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It took me a bit to get video stitched together... but here it is:

 
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Plum groovy dude! :)
I was borned in Oklahoma but forced to grow up in the Texas hill country, which was Ft Worth to Waco to Houston and all points west. Course I loved it, and all too soon had to trek on back to OK, but nothing was ever any better to me than TX and OK :) Thanks for the trip man, you did good, and I love your family too man :)
 
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to hang with me.......but if she wants to hang with matt 347's daughter Sarah and my daughter Madisyn....










gonna have to step it up....
 

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Plum groovy dude! :)
I was borned in Oklahoma but forced to grow up in the Texas hill country, which was Ft Worth to Waco to Houston and all points west. Course I loved it, and all too soon had to trek on back to OK, but nothing was ever any better to me than TX and OK :) Thanks for the trip man, you did good, and I love your family too man :)
It is a really pretty area, I wish we had more time to explore there and I also wish it wasn't so darn far away.

Oklahoma and even Kansas, the flinthills were a fun drive too, really a more interesting drive than most of Texas.

In the video we met a huge string of Jeeps, Kansas Rocks was not far behind us on that highway and they were having their 20th anniversary. That is the offroad park we went to the same weekend last year. It was kind of a funny "I wonder where they are going..."


she is doing it right......




















to hang with me.......but if she wants to hang with matt 347's daughter Sarah and my daughter Madisyn....










gonna have to step it up....
I was pretty sure we were going to be buying another Bronco there for a bit...
 

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Great pictures and video. Thank you for sharing... a little heads up next time to grab more than one drink please. :D
 

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Great pictures and video. Thank you for sharing... a little heads up next time to grab more than one drink please. :D
Part two is about half as long so plan accordingly. :icon_thumby:
 

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I enjoyed both videos. Where was that area where you were driving in flat sandy roads in the tall pines? Looked similar to areas of Florida and coastal Carolinas/Georgia.
 

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