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Morning in Tucson
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[photoid]2517[/photoid]We left Van Horn and past Kent early. About 50 miles east of El Paso we turned off the freeway (Interstate 10) and onto route 20, a parallel road which let us take a short detour down a street to a small border crossing for a glimpse of the Rio Grande. The river was about......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-08-09 08:52:11 |
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"V" is for Van Horn, Texas at sunrise
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[photoid]2480[/photoid]Sunrise was beautiful, not a cloud in the sky. Trains roared by town and travelers stuffed their cars and continued East or West. We are off to El Paso and huevos rancheros and a visit to the UofTexas campus there to see some renowned Bhutanese architecture. AH has an......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-08-08 07:14:48 |
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Bats fly in Austin 9 p.m.video, scary!
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[photoid]2408[/photoid]About 9:15 p.m., the bats really started to emerge at dark.Video is at youtube and I will shortly make link from this blog. url for batvid...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECDBY3UOyc
Recent heavy rainy periods are playing a little havoc with the bat......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-08-07 07:57:39 |
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HOLY BATATTACK ROBIN!!!
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[photoid]2403[/photoid]After the LBJ Library and Dinner at Amaya's Taco Grill, we headed down to the Ann Richards (past governor of Texas) Memorial Bridge where we joined a throng of fans of the nightly bat exodus. It seems that the underside of the bridge is an ideal bat roosting site and......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-08-07 07:41:35 |
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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
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[photoid]2402[/photoid]Elaine recommended that our short visit meant we should see the LBJ Library/Museum if nothing else. It is found at the U. of Texas campus in Austin. It is an amazing blast from the past, especially in light of what the presidency has come to today. Don't miss it - a VERY......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-08-07 07:27:04 |
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Keep Austin Weird
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[photoid]2399[/photoid]We push down to Austin. State Capitol of Texas and a cool place to hang out in. The LBJ Library is here and you musn't miss it... Lady Bird, JFK, Martin Luther King, RFK are all prominent in the displays and memorabilia.
Then there are bats. Yes, BATS.
That's to......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-08-07 06:52:55 |
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We visited in Dallas, went to The Shephard service
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We stayed over in Dallas. We joined Clare for Church and lunch later - I have only been to Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Korea so I was the way least well-traveled person at the table!. We left Sunday afternoon for Austin, the state capital. Home of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Amy's ice cream, and.........Read More
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Posted on: 2007-08-06 11:44:02 |
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