIcmu9ZsJj9CD8cEUv8lZOvnGfgQ/w200-h150/8.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPEX3C-QBw7Ed4d2iknBrWBy2q4UqQlDo0oaIEbPuFGXVit8oSJIEqmm3wnAdJEm_fD1FzeNnaQtaKsBTsQ3LS6TLwQZm4z7QQHPq3M8aLbobv-404FcmyqJN4w159Z5E1gI8Jdn3bGs-2rjwlcdtAnZmmMxW_GDjuaqV29dS3VNEnA56hDQ5REKWyw/s4000/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPEX3C-QBw7Ed4d2iknBrWBy2q4UqQlDo0oaIEbPuFGXVit8oSJIEqmm3wnAdJEm_fD1FzeNnaQtaKsBTsQ3LS6TLwQZm4z7QQHPq3M8aLbobv-404FcmyqJN4w159Z5E1gI8Jdn3bGs-2rjwlcdtAnZmmMxW_GDjuaqV29dS3VNEnA56hDQ5REKWyw/w150-h200/9.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gZ2qi31T5X_BMUHcaZRlzsdTt3YAIlIAyF1rHtSdsUomXjKY2ZJ4TRJuKwCMdZRqMc-h4OQ2xUl5HUqua44ZApb3QGmuK41km7rYF-kHh3ixN3AWYpuzZdLhESu1uAUu6Mk66y6PujQXgBWUwqTB2aLU2ue75Mc5ncc4ke0_0cdu7lSJY9CbzIHpXw/s4000/9a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gZ2qi31T5X_BMUHcaZRlzsdTt3YAIlIAyF1rHtSdsUomXjKY2ZJ4TRJuKwCMdZRqMc-h4OQ2xUl5HUqua44ZApb3QGmuK41km7rYF-kHh3ixN3AWYpuzZdLhESu1uAUu6Mk66y6PujQXgBWUwqTB2aLU2ue75Mc5ncc4ke0_0cdu7lSJY9CbzIHpXw/w150-h200/9a.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A handful of the graves had this flag placed on them--this was the original rebel flag when the Civil War began.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCQ7E1YXqE9Yx0avrSqurrqPP-SYAl2occkdF-3lC9WJbfJijghdKboK6k43uqv3GVR8ZXfIrtyMZ9Pd9vIxPkyMY_JC7DfTtYbn4KlFfRd0aj6eLKKgxzRVTeUWrlTUtvGBKxMlqdAShoMxVLka16Y1XaR3NKw2H_OMvZ1Xaic03Hhk9FTw3rVkqjw/s4000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCQ7E1YXqE9Yx0avrSqurrqPP-SYAl2occkdF-3lC9WJbfJijghdKboK6k43uqv3GVR8ZXfIrtyMZ9Pd9vIxPkyMY_JC7DfTtYbn4KlFfRd0aj6eLKKgxzRVTeUWrlTUtvGBKxMlqdAShoMxVLka16Y1XaR3NKw2H_OMvZ1Xaic03Hhk9FTw3rVkqjw/w200-h150/10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And then, of course, we had the stars and bars Confederate flag placed on just this one grave. This guy was a colonel in the rebel army and died during the war.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDx6qs66lDjn9k8DilB0HLQBn4S5Z6BZX9bZS3vOyhHGaT59vLQ6MhoJLvf2yjNZPCYmpLA-MqWTAUxHm9ubgyRa5H2xU6OEF9kFgFnD019Nme0zIOyYOdmJsOoUkRRGdW-J-r-SXFkkUJffiT1CS2WE5A86rj_iiggo-RlXF70GiUH6tUJhuNFY6nrw/s4000/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDx6qs66lDjn9k8DilB0HLQBn4S5Z6BZX9bZS3vOyhHGaT59vLQ6MhoJLvf2yjNZPCYmpLA-MqWTAUxHm9ubgyRa5H2xU6OEF9kFgFnD019Nme0zIOyYOdmJsOoUkRRGdW-J-r-SXFkkUJffiT1CS2WE5A86rj_iiggo-RlXF70GiUH6tUJhuNFY6nrw/w150-h200/11.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HFwzrcAh_dcuUmVXN0-XyLr2TGg2oabTxjbWr_WMREF-aEy7pBCZmy7ewQtsZYMrt5PaYhMaGOCi1s4y9OhTiHetG7Zqo0060W69wOIPPPpNaqvqyvtSHRO2Dp9Vpq4BqFJuYp6irqkAixiyQ8tpb09BkyItLXHv6LkTAbHiMAGNmsavMANmG0Fmbg/s4000/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HFwzrcAh_dcuUmVXN0-XyLr2TGg2oabTxjbWr_WMREF-aEy7pBCZmy7ewQtsZYMrt5PaYhMaGOCi1s4y9OhTiHetG7Zqo0060W69wOIPPPpNaqvqyvtSHRO2Dp9Vpq4BqFJuYp6irqkAixiyQ8tpb09BkyItLXHv6LkTAbHiMAGNmsavMANmG0Fmbg/w150-h200/12.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>As I said, this is a very small town--the town center is a stone's throw from the cemetery--and all the stores that make up the town center line the outside of this small park placed in a rotary. So the 1st thing you see from a distance after the water tower is this very large tribute to the fallen Confederate soldiers. A little background--I noticed as we walked around a bit that although we were not seeing a lot of people, most of those we did see were African Americans. So as I looked at and read the stirring words etched into this statue, I googled to see what the demographics of the area were. What I found was that just over 85% of the residents here are black, and all I could think was how appalling it would be to have to live with this abomination staring you in the face every day.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhgKCB26Zes1ic-GRtVGxFUG3I5aOutZ_mQ3NtUvxFxAGNakouY7CQhpPEOzalTDrVe4eScwEQFNlumA_sSbGA7YlPOEICsVbfd4kOiZW3y7XS8UjIEcUI_Q-rGa0QIsJaym44aniwhxT7cQ6nNiKxLpVJ3JllmW5iTiauKLnvHo4CoCU9oKdvGW2EQ/s4000/12a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhgKCB26Zes1ic-GRtVGxFUG3I5aOutZ_mQ3NtUvxFxAGNakouY7CQhpPEOzalTDrVe4eScwEQFNlumA_sSbGA7YlPOEICsVbfd4kOiZW3y7XS8UjIEcUI_Q-rGa0QIsJaym44aniwhxT7cQ6nNiKxLpVJ3JllmW5iTiauKLnvHo4CoCU9oKdvGW2EQ/w150-h200/12a.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mhOejcAC6W51Yi_OAdwE0iHZfnIiEhFlkP6Ptk5964R4uyhRRvfwGugtvi3xTuvdBnxold_lVLDAIqSZBXqXCkJUiQqYXpnrYsrwTLWuAItsFwFXk08jElFPvJ1mQ5yKaOeMzQ-7UJx2wFPuYkD6oXtzmYAVGTqwYu1S3WcwmFMhvUU1Q2T2IXWS2w/s4000/12b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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These are some of the famous people who actually came from this town, like Rosie Greer the football player, the 1st woman to go the college I'll show in a moment, and then a famous Jazz musician...I don't know anything about Jazz so not much to say on him. lol Larry Homes, the boxer, also came from here, but for some reason he didn't make the mural.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrpsL6K1qZnbsxPwVa1OsmnXm79vt6ByaaPxFgh-CG612ObsVjN2qI2cHADiNka-o_cbgoP9UY16yPBp9He-7V-LRafdGI3oIioNGbPeg11Hk1CUUCn7kwgLgke3x2OnInfxt7B5hVHFUixMMSGqgJmpYnthXwGugy4JKONTg1DoWKwgIdF6HOdHZCg/s5287/12i.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="5287" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrpsL6K1qZnbsxPwVa1OsmnXm79vt6ByaaPxFgh-CG612ObsVjN2qI2cHADiNka-o_cbgoP9UY16yPBp9He-7V-LRafdGI3oIioNGbPeg11Hk1CUUCn7kwgLgke3x2OnInfxt7B5hVHFUixMMSGqgJmpYnthXwGugy4JKONTg1DoWKwgIdF6HOdHZCg/w200-h98/12i.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTeXWBmSdkUo7IlzVA1XYugkCpEPqpQxEDfbGhvy5E216Kt-ksXvlKa82Pn10oSWRKOEZXTnWpwM6xz_EP7eGrQjpb_xa3_3jZeAhn738k8blOMzvQAcdaJ0ezbUuagPJJCbI25kS4CBTRAJ7LAbHCQdneZFDHrShw-lZGqziPGUUbENARoduZ5ByXA/s3458/12j.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; 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At the time it was just the 2nd college in the US to confer degrees upon women. During the civil war, it was used as a hospital for the sick and dying confederate soldiers. It is still open today, but only as a two year college. It's actually a very pretty building.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifQkRe-3EUM588WEhJfUP5v4yyUSONSma5Stsm_W5r96Xv4pScU_SB2zrwZ1uirvc90MPWdnJ4zaUJkDPlfdv-gMfdoRKREXEiVCeMdLcf0FZjCgm1XZHk8HoYgi7mSjASuV0rTz_e8bMmlU8OhhOg6Jfjypu2W4Ya1slWaYhcMg63MjhOxJz4k72MA/s3489/12p.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2762" data-original-width="3489" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifQkRe-3EUM588WEhJfUP5v4yyUSONSma5Stsm_W5r96Xv4pScU_SB2zrwZ1uirvc90MPWdnJ4zaUJkDPlfdv-gMfdoRKREXEiVCeMdLcf0FZjCgm1XZHk8HoYgi7mSjASuV0rTz_e8bMmlU8OhhOg6Jfjypu2W4Ya1slWaYhcMg63MjhOxJz4k72MA/w200-h158/12p.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp1XOePewx2RI0BsMaE2OZ2sQTcxbS3BbY6v6LIoX1JMcN6A-gCL57YtfpzKm2k4U9wAJD0QZ4xvX5yjf2Zwur1SfpgG3Qva0eHoe3XPQlScQSiGo1WODqduxxy9xMZQikVJmNRYF-wLq8ujrTJdqMTR9GO-_JxwF0FgsLE7oC86zAAVvHatu-MWcTg/s3958/12t.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2638" data-original-width="3958" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp1XOePewx2RI0BsMaE2OZ2sQTcxbS3BbY6v6LIoX1JMcN6A-gCL57YtfpzKm2k4U9wAJD0QZ4xvX5yjf2Zwur1SfpgG3Qva0eHoe3XPQlScQSiGo1WODqduxxy9xMZQikVJmNRYF-wLq8ujrTJdqMTR9GO-_JxwF0FgsLE7oC86zAAVvHatu-MWcTg/w200-h133/12t.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DmvCXjQQqOz-W3CWqBJLcsS2t_5vYXBNutk9Qae_hpAjrSwhUWaTr9hgYeoWNtvLX93YhPf8fSq8ohmEvR8ib69bK5AIjvHS3tUb0sOba4XmeaivQBe8W_3DMiLiE6hyUSH0p9wPsxxGIyBw-YbKpisgqtl36fFscx7bS4vJ7lwV_w-rho1IEaknaA/s3414/12u.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2951" data-original-width="3414" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DmvCXjQQqOz-W3CWqBJLcsS2t_5vYXBNutk9Qae_hpAjrSwhUWaTr9hgYeoWNtvLX93YhPf8fSq8ohmEvR8ib69bK5AIjvHS3tUb0sOba4XmeaivQBe8W_3DMiLiE6hyUSH0p9wPsxxGIyBw-YbKpisgqtl36fFscx7bS4vJ7lwV_w-rho1IEaknaA/w200-h173/12u.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3COttenZls4-DvWMi1rv0z_efv3WKBN2gzYe3vQ1saaoT0iWiKXE-rF_fOWDKIhtofrCP9CUQiYCmFwUduyZ-ONGVoI5AGyb54QZwtLh4PwfrCqq8L3IIygHeAdSz5J4kybr6dBlzGdL8gY63OGf_-bC7x9lrgAoi6Q-IYmAPEhSNqfMRgXzMv821Bg/s4000/12v.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3COttenZls4-DvWMi1rv0z_efv3WKBN2gzYe3vQ1saaoT0iWiKXE-rF_fOWDKIhtofrCP9CUQiYCmFwUduyZ-ONGVoI5AGyb54QZwtLh4PwfrCqq8L3IIygHeAdSz5J4kybr6dBlzGdL8gY63OGf_-bC7x9lrgAoi6Q-IYmAPEhSNqfMRgXzMv821Bg/w200-h150/12v.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This whole area started as huge cotton farms, so we were not surprised to see quite a few plantation homes. This 1st house is the Englund Estate, built in 1840. The 2nd house looks more like the other houses in the surrounding area, meaning run down, although it's bigger than most. And not sure what's going on with this 3rd house...lol...didn't quite fit into the rest of the area, but it showed spunk! lol</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlBYFSlw9E7vBdMgxWp5R7_rVACvrHlEFkS6Kh6LmgZYK8qxEhD8qaZqzD4PZzMq_IpXxvS5J4a2XVJq9H1gIOz89nWSSLIF9ewWHIw29zKe3RDFFTMKGhE3I63x0yb-U-LlwAevZlXVUND7YeZcmt6fRpkyiG3tYzx5gNMq5cZesEhKigal3HXzjYA/s3531/12w.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2756" data-original-width="3531" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlBYFSlw9E7vBdMgxWp5R7_rVACvrHlEFkS6Kh6LmgZYK8qxEhD8qaZqzD4PZzMq_IpXxvS5J4a2XVJq9H1gIOz89nWSSLIF9ewWHIw29zKe3RDFFTMKGhE3I63x0yb-U-LlwAevZlXVUND7YeZcmt6fRpkyiG3tYzx5gNMq5cZesEhKigal3HXzjYA/w200-h156/12w.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZyd_qujTDC-f4teGKAJhXA59uQaoEjQkwFL4eSOrW5zyqfA0t2s5qkJnuVb2h1NTjJth33boHboKjJgL_feIE1K600mW3JndDvLdfztP7gEye8mdH5aZD9Re5l2cJ74inZattBp8A9Ce-LFUvWfUtEgSvSgGFxbevw0WHnEu8PBqVp_a9d0ADxjXpQ/s3500/12y.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2533" data-original-width="3500" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZyd_qujTDC-f4teGKAJhXA59uQaoEjQkwFL4eSOrW5zyqfA0t2s5qkJnuVb2h1NTjJth33boHboKjJgL_feIE1K600mW3JndDvLdfztP7gEye8mdH5aZD9Re5l2cJ74inZattBp8A9Ce-LFUvWfUtEgSvSgGFxbevw0WHnEu8PBqVp_a9d0ADxjXpQ/w200-h145/12y.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfk41-XvCMDg8TgLivXJymVa9tJ80DW1FL9y-z8ugQk1I5w0bZ1AGdLxBSo4WQCOfH62pGkt_pBdlDf_mnIRxmfLhc2u2Yj_dkGMfFsmGSFhakFyrGPHmGfuMQYbRiBIrxMQzRvOe6P1tXa075mnhejOMeWspTyeFC-lsBbgeJ2MoM5UfEdjOCPGuiKw/s4000/12z.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfk41-XvCMDg8TgLivXJymVa9tJ80DW1FL9y-z8ugQk1I5w0bZ1AGdLxBSo4WQCOfH62pGkt_pBdlDf_mnIRxmfLhc2u2Yj_dkGMfFsmGSFhakFyrGPHmGfuMQYbRiBIrxMQzRvOe6P1tXa075mnhejOMeWspTyeFC-lsBbgeJ2MoM5UfEdjOCPGuiKw/w200-h150/12z.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>The reason we actually decided to visit this area is the Providence Canyon State Park. We went to the small visitor's center 1st, and learned that this area started to be farmed back in the early 1800s. They said "poor farming practices" led to this whole canyon developing. You can see in the 2nd picture below that the land was sloped, but I don't think anyone could have imagined that just by plowing rows into the slope they would eventually create an entire canyon beneath them.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbe6Q2h_uFID5LRGpAMmmjqMTDwLaIN2v7bLBtzW3WJEq2BAw3MljkBO7u8VpCRzd9VfYUX4gUlXAkRZ-DWlLWSSyC_Vh1IAwmSApBO_bGwKsuMZUnpmH4Ho3ZCtTpESfle0KmGjj6TUOf4MKGgdt2szYHfUwPFSW76yWhvF6glAUjyVf-4fjRWj4Iw/s4000/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbe6Q2h_uFID5LRGpAMmmjqMTDwLaIN2v7bLBtzW3WJEq2BAw3MljkBO7u8VpCRzd9VfYUX4gUlXAkRZ-DWlLWSSyC_Vh1IAwmSApBO_bGwKsuMZUnpmH4Ho3ZCtTpESfle0KmGjj6TUOf4MKGgdt2szYHfUwPFSW76yWhvF6glAUjyVf-4fjRWj4Iw/w200-h150/13.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MqlokyMogRgLEH1q3b8DQixre8KoIz1EwcfXHsKKu--_QzDbbRVnTQVO7E1Q70B2ik_7HMzjAlxcCLXMeQu1apd3GkjqPGAM1QWHiEzWIfDawZSrpxFublBd_Z0ZG6S1KVtZ4LCa7GOMo6zjI1BNu_igxCDLoHyKQ6k1ttmHSFtm4VhArNbL0zGBbA/s4000/14.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MqlokyMogRgLEH1q3b8DQixre8KoIz1EwcfXHsKKu--_QzDbbRVnTQVO7E1Q70B2ik_7HMzjAlxcCLXMeQu1apd3GkjqPGAM1QWHiEzWIfDawZSrpxFublBd_Z0ZG6S1KVtZ4LCa7GOMo6zjI1BNu_igxCDLoHyKQ6k1ttmHSFtm4VhArNbL0zGBbA/w200-h150/14.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2jS1c76bcfelJDgrUZFkLxrpIYVwF39vD5-7PLrL2_XV7Xncl3oMw0Zrj3D9xXa01OpEA9_ULerQL2A2CGYkuzCtWt6swx1KWsuqqU0J7YgKY9oz8EG0svQGoBon013aQKidricA7dNYK6JXtz5PMhC84lvKhwV5dtzHxXz1BWzsPEeubwv7ZB2HAg/s3977/15.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3977" data-original-width="1355" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2jS1c76bcfelJDgrUZFkLxrpIYVwF39vD5-7PLrL2_XV7Xncl3oMw0Zrj3D9xXa01OpEA9_ULerQL2A2CGYkuzCtWt6swx1KWsuqqU0J7YgKY9oz8EG0svQGoBon013aQKidricA7dNYK6JXtz5PMhC84lvKhwV5dtzHxXz1BWzsPEeubwv7ZB2HAg/w68-h200/15.jpg" width="68" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdMQmGsZaBdBLIk_WOWggY584uBvHADCyCrv14w9dabJwgoq2hO9k0ODRb1NZRuDSgzDXjll6wxkjuiWO0mzHGfAKfvSyF8iaDQnMJKY4g1kVHKAeqh8qNUxAYvnjhxaD1f7nyTsj0KikDSVcLHaHPF8c2UHgpywuGxUGo2KZ21txym0wVCLOJScJsg/s4000/16.