Mon. 11pm
I left Austin about 10 o'clock  heading for the lake Conroe area north of Houston. After wandering through the back roads between Austin and my eventual destination I arrived about 3:00 PM.  My journey took me through the small Texas towns of Lexington, Caldwell, Navasota, and on into Montgomery. One of my first thoughts on the beginning of the journey  was to stop at snows barbecue in Lexington. The idea was good the result was not. To my chagrin I discovered that snows is only open on Saturdays.
 Driving the back roads is really a very pleasant experience. For the most part it was just a 2 Lane Highway rolling through I guess South Central Texas. The sky was full of puffy white clouds which are beautiful. The towns are full of older houses and buildings which are equally beautiful in their own way

 Got together with cousin Colleen, and whose house I am sleeping, and we went and visited her older sister Judy followed by a stop at cousin Anita's house in the Woodlands in Texas. Anita is the artist that did the charcoal drawing of Bonnie that many of you have seen.

9/11/01...a very auspicious date....9/11/07 another one, this time it was for my last radiation for my cancer...obviously worked well as I am still here with no recurrence....knock on wood...

AND NOW

Tomorrow begins my latest road trip which will include many stops to visit family and friends.  My plan is to return to Austin at the end of October.EASTERN U.S. ROAD TRIP – 2016

My plan right now is to leave Austin on September 12. My initial stop should be somewhere in the Dallas area. Actually Montgomery Tx

ON THE LIST-

COLLEEN=MONTGOMERY TX

ROSE- GARLAND TX

GRANT WILLIAM/MEG/PAT -SPRINGDALE AR

SONNY WHITE- SPRINGDALE

BARBARA NIELSEN- ST LOUIS

LYNETTE/CHRIS- CINCINNATI

ANDREW/LAURALEE AND KIDS -CINCINNATI AREA

TANI ROSE- CLEVELAND ???

PAT/BERNIE-ASHEVILLE

JOHN/JAN-ATLANTA

LARRY/JENNY/LEIGH -GREENVILLE/greer

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NELS/KRIS- ATLANTA

JERRY/BARBARA- NO. VENICE

JOHN SAUCIER/KORI -NICEVILLE FL

Sandy Morrow....Mooresville No Carolina

Jason/Jennifer....Wilmington

PLACES

SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON

Gettysburg

5 p.m.
Car is clean  and gas is full....just remains to load and organize.....