Thursday May 22, 2008 |
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...printing some shirts for the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum |
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...bonus shirt |
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...one bad thing about leaving for a roadtrip is leaving sweet ol' kitty behind |
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...the backseat and trunk barely held all of our stuff. Do I miss the large loafofbread van? No... |
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...another bad thing about going west is going over this crazy old bridge across the mississippi river, The other option is going over the newer bridge that goes way too high in the air. |
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...no time to stop and take pics of old stores... |
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...sweet T got to drive a little ways |
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...you-know-who may have stopped here~ whoo hoo |
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...lovely small town Louisiana |
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...yep, we are here... |
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...the frontdesk of a hotel somewhere between Shreve's Port and Ruston |
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...former site of Konger's |
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...the first mission: deliver shirts. in the nick of time; looks like. I also like how the box says 'methvin' |
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...next mission: sit in front of ma canfield's and yak |
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...real nice 34 ford~~ |
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...body parts list struck me as ironic , sort of |
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...are you going to take pics of this car all day, or what?... |
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...famous jimmy 'jimbee' gillman |
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...they are moving the car, time to go... |
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...jimbee and shellbee elected to stay near gas pumps; near the action but not too close |
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...famous Freda folds shirts for the ambush museum. |
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...crowds starting to build~ |
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...avoiding the crowds early |
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...old man Jimbee showing an old man pics of another old man... |
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...Rhea Leen inside the museum... |
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...'Former Public Enemy Floyd Hamilton' at the marker. One of many cool photos to be found inside the Ambush Museum |
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...Rhea Leen and others including Ken Holmes. Ken dressed up as a cowboy for the day... |
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...JimBee and The Palmer Brothers |
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...Palmer and Methvin |
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...T havin the time of her life, I think... |
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...a friendly stray came along to drop off some fleas. I heard that this very dog was a direct decendant of a dog that was alive in 1934 |
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...nice shirt... |
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...elvis has left the museum... |
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...manditory photo of old Sinclair gas station |
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...take a ride with clyde... |
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..T doing a Jack Benny impression... |
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..I am sure I said something hilarious , but can't remember what it was... |
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..mossy pile of sand was the find of the moment; for a moment |
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..photogrpahy 101: make sure there are no leaves or other obstructions in between you and the subject |
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..JimBee singing the redbug chigger song... |
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..back to gib's land... |
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..awwwww... |
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..old flooring! |
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..These poor people think they are getting some jambalaya; They got watery rice, ketchup and little bits of sausage. I think they would do better to go around the corner for a large box of meat pies. That seemes to be the only thing they can cook around this area of louisiana. |
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..I wished Boots had some decent jambalaya... |
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..old store painting... |
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..you're not frum a round here , are ya?.. |
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Staurday May 24, 2008 |
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...'honey, go get us a couple of egg sammiches and then we'll go git that henry...' |
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...Bonnie and Clyde tattoo. I think I will stick to t-shirts; plus my leg is way too hairy... |
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...I've airbrushed a defect out of some of these photos.,I hate assholes |
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...Fried OREOs?!?..Are you serious? |
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...Uncle Mac wasn't difficult to find in his yello shirt |
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...remember kids, 'crime doesn't pay'... |
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coming up next: more photographs! |
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