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdMQmGsZaBdBLIk_WOWggY584uBvHADCyCrv14w9dabJwgoq2hO9k0ODRb1NZRuDSgzDXjll6wxkjuiWO0mzHGfAKfvSyF8iaDQnMJKY4g1kVHKAeqh8qNUxAYvnjhxaD1f7nyTsj0KikDSVcLHaHPF8c2UHgpywuGxUGo2KZ21txym0wVCLOJScJsg/w150-h200/16.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The view from the top. They told us it's only 150 feet deep, but it was a winding path to the bottom so it was probably about a 1/4 mile hike. Jeannie, in the red, decided to stay on top and enjoyed the views from there.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jjm3FkiGBdXbrtPve8kA8SiVFuq0LchJX6rMST-LEWYHRi4pgBLQJzO1i4VXK08KQNWKnnn5kXJOuSIqQGAcgHQGt_0AkB-lqKKeiKb2eJeQlHPI_u4eZ0dZtGkqoXa-hL0YzyoCs68VcGDmK9Dnp1COVe7ic_wo3BTvs7eZVrfRnToyIy73nbWxSQ/s4000/18.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jjm3FkiGBdXbrtPve8kA8SiVFuq0LchJX6rMST-LEWYHRi4pgBLQJzO1i4VXK08KQNWKnnn5kXJOuSIqQGAcgHQGt_0AkB-lqKKeiKb2eJeQlHPI_u4eZ0dZtGkqoXa-hL0YzyoCs68VcGDmK9Dnp1COVe7ic_wo3BTvs7eZVrfRnToyIy73nbWxSQ/w200-h150/18.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2H2FArv6xTCNVSbU6s2bjQqmujKbmO-T72yO9aIyXBth3nOblM6FDHqHyMWB8qZKosOkP0fHe7mTF0BFWpKh7sPBd9BSYIcHz09NPdPD0uec0GTzYRxm1ITvbgzQmARi5JtLAt27lP3ql9lbKr6P0q4qROIjVuGB1mMQJDUxSo_loscExSK_w7JdzQ/s5552/20.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="5552" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2H2FArv6xTCNVSbU6s2bjQqmujKbmO-T72yO9aIyXBth3nOblM6FDHqHyMWB8qZKosOkP0fHe7mTF0BFWpKh7sPBd9BSYIcHz09NPdPD0uec0GTzYRxm1ITvbgzQmARi5JtLAt27lP3ql9lbKr6P0q4qROIjVuGB1mMQJDUxSo_loscExSK_w7JdzQ/w200-h99/20.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mfe_nDPZcqHTpc_YXWIxBKMO6U0dcT1wSSfINOoGsPSbAjp7Eq_8SKh_4jyg3rugpt3RkWbH62ZZnSxLhk23GBt5w1hFl26Kmkw0vAvDo7sruB3-94tMd84zIAPEIuO9o9EgVudX3rA6y9AxA519c-gQlwq8a8b8eaoBrfAWPso2WddR5aBZafJqSg/s5984/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="5984" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mfe_nDPZcqHTpc_YXWIxBKMO6U0dcT1wSSfINOoGsPSbAjp7Eq_8SKh_4jyg3rugpt3RkWbH62ZZnSxLhk23GBt5w1hFl26Kmkw0vAvDo7sruB3-94tMd84zIAPEIuO9o9EgVudX3rA6y9AxA519c-gQlwq8a8b8eaoBrfAWPso2WddR5aBZafJqSg/w200-h89/19.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Georgia is famous for it's red clay soil, and due to recent rains and humidity the trek to the bottom was just short of muddy.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMGOWiGYKiCvlDf5Mp0z8EnafyGZhJ3fBhYM5qVBL2y3yMGJJI1ZfwwlRNLlDSih1Raq43V551u22VlRm3lOKUdGDeJ6qd7CODmqqT7lj3rBqcJn0fiSDhg6lj9_dg-CcCU1kQK10nEG6BY-ipKUhi14GTow7LvB4zSbTHvV0TwgE-4poGOTXk7gk1g/s4000/21.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMGOWiGYKiCvlDf5Mp0z8EnafyGZhJ3fBhYM5qVBL2y3yMGJJI1ZfwwlRNLlDSih1Raq43V551u22VlRm3lOKUdGDeJ6qd7CODmqqT7lj3rBqcJn0fiSDhg6lj9_dg-CcCU1kQK10nEG6BY-ipKUhi14GTow7LvB4zSbTHvV0TwgE-4poGOTXk7gk1g/w150-h200/21.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6joJBIl4XN6bB5HXPOaHGwhWr7MSqGvnurBTuKIeLnui0_34cirYZDV5Kky7r8rRDyIzqsfMIpQK5-6vmrc-76EUxz2GfFdErxsGjUY_HbewoLfVjq4vUwG3qTC_ESRjj_N492AaY1jOD7Cjmo5jNptfRvaFEoN19VdChG5nzu3AUZrQ_7u9b7wx6w/s4000/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6joJBIl4XN6bB5HXPOaHGwhWr7MSqGvnurBTuKIeLnui0_34cirYZDV5Kky7r8rRDyIzqsfMIpQK5-6vmrc-76EUxz2GfFdErxsGjUY_HbewoLfVjq4vUwG3qTC_ESRjj_N492AaY1jOD7Cjmo5jNptfRvaFEoN19VdChG5nzu3AUZrQ_7u9b7wx6w/w150-h200/22.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div> </div><div>The trek was worth it! Beautiful colors throughout the canyon, and what is really surprising is that although it looks like rock, it is all really heavily packed sand. The iron in the sand gives the red color, but don't remember already (lol) where the other colors come from. If you enlarge the 1st picture you can see a segment (above and between Cathy's and Caja's heads) of purple sand...and then in the 3rd picture if you enlarge it you can see little spikes of purple sand. Pretty cool looking.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimk62cF3KxeTnlI1HVZSZYQeNYg_KskIBcrinNF16BeI8wqUQmb9ve6G-h7TwzwKYKDehyRUMOtTm5pZHiKRkcIsWltLdG-2wvPUzKY4m1KhNokm-Hjll3VJIBe7pucbf567iM_TdSkZxGEwWXwLqAH_aW4002PAywNZYyKv_lYtPu-NaNJ5uQlJ9osA/s4000/24.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimk62cF3KxeTnlI1HVZSZYQeNYg_KskIBcrinNF16BeI8wqUQmb9ve6G-h7TwzwKYKDehyRUMOtTm5pZHiKRkcIsWltLdG-2wvPUzKY4m1KhNokm-Hjll3VJIBe7pucbf567iM_TdSkZxGEwWXwLqAH_aW4002PAywNZYyKv_lYtPu-NaNJ5uQlJ9osA/w150-h200/24.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8f19hkFRkI6LvAPQX5XnGqkpIwtFZKX3JIXGe1EEG2ZHrxuTPhuDEz2-RPL_igeDStjhru8TamaGr6vEs68Z3lQWgT9sSYyDh51FJJJ0luZ0MmoXsnSpDR5buzXOt7yjsDFI_jp7hplG-945ZvrBz7RY_139YM6ALEbMDWKvH5ZPxtby0XfbnK1qZw/s4000/23.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8f19hkFRkI6LvAPQX5XnGqkpIwtFZKX3JIXGe1EEG2ZHrxuTPhuDEz2-RPL_igeDStjhru8TamaGr6vEs68Z3lQWgT9sSYyDh51FJJJ0luZ0MmoXsnSpDR5buzXOt7yjsDFI_jp7hplG-945ZvrBz7RY_139YM6ALEbMDWKvH5ZPxtby0XfbnK1qZw/w150-h200/23.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-Nhb8RMFcVm6F0DJGM4Gcs-4YELkMYMF9DsqtylV1pp6fpVkqdHXpq8KZ35l1tu1muz3-Xo0zXOOcQmf_rJbzwEfkPysHIXv5xsKIqIhUZ4HrqnQLnAKwLilMT40GSjok3q8hrSOK1eN4N2tWKcJOQyzOgHOcdu5Rbz8oWTPTJJo-RRJkjIlUmxVBg/s4000/25.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-Nhb8RMFcVm6F0DJGM4Gcs-4YELkMYMF9DsqtylV1pp6fpVkqdHXpq8KZ35l1tu1muz3-Xo0zXOOcQmf_rJbzwEfkPysHIXv5xsKIqIhUZ4HrqnQLnAKwLilMT40GSjok3q8hrSOK1eN4N2tWKcJOQyzOgHOcdu5Rbz8oWTPTJJo-RRJkjIlUmxVBg/w150-h200/25.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFt4EWsy1gViV45lsA_c_ZcKw-ViQP-b8w0LRc7wx-x8FB8ozI46JD4-wNxTBlxhfcFbRG5yMayf10o2YORJPHFKVDbXe9HEOGc8JvuFLxuhTzoJ00qg55joUgFkpMCepOG14N7EAeFDuqcYBm0ErmU6rMDsyoyHdNcv-8j1BWag9EPMOi-ckUGZs72g/s3648/26.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFt4EWsy1gViV45lsA_c_ZcKw-ViQP-b8w0LRc7wx-x8FB8ozI46JD4-wNxTBlxhfcFbRG5yMayf10o2YORJPHFKVDbXe9HEOGc8JvuFLxuhTzoJ00qg55joUgFkpMCepOG14N7EAeFDuqcYBm0ErmU6rMDsyoyHdNcv-8j1BWag9EPMOi-ckUGZs72g/w150-h200/26.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This 1st picture shows the "little tree that could". Notice the roots are not really IN the sand, but running alongside it. </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIacXc-evxXlgEyTj4VYv8BSlfL8ncXcj5IGCy8gMNabOaZpaKh_D6LomzEBrIHSST-cgVHLeh2niU_XA5DxaKsS4yxo5gaJr0qtk51Dr7oE9vICN1yEv-QCbdKwqegiY65S5NRlxk7JKaaO9n4xdjus_K5as-5FYT-1XdSjx8MN8MfT6n2vL0lL_Zw/s4000/27.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIacXc-evxXlgEyTj4VYv8BSlfL8ncXcj5IGCy8gMNabOaZpaKh_D6LomzEBrIHSST-cgVHLeh2niU_XA5DxaKsS4yxo5gaJr0qtk51Dr7oE9vICN1yEv-QCbdKwqegiY65S5NRlxk7JKaaO9n4xdjus_K5as-5FYT-1XdSjx8MN8MfT6n2vL0lL_Zw/w150-h200/27.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jAldCNuoGmvkWqEGKE_Y4J9BGdW2p97tOAN9eBhIlNkYhdo02rKdMbY4XMThtn_Xodi7jwxhoZ4xYC8rqoLxHTHBTAK--oiour-CWcLUZuwrUlQgR3r0jYaWohw8_GszX43wTJx03-FvrGP34oQxj5OwI3Q3tvejYs61NsfL-zB7BmRZJL-zB3QGtw/s3648/28.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jAldCNuoGmvkWqEGKE_Y4J9BGdW2p97tOAN9eBhIlNkYhdo02rKdMbY4XMThtn_Xodi7jwxhoZ4xYC8rqoLxHTHBTAK--oiour-CWcLUZuwrUlQgR3r0jYaWohw8_GszX43wTJx03-FvrGP34oQxj5OwI3Q3tvejYs61NsfL-zB7BmRZJL-zB3QGtw/w150-h200/28.jpg" width="150" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Because this is all sand and not rock, they really don't want you to climb up in it, but occasionally Cathy and Caja couldn't help themselves. lol And also because this is all sand, it continues to erode at a fairly brisk pace. I read something that said occasionally, with heavy rains, whole sections of the walls will simply cleave off and crash to the bottom. 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When you look up at the 2nd and 3rd pictures below, you can see a shaded area at the very top. What you're actually seeing is shown in the close up of picture one...your seeing where the bottom has fallen out and left just the roots exposed, hanging from the ground at the top. You could very well be standing up there and not have any idea of how close you are to taking a deep dive to the bottom. lol</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzgmlOpi1TygrllibeEaWNyJZxvxtIOK-UfDK1yinYS3ycrOArfko07HteHpnVMDTzeFCgebSCT1L3YO189KhpjvCZc6CRczH_tPKOhJ1jz4sEC_EA5q1E-FPS8A5UEVPGfIY5A8NcFVmnI39vioQ3yJRkwGbYOINgWxAjYLWtakt844X2sFH-JSNnA/s4000/43.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzgmlOpi1TygrllibeEaWNyJZxvxtIOK-UfDK1yinYS3ycrOArfko07HteHpnVMDTzeFCgebSCT1L3YO189KhpjvCZc6CRczH_tPKOhJ1jz4sEC_EA5q1E-FPS8A5UEVPGfIY5A8NcFVmnI39vioQ3yJRkwGbYOINgWxAjYLWtakt844X2sFH-JSNnA/w200-h150/43.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffF42sPYO9HWtHUpxOHh-irNINYfxnREd_RB2fCj4BZw3-BP5apf1dNxRN3r7nPtBISldZse6OCUpGiiDU0uI6L8fVZLUDpGuzSCqDioBWF0egAUIyewh_6nF2Kr_g7RFijFbAsIxnP6lADw92FSrRKtzq6nOrKwUFcWFI1CVAdo8MUMOwA9Z-ITV6Q/s4000/49.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffF42sPYO9HWtHUpxOHh-irNINYfxnREd_RB2fCj4BZw3-BP5apf1dNxRN3r7nPtBISldZse6OCUpGiiDU0uI6L8fVZLUDpGuzSCqDioBWF0egAUIyewh_6nF2Kr_g7RFijFbAsIxnP6lADw92FSrRKtzq6nOrKwUFcWFI1CVAdo8MUMOwA9Z-ITV6Q/w150-h200/49.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsj7bTPNYDsiiWrXYt56vCY_jZu1Ls8d4DvyvXePmZywvMXqBmqoH5VTFAJ0YJJhpFldufz-5D8lr4Eply6vCPIbSEee58x8CJ6aE6KgLaIxZuQKWyfb-BSn9eUAOIcKbaTqT-wuSvPV2P388OrUekj2tMEWTa3Ht2w1aVFWMcwNiNHCRC7_RefMKv5A/s4000/50.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsj7bTPNYDsiiWrXYt56vCY_jZu1Ls8d4DvyvXePmZywvMXqBmqoH5VTFAJ0YJJhpFldufz-5D8lr4Eply6vCPIbSEee58x8CJ6aE6KgLaIxZuQKWyfb-BSn9eUAOIcKbaTqT-wuSvPV2P388OrUekj2tMEWTa3Ht2w1aVFWMcwNiNHCRC7_RefMKv5A/w150-h200/50.jpg" width="150" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>You have to enlarge these 1st 2 pictures so see what looks like honeycombed sand.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC96z5ao-O1qQjtu0wWsvkAK5wAKGPRI0oBmKe98QNrgtSCd5-qj0cLwCCtm20-dLhtPWWKrfG26V16bGGDJUthB-LfLg5qOT9pDhLb2CLggrlx2WC7LZxGnuieA7jI7vUplTci2xkb0J-8AD9cmNfDT-0lGi-_4dLnqvq_UVk2aZw9rsY2IQFReV7cA/s4000/47.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC96z5ao-O1qQjtu0wWsvkAK5wAKGPRI0oBmKe98QNrgtSCd5-qj0cLwCCtm20-dLhtPWWKrfG26V16bGGDJUthB-LfLg5qOT9pDhLb2CLggrlx2WC7LZxGnuieA7jI7vUplTci2xkb0J-8AD9cmNfDT-0lGi-_4dLnqvq_UVk2aZw9rsY2IQFReV7cA/w150-h200/47.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKu_7UTDnB2CX2ozFSimp5M5DkgsFzdm8y8Ozn1O0SYq7z4u417aKNcpqFTWTejJYOFi3GBBxSD083napF_HQSJAGh8u9bfbuX7FJhtjvH9aorU-vIwYChj98x4CLuWIY4V2LFVe5H0lukgd2Eigtgi1-VCSWUkGhLX3YuE6vAFNFYCyJuGCyIfh6eA/s4000/48.jpg" style="margin-left: 0 margin-right:;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKu_7UTDnB2CX2ozFSimp5M5DkgsFzdm8y8Ozn1O0SYq7z4u417aKNcpqFTWTejJYOFi3GBBxSD083napF_HQSJAGh8u9bfbuX7FJhtjvH9aorU-vIwYChj98x4CLuWIY4V2LFVe5H0lukgd2Eigtgi1-VCSWUkGhLX3YuE6vAFNFYCyJuGCyIfh6eA/w200-h150/48.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Our last shots as we are leaving. It is just starting to drizzle, so we try to make haste to the top. NOT! As you can see in the 3rd picture, I am sopping wet and only half way to the top!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gz4QHsMzq_QNL5iFM3D4fIRMcoYvdWN77gGv_siLki3BtyiHg28E2ebgYfBXEV8hfHrUp_Dt9b-9EmEANrCuzYjrMHPcxLyGROk3sc0gnNNmPeVeoGBZ3F7S3sLTtfSwGCUswnSxypfq8_4vzxidRY9nVqIpJVMpe0J1F_-e1ny1qRWdSeZxBuToag/s3968/51.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3968" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gz4QHsMzq_QNL5iFM3D4fIRMcoYvdWN77gGv_siLki3BtyiHg28E2ebgYfBXEV8hfHrUp_Dt9b-9EmEANrCuzYjrMHPcxLyGROk3sc0gnNNmPeVeoGBZ3F7S3sLTtfSwGCUswnSxypfq8_4vzxidRY9nVqIpJVMpe0J1F_-e1ny1qRWdSeZxBuToag/w200-h93/51.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQwraIlfhyB5o1NWGI1wwxGo8kJ8_g64QTSEZqQjepA3ufA9kLPszFyehFa9yxzh4Q5gysKoPgeseGUXuv8A1iMYlwABcqxhoZImju4SPyXGiiTX1TpHh4rzS33fIsKDj4VcKuGgDWT1BB5GXaFK6x4WEMlrKk_-bJCVbSCw0yDG8tesFTemsGr3hQQ/s4000/52.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQwraIlfhyB5o1NWGI1wwxGo8kJ8_g64QTSEZqQjepA3ufA9kLPszFyehFa9yxzh4Q5gysKoPgeseGUXuv8A1iMYlwABcqxhoZImju4SPyXGiiTX1TpHh4rzS33fIsKDj4VcKuGgDWT1BB5GXaFK6x4WEMlrKk_-bJCVbSCw0yDG8tesFTemsGr3hQQ/w150-h200/52.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXErEEgurqr4wRPqXJgpdBscN6VH_1r9Dj4pVbGzlFQcZcSa4fnErA2Da3pu_jZawXDwpEtk_xDAJ49Y3LQbiy7sbhNTl1SKplg53CGDbJ0LHafNNBrRKYvyuqiDU8EJ-dlQRQDPQZ3Viv8EZ4a41M-MMs90WuHt9mZLJ8jh-0tiLo3SlPzAwYFbWQSg/s4000/53.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXErEEgurqr4wRPqXJgpdBscN6VH_1r9Dj4pVbGzlFQcZcSa4fnErA2Da3pu_jZawXDwpEtk_xDAJ49Y3LQbiy7sbhNTl1SKplg53CGDbJ0LHafNNBrRKYvyuqiDU8EJ-dlQRQDPQZ3Viv8EZ4a41M-MMs90WuHt9mZLJ8jh-0tiLo3SlPzAwYFbWQSg/w93-h200/53.jpg" width="93" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Interesting side note: Back when the erosion was becoming obvious, the Civilian Conservation Corps planted trees and what is called Kudzu to try to slow it down. For those of you have never heard of it, Kudzu is from China, a ground cover plant that is very well controlled in it's native habitat, but not able to be controlled here in the US at all. Supposedly nothing kills it but goats! As you can see from the pictures, it doesn't stay on the ground--the vines climb and engulf anything in it's way, covering and killing whole bushes and even massive trees. It is all over southern Georgia and northern Florida, now covering over 7.5 million acres of forested land. I feel like somewhat could make a good scary movie with this.