SeeMoreAndOtherAdventures

  February 11, 2022 Lost and Old River (Sign on the highway) Lost River is  an old channel of the lower Trinity , abandoned by the restless river before the area was settled. The meandering, tree-lined Old River, also an abandoned channel, begins in Liberty County and flows southeasterly to Old River Lake and ultimately into Trinity T: Stopped at Buckees in Bastrop, TX around noon. Ate lunch in SeeMore. Mama Cat was ready to go potty and have some food and water. CHECK FOR FALLING EGGS BEFORE YOU OPEN THE FRIDGE DOOR. ~Longhorn cattle across the interstate from the Austin airport T Barry rolled quarters at Paradise RV --- $200 worth -- and we paid for our RV spot in Austin with the quarters. T: Ate supper at the Picnic Food Court. Barry tried falaffles, which he did not care for, but go some good hummus and good fried tofu. Then we had some Thai style ice cream and took a walk & went to Thom's grocery. Mama Cat did fine in the R.V. We were initially each going to get an ic...

  Barry and I came off a short road trip last night. (Atlanta, Mountain Crossing to hike Blood Mountain and the Chehea Mountain to hike the Pinhoti.) I did payroll last night so that I wouldn't have to go to the office today. I did some early morning house chores and then drove to Firefly. I took my 30 min walk and then Barry called to say he would drive down for lunch. We went to the Island now I'm going to have my writing time on the pier deck. ~ I've had my writing time and spent about an hour getting vines out of the trees in the first section I started working on and the tidying up the yard. My little laptop has spent the afternoon updating but I'm going to have to leave it. I'm really content.

  August 27, 2018 Fort Supply, OK / Woodward, OK Barry went to Radio Shack in Woodward and I went next door to the Office Supply /Gift Shop. Turned out, they were connected. Barry and I had seen "Boomers" on several signs around town. When the lady at Devines asked if she could help me, I told her that I was just looking, but that I did wonder about "Boomers." She said they were the people who came to Oklahoma in the land grab. A man nearby, who was buying a chair, said the Sooners had cheated. He and the shopkeeper and I visited for awhile --- the wind in Oklahoma, what people do. I enjoyed it.  " Boomers " is the name used for two groups of  settlers  in the  Southern United States  in what is now the state of  Oklahoma . The first group was participants in the "Boomer Movement." These participants were white settlers from 1879–1889 who believed the so-called " Unassigned Lands " within the  Indian Territory  were public property and ...