Yesterday was a wonderful day.

I had gone on a business trip with Larry,

after his meetings,

we drove home.

Houston to Plano

is a 4 hour drive.

It was a perfect autumn day.

On I-45 in Huntsville a 67 foot statue of Sam Houston stands by the highway. I saw him on the drive south and wanted to stop there while driving home. Molly and Mr Sam Houston Perspective. Larry ( on the phone because he was working) and Mr Sam Houston. Molly in the EYE of Mr Sam Houston. I will explain how THAT happened that later.... but I loved stopping here. The people at the visitor center were charming, Sam is huge, the area surrounding the statue is beautiful. *** Information: A Tribute to Courage the Sam Houston Statue was designed and constructed by artist David Adickes. He dedicated the statue to the City of Huntsville on October 22,1994. It is the worlds tallest statue of an American Hero at 67 feet tall on a 10 foot sunset granite base. Sam Houston, one of the most illustrious political figures of Texas, was born on March 2, 1793, the fifth child (and fifth son) of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston, on their plantation in sight of Timber Ridge Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was of Scots-Irish ancestry and reared as a Presbyterian. He acquired rudimentary education during his boyhood by attending a local school for no more than six months. When he was thirteen years old, his father died. Some months later, in the spring of 1807, he emigrated with his mother, five brothers, and three sisters to Blount County in Eastern Tennessee, where the family established a farm near Maryville on a tributary of Bakers Creek. Houston went to a nearby academy for a time and reportedly fed his fertile imagination by reading classical literature, especially the Iliad. In 1859, two years before the start of the war between the states, he was opposed to having Texas secede from the union. In 1861, Texas voted to secede. Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the new Confederacy and he was removed as governor. He retired to Huntsville, Texas. He chose this city because the hills reminded him of his boyhood home near Maryville, Tennessee. He was seventy years old at the time of his death on July 26th, 1863. He died in Huntsville, TX at 6:15 p.m. Soldier, statesman and rollicking character, Sam Houston walked across history. The only man in American History to be elected governor of two states: Tennessee and Texas Citizen of four nations: United States, Cherokee, Mexico, Texas Life-long friend and champion for the rights of the Cherokee and other Native Americans. *** On Wednesday night, We ate at the home that was Mr Sam Houston's residence before he died. It was a wonderful, nice get away. Now I am happy to be home for awhile. Love you, Me ***************************************************