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdQfHbNnrdAuVhp0ru2TtsLJJulKhKx6kSs3ICOxg8gUcThBJNtyq4V2f72hlY0BQUppVlQ_ypeHHxGHsSYlh5Y_Orj8kTkDHf0bsHBhVjiVs5Hswi9u8372LNcZU3dDr-DWoWc6-ajGseI10m9MelSAcHBmakFlDvxQ7jnhLurzFUQkMZXo0ArAa4w/s4000/17.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdQfHbNnrdAuVhp0ru2TtsLJJulKhKx6kSs3ICOxg8gUcThBJNtyq4V2f72hlY0BQUppVlQ_ypeHHxGHsSYlh5Y_Orj8kTkDHf0bsHBhVjiVs5Hswi9u8372LNcZU3dDr-DWoWc6-ajGseI10m9MelSAcHBmakFlDvxQ7jnhLurzFUQkMZXo0ArAa4w/w150-h200/17.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DaRhuv8w1V8hjTTDHKKU84sEJ4g9Rp-cZfvAW8PBR4PQir5RjSDc_OSPHilYTNag1N9PTog7LjZHBJQK0KuRdmYTG8CEnqcNuzOKkhGi92n-y05S2voJcAKfMsB0iaMtEGtGjdGZSBR44IT7iXu-ogI9e6s8YAJC6j53VtckyuhnSxeXjWmJlID41w/s4000/17a.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DaRhuv8w1V8hjTTDHKKU84sEJ4g9Rp-cZfvAW8PBR4PQir5RjSDc_OSPHilYTNag1N9PTog7LjZHBJQK0KuRdmYTG8CEnqcNuzOKkhGi92n-y05S2voJcAKfMsB0iaMtEGtGjdGZSBR44IT7iXu-ogI9e6s8YAJC6j53VtckyuhnSxeXjWmJlID41w/w150-h200/17a.jpg" width="150" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCVGJV8S-snx1uV0rykIqKkbw4NRyqKNlf8ArsWyioJvRJV-8SeT6qqT72NWeUS9bLpFSl_NbuSUfFdJ4rZ0odnMCBzO5UBOmejXnTqDaTzUdumJHtfRcgHA8nY997ZPtmDKp4GCSJ-IfC01MppgbgNyoqsQTSRWkVLrVZpyVJlJee29q2349SGwQvA/s4000/17b.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCVGJV8S-snx1uV0rykIqKkbw4NRyqKNlf8ArsWyioJvRJV-8SeT6qqT72NWeUS9bLpFSl_NbuSUfFdJ4rZ0odnMCBzO5UBOmejXnTqDaTzUdumJHtfRcgHA8nY997ZPtmDKp4GCSJ-IfC01MppgbgNyoqsQTSRWkVLrVZpyVJlJee29q2349SGwQvA/w200-h150/17b.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYtIjpMWs6Olh4cBsfPayQX5f4FgXrQ3iDHxjInOu1qSa1GPrKYOgI1Yxpll2DqzLT2cwttmtR3fmAkJa0Ysfsqt_31EvZqkgnWmWqlxJYy9TXqPNZH3tvX96BNG2AvFhJybd4OLQ4OzBZJ6QXUkhB2Qnx5dNqaiQMsirH9DKo7v4h8LFsei7mRfLow/s4000/17c.jpg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYtIjpMWs6Olh4cBsfPayQX5f4FgXrQ3iDHxjInOu1qSa1GPrKYOgI1Yxpll2DqzLT2cwttmtR3fmAkJa0Ysfsqt_31EvZqkgnWmWqlxJYy9TXqPNZH3tvX96BNG2AvFhJybd4OLQ4OzBZJ6QXUkhB2Qnx5dNqaiQMsirH9DKo7v4h8LFsei7mRfLow/w200-h150/17c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So, that's all for now folks. We are headed next to an area outside Chattanooga, TN, so will post our next blog from there.</div>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-37040159256438988462017-05-11T08:38:00.000-05:002017-05-11T08:38:26.431-05:00Friends, Fun & Food at Carefree10 May 2017--As another season has gone by, it will be interesting to look at all the pics we have taken since we got here in December. This was our welcoming committee as we pulled in...Love you guys!<br />
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A couple friends from last season, Patty and Penny, moved out of the park, but stayed local in Punta Gorda, so we met up with them for dinner and a sunset at the Tiki Hut. It's a really nice spot by the ocean where they often go for their daily walks.<br />
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Cathy and I went up to Tallahassee to visit with her family for Christmas, but before we left we organized a good-sized group to go for a nice dinner and Christmas boat ride out of Fisherman's Village. The boat meanders thru the canals that the homes back up to...some people really go all out in decorating! (We were clearly the majority group on the boat...check out the bald guy in the 2nd pic trying to duck out of the pic--haha).<br />
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About 7 miles from our subdivision is a farm that hosts the yearly raising of baby eagles. There is an eagle camera you can view online 24/7, but we rode our bikes out there with Gayle and Yvette...I momentarily forgot that the ride home would be a bit more taxing than the ride out there...haha You can see one of the adult eagles in the 3rd pic.<br />
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I'm pretty sure I did this video last year, too...my 3 Musketeers!<br />
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Kathy's 60th birthday party at Kay's and Renee's. Take note of how many times in these pics we are eating...is it any wonder that I have gained weight?!<br />
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Off to a little coastal town called Matlacha, which truly has no reason for being other than for tourists to come and eat/shop and occasionally go kayaking. I hoped the exercise would help ward off future weight gain, but then we went for lunch later...enough said! haha There are a slew of Osprey in this area, always fishing and, more often than not, usually with some success. This one got such a big catfish he was having a hard time holding on to it as it tried to wiggle free. (Although had he succeeded he would have met the same fate with the fall from that light pole.)<br />
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Nancy held a Personal Defense Class for us, with the primary instruction being your first option is to try to get away (haha), but failing that, she gave us a few moves to quickly disable your attacker so you can then get away.<br />
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In the 1st video Nancy demonstrates the 'hammer fist' move with Cathy as the attacker, Then she has us practicing a move where I am laughing, saying that when I strike my opponent with my left (weaker) hand, my fear is that I would just be pissing them off. haha<br />
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I'm not so sure any one of us would scare off the threatening attacker! haha<br />
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Cathy was taking the 'choke the victim' scenario a little too seriously, so I had to throw her off! My confidence in protecting myself was buoyed by my capacity to do so! haha<br />
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At the Super Bowl watch party at the club...what a game, huh?!<br />
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A brunch get-together of all of us on our street!<br />
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And back out to Punta Gorda to visit again with Patty and Penny. Nancy, Lola, Gayle and Yvette (Canadians all) joined us!<br />
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Got another large group together to go biking at Boca Grande, a very small, but really nice island not far from here. You can ride the length of the island, about 7 miles, and at the end is a really pretty beach.<br />
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For some reason Gail and Sandie really seemed to expect the pelicans to wave back at them. lol<br />
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They had a little history hut at the beach, too...a couple cool looking fish.<br />
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And what would a get-together be without another big meal...haha<br />
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Right outside the restaurant I got these strangers to pose for my picture. lol<br />
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Great day!!!<br />
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They had 2 nights of dances for Valentine's Day...we went to both!<br />
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After the Winter Games, we had what is called a "Crazy Pickleball" tournament....just a whole bunch of people of varying degrees of ability who get together and are randomly chosen to play with, and against, each other. Lots of fun!<br />
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Why wasn't I here 20 years ago!? lol I think I could have been a contender!!! lol<br />
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Everyone had a great time!<br />
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Well, almost....Kathy had a couple low points! haha<br />
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At the downtown Sky Bar...beautiful background, but hot as heck on top of that roof. lol<br />
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This was a "Top 10" trip we organized...Out to watch the dolphins on the Sanibel Thriller. This boat flies, and the dolphins chase it...probably not 6 feet away from us on the back of the boat!!!<br />
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The boat co-pilot made me think I might need the self-defense moves Nancy taught us earlier in the season...I was thinking it may be a potential terrorist situation...lol<br />
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But it didn't scare the dolphins off. We were told that they chase the boats not to have fun, but to use the wake to scrape scales off their bodies...sounds good to me! Notice in the last pic there is a baby along side the adult.<br />
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Another fun day!!!<br />
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And of course we had to go eat afterwards!<br />
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Near the end of February a group got together to go out to see these Lipizzaner Stallions. They put on shows, but it's not like a circus show...I think for some of it you must have to have been raised around horses to appreciate how well they are trained...sort of like golf, in that you think this has to be the most boring sport EVER....until you try to hit that ball! Only then can you appreciate the abilities of the pro golfers! lol<br />
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All of these horses are born black or brown, but most turn white somewhere between 7-10 years old.<br />
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I don't know jack about horses, but this had to be the most beautiful one I have ever seen...look at the mane!!! Looks like it should be in a Brell shampoo commercial.<br />
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Back when wars were fought on horses, the generals trained their horses to rear up and hold the pose for 7 seconds...so the general could see out over the battlefield.<br />
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Look how this horse has all 4 hooves in the air! And in the 2nd pick, they are demonstrating how the horses were trained to kick the enemy during battle.<br />
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Here we have a kick and a bow.<br />
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Look how high he stands and jumps!<br />
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And again, I am no judge of horse flesh, but this is one of the few that didn't turn white in adulthood...you can tell by the way she prances that she knows she is special!<br />
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Every 2 years an ensemble puts on the Bourbon Street Follies. They do an incredibly good job putting this show together...it was a great time! <br />
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Our in-house drag queens! Not sure they could find a job in this field though! lol<br />
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Patsy Cline<br />
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Mary and Sandy with some vaudeville.<br />
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And probably the funniest, and definitely the most surprising skit of the night. I'm not sure I can word-picture this, but I'll try. The premise of this skit was that Anne (in the white coat) was a mad Pence-figure, trying to perfect a machine that would "fix" gay people back to straight. So there were a series of people put in one side of the machine who would emerge out the other side. Nancy is her cop-on-the-beat assistant. <br />
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Not having perfected the machine yet, Cheryl went in as a fairly butch person but emerged as a swan! Hmm, back to the drawing board! <br />
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I don't remember what Flo was supposed to be to start with, but emerged as an aging macarena dancer or something. lol<br />
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The hardest to get in the inversion machine was Kay, the ultimate tomboy...and out emerged Renee!!! Needless to say, the crowd absolutely cracked up...we never saw it coming!!!<br />
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I only have the latter part, unfortunately, on video.<br />
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And this was the 'funnest' act! Here Toni reprises her role as Tina Turner, which she 1st did 10 years ago, backed up by Nancy, Kymberly and Bonnie. This was a scream!!!<br />
