HMS Beagle

Saturday 7 April 1990

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Crested Iris photo by Roy Burke

Lumpkin County Georgia
RM72.7 T0953 Stop @ Hardees. Cold, Cold, Cold.
Dep 1016
RM73.2 T1019 Stop in Dahlonega Square
Side note: TOTAL MILES ON BEAGLE
100,034.7 over 100,000

RM76.0 T1102 Left on CR187 Wahsega Rd toward Camp Frank D. Merrill
RM81.9 T1113 Left on CR166 Berry Miles Road.
RM88.3 T1123 Arrive JCT CR72 Hightower Church Rd @ Etowah Headwaters Crossing.
DEP 1129. The Cream Colored Carolina Vetch is out. Tosses freshly in the wind. Shivering as if from the cold.
Robbins Plantain resists stiffly.
Right on CR72
RM83.9 T1137 Stop for Crested Iris

Rockbridge County Lexington VA Door June 24, 1986

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Rockbridge County Lexington VA Door 6/24/1986 photo by Roy Burke

Roy Burke 1986 Vacation Log extract June 24, 1986: GAS Lexington. Chevron on U.S. 60. 1215 hrs, $11.82, 12.7 gals. 30305.1-30089=216 mi. or, 17 mpg(ugh), 5.47 cents/mi. Oil ok. So, off for a photo walk of Lexington while the weather still holds. Burning bush and care free.

The pic above is of my favorite early Doctor Flowers photos. He created a watercolor version of it that hangs on my wall today. The pic below is Doc’s beloved GMC Jimmy dubbed The Beagle after Charles Darwin’s 10-gun sloop HMS Beagle. It was his faithful companion for a decade of road trips.

Beagle On Curve photo by Roy Burke

Beagle On Curve photo by Roy Burke