Y'all Tour 99

Ok well since all of you have wondered what I do on my vacations, and I am getting a bit worn out from telling you. I decided to post it on my site. So y'all get right down comfy and lemmie tell you a tale.

Lemmie tell you a story 'bout a guy named Sun,
pooh Canadeer barely get his car to run.
Then one day he was working some long hours
And up from the mail came some dollar bill flowers.

And I couldn't say no.

Well enough with the song.  Afterall you don't pay me to sing and I am not that good at it anyways.

So buckle up you seat belts and enjoy the ride on Air Sun.

Well hush my grits, southern hospitality and a true southern belle (with pearls)!!

After the uneventful flight down to Dallas from the frozen tundra that is Edmonton, I met the most wonderful #1Scarlett and her husband.

They are a very hospitable couple and made me feel most welcome. We talked played cosmo (Hey SignGirl you ever figure out who #1ScarSun was?). and that was about that for that day.

The next day I toured Dallas went downtown saw Dealey Square the 6th Floor Museum and the Reunion Tower. The 6th Floor Museum was a very sobering place, I gave me time to pause and reflect on mankind.

After that stopped by Texas Stadium the home of the Dallas Cowboys then off to Ft. Worth where #1Scarlett and I met up with the famous LadyRobin , in one word it was "fun".

After two days of Texas I decided enough was enough, well not really,  I had made arrangements with friends in Tulsa and had to be there by Friday. On the way their toured the Oklahoma State Capital and overshot Tulsa by about 2 hours to see another cosmonaut on the Friday.
 

Renee` she is a true lady impeccable taste and knows where the best Italian restaurant is in Missouri.

After doing lunch with Renee` and talking I made it back to Tulsa to stay with freinds for the next 3 days.  BTW they mostly eat, and eat good too :-)
Well except for okra (I'll pass next time)

Some buildings up in south western Missouri on the way to Renee's

Way Down, Way Down, Way Way Down
Well after all this southern hospitality, I realized I just had to make a pilgrimage to Graceland and Tupelo, so I did. Sadly it was 5PM by the time I hit Tupelo so I wasn't able to tour Elvis' birthplace. But I did tour Graceland.

I'm going to Graceland, Graceland, Oh I'm Going to Graceland
You heard stories of Elvis' gaudy life-style well in truth Elvis didn't really let it enter Graceland. Elvis first time he saw the house liked it and decided to buy it. You start the tour across the street from Graceland and drive up on shuttle busses. From there it is primarily an audio tour of Graceland the back buildings, the back yard and the meditation area.

Priscella narrates the tour with tons of Elvis' songs in the background.


Graceland's Official Site

Orianna11 was painting her house at the time and hey she needed an extra pair of hands, so of course I helped out.

Audits "R" Us
Well it was getting close to my time to head back to the Arctic Tundra of Edmonton so driving on my way from Kansas to Dallas to catch my plane I did lunch with another cosmonaut Lauri and her cats, alas I missed her daughters by 10 minutes.  As you can tell by her picture she is really a very sweet person, in spite of the fact she works for, prepare yourself...
THE IRS!!!!

Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mi-iiiiiiiiind
Well fate finally caught up to me, sadly I got pulled over on my way to Ft. Worth to await my plane, 79 in a 70 geez Louise give me a break, but no :-(

Well that night #1Scarlett and her hubby took me to  Sundance Square , aww that was sweet of them.

And for the grande finale of my trip, one more day with those masters of southern hospitality #1Scarlett and her hubby.  But before leaving on a jet plane finally met up with Foggy4 his daughters (great kids Fog, be proud) and LadyRobin (AGAIN, hmm is this how rumors get started?)

PS:
Thank y'all for the memories the hospitality and the kindness. This comes from my heart.