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The closing number, and one of my all-time favorite songs!!!<br />
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On to the March 4th Madi Gras Parade...this is the kickoff featuring an opening song and Berta flipping her baton!<br />
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Yoli's and Mary Gay's golf cart is always 'dressed to the nines'!<br />
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In the 3rd pic, Chris is the honorary 'pooper scooper' that all parades must have.<br />
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Pauli and Ellen passing out arm bands to the crowds, so we could try to get prizes later at the party at the clubhouse.<br />
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Ellen and Sherri watching as the parade wraps up...I noticed that the band members had to stop to play their instruments...not a lot of multi-tasking at our age!! haha<br />
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We organized a trip to these airboat rides last year and it was great. So we booked another big group, and from what I'm told most people had a great ride with their boat captains. On the other hand, my crew seemed to get Mr Rogers...he actually said "My job is to get you all back safely"!, and he drove that way. haha Now I didn't want to go 'swimming with the fishes', but Come On!!!<br />
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From the airboats a bunch of us went out to eat (of course) and then on to an animal sanctuary.<br />
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Feeding time for some of the alligators.<br />
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And here are some smaller ones, what seems like toddlers maybe (haha)...must have been several dozen in there crawling and trying to get comfortable.<br />
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Only a few miles from here is a place called Babcock Webb where we decided to go biking. Nice bike ride on flat land...and pretty surroundings. We walked down by the water and saw this small alligator sticking his head out. In the 2nd row of pics, I caught this Great Blue Heron catching his lunch! And the last row features a Sandhill Crane...fairly well camouflaged when low in the brush.<br />
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A big, big moment for me this year was at the 'big girl' Poker Tournament!!! haha About a month or so before the tournament a couple friends, Kay and Anne, got a bunch of us together to teach us how to play Texas Hold'em, and they taught us well. We had a "Beginner's Tournament" at the end of the lessons, and I was fortunate enough to win that!!! Now let me tell you, this game is both nerve-wracking and thrilling at the same time...and I am now addicted!!! <br />
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Anne and Kay told us all about the "big girl' tournament and explained that it would be a 3 day event, with 40 entrants, who over the 1st 2 days would be whittled down to the Final Table of 10 people!!! So, believe it or not, 3 of us beginners, Denise, Kathy and I all made the final table which convened at Sandy's house for the finale...have you ever watched the World Series of Poker on TV?...it was like that! haha <br />
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So feeling like a total impostor, and just hoping we wouldn't embarrass ourselves and get bumped out 1, 2, 3...we joined the other more seasoned people at the table...acting all cool while barely being able to breathe!!! haha <br />
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Here there are 6 of us left and if you look at Kathy at the far left, you can tell she is concerned. haha<br />
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Here there are 3 of us, me sandwiched by Berta and Josie...both former poker dealers!!! I can now not only barely breathe, but my chip hand is visibly shaking and I am unable to either control it or conceal it!! lol (And I am not pulling your leg...I was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs! haha)<br />
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And then, just when you thought you had seen it all, I managed somehow to get it down to just me and Berta, and actually pull out the WIN!!! I had the time of my life!!!<br />
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Next came the spelling bee, a not-so-successful event for Linda and me. This is our 2nd year doing it, and we are no threat to win this event (ever), but we had a lot of laughs trying to blame each other for our foibles. (I should say it's always Linda trying to blame me, but I won't!)<br />
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Gathering for the beautiful sunset in Punta Gorda.<br />
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A little beach dancing.<br />
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Going to see the manatees, golfing and eating of course.<br />
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3rd annual USA vs Canada Pickleball contest...I am claiming injury as the reason they took the Miraball Trophy back (Yvette was injured, too, but that doesn't count...haha)...We'll do our best to 'represent' better next year and take that Trophy back!!!<br />
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Gayle with her pup Soda in the basket!<br />
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And here we have 'going away' get togethers, parties, and eating...again!<br />
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Cinco de Mayo and Cathy's birthday at Kay's and Renee's.<br />
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And the next day, with the 're-purposed' cake left over from Cathy's the previous day....for Denise's birthday! haha Karen scraped all the icing off and re-did it...lettering and all...great job, Karen!<br />
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And now another season has come to an end. It seems like it just flies by, and we enjoy every minute of it!!! Have a great summer everyone!!!<br />
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We actually had a total of 9 teams, but I didn't get clear pics of the others. haha <br />
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Each team had to come up with a logo and a song or cheer. Here are a couple samples, starting with the 'yellow polka dot bikini' crowd. (You need to turn up your volume.)<br />
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The Blue Belles are led by Mary Gay, who went to college on a cheerleader scholarship!<br />
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And Cathy's Scarlet Harlots, who pretty much botched their presentation! haha<br />
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This is not in sequence of how the events actually happened, but I thought this was really funny so I moved this series of pics to the top. haha<br />
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I believe my team was drinking before the table tennis event, and I think I have the pictures to prove it. In this event you played against another team, but you took one shot and then had to get out of the way for your next team member to take the next shot. There were 4 members on each team. I have a video later to show it in action, but in the 1st pic you see Cheryl make a clean hit, setting up Carol on the right for the next shot. You then see Carol lurching into the game in the 2nd pic, holding on for dear life in the 3rd pic, and then looking behind her to see just were the ball went when she failed to hit it in the 4th picture. Way to go, Carol!!! haha<br />
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This was a 4-part relay race, the opening team event. In the 1st leg you had to go a certain distance but only as fast as your ability to step from one hula-hoop placement to the next. This definitely favored tall and long-legged people...(I was not entered in this particular event. haha) In the 2nd picture, Harriet and I are trying to place a number of tic tacs into a straw...with very big and cumbersome gloves on. Another leg you had to carry a ball on a piece of PVC pipe, and the 4th leg required one team member to make up another in clown garb.<br />
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We had a 9-ball pool team event, where you weren't so much competing against another team, but instead against the clock. Each person had to take a shot, one after the other, until all the balls were in the pockets, and then you compared your team time to other teams. This was harder than you would think, especially if you don't play pool...haha. My team seemed to be particularly bad in this event! haha<br />
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As I said, this is not supposed to be a really competitive thing, but check our Gayle's face in this series of pics. I'm thinking she really didn't like her shot! haha<br />
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I don't know why my team is high-5'ing...I think we came in overall last in this event. haha Cathy's team took 3rd here...must have practiced in secret!<br />
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And then there was table tennis. Now I was not one of our 4 competitors here, so I take no personal responsibility, but we really sucked at this event!!! haha<br />
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A couple videos to give you an idea of how this worked.<br />
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Look at Nancy in the last pic...like a pro!!!<br />
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Team Bocce event...I teamed up with Carol (she of the lurching table tennis pics) haha. We did pretty good, or at least better than I had anticipated as this is not my forte...haha...Carol is a killer in this event!!!<br />
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Chair volleyball gets lots of people involved. 9 member teams, and basically the only rules are that the ball must go over (not under) the net, and you can't get out of your seat. This seems like an old lady game (hmmm,....maybe it is?) but it's really fun and more competitive than you would think.<br />
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Bean bag baseball. Another event that I am particularly bad at. haha I always fancied myself as fairly athletic, so I am continuously surprised at how bad I am at some seemingly easy tasks. haha<br />
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But I am not alone...check out Deb's reaction to her shot.<br />
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And Connie doesn't seem too pleased either.<br />
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Shelley appears to be horrified!<br />
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But no one quite lives up to Anne's reaction! haha<br />
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Some happy people to break it up?<br />
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And Ellen fancies herself a hero!!!<br />
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More happy.<br />
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But then Bev experiences a little pain! haha<br />
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Terrie and Brenda try to will the bean bag into the hole.<br />
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And Anita joins Ellen as a legend in her own mind!!! haha<br />
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We had blind-folded pictionary and Charades. Nancy is an artist, so even blind folded she knocked it out.<br />
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Bev on the other hand is not an artist....this was her blind-folded attempt at a hot air balloon! Needless to say her team didn't guess correctly. haha<br />
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Charades is hard to capture in a still photo.<br />
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The obstacle course was fun!<br />
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And of course every 'senior' park has to have shuffleboard!<br />
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Just a couple shots at the closing ceremonies.<br />
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All the teams together!!! We had a blast!!!<br />
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Thanks to all the organizers for a great event!!!Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-45723062375840376372016-06-14T21:01:00.001-05:002016-06-14T21:01:31.184-05:00"So I Was Supposed to be Amish?"14 Jun 2016--We are still sitting here in a hotel room, waiting to get our RV back, so in the meantime we have been taking daily excursions to a few of the small towns that make up this county. Before I get into that, take a look at these pics below. The 1st one is me as a little kid, and the 2nd is a pic of a pic that I took of a little Amish kid who looks like he could be my twin!!! I was shocked when I looked at his face, feeling like I was looking at myself...and finally realizing why I feel so at home in this environment. 'The truth will out', they say, and now I know that I was kidnapped as a baby and taken from my true 'peeps', the Amish!!! I'm mesmerized by them for a reason it appears! haha <br />
