Wow! Look at that!

We were in the cafeteria visiting at Freed-Hardeman University in Tennessee, when we spotted a very unusual sight. It was an 18-wheeler truck, hauling a flatbed trailer full of logs—big long logs! Of course it was just a logging truck passing through Henderson, a common sight there, but it was so foreign to us Texans because the only trees in Texas big enough for logging are in east Texas, and we don't even go there very often.

On our trek throughout the southern states, we saw a few more logging trucks, and even some lumberyards. This was just one thing that makes Texas different from the rest of the south. It seems that as you travel east from where we live, the trees get taller and taller, especially when you cross the Mississippi. We were constantly amazed by the great height of the trees in Tennessee and North Carolina.

Another thing that makes Texas unique (or makes everywhere else unique; it depends on your perspective) is the meaning of the word "barbecue". Mention this in Texas and people will get visions of brisket and chopped beef sandwiches, slathered with barbecue sauce. However, we have discovered that back east, barbecue is a whole 'nother deal. Sure, it has barbecue sauce, but they put it on pork! Can you imagine that?