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Pictures For Today

                    Bridge in downtown Austin, TX

                      Lou captures the wall painting

                        A good crop of Sunflowers

                    This bridge is over a railroad track

                    This is an entrance to a private estate

              This is part of a large windmill farm in Iowa

                       We saw this turkey near the trail

                                 Cool --- Cool water

                          Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge

                               This is Lake Superior

         Traverse, MI This town has a river running through it

               Swans feeding (The little ones are hungry)

                              Backwaters of the lake

                                As you see, we rest a lot

                  The motel where we stayed last night

                                  Another wild road

     One of the beaches along the eastern side of the lake

                    It is back roads again this morning

                      Lou is ready for another day

                       A cloudy view of Lake Ft. Smith

                       Lou enjoys the James River

     We hope this is a good sign as we depart on our trip

                            Magazine Mountain, AR

         This was our Saturday outing

                         These were real live ones

                         A bridge near Harrison, AR

              Just a walk bridge at one of the parks

                          Corn is the main crop of IN

                        A country scene in Illinois        

  People waiting for the bats to come out from under the bridge

                     Metal cut-outs on the hill side

                Kansas raises some good sunflowers

 The Orphan Train  (Orphans were sent west by themselves

                          This is part of the same estate

               A piece of farm equipment used in Iowa

                        Lou gets her daily outing

                      There were small turkeys also

        If you are ever in Newberry, MI you must eat here  

                     How about this for hanging baskets

                 This place reminds us of San Antonia, TX

                                             Charlevoix, MI

                                          Mackinaw City, MI

               Lou enjoys relaxing after a day of "FUN"

                          The Sand Dunes of Michigan

           Lou gets her first view of Lake Michigan

                                 Creative flower boxes

                            This is the Missouri River

                         As you can see, this is grain country

                 A look  at The James River in MO

                                      Osage Beach, MO

                Lou has to relax after a day of travel

                            Arkansas  countryside

                 The wall was done by a local man

                              Part of their collection

            Hay is a big crop around this part of AR

                       Blatz Lake at Pocahontas, AR

                            A really neat old building

            Lou at the bridge over the Mississippi River