March 23, 2013
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We went into Augusta one day with Richard and Barb and took a boat ride on the canal. It was cold, as witness ...
The canal played a huge part in the development of Augusta.
I wondered what the balls of growth in the trees were, and the captain told us it was mistletoe. I knew mistletoe was a parasite but I didn't know it grew like this. It can kill a tree if it gets out of control.
The canal museum had some signs from the days when the building was part of the cotton industry. Spitting was a problem, it would seem.
This is an old church in Augusta, now used for something else. Look at the detail work - what would it cost to build today?
I took this one just because I like trees, and because I hadn't seen any with leaves for months.
We went to a Detroit Tigers exhibition game with four other couples (we do this every year), and fortunately Justin Verlander, the best pitcher in the universe, pitched four innings.
It's a beautiful stadium to watch baseball in, and our seats were perfect. It was cold though. Those who showed up in t-shirts and flip flops were not happy. It was cold a lot of the time the first week.
