When I was a wee lad, I ordered a copy of the Texas travel guide and mapped out a 30 day mega journey, hitting everything in the State that looked cool. My family never made that trip. But I am glad to say that during a very strange year of selling textbooks to schools throughout Texas, I hit 75% of my tourist goals. I'm talking all the hot stuff - Battle of Gonzales battlefield to the Confederate Air Force (now known as the politically correct, Commemorative Air Force). I saw everything from Paisano Pete, the giant Road Runner statue in Fort Stockton, to the East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer, celebrating you guessed it - Sweet Potatoes, better known as Yams. I traveled to Paris, Athens, Dublin, and Odessa, and never crossed Texas state lines.
This state is big and beautiful, and so very interesting. Most of these places can be visited over a long weekend, depending on where you start.
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| Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman |
Even in North America, you can literally be brought to tears by the beauty of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. They are spectacular in Winter, probably even better during the Summer. And of course the Blue Ridge Parkway is probably one of the most impressive drives in the United States.
There are certainly some very beautiful places throughout North America, and of course the world. But my heart remains in Texas!
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water...Upon observing King Chuck on the bank, she promptly returned to her watery home, Excalibur still in hand.
I will never understand why any modern nation would subsidize a monarchy. But then again, we've got a whole city (Washington DC) of ne'er-do-wells, getting rich off taxpayers, who consider themselves to be our betters. Maybe England does have the better system of just one family of miscreants rather than the whole government.
Oddly, I am not listed in the top 62 of the current line of succession. I truly do not understand this oversight. I would make a great king! Maybe England should consider changing monarchs daily? They could have a King For A Day? Make it a prize on a game show?
Or an even better take on a dying empire, "Heil Me!"
Texas produces some of the most beautiful women on the planet. It is a melting pot of various cultures, blessed with an abundance of sunshine, allowing women to get a healthy, heaping dose of Vitamin D, and plenty of fun in the Sun. So it should be no surprise that a giant school like the University of Texas would have some of the prettiest cheerleaders/pom squad in the country. But what the heck is up with those awful uniforms? You might as well dress the ladies in cow costumes. You've got more money than half the NCAA schools combined, surely you can do better than this?
These Uniforms - Hot, or Not?
My vote is a resounding "NOT". Although in that second photograph, the brunette in the background, could probably make anything look great. Its a shame I could not find a better shot of her.
Das ist alles für heute!
