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2007 Council of Conservative Citizens National Conference -- Greenville, South Carolina
Various photos of St. Louis local and miscellaneous interest from the Conference and the trip to and fro.
We split the trip there over two days, and stayed the night in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Clarksville P.D. has a station across the road from the motel where we stayed. That department has to be busy for a medium-sized city, as Clarksville has Fort Campbell and Austin Peay State University, which means that Clarksville itself has a relatively high percentage of blacks.
The top photo, from the motel parking lot in Clarksville, and the bottom, from the hotel parking lot in Greenville, must mean that it's racing weekend. Whoever Cruz Pedregon is, Advance Auto Parts sure loves him. O'Reilly's Auto Parts doesn't seem to like anyone.
These smoke stacks are for something, in Roane County, Tennessee, west of Knoxville, and very near where I-40 crosses the Clinch River. I wonder if it has anything to do with Oak Ridge and its once-upon-a-time nuclear research program.
Knoxville and St. Louis share something in common. They both have hosted Worlds Fairs; Knoxville's was in 1982. The golden tower in downtown Knoxville with the spherical ball on top was built for the 1982 Fair.
Hartford, Tennessee, exit 447 from I-40, in the heart of the mountains, and very near the North Carolina line, has this pork barbecue restaurant (above), a rustic looking cafe which presumably serves more than beans (middle), and opportunities for rafting (below), not to mention many takers.
The heart of the mountains, just within North Carolina.
I-40 goes through several tunnels in the heart of the mountains.
I dare you to find the needle.
The occupant of that house on the hill in the distance has a dramatic view of a highway interchange and a few gas stations.
Look, everyone. I've got a garage.
Not long after we arrived in Greenville, the sun decided to set.
Clean water.
The city is called Greenville. So why is the hotel's van brown?
St. Louisans help work the registration table. Coffee is a prerequisite for being able to register conference attendees; cream is optional.
Twin towers. The shorter brother's lips are six feet above the floor. The taller brother had to duck his head with every doorway. They told me that neither one of their parents were particularly tall.
James Edwards, host of "The Political Cesspool" superstar radio show in Memphis, and his wife Dani, had a table. James is intrigued by something in the last issue of the Citizens Informer.
Four St. Louisans, in the center of this picture and sitting together in a row, are part of the audience.
The modern incarnation of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash sing "Dixie."
This person is not for Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC). South Carolina: Dixie, not Mexico, por favor.
A St. Louisan won one of the five CofCC National Appreciation Awards given at this year's Conference. Care to guess which one is the St. Louisan?
Kyle Rogers leads the drawing, and Dani Edwards draws the tickets, for the attendance prizes.
St. Louisans won two of the attendance prizes.
She won the Grand Prize. (Not a St. Louisan)
Saturday evening supper was spent at the Steak and Ale House, a German-looking steak house (above) near downtown Greenville. Many Conference attendees went (middle), and even the ducks are big fans (below). Duck is not on the Steak and Ale restaurant menu.
This late 1940s Ford was parked at a gas station/Huddle House combo in Newport, Tennessee.
So, Senior invented interstate highways, while Junior invented the internet.
That same rest stop in central Tennesee had this sundial. The sundial was invented in ancient Rome, by Albertivs Julivs Gaivs Gorivs.
Rule of thumb: These four must pose for a great-looking picture at every CofCC National Conference.