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We grabbed a bite to eat in Sugarland and then it was on the road! |
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The 1st state we visited! |
Our 1st night was spent in Little Rock at the Rest Inn |
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Memphis, TN (Tennessee was the 2nd state we visited) |
 The Mighty
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Beale Street |
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The hillbilly tour of Graceland! |
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Graceland |
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The Balcony that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was standing on when he was assassinated. |
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Our Nashville motel. |
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Don King, a songwriter friend of Neil's. This duo co-wrote many songs in the 90's. |
Don with the kids. |
We dropped in for a visit with Mr. & Mrs. Don King, Sr. while we were in Nashville. |
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Neil with Charlie Andrews, a Nashville Attorney that has been a friend for nearly 20 years. |
Stephanie with Charlie's girlfriend Sara. |
All of us with Larry Henley, writer of "Wind Beneath My Wings". (Larry came down to Texas and sang at our wedding) |
Josh with our friend John Wiggins. John wrote "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" |
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Linzee in front of the Grand Ole Opry House. |
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The worst thing that ever happened to Nashville! |
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While in Nashville we went to a Nashville Sounds baseball game. The Sounds are a AAA form club for the Milwaukee Brewers. |
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The kids with Memphis Redbirds pitcher Rich Scalamandre |
Rich warming up |
We had pretty good seats right behind the Memphis Redbirds bull pen. |
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After the game they let the kid's run the bases, all 3 of ours are in this picture see if you can find them. |
Knoxville, TN |
Our motel in Pigeon Forge, TN. |
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Our children love water! |
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The Comedy Barn, a hilarious show. |
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Linzee & Morgan joined the cast on stage. |
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Morgan & Linzee after a long day |
The start of or day at Dollywood. |
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Now that's a skillet! |
Josh on a spinning Ride. |
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The Tennessee Tornado. |
Josh & Neil on the Tennessee Tornado. |
I snapped this off of the monitor, & saved my $15.00. |
It had 3 loops. |
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Our hotdog waiter. |
Linzee's hotdog. |
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Dolly's Thunderhead. |
Josh & Neil on board of the thunderhead. |
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We played hillbilly golf in Gatlinburg. |
The golf course is on the side of a mountain and you have to ride an inclined rail car to the top to play. |
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The girls made a friend named Morgan while on the course. |
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Here are a few snap shots from Dolly's Splash Country. |
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We ate at the Alabama Grill in Pigeon Forge |
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Some of the memorabilia on the wall at the Alabama Grill. |
Our waitress Ashley with her brother Tyler. |
Our bashful little Morgan singing a song with a banjo picker outside of Alabama's Grill. |
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The upside down house in Pigeon Forge. |
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Cooter's Tow Truck |
Rosco P. Coltrane's car |
Back at our pool at the motel. |
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If you look real close Josh is behind Morgan. |
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Look out Dale Jr. |
Check out these
hillbillies we saw in Tennessee |
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The 3rd state we visited. |
A hole in the Mountain in NC. |
We had lunch in Greensboro, NC with Neil's Great Uncle Joe & Aunt Freada. |
Neil & Uncle Joe |
The kids with Uncle Joe |
Uncle Joe's House |
At 83 years old Uncle Joe can still tickle the ivory's like there's nothing to it. |
He played for us on both the electronic keyboard |
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Roy use to live in Fort Bend County. |
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The Gorena's house. |
The Gorena's back yard |
The Gorena girls "Juliana & Elena" with our kids |
If there is water our kids are going to be in it |
Elena |
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Once an Aggie... |
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Josh leaning on a tree that was growing out of a rock. |
Roy & Neil |
Josh, Drake & Elena |
A Gorena-Yelderman family portrait |
Roy & Elena waving bye as we pulled out! |
South Carolina was the 4th state we traveled through, in the background you can see the infamous "South of the Border" tourist destination. |
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State # 7 |
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This is a talent |
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Scotty, Rhonda, Sara & Hanna Adams |
Adams-Yelderman Family Photo |
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Look Sara is taller than the building |
The girls having a blast |
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After a day at the beach we rinsed off |
headed back to the hotel |
took a quick nap |
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A tunnel on I-10 in Mobile, as we crossed through Alabama once again. |
We crossed through Mississippi for state # 8 |
Louisiana was # 9 |
We crossed the Mother of all rivers once again in Baton Rouge |
Our 10th and final state was our Home State |
Garfield was anxiously awaiting our arrival home! |
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