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I now know why all the older Amish women are a bit 'portly'...the food around here is to kill for! We were told by a woman at the Visitor's Center that we just had to go to this donut shop, called 'Rise and Roll', which was started by a young Amish couple about 20 years ago. They have now expanded to more than one store, and they have everything fresh for the tasting; jams and jellies, breads and donuts, and of course chocolate-covered everything!!! Cathy and I tasted EVERYTHING, and then got some donuts to go.<br />
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The locals call them 'Amish crack'...and that is perfectly understandable after you have had one. I had this first donut, a Cinnamon Caramel, and it was hands-down the BEST donut I have ever had in my life!!! I am not kidding...if you were with me I would have fought you for it, and once I secured it I would not have shared it with you!!! haha Cathy got an apple fritta and a Cinnamon Caramel with Bavarian Cream Filling...I tried to control myself, but I took 2 healthy bites of the cream-filled and determined I could never go back to this store...just TOO DARN GOOD!<br />
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After going to the donut shop we headed out to Shipshewana and Middlebury to the famous Guggisberg Cheese Factory. Both the donut shop and the cheese factory have people come from miles away...they even have tour buses stop here. And, of course, the cheese factory has samples of every kind of cheese they make for me to taste. I LOVE cheese, so let's just say that between the donuts and the cheese I have been going to the gym every day since to try to recover!!! haha<br />
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I wish everyone could come out this way...it's mostly farmland, so it's very picturesque in and of itself, but when you throw in the Amish and Mennonites on top of that, whether they are working their land with horse-drawn equipment, or at the store with their buggies and kids, they are a fascinating throwback in time. Right outside the cheese place...don't you love the lady on the bike? Based on the color of her dress, we can safely assume she is Mennonite...the Amish are generally in dark clothes or light pastels.<br />
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And I took this pic of a pic showing a farmer with his team of horses and the rest of the family in the background because you see this constantly here. The 2nd pic looks at first like a poster, but it's not...that is a young father carrying his boy and a woman walking along the length of horse drawn carriages outside a bulk food store. My 'peeps' again! haha<br />
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Another day we spent in Elkhart, even by the standards here a really small town. The only thing that seemed to be going on was a festival down by the their River Walk...notice in the 2nd pic that the entrance is graced with a big carving of the Ten Commandments...you also see that around these parts quite a bit. Their River Walk is nothing like San Antonio's or even Oklahoma City's...it is really just a 1-mile paved walkway...all their restaurants, etc are a block or two up from it so you can walk, but not eat there! The festival was just being set up, so we took a walk around and then headed into town.<br />
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Throughout the town they have painted elk, not as many as Nappanee has apples, but enough to make it interesting! And they have the quilted-pattern flower beds here also. The 1st pic in the 3rd row here is a celebration of the Indiana's bicentennial--1816 to 2016!<br />
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Over to Goshen, Indiana another day...bigger than Elkhart, so that was good. This Old Bag Factory is highly promoted by the town, so of course we headed there. All it really is is a building that going back to the 1890s was a bag factory, but now converted to small specialty stores. <br />
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Another flower quilt in front of an old house on the property, and you can see the approach to the factory stores runs along the old railroad tracks.<br />
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You'll never guess what this is. The Old Bag Factory once had the contract for the little slips of paper that stick out of the Hershey Kisses candies, and this is a roll of them! They made them here from 1921-1982 when the factory closed.<br />
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And a little light entertainment!<br />
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Downtown Goshen, which although we are visiting on a Saturday seemed to have rolled up the streets. A couple buildings dating back to the late 1800s.<br />
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The County Courthouse, built in 1906, and the quilt garden outside.<br />
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For some reason they didn't share with us, someone donated this Neptune statue to the county back in 1912. And on the corner of the courthouse street, a police booth, built in the days of the bank robbers to protect the bank across the street.<br />
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We found out the reason the downtown had closed up shop was because they had a festival going on...a weak festival, but that is what they called a couple singers and about 10-12 pop-ups along the river.<br />
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The only thing unique at the festival was this woman, Karen, who clearly marches to her own drummer...and I say that with admiration! Quite interesting, she has a website listed on her business card in the 2nd pic if you want to look into it further (haha). Everyone else was selling the usual, but Karen had something we had never seen before.<br />
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Karen takes the remains of dead animals, including road kill, and 're-purposes' them...so you can see this 1st pic is of a rocking horse made up of different animals...like a deer skin, horse hair, rabbit around the forehead! That's a porcupine with deer horns, and then a raccoon and squirrel in dresses.<br />
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And here is an ornamented raccoon paw, along with chicken feet and squirrel paws on the dolls. Crazy, huh? Sort of creepy, but you can't turn away from it! haha<br />
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And back to Nappanee for a final walk-through before we pick up our RV on Thursday.<br />
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The people who started our RV company were Amish.<br />
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In the Visitor Center/historical house. <br />
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Rebecca's 'night wrapper' and her wedding dress from 1903...I posted Cathy alongside it so you could see how small this dress is...both in height and girth, Rebecca seems to have been just a 'spit' of a thing! haha Look at her waist/Cathy's hand...yikes!!<br />
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A couple more of those kitchen cabinet/flour dispenser all-in-one spaces! My friend Hallie told me her mother had one of these in her kitchen!<br />
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You have to blow them up to see them, but if you remember from a previous post these instructions used to be posted inside the cabinet doors as helpful hints to new wives/cooks. In the 1st pic, the 2nd from the bottom 'tip' tells you what to do when preparing for a church supper of 200!!! And in the 2nd pic, the 4th from the top pic tells how much butter you need to butter 100 slices of bread for lunch! (Like we all do that daily?) haha Last but not least, the 2nd pic also shows on the left and right side little horizontal slides, where they could sort of track how much they had of something for future shopping purposes. Pretty good thinking if you ask me!<br />
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And I just figured everyone would want to know a little something about 'creamed possum"! GROSS!!!<br />
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So I only have 2 more things to say. The 1st is regarding Amish kids. They are the most adorable little things you have ever seen! The girls in their long dresses and bonnets/kerchiefs and the boys in their long pants, button down shirts and suspenders are like little Hummels walking around...you just want to go up and squeeze them...then take them home with you and put them on the mantle! haha And they look a lot like the Mormon kids in Utah...blonde and blue eyed, they are stunningly gorgeous kids. Very interesting! (And remember, these are my peeps!)<br />
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And lastly, as we prepare to launch for Boston, hopefully some time early Thursday if we are to make it by Friday night, just think of the distance in time between the lives of the Amish women here and where this lady is headed...GO HILARY!!!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe286GNTZXEjCaN49NP6m0rP02GEmAxNPLQpJQF5Bhf1pgykV4OMhURy7t9YFhoFUXZDG3CWgxnhSiD2lC_E4XzK4YgqxZAnv5M99wJMiMfMfsG5WOWRMJtPw_Sy9p-z2VeXKHWHdkbuOy/s1600/49.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe286GNTZXEjCaN49NP6m0rP02GEmAxNPLQpJQF5Bhf1pgykV4OMhURy7t9YFhoFUXZDG3CWgxnhSiD2lC_E4XzK4YgqxZAnv5M99wJMiMfMfsG5WOWRMJtPw_Sy9p-z2VeXKHWHdkbuOy/s200/49.jpg" /></a>Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-14617572436744769272016-06-10T17:39:00.000-05:002016-06-10T17:39:25.596-05:00"The House that Knute Built"10 Jun 2016--Our RV was finally taken in for repair on Wednesday, so as we sit here now in a hotel in Goshen, IN we are cooling our heels, but quite happy to be getting the work done. While we were waiting for it to be taken in we drove over to South Bend, IN and visited the beautiful University of Notre Dame campus. <br />
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This is the main administrative building, 1st from the front and then a side view. It was built in 1879 after a fire destroyed the original structure. It looks like it should be a capitol building or an old robber baron's mansion as you approach it...quite stately!<br />
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As you enter there are 12 murals that the line walls, all of Christopher Columbus, starting with the 1st here showing him being blessed before he left on his voyage to the New World in August of 1492. They were done somewhere back when the artist lived here from 1874-1891, and the artist used locals as his models, including the priest who was the president of the university at the time (he is the Columbus figure!). With that much time passing, I'm figuring they must have been touched up along the way.<br />
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The inside of the dome.<br />
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And as you come out of the Admin building, this is the side of the Basilica of the Scared Heart, another in a long string of absolutely stunning basilicas and cathedrals we have seen over the years.<br />
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And the front, with the Admin building beside it.<br />
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As you enter....beautiful, huh?! (Just a quick side note: Cathy has gone from marveling at the splendor of these buildings 7 years ago to bordering on disgust that so much money has been spent on building them...being a Libra, I'm on both sides of this issue! haha)<br />
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These may seem redundant (haha), but if you blow them up you can see them from all different angles and I just couldn't leave any of them out of the blog!!! lol<br />
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Part of the ceiling behind the altar and a separate spot in one of the alcoves.<br />
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This grotto is a 1/7th replica of the Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in France.<br />
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And this is a statue of Moses coming down with the Ten Commandments and stepping on the golden calf. We couldn't, and still can't, figure out if those are supposed to be horns on his head or not. They clearly look like they are, but you have to ask why would anyone put them there?<br />
