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Lafayette, Louisiana
We got into Lafayette around 4. We took our time leaving this morning, and we had a couple of delays along the way (traffic, construction). Getting thru Houston took about an hour, even though we didn't go right thru the middle of the city. The freeways there are insane, and everyone is driving while texting, talking on the phone, smoking.
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Leaving Texas... for the Wetlands of America
... Texas'. There's nothing wrong with it; just something interesting that I noted.
As I left Houston, the landscape changed considerably. The Bayou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou) region starts well before entering Louisiana. The land became flatter, ranches were gone, replaced by industrial towns. As I moved further, tress became taller and greener. And there is water ...
Mais, you know who that is?
... so far that you don't care if the story is true or not. They usually are, give or take a few details. Each photograph opened up a world of memories, and the repeating question, "Mais, you know who that is?" with an explanation to follow.
My mom and I spent the afternoon with Janelle and Ronnie. I refer to these lovely folks as my aunt and uncle, but Janelle and I are actually second cousins. Because ...
Remembering
... boarded, the internal chanting from seat 13C to the deity of safe flights matches the hum of the warming plane engine.
On the Atlanta connection of my flight, my accent-sensitive ears picked out of the plane murmor the cadence of my grandmother. Above the plane conversation I heard the rolling rhythm and extended vowels that I haven't heard since she passed away, coming from a woman a few seats away. Suddenly I was seven again, laying on the layered ...
Day Twelve - Blowing Into Texas
... to smaller highways. This would lead me around the outer most ring road of Houston. The theory was to miss the city traffic and freeways. I was happy to leave the interstate and ride on the 90, then I was even happier when I saw that the next road, 1960, was classified as per signage as a "Farm Road". It was still extremely windy, but this sounded good. I will be circling Houston on "'Farm Road 1960". It was great, until ...
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