The Galveston Dolphin Tour

For me there are some things that just never get old.  Taking a boat to look for dolphins is one of those things.  And dolphins there were.  We found a whole pod of them following a shrimping boat around stealing fish from the nets.  The Shrimpers don’t like this, just as they don’t like pelicans eating the scraps at the dock.  But a shrimp boat tosses out a lot of stuff that isn’t shrimp, and there is always a cloud of birds around the back end of a shrimp boat. Like everyone else, I was a bit worried that BP…

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OKC Memorial

On April 19th, 1995 a bit over 15 years ago, a Yellow Ryder Truck filled with an Improvised Explosive Device blew up in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.  At first it was assumed that this was the work of some Al Qaeda type Islāmic organization, but it turned out to be a couple of good old fashioned American rednecks.  Home Grown Terrorists, what a concept. The Oklahoma City Memorial is a very interesting place. An emotional experience as you move in and around the various bits of broken cars and buildings and lives.  The last time…

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