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And here is the House that Knute Built!!! You can't picture the whole thing of course, but this the Knute Rockne gate. We couldn't go inside unless we hung around for an entire tour of the campus, so we just took a few pics.<br />
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The Rockne gate leads to the entrance where the players enter the field at the start of every game, and every time they score at this end of the field the players see "Touchdown Jesus", on the tower of the campus library across from them.<br />
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So we are here in Indiana till at least the beginning of next week, but in the meantime we are riding and walking around the various little towns in the Elkhart area. We'll probably do one more blog before heading straight to Boston over a couple days...gonna skip the 3 other stops we were going to make before getting there...it will be nice to be home! Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-23564225119546479962016-06-05T12:18:00.001-05:002016-06-05T12:18:52.839-05:00'RV Capital of the World'5 Jun 2016--We were supposed to leave St Louis this past Monday but, as has been the case in the past a few times, our passenger-side bedroom slide-out had other ideas. Our departure for Springfield, Illinois was delayed because the slide refused to come in, even with the efforts of Cathy, the RV manufacturer technicians on the phone, and the 'fix-it' man Travis. We have replaced the motor to this particular slide twice before, the last time as recently as 7 months ago, but whether we worked on the motor, the motor controller you see Cathy inside the lower compartment re-wiring, or anything else, we were ultimately left with releasing the bushing and literally muscling it back inside!!! <br />
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So once we got on the road late Tuesday, we skipped Springfield and headed straight to Elkhart, Indiana where our manufacture is located. This stop was on our list of stops anyway, so we haven't been thrown off course too badly, but we thought we would be here a few days to take the Newmar plant tour and see the RV Hall of Fame...this is now Sunday and we won't know if we have a fix in the cards till Tuesday. They are scheduled here thru July, so unless there is a cancellation on Tuesday, we will have to come back in August to have a major repair done. UGH!!!<br />
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We passed this huge cross on the road here...thought it might be prophetic!!! haha Say a prayer we can get this puppy fixed this coming week, please!<br />
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We are sitting in what is called "Camp Newmar"...basically a big parking lot with full hook-ups on the Newmar campus while we wait to see what happens. And we are in a town called Nappanee...this whole region is the 3rd largest community of Amish in the country, with some Mennonites also, and a whole bunch of them work right here. <br />
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On the RV plant tour we learned that this is a 50 acre operation where all Newmar RVs are made. They don't let you take pictures along the production line, but they make 7 of them, from start to finish, every day 5 days a week!!! And that is just the Newmar products...this area of Indiana is known as the 'RV capital of the world' and they manufacture 50% of all RVs made in the world.<br />
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Farming is huge here also...the manufacturing plant operates 6am-2pm weekdays so that the workers can get off and still work their farms every day. Just driving around we saw this really pretty house with the horse outside...how picturesque, huh?! And we took the picture of this supermarket only because it looks so odd...sort of looks like they are advertising something scary...dripping blood? haha<br />
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Across the street is "Amish Acres", land bought by an Amish couple in 1873 that is now a spot catering to tourists. They have a huge restaurant, meat, cheese and ice cream shops, and a novelty shop to get something for the kiddies! haha I love shops like these where everything is homemade...and that ice cream shop is decorated where you just feel happy being there!!! haha<br />
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Of course we are like kids in a candy store when it comes to the Amish. You can't help wanting to stare (but not get caught--haha), and they don't want you to take their picture (which you have to respect their wishes) but I just had to take pictures of these buggies. I'm thinking the 1st one has to be a Mennonite rig...they are less strict than the Amish...check out how they have tricked it out with car seats! And the 'happy face' on the small cart in the 3rd pic? What a sense of 'whimsy'!!! haha<br />
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In Nappanee and surrounding towns they have a series of 'quilt gardens' you can go see, usually outside a local museum or historical shop you can then go into to learn more and buy trinkets...haha Not a bad way to promote the local tourism industry!<br />
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And in Nappanee, in an effort to spruce up the downtown area, they have a series of painted apples that can be quiet pretty. <br />
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We found this old kitchen manufacturing plant along the quilt garden trail...the advertising worked! We not only went inside, but we bought something, too! Mission accomplished!<br />
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A few of the items on display...this computer was used here in the the early 1980s...God, it doesn't seem that long ago, but that computer looks ancient! haha And we loved this old toaster!<br />
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There were a lot of old kitchen cabinets on display but this being 'Amish' land, the most interesting aspect of them was that inside the cabinet doors were helpful hints on everything from how many teaspoons in a tablespoon to how to clean something. Very practical, especially for a new, young wife! haha<br />
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And we haven't seen this before...this is a flour dispenser built into the cabinet...also very helpful for the woman who makes everything from scratch!!!<br />
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And what did we buy? You have to check out the video to see this...in a leap of modernity, they make a 'flash freeze' ice cream right before your eyes! Check out how it starts out totally liquid and then with a burst of liquid nitrogen you get your finished product...it was delicious!!!<br />
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So on to the RV Hall of Fame, in Elkhart!!! Like the 'Funeral Museum' we went to in Houston, who would have thought there would even be an RV Hall of Fame? haha<br />
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This is a 1978 RV..check out the furniture fabric inside...horrifying!!!<br />
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Because of the angles inside the Hall, we couldn't get great pics, but this pull trailer is the 'oldest' in the world! Built in 1913...you can tell how small the people were when you look in the sleeping/eating compartment in back.<br />
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This 1916 model is not a trailer, but part of the 'car' itself. When you open up the back you have your storage drawers (1st pic), the sleeping area (3rd pic), and the the attached 'kitchen' (last pic). Is that cool, or what?<br />
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This is a 1931 Ford Housecar...Its interesting on the outside, but check out the wood burning stove thing inside the house in the 2nd pic. <br />
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This belonged to Mae West...I loved the back of it where it looked like an old train car that you used to see in the movies where someone would be standing there as the train went through the town.<br />
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Cathy under the 'attached to the rig' awning at the picnic table. And that box you see in the 2nd pic is a bathtub in a 1936 model!!! Again, how small were these people?<br />
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Charles Lindbergh's trailer...it is supposed to resemble his plane, which we were reminded had no front windows...he had to look out the side of the plane to see where he was going!!! How crazy is that!! haha<br />
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What were our parents thinking back in 1966? 1 share? 1000 shares? I lament!!!<br />
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Don't you wish you were here with us?! In light of the picture of this RV, I guess our slide-out issue isn't such a hindrance after all! haha<br />
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So we wait for Tuesday...hopefully going to Notre Dame tomorrow...we'll say a prayer at the church that we have the cancellation we need to get a spot here! hahaLivin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-78688241006090316082016-05-29T20:28:00.000-05:002016-05-29T20:28:57.461-05:00Another Surprise!!!29 May 2016--The day after we met up with Bernice, we had another surprise...after a long day of sightseeing we got home and as we pulled up behind our RV we noticed a familiar RV right behind us...lo and behold, without even knowing we were here, a friend that we met in Florida was right behind us!!!<br />
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Diana is from Indiana, but travels full-time herself and is staying here at this RV Park for the summer in order to visit with a cousin she has that lives here. What a small, small world!!! If you look closely at the pictures, you can see that Diana is very 'festive', decorating both her RV for the Memorial Day weekend and herself as she and I go out the following day to check out St Charles, the town we are staying in to visit this area.<br />
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St Charles is an historic old town, now a tourist area (haha), with lots of old buildings, eateries, pubs and gift shops along Main Street.<br />
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We just stopped at this place to get the pictures!<br />
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We ate at this bar and grill, the 'Bombshell'! Notice the tattoos on the barmaid/waitress. She definitely played the part, and was very nice, to boot!<br />
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They had lots of upscale shops, and even more with your everyday touristy stuff to buy. Everyone should know by now that I love these little catchy sayings...I always marvel at the wittiness of the people who make them up! haha<br />
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I love this 1st one for obvious reasons, and I think I have had the dream they talk about in the 3rd. haha<br />
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I can hear my sister Julie saying this 1st one. haha And probably Karen saying the 2nd? haha<br />
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I first heard this saying from a commander I had in the Air Force...I have never forgotten her saying it...I love it!<br />
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Cutest little soda/ice cream/candy shop. The penny candy is quite expensive now, but it is fun to look at! haha<br />
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Along the way we ran into Daniel Boone...Diana introduced herself and then embarrassed me by making out with him! haha...only kidding, Diana!<br />
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This is me and Diana at a statue of Lewis and Clark at Frontier Park, right down by the Missouri River. It is situated on the Katy Trail, a walking/biking trail that traces the old railroad tracks and goes for a full 238 miles!!! The 3rd pic shows a few entries in Clark's 1804 journal...it is interesting to see how they spoke and what they capitalized when writing in those days.<br />
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St Charles was the temporary 1st Capitol of Missouri, and this is where the elected officials met. If you blow it up, you can see right through to the Missouri River through that portal.<br />
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Most of the buildings had placards posted telling their history. This was originally a tavern in 1804.<br />
