We stopped at Cedar Point.
When did I get old? My body is telling me don't do this again. Guess I have to stick to attractions like It's a small world at Disney World.
May 2015
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When did I get old? My body is telling me don't do this again. Guess I have to stick to attractions like It's a small world at Disney World.
Wow, I'd say!
Yea that why we Triked it, my knees are bad, and my wife gets scared and wouldn't ride any more.
You guys solved the issues and kept on riding...perfect....have fun this summer!
Murraycroexp
Veteran Expediter
Oh, is doesn't scare us, as much as . . . it hurts afterwords. D#mn I got old fast.
Advil liquigels. Two before a day on the rides and two after. Works every time. Even helps with our herniated disk.
wow I-35 both direction are under water and rising more between Austin and San Ann....up here north Ok Shawnee roads are under 2 FEET of water... its raining and skies are black....and somehow I have to manage to snake my way thru....Parts of Dallas are underwater as Fort Worth...
Thanks Ken! For the updates. I'll be heading to Beaumont TX this afternoon then Dallas in the couple of days
Hopefully it will all dry out by then. If not, free bath on the side of the road, lol.
It took that quart up. Now to buy some fabric and adhere a skirt to that bunk n hide my junk!
PS - Have friends in Texas near Fort Worth and San Augustine...sayin it's wet, flooded n nasty...please be careful!
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I am taking the cut off down through big cabin down US 69 into Dallas.
I think Texas has 511 for road reports
Someone will know that ?
The deeper I get into Oklahoma and closer to Texas I am definitely seeing signs of moisture 
Don't ask why, but I find that particularly funny.The deeper I get into Oklahoma and closer to Texas I am definitely seeing signs of moisture
When the news said to be on the lookout for "standing water" I was watching for an Indian...
jujubeans
OVM Project Manager
Why Taps Is Played
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps were played; this brings out a new meaning of it. We in the United States have all heard the haunting song, "Taps". It's the song that gives us that lump in our throats and usually tears in our eyes. But, do you know the story behind the song? If not, I think you will be interested to find out about its humble beginnings.
Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier who lay severely wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical attention.
Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his encampment. When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead.
The Captain lit a lantern and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in the Confederate Army. The following morning, heart broken, the father asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial, despite his enemy status. His request was only partially granted.
The Captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for his son at the funeral. The request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate. But, out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only one musician.
The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead youth's uniform. This wish was granted.
The haunting melody, we now know as "Taps" used at military funerals was born.
The words are:
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the hills, from the lake,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Go to sleep, peaceful sleep,
May the soldier or sailor,
God keep.
On the land or the deep,
Safe in sleep.
Love, good night, Must thou go,
When the day, And the night
Need thee so?
All is well. Speedeth all
To their rest.
Fades the light; And afar
Goeth day, And the stars
Shineth bright,
Fare thee well; Day has gone,
Night is on.
Thanks and praise, For our days,
'Neath the sun, Neath the stars,
'Neath the sky,
As we go, This we know,
God is nigh.
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps were played; this brings out a new meaning of it. We in the United States have all heard the haunting song, "Taps". It's the song that gives us that lump in our throats and usually tears in our eyes. But, do you know the story behind the song? If not, I think you will be interested to find out about its humble beginnings.
Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier who lay severely wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical attention.
Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his encampment. When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead.
The Captain lit a lantern and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in the Confederate Army. The following morning, heart broken, the father asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial, despite his enemy status. His request was only partially granted.
The Captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for his son at the funeral. The request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate. But, out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only one musician.
The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead youth's uniform. This wish was granted.
The haunting melody, we now know as "Taps" used at military funerals was born.
The words are:
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the hills, from the lake,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Go to sleep, peaceful sleep,
May the soldier or sailor,
God keep.
On the land or the deep,
Safe in sleep.
Love, good night, Must thou go,
When the day, And the night
Need thee so?
All is well. Speedeth all
To their rest.
Fades the light; And afar
Goeth day, And the stars
Shineth bright,
Fare thee well; Day has gone,
Night is on.
Thanks and praise, For our days,
'Neath the sun, Neath the stars,
'Neath the sky,
As we go, This we know,
God is nigh.