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Back to the "Deep South" in Duluth GA

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I get a kick out of hearing the term "Deep South" in 2026. It is a crazy incredibly outdated label. I think maybe I should start saying the "Deep Northeast". I am a Yankee. My family came over on the Mayflower and moved to Upstate NY via Connecticut. Terms used in the revolutionary and Civil war days are generally inappropriate. My family is all but totally out of NY State now. I find the term "deep south" to be of the same thinking that the movie "Heidi" is what contemporary Europe is like. Watching the fireworks in Rochester, NY from the back yard of a house in the city made it look like a real war zone. It is a long drive between Berkshire, NY and Duluth, GA. Most of the 35K miles on the truck were spent in between. I drove the truck about 3k miles in 2-1/2 weeks. It was great to spend time on the farm. It was good to make some progress on needed repairs and improvements. I also felt good about making some new friends up there. I will be...
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I finally got the blog working again. Not sure what happened exactly, but I had to work through all the DNS settings again. Here are some pics from iceland not taken with the drone. It is a very cool place. Almost every scene around every hill is something different as if it was part of a simulated experience and the creators aren't finished yet. At points it felt very post-apocalyptic. The rugged black-crunchy terrain, being in dense clouds after being in lonely expanses and the smell of sulfur was quite different from the everyday stuff.
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