Day 174: J.P.

J.P. lives next to my sister Melissa down in Austin.  He’s an old Navy man who lived on a diesel submarine off the coast of the Soviet Union back in 1961-1964. They were loaded with nuclear weapons as a deterrent against a Soviet attack on America. The first of their kind.  These were remote controlled cruise missile nukes launched from the top deck of a surfaced sub.  Not the later Polaris missile which was fired from beneath the water.  Very interesting guy.

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Day 173: Bert on the Move

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Day 172: Smitty’s Market Wood

These piles of wood fuel the fantastic BBQ at Smitty’s BBQ in Lockhart, TX.   I chatted up the guy who carried wood into the kitchen and he said they used about 8 feet of a pile per day!  Insane, and amazing.  1 pound of lean shoulder + half pound of moist brisket + 2 sausages = 4.5 full people (Bert is only half a person at age 11 months).

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Day 170: Hannah

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Day 167: Tightrope

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Day 166: Dave & Frankie

Day 165: Shake

Day 163: Mary in Peril

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Day 162: Levitate

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Day 161: Dead Bird Walking

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