[4/27/2007, Friday]Tyler trip was another excited experience. Instead of directly going to the destination by I-20, Dr. Lai asked us to take Hwy 80 most of the time. This gave us unexpected surprise.
Not too far after we passed the City of Terrell, we started to see wild flowers on the road side. We stopped at two spots at least, each for about 30 min, to take pictures of the morning Butter Cups and the Indian Paint Brushes. Though it was well over 8:00 AM, dew drops were still seen on many of the flowers. When the sunrays were pointing at the cups, they looked as beautiful as white and pink soft tissues.
Terrell is a historic city. It was a railroad town back to 1873 when it began as a “depot town” along the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company’s new transcontinental line from Longview (in East Texas) to California.
As early as 1938 the British Royal Air Force (RAF) realized they needed places to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and the poor weather in Great Britain. In the United States six civilian flight schools began instructing RAF pilots; the first established, No. 1 British Flying Training School (BFTS), was located in Terrell.
Being in the US since 1969, Richard has traveled to so many places across the nation that he knows almost everything we discussed about highways, cities and scenery places. With broad knowledge of everything about the nation, Richard seems to us as a live dictionary. He told us a lot of stories, including the above.
Not too far after we passed the City of Terrell, we started to see wild flowers on the road side. We stopped at two spots at least, each for about 30 min, to take pictures of the morning Butter Cups and the Indian Paint Brushes. Though it was well over 8:00 AM, dew drops were still seen on many of the flowers. When the sunrays were pointing at the cups, they looked as beautiful as white and pink soft tissues.
Terrell is a historic city. It was a railroad town back to 1873 when it began as a “depot town” along the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company’s new transcontinental line from Longview (in East Texas) to California.
As early as 1938 the British Royal Air Force (RAF) realized they needed places to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and the poor weather in Great Britain. In the United States six civilian flight schools began instructing RAF pilots; the first established, No. 1 British Flying Training School (BFTS), was located in Terrell.
Being in the US since 1969, Richard has traveled to so many places across the nation that he knows almost everything we discussed about highways, cities and scenery places. With broad knowledge of everything about the nation, Richard seems to us as a live dictionary. He told us a lot of stories, including the above.
When we arrived Tyler Roses Garden, all kinds of roses were still there, but most were a little over their peak time. We should have come one or two weeks earlier to see better flowers. Even though, we still spent more than four hours taking pictures everywhere.
When we finished Roses Garden, it was already 3:30 PM, no time for us to visit the free zoo. So we took a last short break before we headed for home.
When we were back to Richardson, it was almost 5:30PM.
[select Slideshow to view pics in Tyler, photo by gh]
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