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waiting for Dierks Bentley to start

Dierks Bentley

Closer Up

I attended the annual GreekFest on the University of Alabama Campus. Country Music Star Dierks Bentley played to a crowd of a couple thousand students. We managed to get close to the front. It was a great time!

A look at Denny Chimes and the Quad

Today was my first day of my senior year here at Alabama. I have been having the time of my life here in Tuscaloosa. My first year I come they win they win the National Championship, number 13. Then my second year here I joined Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity and have met some great people. I truely could have not of asked for anything more. Thank you to my parents for allowing me to come to a great school.

The Pony Express

Where the horses ran out

The Pony Express is in St. Joseph, MO

And their off

The Pony Express lasted less than a year

I think they were going for Wilford Brimley

the trail went from Missouri to California

The buildings well, you could actually pump it.

This killed the pony express

the Trail ended in Sacramento

The Full Trail

The next stop on the tour was to the Pony Express. The Pony Express was the first mail service for the United States it ran from Kansas City, Missouri to Sacramento, California and only for less than one year. It took about 12 days to get half way across America. In a sense it was one big relay race. Each rider would have his own section of the route and when his ended he would pass the mail onto the next. When the telegraph was installed to most of the U. S. , the Pony Express ended leaving it legacy to history.

The James Family Farm

Jesse’s brother added this on to the home

The original part of the home

A little history

Jesse James

Looking out at Jesse’s original grave site

where James was originally buried

 the cabin original look

the original cabin

Where Jesse James’ is buried now about 5 miles away from the farm

The next stop was to the Jesse James Farm and Museum in Kearney, Missouri. Jesse James was born in the original two room cabin. The tour was a lot of information. James is a famous outlaw that was part of the first American day light bank robbery. The farm was used as a tourist attraction that Jesse’s brother used as to make a living. When James was assassinated in 1882 his mother brought his body back to the farm. She buried him in viewing distance of her bedroom window in order to prevent grave robbers. Years later James’s body was moved to a cemetery a few miles down the road, where it lay today.

WWI Museum

The Entrance

The original memorial hall

The reflecting pool

A look at trench warfare

Playing cards looked like fun

The tower I went up to look at the city

looking down from the tower

looking at Downtown Kansas City

There was a praying mantis at the top of the tower

The second stop was decided on the World War I monument and museum in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Not but two days before Sarah Palin stopped in for a visit to the museum, I looked in the guest registry but her name did not appear. I did speak with one of the employees and he said it was a bit of a surprise to see her. He said he was working in the gift shop when she visited and said the whole family was there. The museum was one of the best I have ever been to and the only in the United States for WWI. Some odd 26 million dollars were raised to design and built it and it showed. If you are every in Kansas City, I highly recommend going to see it. Not very expensive and you get a 2 day ticket.

 Walt Disney’s Adulthood home in Kansas City, Missouri

The only thing that would tell you Walt lived here

Walt Disney looking toward his Laugh-O-Gram Studio

Mickey’s shadow

Laugh-O-Gram Studios The front of the studio A look through historyinside the studiothe back

The first day of my roadtrip, I decided to make a trip out to Walt Disney’s adult home in Kansas City, Missouri. It was interesting to see where Mickey Mouse was created, The Laugh-O-Gram Studios, is about 6 blocks away from his home in K.C. The building has gone in disrepair and all that is remaining is the outside walls. There is hope that one day it will be restored to the days of Walt. Disney’s home is no longer owned by the family. The only inkling that Walt ever lived there is the bird bath with Mickey in the center. My friend Luke invited me to drive up to Missouri and stay with his family, it was very gracious of the Ryan family. Thank you to the Ryan family!

The place i stayed in orange beach, Alabama

 the living room toward looking out to the beach

At night we caught crabs

Mikee’s Seafood Restaurant

Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

Alabama’s First State Capitol

opening the door

the entry way

from inside the dome

The Senate Chambers

at the doors of the chamber

The House Chambers

The hallway to the governors office

The First White House of the C.S.A

The C.S.A (Confederate States of America) White House

the living room

The dining room

Jefferson Davis (President of the C.S.A.)

Mr. Davis’ Bedroom

Mrs. Davis’ bedroom

The guest room

The babies room

The door

Martin Luther King Jr. Church

Inside the Church

Martin Luther King Jr.

These windows are orginal

from a pew

Where MLK  Jr. stood

Last week I went to the beach, orange beach, alabama with one of my fraternity brothers, Jacob Crossfield and his family. It was a nice week of laying on the beach. After the beach I went to Montgomery the state capitol of Alabama for some history. I first went to the first alabama state capitol building, where the confederacy first met and established the Confederate States of America. Then I walked a block over to the First White House of the Confederacy where Jefferson Davis and his family lived. Then before I left I went to Martin Luther King Jr.’s Church, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. I would like to thank the Crossfields for inviting me on their vacation.