Freestone County - Carter Log House

Freestone County - Rev. George Washington Baines

All-Time Race Totals

2025 - 13 with 6 new.
2024 - 18 with 8 new.
2023 - 34 with 22 new.

2022 - 18 with 8 new.

2012-2019 - 499
2021 - 35 with 22 new
2020 - 40 with 23 new.
2019 - 67 with 41 new.
2018 - 67 with 43 new.
2017 - 66 with 38 new.
2016 - 65 with 48 new.
2015 - 63
2014 - 50
2013 - 44
2012 - 37

2009-2011 (Being rebuilt) - 89
2011 - 21
2010 - 31*
2009 - 37*

2003-2008 - 291
2008 - 49
2007 - 41
2006 - 58
2005 - 63
2004 - 61
2003 - 19

Museums Visited - All-Time

No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum (Terrell, TX) - 7/20/19

1940 Air Terminal Museum (Houston, TX) - 5/7/22

American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum (Fort Worth, TX) - 1/4/20

B-RI Railroad Museum (Teague, TX) - 6/28/25

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center (Beaumont, TX) - 6/24/23

Bell County Museum (Belton, TX) - 1/25/20
Brenham Heritage Museum (Brenham, TX) - 6/14/24

Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site (Mexia, TX) - 6/28/25

Conrad N. Hilton Center & Museum (Cisco, TX) - 7/22/23
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville, TN) - March 2004

Ellis County Museum (Waxahachie, TX) - 7/20/19
Ennis Railroad & Cultural Heritage Museum (Ennis, TX) - 7/20/19

Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art (Victoria, TX) - 3/27/21
Former Governors' Mansion State Historic Site (Bismarck, ND) - 7/12/16

Freestone County Historical Museum (Fairfield, TX) - 6/28/25

George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum (College Station, TX) - March 2002
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Dallas, TX) - 1/5/20

Gone With the Wind Remembered Museum (Cleburne, TX) - 7/22/23

Henning Cultural Center (Sulphur, LA) - History of Southwest Louisiana Baseball exhibit - 6/24/23

Heritage Museum of Montgomery County, Texas (Conroe, TX) - 6/14/25

Hill County Cell Block Museum (Hillsboro, TX) - 7/6/19
History of West Museum (West, TX) - 7/6/19
Hockey Hall of Fame (Toronto, ON) - July 2013

Horton Classic Car Museum (Nocona, TX) - 7/24/21

Humble Museum (Humble, TX) - 7/18/21

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Boston, MA) - 6/24/18
La Grange M-K-T Depot Museum (La Grange, TX) - 5/27/23
Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame and Museum (Las Vegas, NV) - 5/6/16

Limestone County Historical Museum (Groesbeck, TX) - 6/28/25

The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum (Natchitoches, LA) - 1/9/21

Maury Wills Museum (Fargo, ND) - 7/13/16
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum (Jackson, MS) - 6/18/22

Museum of the American GI (College Station, TX) - 1/30/21

Museum of the Coastal Bend (Victoria, TX) - 3/17/21

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, MA) - August 2004

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame (Fort Worth, TX) - June 2004
National Soccer Hall of Fame (Frisco, TX) - 6/3/23
North Dakota Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Washburn, ND) - 7/12/16

Old Fort Parker (Groesbeck, TX) - 6/28/25

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (Portland, OR) - April 1999

Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame - Museum of the American Cowboy (Colorado Springs, CO) - 7/13/19
Roger Maris Museum (Fargo, ND) - 7/13/16
Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site (Cooperstown, ND) - 7/12/16

Rosenberg Railroad Museum (Rosenberg, TX) - 6/22/24
Salado College Park (Salado, TX) - 1/16/21

Spring Historical Museum (Spring, TX) - 7/17/21

The Bryan Museum (Galveston, TX) - Thursday Night Lights exhibit - 6/25/23

The Pearl Museum of Fine Arts (Spring, TX) - "The Art of Ezra Tucker" exhibit - 2/8/25

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (Dallas, TX) - March 2003

Tails & Trails Museum (Nocona, TX) - 7/24/21

Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum (Temple, TX) - 7/6/19

Texas Prison Museum (Huntsville, TX) - 1/30/21
Texas Sports Hall of Fame (Waco, TX) - 8/11/18
Thurber Ghost Town Museum (Mingus, TX) - 7/22/23
Van Area Oil & Historical Museum (Van, TX) - 7/20/19 (Outside only)

William J. Clinton Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) - 3/4/06
Woody's Classic Cars & Baseball Museum (Cross Plains, TX) - 7/22/23

Miles and Miles - 6/25/25 to 7/24/25

June 25 - July 24 - 3.1 miles running - 8.0 miles walking - 6.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 0 meters rowing (0 of 4 days) - 33 minutes elliptical (1 of 4 days) - 21,446 steps

June 25 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,826 strides) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:27.47 / 15:37) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,121 steps

June 26 (Thursday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:03:45.70 / 15:56) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 12,325 steps

June 27 (Friday) - 3.8 miles walking (Apple Health)

