So Unready for Argentina

Just a week away from leaving for Buenos Aires and virtually no planning done!  What's wrong with  me? Yes, yes, hotel and flights all sorted, and at least some preliminary research done, but nowhere near what I should have done by now.

I will get it all sorted out, though.  I'll be ready for Argentina; will it be ready for me?!

How Could I Forget Dallas?

I posted my South Africa pages last night but, somehow, I totally forgot to mention that I also posted a page with my Dallas photos and such. You can access that here:

Up next: Oklahoma City!

South Africa Pages Posted ... Finally

At long last I've posted my South Africa pages.  They were ready a couple of days ago but the program I use is so old and antiquated ... and, apparently, flawed, that it kept undoing what I'd done.  No clue why but it's scared me off of the program:  I'm looking for new web design software.  But, I digress.

My South Africa pages are chock-full of photos and verbiage, as you'll see.  Here's the link to the main page:

http://www.quadewhitmire.com/Travel_2011_South_Africa_Page_Main_Page.html

Let me know what you think!

Flashback ... to the 1800s

This is a story from ... today, in a county in East Texas:

ANDERSON COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - Many Texas Courthouses fly both the American and Texas flags, but the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine now flies three. The third flag is the first Confederate flag. Anderson County Commissioners voted Monday to approve flying the flag. They declared April Confederate History and Heritage Month to honor those who fought the Civil War.

Cold In Oklahoma City

Saturday in Oklahoma City.  Yesterday was so gorgeous:  sun and seventy degrees; today it was cloudy with highs only near fifty, with a stiff, damp wind that left wind chills in the 30s.  I'm so glad I did the memorial and some walking around yesterday.  Wow, was it cold!

Today I went had a nice breakfast at the hotel, then headed out to the Oklahoma Museum of Art, then to have a look at Bricktown and its canal and riverwalk.  Next, I took to the car and explored some neighborhoods, popped into a western wear store, and went to the mall for sock shopping and to Target to get some undershirts.  Undershirt and sock shopping is not very interesting but it was productive.

I was struck again today by how empty Oklahoma City is.  It feels as if it's been evacuated:  there are no people and, while there are parked cars, there are almost none driving the streets.  It's all very, very odd, as one sees.  This is just a sampling, as I'll update my website shortly.

Fifty Before Forty

Just in time for my big four-oh, I finally made it to my fiftieth state, Oklahoma.  I flew into Dallas last night, overnighted there, then fetched a rental car and drove up to Oklahoma City this morning.  My God, what a long four hours that was!  It's a pretty boring drive, but I can now say I've been to every state!  There are some I want to loop back to (I was only nominally in New Hampshire, Kansas, Idaho, and Michigan), but this is still a milestone for me.

As I type, I'm freshly back from the Oklahoma City bombing memorial.  I was very impressed.  I wasn't to going to go to the museum, just the memorial, but I did and I'm glad I did.  I'll be putting more verbiage and photos on my site later, but, for now, here's a taste of the beautiful and elegant reflecting pool and one of the gates.

The Birthday Trip: Buenos Aires

Finally settled on where to go for my big four-oh:  Argentina.  Headed down to Buenos Aires in June.  Second time to Argentina; second time to the Southern Hemisphere in just a few months.  Now, to the planning.