Odessa & Wickett Texas

Oilfield outside of Odessa Texas

Sunset on the Texas plains

Triple wall piping

Butte & Anaconda Montana

Our Lady of the Rockies is a 90-foot statue, dedicated to women, that sits atop the Continential Divide overlooking Butte. It is the second tallest statue in the U.S. after The Statue Of Liberty.



Uptown Butte



The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine located in Butte. It is one mile long by half a mile wide with an approximate depth of 1,780 feet. It is filled to a depth of about 900 feet with water that is heavily acidic







The Anaconda Court House



You can see the snowy peaks of the Rockies in the distance


 

The tallest freestanding masonry structure in the world looms out of the clouds on the east side of Anaconda, Montana. At 585 feet tall it is taller than the Washington Monument and the Statue of Liberty- it has been silent since 1980 when Anaconda shut the smelter down and was declared a state historic site in 1985. This is as close as you can legally get to the structure as all the surrounding lands are a restricted federal superfund site.



 







Nashville, Pigeon Forge Tennessee

Honky Tonk Row, Nashville

The Hermitage

Posing with a performer at The Dixie Stampede

The Green Room, Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry

On Stage After the show at the Grand Ole Opry

Why sit in a bar and drink, when you can peddle around town?

Debbie posing with a few of Dolly's relatives at DollyWood

Houston Texas

 I'm in Houston Texas this week to support a couple of INCON  Monitoring System installations

Austin Texas

Looking down Congress Street

 I'm in Austin Texas this week for a startup of a new site

 Buc-ee's is reported to be the biggest gas station in the world. 60 Fueling positions, 32+ point of sale terminals.
It's as big as a Wal-Mart inside!

 After along day at the site, Mike and I stopped by the 'Salt Lick Barbeque'.

Here in Austin, the smoke over Oak, with Pecan

 This place is a local institution

This brisket is just about ready!

 I was discussing grilling technique with the guys workin' the grill and next thing I know they're pressing me for my secrets and insisting I show them how it's done!

I had to get a picture of this for my daughter-in-law Sonia

The Salt Lick BBQ

Idyllwild California

Debbie and I came up to Idyllwild to try to escape the heat in the valley

This sign should be installed at all U.S. Consulates

Las Vegas Nevada

The old classic Las Vegas sign

Debbie and I are in Las Vegas to see Neil Diamond in his final 2012 show at the MGM.













Surprisingly good weather for this time of year. It was only in the high 90s!

Looking north down the strip from Tropicana

The arena filling up before the show

The arena at the MGM is a great place to see a major show.
The sound was perfect. Not too loud, acoustics were good as well, for a good sized arena

They gave out these funky little LED rings as we entered the arena, Debbie used them as elegant and stylish earrings! She may start a new fashion trend with the cosmopolitan crowd the visits Las Vegas...

Neil Diamond put on a fantastic show!
He played all his most popular songs, and played for over two hours straight!