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And these 2 buildings were built by the same woman in the 1830s. The 1st was a Methodist Church and the 2nd was a schoolhouse.<br />
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I love this 1st building...now a shop, but built in the 1790s as someone's home. The 2nd is how lots of them look now, serving as shops and restaurants.<br />
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A look at the routs Lewis and Clark took during their exhibition. We are in the town marked with a flower looking thing in the lower right-hand corner.<br />
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On Saturday Cathy, Diana and I went to the Irish Festival down in the town, where we were supposed to meet up at the old railroad station. Lots of people, food, and beer...surprise! haha That John Deere contraption is motoring up an ice chopper for some ice cream Diana and I had.<br />
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My kind of guy!!!<br />
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A couple Irish fun facts...Who built the White House, where do we get the word 'boycott' from, and what does 'Erin Go Bragh" really mean?<br />
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The highlight of the festival, Irish music and Irish step...and people willing to dress up and have their pictures taken with you! haha<br />
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A little music and dancing.<br />
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And a nice dinner with Diana downtown tonight. Toasting our parting again tomorrow as Cathy and I head out for Springfield, IL, the capital of Illinois...then to Elkhart, IN, where most RVs are made and where we can see the RV Hall of Fame (haha---not kidding!)...and then on to Cleveland and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Does it get any better than this?! haha<br />
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This Cathedral is 83,000 square feet and has 41.5 million Mosaic tiles...the tile placement began in 1912, but wasn't finished till 1988!!!<br />
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I don't ever recall being told anything about this as a kid, nor do I remember ever seeing them.<br />
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Not surprising it took so long to place all those tiles!<br />
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I thought you'd get a better look from a couple videos. This one is a look at the front, from the floor to the ceiling.<br />
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The sides and back of the Cathedral.<br />
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And from the ceiling down to the floor.<br />
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Tuesday night I had a Facebook message from Bernice (McGuire) Irwin, who grew up in Southie like I did, and who has been living in St Louis for the past 33 years. Basically, she and her clan of 11 brothers and sisters went to school and were in the same classes as my clan of 7 or my cousins' clan of 7, so we all know each other from the neighborhood. Anyway, Bernice saw our posting on Facebook of going up in the Arch and then invited us to meet at her house the following evening.<br />
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Bernice told us that Forest Park, very close to her home, was really nice, so we decided to head that way for the afternoon to see what we could see. WOW! To say it was 'really nice' was an understatement. To give you an idea, it is the 7th largest urban park in the country, and was the site of the 1904 World's Fair. It is 450 acres LARGER than Central Park in NY and is 6 miles around the perimeter!!! The city's Museum of Art, Museum of History, and the Zoo are all in it, and they are all FREE, supported by taxpayers and wealthy donors. They also have an outdoor theater, 2 golf courses, an ice skating rink and God only knows what else I already forgot. haha<br />
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This is a view of the Museum of Art, the 1st looking towards it and the 3rd looking away from it.<br />
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Though free, it is not an insignificant museum. I am posting these pics for my friend Linda Farin, because she loves Art Museums while Cathy and I would probably rather go to a Prison Tour or hiking (haha), but I just wanted to show her that I have some culture, so there is still hope for me. lol<br />
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Here is a vase from from the Shang Dynasty in the 11th century, followed by a picture of a Hong Kong high rise in 2003. You have to blow up the picture to see that it is covered in bamboo scaffolding from head to foot, and there are actually a few people climbing on it on the left hand side. The last pic is a portrait of a prostitute...from 1535! A little racy back then, no? haha<br />
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Actors practicing at the outdoor theater for something this coming weekend.<br />
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And a quick look in the zoo. We were able to spend a lot of time here, because we had to meet Bernice, but we took a quick walk over to the big animals to see if there was any action.<br />
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On the way there we passed a Capybara...basically a hog-sized rodent looking thing, and this beautiful bird, called a Superb Starling. Then we hit the 'bigs'...starting with the Black Rhino.<br />
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There were 4 hippos in this area, all swimming and surfacing...we think it was around feeding time maybe (haha). The last pic shows 3 of them gathering and looking away from us...God forbid they would turn and give us a great view! haha<br />
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Look at this beautiful Cheetah!<br />
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And then as we were treated to these little guys, maybe 7-8 inches tall at the most. They're called the 'Dwarf Mongoose', and just couldn't be cuter!<br />
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A handful of Elephants...this 1st one appears to be smiling!<br />
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And a Sun Bear...they eat termites.<br />
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To end the day we met up with Bernice, visited with her husband Tom and one of her daughters for a little while, and then Bernice took us for about 2 1/2 hours on a great car tour of different areas and neighborhoods in St Louis. I didn't take pictures, but the homes here, street after street, in one neighborhood after another, are absolutely huge brick structures, some of which are still homes while others are now condos. It is really a beautiful city and thanks to Bernice we got a great feel for it. She had a wealth of knowledge about each neighborhood, from what immigrant group settled it to what group rehabbed them over the past several years to make it the beautiful place it is today. <br />
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To top off the day, Bernice treated us to the 'world famous' Ted Drewes frozen yogurt. We got the 'concrete' serving...so thick you can turn it upside down!!! Thanks for a wonderful evening Bernice, we truly enjoyed it and loved seeing you and yours again!<br />
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On Thursday we headed over to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery and took a tour of the place.<br />
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Although a local brewery since 1852, Adolphus Busch wanted to make his brewery a country-wide company, so changed the ingredients to appeal to a wider audience and introduced "Bud" in 1876. They actually changed the beer name to Budweiser to make it easier for Americans to pronounce it.<br />
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The Clydesdales came around at the end of Prohibition in 1933, even delivering the 1st case of beer to FDR at the White House. The horses weigh about 150 lbs at birth, but generally grow to between 6 1/2 to 7 ft tall at the shoulder by age 4, and weigh about 2000 lbs!<br />
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Beer-making is a 7 step process, but it is in step 2 that the different beers are 'made'. For instance, a Bud brews here for about an hour, while a Bud Light brews for 4 and a Select 55 (which is usually what I drink) brews for 8. The longer it brews the less sugar, carbs, calories and alcohol content it contains.<br />
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These are all the beers they make. Hey Gayle...even Stella Artois! Who knew?<br />
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On to the Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately, large swaths of the garden were not in bloom, but those that were in bloom were beautiful, and overall the place is very pretty.<br />
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A couple Cacti in bloom.<br />
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A sampling of others.<br />
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Look at these 2 up close! I really love the one in the 3rd pic.<br />
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The 2nd one here is hard to the touch...really different.<br />
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And this one is weird. It is called the Peruvian Snowball, and is a little creepy with that hair-like stuff on it. haha<br />
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Looking at the Climatron and other scenery.<br />
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Japanese Garden area...check out the Koi all fighting to get at the food they are being fed.<br />
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How pretty is some of this scenery?<br />
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Look how tall this purple plant is...it is called an Ornamental Onion. I was surprised how thin the stem was but could still support the flower. And I don't remember what kind of tree this was, but I liked it. haha<br />
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In the 3rd pic...Cathy is growing a bit bored. haha<br />
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And some pretty chihuly...notice my halo in the 3rd pic!<br />
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So that was a whirlwind 2 days of touring St Louis. It is a great city...someplace most everyone I know could happily live in. We have been more than pleasantly surprised!<br />
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A couple more days before we leave...hmmm, what's next?Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-34455690753661128402016-05-25T12:25:00.000-05:002016-05-25T12:25:17.629-05:00"Meet Me in St Louis"25 May 2016--Spent the past 1 1/2 days walking around St Louis, with our 1st stops at the famous Arch, and then to the Old Courthouse and Old Cathedral...these 3 stops are all in an area called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JNEM for short, if you see it typed or written anywhere else here..haha)<br />
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On the sidewalks and streets all around the area are these logos, pointing the way to the Arch...made me think of a McDonald's commercial!<br />
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This Old Courthouse was originally built in 1828, and the Old Cathedral was built in 1834. This is the courthouse where Dred Scott and his wife Harriet 1st sued for their freedom, and it stands on what is now a major street called "Dred Scott Way".<br />
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We arrived late in the day on Monday, but fearing the expected forecast of rain over the next several days we decided to go up in the Arch right away. This 1st picture is the Arch as viewed from the steps of the Old Courthouse. The Arch is a tribute to Thomas Jefferson's foresight regarding the Louisiana Purchase, and the ultimate opening of the west through St Louis.<br />
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The idea of the Jefferson National Expansion Monument was put into place by FDR in 1935, but the Arch wasn't actually finished until 1965. Once started, I think we read it took only 3 years to build! Look at how much taller it is than both the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument!<br />
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You ride to the top of the Arch inside the right or left "leg" of the structure...630 feet to the top, in a train of 7-8 "pods" that rises horizontally a bit, but then rises vertically, one pod behind the other. You would think that you are gonna be riding up on your back like you would up a roller coaster hill, but the pods adjust like a ferris wheel would and always keep you riding in a seated position!!!<br />
