stopped in the first big town demming and waited all day to find a sox fan

to find my first red sox fan

even the homeless liked the red sox

and another sox fan than i went into the Capitol

and who did i see but Davey Crockett my namesake

cant help but put a cannon in here

rotunda in the capitol

yeah we know its like a whole other country

as high up in the rotunda as i could legally go

a tired and sore fan who had just completed the race

i stopped for pizza

and then a drink at the red sox bar

and then out for a walk I saw there duckboats nothin to compare to ours

and saw some local artist's work

and a house that they had to build around because the owners wouldnt sell

and then another fan who wanted to know why the hell i wanted his pic lol

Sam Houston came to Austin to move the capitol to Houston but he didnt plan on this gal she put a stop to his plans lol

Capitol police gave me permission to park in the garage overnight

SCULPTURE ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS

HUEY LONG LEADER AND PATRIOT THE GREATEST MAN TO EVER HOLD OFFICE IN THE USA HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT IF NOT CUT DOWN IN HIS PRIME BY A DASTERDLY SCOUNDREL

REPLICA'S OF THE LIBERTY BELL ARE IN EVERY STATE CAPITOL

RIGHT BEHIND THE CAPITOL BUILDING

MODERN SCULPTURE ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS

WERE I GOT COFFEE IN BATON ROUGE

JUST HAD TO TAKE THIS PICTURE LOL

I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS IS FAMOUS FOR DO YOU???

THANK YOU LORD FOR NOT LETTING MIKE VICK BE MY MASTER

well after spending some time exploring Bourbon St. I ran into Sox fans

and lo an behold I even got a visit from Bob my buddy from boston who took me and mike out to dinner with his friends

the coffee shop i made home till I meet Mike and started working on the school house .

closed since the storm

coffee shop crowd

they didnt want me to take any pictures so of course I did

try one there a blast

best jazz on the st.

friendly mule

local guy hangin on his porch

HAD TO TAKE AT LEAST ONE PICTURE OF A PASSED OUT DRUNK

MY FRIEND MIKE DRUNK BUT NOT PASSED OUT LOL

THIS PLACE IS READY TO FALL LIKE A DECK OF CARDS

DANGER!!!!!! DANGER!!!!!!!

Tom Huntress from North Attleboro Mass heading to Afganistan with a piece of Fenway Park

I HEADED I WEST AND RAN INTO THIS GUY WHO RAN OUT OF GAS SO I STOPPED TO HELP HIM

I HAD 2 FREE MEAL TICKETS FROM McCALLISTER'S DELI SO I TOOK JUSTIN TO LUNCH

WE TOOK A RIDE IN HIS JEEP AND ENDED UP AT SLOSS FURNACE

SLOSS FURNACE IS NOW JUST A TOURIST STOP NOW WITH A FEW ARTIST'S AROUND THIS IS A GATE MADE BY ONE OF THEM

NO SMOKE COMING OUT ANYMORE FROM WHAT USED TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IRON FOUNDRIES OF THE SOUTH

GHOST

STEAM SHOVEL TO MOVE IRON ORE AROUND

ARTIST WORK SHOP NOBODY WAS HERE TODAY

MOLTEN METAL CAME DOWN THIS TRENCH HEADED FOR MOLDS AT A LOWER LEVEL TO MAKE CAST IRON PARTS FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS

JUSTIN IN FRONT OF THE SHOVEL

COLLECTION OF DIFFERENT SIZED BUCKETS USED AT THE SLOSS FURNACE

A LARGE BUCKET FULL OF MOLTEN METAL WAS HOOKED UP HERE AND THE ARMS KEEP IT FROM SPILLING UNTIL IT GOT TO THE MOLDS

AFTER LEAVING SLOSSS FURNACE JUSTIN DROVE ME TO WOODSTOCK AND WHILE I WAS TAKING THIS PICTURE HE DROVE OFF WITH MY LAPTOP LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

WELL A PASSER BY CALLED THE COPS AND THEY CAME AND GOT ME

WELL SINCE JUSTIN HAD GIVEN ME HIS BUSSINESS CARD AND I HAD PHOTOS OF HIM ( THE COPS KNEW HIM HE IS A HERION ADDICT) I STOPPPED AT THE COURTHOUSE TO SWEAR OUT A COMPLIANT

YES THIS IS THE DEEP SOUTH

COUNTY PRISONERS

WELL TIME TO LEAVE ALABAMA BEHIND AND HEAD TO MISSISSIPPI

pennants for the championships they won

Yes it's been awhile since the baron's played here

Scense from the past at rickwood

this park so needs a team to play at it

If not for this guy rickwood would be gone he died to young

Is there any park without a bud sign??

its quite at rickwood now

You can still smell the smoke from the last cookout

Time To head down the road bye Rickwood

Arrived at turner feild and stopped at the Bullpen Bar but there was not a soul in site so i went to sleep woke up in the morning and headed over to georgia tech

Don't get stung

Yellow Jacket trolley to take you around Campus

Red sox fan at georgia tech studying for exams

went back to Turner Feild where they were having autograph day and ran into Derek Lowe as he exited the bathroom ready to shake more hands .

And the mascot for the Braves Buc ky Beaver himself

other players waiting for the crowd

Another night sets on the Rolling Green Monster heading west in the morning the nights are a little warmer know and I'm wearing shorts good to leave the cold behind

boy would I like to have these seats for a sox game

Dan a red sox fan doin time at georgia u

another one of those bulldawgs there all over town lol

Athens is a very freindly place . meet alot of good people here .but the road awaits next stop atlanta