Big Rig Trucker at USS Texas: Sex and the sailor 2011-04-27 - San Jacinto State Park, Houston, TX - Photo by Big Al Owens. The letters S-E-X was still a three-letter word in polite company when this poster was somewhat avant garde for the times. It is reminiscent of the once a year boys' health movies at the Columbia High School auditorium in the 1950s where where War Department films frankly discussed matters off limits at the supper table, warning the males of the school about the "cheap, crawly feeling," which followed commercial encounters with the other gender. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Big Al in Houston, TX: The Battleship Texas 2011-04-27 - La Porte, TX - Photo by Big Al Owens. An overcast day made more intimidating Battleship Texas, a vessel with a glorious past and now a museum ship at San Jacinto State Park in Texas, which struck fear into enemies of the United States in two world wars. It fascinated the Big Rig Trucker, who toured the ship and it's Captain's Quarters, but the otherwise intrepid photographer's acrophobia struck his fear nerves and he didn't go to the higher levels. More on the USS Texas, this one the second by the name, can be found at USS Texas at Wikipedia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Big Al in Houston, TX 2011-04-27 - La Porte, TX - Photo by Innocent Bystander. Big Al Owens, the Big Rig trucker, was in Houston, TX in April, 2011. While there, on business, he took time out to visit the Battleship Texas and to send a travel report back to Columbia. If you go: La Porte, TX is near Houston. Go by Graceland in Memphis, TN; stop at New Carlisle, AK for Barbecue at Nick's (almost as good as B&B in Columbia); see the Clinton Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas; then hang a left in Texarkana and head straight for Houston and LaPorte. It's close to 1,000 miles, just over 15 hours, from the historic Courthouse in Columbia, KY. Apologies: There are too many good eats along the way for us to catalog them all, but over indulgence could slow the trip. Unfortunately, Big Al did not share food reports for this mission. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Nursing, School of Professional Counseling building takes shape 2011-04-27 - Helen Flatt DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC Photo. Lindsey Wilson Nursing-School of Professional Counseling Building Takes Shape - Workers install steel beams on Tuesday evening on the Lindsey Wilson College Nursing-School of Professional Counseling Building. The 26,000-square-foot, two-story building will house the college's bachelor of science program in nursing and its nationally accredited School of Professional Counseling. It will be ready for the 2011-12 school year. Joe L. Barbee, Columbia, KY, is operating the B & B Crane. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dwarf lilac blooms profusely this year 2011-04-26 - Snow Crest DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Sue Smith. "This a photo of a dwarf lilac bush in my back yard. It was taken on Tuesday evening, April 26, 2011. It has not bloomed well in the past, but is beautiful this year!" writes Sue Smith of Columbia, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A lot going on in photo taken in Winslow, Arizona 2011-04-26 - Winslow, AZ - Photo by Big Al Owens. Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker shared a third photo from his stop in Winslow, Arizona, and, as Maury Lewis noted in the first one, "there's a lot going on here." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lost Tricolor male Beagle shows up in Gradyville, KY 2011-04-26 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Lost Beagle: "This dog, an older male beagle, showed up late Monday evening at our place on the Old Gradyville RD. We've contacted several neighbors who came by and couldn't claim or identify the dog. He is very gentle, almost timid. We'd like to see him returned to his home." - Sharon Whitehurstemail: katydid2@duo-county.com Phone (270) 378-4875 Update, Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 9amCT: He's still with us on Wednesday morning. We're feeding him (of course!) but don't want him as a permanent resident. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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