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Only 5 people fit in each pod, in a fairly cramped space...it takes about 4 minutes to get to the top, while only about 3 minutes to get back down. (On the way down we were in there with a couple of hefty people so it seemed even more cramped than on the way up. ) My 1st thought upon entering was that my brother Brian would never do this...talk about claustrophobia! haha These are the doors you enter to each pod, and though they don't look like it, the pods are all attached and move together.<br />
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The view from the top is really nice, with the city out one side and the Mississippi River out the back. On the far left side of the city pic is Busch Stadium, home of the St Louis Cardinals baseball team. In the middle is the Old Courthouse.<br />
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Back on the ground, the 2nd pic shows the top of the Arch and the windows we were looking out of to get our pics.<br />
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The Old Courthouse from the far side, looking towards the Arch and river.<br />
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The inside of the Old Courthouse almost looked like a Capitol building that we usually see. The colors and paintings were really pretty and you can go all the way up to the 4th floor to see everything up close.<br />
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Interesting that the artists chose men to depict "Law and Instruction", while women are chosen to depict "Constancy and Diligence". I guess even then they knew women would have to be constantly diligent to ignore them! haha<br />
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There are a couple exhibits inside the Courthouse, as it is serving as somewhat of a history museum while a new one is built. One room dealt with the westward expansion of settlers; it is estimated that 300,000 people passed through here between 1843 and 1869 on their way to California/Oregon. Most of course went with wagon trains--wagons that didn't have seats or brakes and certainly no springs. We usually see movies where the "little woman and children" are riding in the wagon, but here they said that the wagons were used to cart the family belongings, not people!!! The people walked!<br />
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They also said that contrary to popular belief, the Native Americans were originally friendly, up to about the late 1850s when they grew tired of the constant migration and slaughter of the buffalo and their way of life. The last pic is a mound of buffalo skulls.<br />
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A map in 2015 of all the Reservations...seems like a lot, but it's only 3% of the country's lower 48 landmass!<br />
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Another room was dedicated primarily to Dred and Harriet Scott, explaining how they and some others managed to sue for their freedom.<br />
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On to the Old Cathedral,which is called that because a new Cathedral (that we haven't been to yet) was built on the far west side of town; so this one is now officially the Basilica of St Louis.<br />
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And out into the streets to see what we could see. I thought this was a statue of Olive Oil from the old Popeye cartoon, (we were actually on Olive Street), but it was just some modern art.<br />
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Walked a bunch of blocks to another Cathedral, this one called Christ Church Cathedral and built in 1888. It is a Protestant Cathedral...out of England. It wasn't in a very good neighborhood, so other than inside the church itself, we didn't dally in that area! haha<br />
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And a lot more block walking around town and ultimately to what is supposed to be the Historic Laclede's Landing. It seems to have delusions of becoming something like Quincy Market in Boston, but fell woefully short. Maybe it picks up at night, but in the late afternoon nothing was happening.<br />
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So that's it for now...stay tuned for more!Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884561286252709561.post-42596453258153457122016-05-23T08:48:00.000-05:002016-05-23T08:48:04.804-05:00This and That, Missouri Style! 22 May 2016--Yesterday we went to the state Capitol and then over to the Runge Conservation Nature Center...everything within a 10 minute drive of the state park we are staying at...Love it!<br />
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Here are the state flag and state seal that I usually include for each state we visit, but I left out the license plate we usually feature because it is just a standard-issue prisoner made plate...boring! In its place I included a shot showing that a church is almost right on top of the Capitol...it is amazing to me that everywhere we go, and I mean you can take it to the bank, we see that like here a church or churches are right across the street from the seat of political power. In this case it is a Catholic church, but right around the corner are 3-4 more churches of different Protestant denominations.<br />
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Here is the back of the building, then the front, where there is a big statue of Thomas Jefferson...He is the 'father of the Louisiana Purchase', which covered Missouri. This is the 3rd capitol building, built from 1913 to 1916 after fires destroyed the previous two.<br />
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We were told that Jefferson City was picked as the place of the state capitol because it was centrally located in the state, it was on high ground, and supposedly Lewis and Clark said the best view of the Missouri River was from here...That's the best view we could get from the building...nothing to write home about really! haha You saw the church presence in the last group of pics...here is a statue of the 10 Commandments on the grounds in the back...just another example of our collective misunderstanding of the 'separation of church and state' rulings on the Constitution.<br />
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Inside the building is pretty, with 4 floors stretching from the ground floor rotunda straight up to the dome. <br />
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Both the Senate and House floor entrances were locked, but we could see in a bit through the door windows. This Freedom award recipient had this poster on the door to his office. You have to wonder, what exactly is everyone else doing that they don't seem to like freedom? Eckkk...makes me cringe!!!<br />
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On the 3rd floor were displayed a series of 40 busts of famous people who were born or accomplished something great in Missouri. I included these ones because they were born here, I thought most would recognize them, and I couldn't bare to put either John Ashcroft or Rush Limbaugh...haha:<br />
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Harry Truman and Walter Cronkite<br />
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Dred Scott, the slave who sued for his freedom but lost in the Supreme Court in 1847, where they said that although Missouri allowed slaves to sue, the "slave had no rights which the white man is bound to respect"! Win or lose, I figure this guy had massive guts!!!<br />
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Marlin Perkins, the host of the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom TV show, quite possibly my favorite show as a kid.<br />
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Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable, Josephine Baker and Mark Twain all came from here!<br />
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The state history museum is right in the capitol, in one wing of the 1st floor, so it wasn't very extensive. A lot of the limited space was taken up with a special display on the Civil War, so it didn't take us long to get through it. Fortunately, they started with the Indians...most go all the way back to the Mastodon and bore you to death with repetitive stuff from state to state. haha <br />
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Amazing how quickly a people can become dependent.<br />
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I don't recall the old Daniel Boone TV show every sharing with me that ol' Daniel was broke!<br />
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The most interesting part of the history of the state, for me, was the period leading up to and including the Civil War. Missouri became the 24th state in 1821, and was let in the Union as a Slave State, offset at the same time with Maine's entry as a Free State. (The Missouri Compromise) We were told by a historian that while most Missourians did not own slaves, and those that did generally held 4 or less, the very 1st slaves brought here were brought to work the mines...1000 of them. <br />
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With Missourians basically warring with each other and the surrounding states 10 years before the Civil War started, Abraham Lincoln wasn't exactly popular here, and lost the popular vote. What surprised me though was the breakdown of the votes...4 parties are listed, not the 2 we basically deal with now, and as you can see our current day parties have basically swapped personalities from what they were 160 years ago.<br />
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The 1860 State Convention found the members to be split...they wanted to stay neutral between the north and south fight over slavery, but they supported other state's right to secede from the Union. (I can now understand why my Missouri born and raised friend Hallie is so indecisive! haha) We never heard much of anything about it till Vietnam and later, but here is an account of PTSD after the Civil War.<br />
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Over to view the Governor's mansion, right down the street from Capitol...you can see the capitol in the 1st pic. The grounds and park behind the house are really pretty. <br />
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And then over to the Runge Conservation Nature Center for a stroll through the woods to see what we could find. From inside the Center you can see birds gathering at the bird houses outside the window. The 3rd pic here is of a Downy Woodpecker...couldn't get a better one.<br />
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A Snapping Turtle inside a tank. Seemed a little big to be in that tank, but check out that jaw. The 3rd pic shows a much smaller Red-eared Slider...look at the claws on it!<br />
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Outside they have 3 miles of trails, mostly in heavily wooded areas. We were hoping to see some pretty flowers, but we caught them between seasons, so our pickings were limited.<br />
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A few small ponds showed us something I haven't seen before. Check out the 2nd pic--notice that this 'frog' has both legs and a tail, sort of caught between being a tadpole and a full-blown frog! Weird, huh?<br />
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A Bullfrog and some kind of other frog....I put it because when you blow it up it almost looks like it has false teeth! haha<br />
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I react just as Cathy tells me she sees a tick on my leg and the camera goes off!<br />
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A baby and adult Blue Bird.<br />
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Another water source showed us a snail...the Naturalist told us they swim and feed upside down.<br />
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And the weirdest of all...what are called 'blood worms'!, which eventually grow into an insect called a 'Smidge". Check out how they float around in the water while attached to the ground, but retreat when Cathy puts her hand down towards them.<br />
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So, that is our trip to the Capitol, a little of the state's history, and our very own 'Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom' episode. On to St Louis for a week tomorrow...it seems like a lot more to see there!Livin' the Dream 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11723479173452331683noreply@blogger.com7