Roswell Mill

We've lived just a couple of miles from the Roswell Square for over 25 years, but we've never explored the Roswell Mill area on foot until Friday night. Shame on us. 

There are still remnants of the old mill machinery.

Instead of crossing the covered bridge across Big Creek,

we took the trail east toward Vickery Falls. 

Past the falls the trail curved north. Not a long walk.

The trails on the south side of the creek appear to be steeper. 

A more scenic walk than down by the river,

which is adjacent to busy Azalea Drive. 

View looking west from the bridge. Hard to make out the apartments off Atlanta Street, south of the square.

After the hike we dined on the deck at the nearby Moxie Burger.

Usually we split a chicken sandwich, but Ceil was in the mood for a grass-fed burger. We also split a small order of fries,

which is more than enough for both of us.  

CECIL TRAVIS [SABR Bio] tied the major league record set by Hall of Famer Fred Clarke in the 19th century when he collected five hits in his first major league game. On 16-May-1933, Travis had five hits against CLE. Clarke had done it on 30‑Jun‑1894. Travis led the AL in hits the same season Joe DiMaggio compiled a 56-game hitting streak and Ted Williams batted .406. Travis had 218 hits that year, 1941, leading the majors, compared to 193 for DiMaggio and 185 for Williams. During 1941 Travis hit "only" .359 and his longest hitting streak was a "mere" 24 games. Travis suffered two frozen toes in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Bulge in WWII, severely hampering his post-war career. A career .327 hitter before trading in his woolen uniform for a government-issued olive drab one, Travis hit just .241 over his final three seasons before retiring. One of the game's most astute observers of batting styles could still identify this guy's nearly half a century after his last major league swing. Ted Williams, when asked in 1993 if John Olerud's stroke resembled his, he replied, "No, but it sure looks like Cecil Travis'."

By acreage, Bill Gates is the US' largest farmland owner.

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We just received our new 2021 safety week t-shirts at work. While they may be accurate in safety terms, I'm not sure they're theologically correct. The annual sales slogan shirts are better.

2016 camo green "no customer left behind" 

2017 light blue "one step closer to domination"

2018 black with sergeant "let me see your war face"

2019 black with Roddy Piper

2020 red with King Kong "unleash the beast"

2021 grey Ultimate Winning Machine

Also several safety week and Ryerson Cares t-shirts. Good for cutting the grass, etc.

Shoes to wear to work at least once a month: (1) tan ECCOs, (2) brown fashion sneakers, (3) black adidas, (4) Puma RSX, (5) Puma high tops, (6) nylon Pumas, (7) royal Hoka One Ones, (8) black adidas Campus, (9) off white Nikes, (10) adidas Stan Smiths, (11) grey wool AllBirds.

I often post articles about topics I need to work on. But I would never post one thing while intentionally doing the opposite.