Along the way I saw this sign on the Interstate in Missouri. I actually had to turn around and go back to take this picture.
The plan was to ride straight through to Fort Worth, as I have done a few times in the past. Now I know the feeling from the words of that Toby Keith song, "I ain't as good as I once was..." ha ha ha. The heat and humidity finally told me to take a break and make it a two day ride. I did make it as a far as Miami, Oklahoma on the first day. The Hampton Inn there was very nice.
While here in the Republic, I am catching up on everything going on down here with the family. The niece and nephews are growing up so fast. One of my nephews is working as part of a research team on a "classified project" for NASA.
We have been spending some time on the farm, where one brother is planning to build his dream home. After roughing in a road on the property, he set off to build his "man cave", which is almost complete. He also brought in some large rocks and is planning to build a waterfall on the property.This week he is planning to drill a water well. Land is cleared for their home, horse barn and riding arena. It should look real nice once it is all finished.
Sunday afternoon we went with the kids to go fishing at the pond there. We all had a blast just watching them (and taking their fish off the hooks). Oh, did I mention it was hot? I think the temps hit 100! It was still fun though. We had plenty of cold water... lol.
My brother is letting me play with one of his toys while I am down here. It is a 400 hp V-8 Chevy Camaro SS, with paddle shifters. It looks like "Bumblebee" from the Transformers. All I can say is that it is faster than any police car I have driven. Hopefully, I will not need to be explaining myself to any members of Texas DPS on how much fun I am having while driving it (wink wink).
