YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK IF

You might be a redneck if.. you spot an old piece of mystery equipment in a Tennessee field and wish you had it in a flower bed at home!

Route 66 Truck

From the archives- this old truck was sitting in a field just of one of the original sections of historic Route 66 near the Texas and New Mexico border. This shot was take while on vacation a couple of years ago.

Battleship Texas OTB

An over-the-bow shot of the Battleship Texas. This, like yesterdays post, is also a 3 shot handheld HDR produced with Photomatix Pro and finished with Topaz Adjust in CS3.

Battleship Texas 5

This is my last post from recent tript to the Battleship Texas. Is looking down and aft from one of the lower levels of the conning tower onto a restoration in progress of an original lifeboat.

Battleship Texas 3

This view of some of the aft guns in particular made me think of a couple of things. For one, if I were the enemy [even now in modern times] I would not want to see this ship from any angle! And two, like modern war ships, it's hard to imagine the organized chaos that occurs on warship in a fire-fight. One display at the ship said that the Texas engaged in one fire mission for 50 non-stop 24 hour days delivering over two ship loads of munitions on the enemy in Okinawa!

Battleship Texas

My wife and I toured the 34,000 ton New York Class battleship the "USS Texas" this past Sunday. The Texas is permanently moored at the San Jacinto State Park about 25 miles east of downtown Houston. It was our first trip back to the ship in sometime and we both agreed to go back more often. This ship, which was built in 1912, is a recognized National Landmark and a floating museum honoring the long and distingquished service of the ship and it's crews. There is such a fantastic ammount of history associated with the ship that I would like to see it as a required field trip for local Texas students. If you haven't been in a while I would remind you thats it's probably time for another enjoyable trip.