Family Visiting Vacation...

Well, my Mother and Grandmother came out from Texas to visit us for 8 days. They got here on the 15th of June and stayed till the 22nd of June. I came home from Culpeper on Friday the 16th.

That Saturday, we got up and went to Virginia Beach. We had a wonderful time. we got there around 10am and left near 4pm. It was very nice and sunny with dolphins and crabs everywhere. A lady told me that there are over 800 dolphins that live in the waters off Virginia Beach!!! I got to see a few of them jump out fo the water!!!


There were also SOOO many Ghost Crabs living on that beach! I have NEVER seen so many in one place. I got some good shots of them:

They were VERY FAST. I chased then along the shores and they could keep up with me running. It was very funny.





On Sunday, we got up and went to Mt Vernon, George Washington's Home. It was Incredible. We toured his estate and it was awe inspiring!! We were so close to DC, that we had to take them to see some of the sights. My grandmother had been and we have been there 3 times. We will go back again as you cannot due it justice in a few hours.



Just a note people, IF you see text that is a different color, click it, it is a hyperlink to more information about the stuff that I am babbling about.





On Monday, I went to work in Charlottesville and that afternoon, I met them and we went to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house.
He was an incredible man and was our 3rd President as well as an inventor.
He had many modifications to his house.
From his house, you can see the college, UVA, which he helped start and design.






I took Wednesday off and we went to Brown's Island in Richmond. It was a Fort during the civil war and it is not a park with a music venue on it.

They left on Thursday morning to return to Texas...

We all had a good time and miss them.

The Devil's Highway...

About 4 miles out of Culpeper Virginia and running through the East end of the town is Route 666. Nuff said!! It reminds me of the Movie Natural Brone Killers...

Culpeper Va....

Well kiddies, i was supposed to be in Culpeper this whole week, but my working partner got hurt and was not able to go on Monday. We will be there from Wednesday till Friday. On Wednesday, my Mother and Grandmother start their drive out here to visit us for a week!!! I cant wait to see them and we are going to the beach and do some sight seeing. More l8ter...

Faith Hill & Tim McGraw

We saw them last night at the Richmond Coliseum on their Soul to Soul 2006 Tour.  IT was a good show. I really did not know what to expect! They played for over 3 hours and had very good musicianship. Faith came on 1^st and Then Tim closed the show down.  I enjoyed the show. IT seems that they are the only Star couple that can stay together…Time will tell.

 

RMStringer

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You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Kayle Garkut's Blog - Why not? - Everyone else is!: Scenemusic Podcast #6

Kayle Garkut's Blog - Why not? - Everyone else is!: Scenemusic Podcast #6

Very interesting....I likes.

Memorial Day Weekend

Well, we decided to surprise my parent's in Texas and made a mad-dash and drove to Texas. It ended up being a 1228.3 mile trip from our house to there!!! IT took us 18 hours!!! We left at 630pm EST and arrived at 130pm CST. They were SHOCKED!!!!! My mother called me at 530am CST and i acted like i was asleep, little did she know that we were between Birmingham Alabama and meridian Mississippi!! So, when we arrived at the Lake, we drove up in my Grandparents driveway and They were SHOCKED!!!!! We then had my Grandmother call my Mother at work and ask here how her lunhc went, then i got on the phone and said HELLO!!! She was Freaking OUT!!! We had a very good time and saw a few friends that we don't get to see very often. We started back at 430am CST on Monday morning and made really good time till we got to Birmingham AL and there was a wreck on Interstate 20 East. It turned out to be a death and we were stopped in traffic for 2 hours!!


Traffic accident victim identified:

Authorities on Tuesday identified a woman killed in a Memorial Day traffic accident in Birmingham as Mary Frances Miller. Miller, 57, of Midfield, died in a three-car wreck Monday afternoon in the northbound lanes of Interstate 20/59 near Arkadelphia Road. An Alabama state trooper was injured in the wreck. The accident shut down interstate lanes for more than three hours and traffic was rerouted off the interstate at the Arkadelphia Road exit. The Birmingham Police Department is investigating the accident, but spokesmen for the police and state troopers on Tuesday declined to release details on the wreck. Trooper Lt. Keith Kelley was reportedly responding to a DUI call when the accident happened. He was treated and released from an area hospital, but isn’t expected to return to duty for at least several days. Carol Robinson


Well, that blew our schedule and we did not get to Our house till 430am EST today. I am very tired, but wanted to say hello...

Amerikan Idull....

"More than 63 million votes were cast, "more than any president in the history of our country has received," Seacrest said.
Despite the lack of offstage drama, or because of it, this edition of “American Idol” was the most-watched yet. Compared to last year, the show was up 14 percent in total viewers with an average weekly audience of 30.3 million — impressive growth for an established program.
The Tuesday and Wednesday episodes routinely ranked as the top-rated TV shows, drawing 28 million or more viewers. The series also is seen via delayed broadcast or satellite delivery in more than 150 other countries.

Well, that about says it all. Amerika cares more about what goes on TV than what is happening with our Nation and President. Amerika will vote for a damm TV show, but will not vote for a public election that decides local, state and National officials. What a bunch of mindless persons Amerika as a society had become. Our president is chosen by much less of the population than what voted fo this bunch of crap. We care more about Brad-jolina and Tom-kat than the fate of our well being. IT is unbelievable where the media has taken the mindless patrons of our once great country. I call it the Dumbing of America. Where cartoons talk down to our children and everyone wants to be a different race then what they were born into. To HEll in a handbasket... Babylon the Geat...just to name a few.