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4th of July - Camping, Deer Babies, Wake Boarding

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We have had a new resident. Actually there several new residents. A deer decided to have her kids in the back yard. They are here often. I can see them from my Zoom Room, so I apologize if I seem a little distracted sometimes when I am on a video call. We went canoeing and camping in South Carolina. We were exploring without a lot of planning, so you get what you expect- adventure and discovery. We stopped by the Tallulah Gorge lookout. When I rode my motorcycle through the area in the early 80's, I vowed I would come back. And I have come back-- again. I ate my traditional moon pie there as well. The Tesla is a great camper. Charge the battery, run the AC and enjoy the filtered ventilated with a nice entertainment system. Crazy. The paddleing wasnt that good. We found ourselves in Lake Keowee. The camp ground was good if you speak Spanish, and only enjoy power sports on small boats. I am a bit disturbed by the new trend of wake boarding. Instead of skiing being towed by a ro...

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A pic of the plane I have been flying lately around Atlanta. It is tired, but it flies pretty well.
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I am in Duluth GA, back from San Antonio TX. I had a global meeting this past week. It had been almost 30 years since I was in San Antonio. They are having a massive drought in Texas. When I arrived at the hotel I gave the cab driver a tip I told him, "better yet, I brought rain." And rain it did on my last day in Texas, and it rained hard. A person setting up breakfast tables next to me before sun-up, dropped everything, ran to the windows and said. "Oh my god its raining." People were coming out of the backrooms with smiles and tidbits about radar images and quantities of rain. What a difference from Upstate NY. I spent time in a river walk piano bar, that was a special treat. They played the following song, which was nice and fits my life in a Texas context.