Zehra and I in Columbus, an hour outside Houston. We haven't seen each other since 1999 when we graduated from high school.
On the way to Austin, Texas.
Outside Texas State Capital in Austin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Capitol
The rotunda in the center of the Texas State Capitol building is made up of 5 levels, adorned with portraits of past Governors.
The center of the rotunda. http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/spb/gallery/SigSpace/rot_sm.htm
The Texan star adorns the ceiling of the rotunda.
Jim and Irene.
The Texas State Capitol
Squirrels have called the grounds of the Texas State Capitol home.
On the road from Austin to Dallas, via LBJ ranch.
A recreation of LBJ's (Lyndon Baines Johnson) childhood home. LBJ succeeded the presidency after JFK's assasination.
LBJ's family burial grounds.
Note the branding on the horns. LBJ ranch is one of 2 ranches that continues this method of branding show cattle.
JFK Memorial Plaza.
The Sixth Floor Museum is located on the same floor Lee Harvey Oswald assasinated JFK.
The window slightly ajar was the sniper's nest.
The grassy knoll. Where the dark sedan is approximately where JFK was assassinated.
The grassy knoll. To the left is the freeway. To the right, the Sixth Floor Museum.
Lee Harvey Oswald was in the sixth floor, window on the far left. The window is left slightly open, overlooking Dealey Plaza.
Big Tex, the offical mascot of the state fair. http://www.bigtex.com
The State Fair showcases an eclectic mix of craft creations.
The butter sculpture.
Flying butter pigs.
Prize winning preserves and jams.
An entrant in the Glue-A-Shoe Contest.
The city of Dallas
Jim, Joan, Irene on the ferris wheel. Texas State Fair.