June 28 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles running the 36th annual Polish Pickle 5K (Bremond, TX) - 29:04.64 (9:21 per)

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Daily Reading Efforts - June 2025

6/30/2025

6/29/2025

6/28/2025

6/27/2025 (55 pages)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 125-159) - 183pp
Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values (Pages 93-110) - 157pp

The Most Misused Verses In The Bible:  Surprising Ways God's Word is Misunderstood (Pages 79-80) - 167pp

6/26/2025 (108 pages)

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 82-124) - 183pp

Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values (Pages 68-92) - 157pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 239-241)

The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream (Pages 124-136)

The Most Misused Verses In The Bible:  Surprising Ways God's Word is Misunderstood (Pages 71-78; If My People Who Are Called By My Name) - 167pp

Tortured For Christ (Pages 103-118) - 199pp

6/25/2025 (85 pages)

American Sky:  A Novel (Pages 177-210; Kindle)

Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values (Pages 47-67) - 157pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 231-238) - 248pp

Sam Stories (Pages 16-26) - 144pp

The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream (Pages 113-123) - 136pp

6/24/2025 (47 pages)

Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values (Pages 29-46) - 157pp

Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues (Pages 176-189)

The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream (Pages 98-112) - 136pp

6/23/2025 (93 pages)

Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values (Pages 10-28) - 157pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 213-230) - 248pp

Sam Stories (Pages 5-15) - 144pp

Spirit Run:  A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land (Pages 90-104) - 218pp

The Day of the Cajundome Mega-Shelter:  The 'small city' that sprang up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (Pages 110-139)

6/22/2025 (65 pages)

Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values (Pages v-xviii, 1-9) - 157pp

Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues (Pages 162-175) - 189pp

The Day of the Cajundome Mega-Shelter:  The 'small city' that sprang up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (Pages 82-109) - 139pp

6/21/2025 (109 pages)

Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues (Pages 152-161) - 189pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 197-212) - 248pp
The Day of the Cajundome Mega-Shelter:  The 'small city' that sprang up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (Pages v-x, 15-81) - 139pp

6/20/2025 (62 pages)

Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues (Pages 129-151) - 189pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 182-196) - 248pp

Spirit Run:  A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land (Pages 66-89) - 218pp

6/19/2025 (151 pages)

A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love (Pages 24-25; Bill Buckner) - 108pp

A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up (Pages 86-93; Miles Killebrew) - 192pp
Abraham And His Sons (Pages 20-23; Cities of Sinners) - 91pp

American Sky:  A Novel (Pages 145-176; Kindle)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 59-81) - 183pp

Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues (Pages 125-128) - 189pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 167-181) - 248pp

Spirit Run:  A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land (Pages 28-65) - 218pp

The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream (Pages 83-97) - 136pp

The Goal and the Glory: Christian Athletes Share Their Inspiring Stories (Pages 123-124; Annett Davis) - 240pp

The Most Misused Verses In The Bible:  Surprising Ways God's Word is Misunderstood (Pages 63-70; Working All Things Together For Good) - 167pp

6/18/2025 (107 pages)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 55-58) - 183pp
If Satan Can't Steal Your Joy...: He Can't Keep Your Goods (Pages 46-84; Kindle)

Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues (Pages 104-124) - 189pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 151-166) - 248pp

The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream (Pages 68-82) - 136pp

Tortured For Christ (Pages 91-102) - 199pp

6/17/2025 (76 pages)

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 391-415)

I Found Someone to Play With: A Biography: Larry LeGrande, The Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars (Pages 80-102) - 234pp

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America (Pages 138-150) - 248pp

Tortured For Christ (Pages 76-90) - 199pp

6/16/2025 (94 pages)

A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love (Pages 22-23; Phi Slama Jama) - 108pp

A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up (Pages 80-85; Don Carey) - 192pp

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 47-54; The One-Woman Team) - 183pp

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 370-390) - 415pp

Spirit Run:  A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land (Pages 5-27) - 218pp

The Goal and the Glory: Christian Athletes Share Their Inspiring Stories (Pages 121-122; Jennie Finch) - 240pp

The Most Misused Verses In The Bible:  Surprising Ways God's Word is Misunderstood (Pages 51-62) - 167pp

Tortured For Christ (Pages 56-75) - 199pp

6/15/2025 (111 pages)

A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love (Pages 20-21; Peggy Fleming) - 108pp

A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up (Pages 74-79; Wesley Woodward) - 192pp

American Sky:  A Novel (Pages 109-144; Kindle)

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 35-46; Star of the Golden Cyclones) - 183pp

Full Planet, Empty Plates:  The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (Pages 35-44) - 144pp

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 352-369) - 415pp

Spirit Run:  A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land (Pages xi-xvii) - 218pp

The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream (Pages 64-67) - 136pp
The Goal and the Glory: Christian Athletes Share Their Inspiring Stories (Pages 119-120; Annett Davis) - 240pp

The Last Leaf on the Tree: How to Make the Most of the Rest of Your Life (Pages 86-90) - 173pp

The Most Misused Verses In The Bible:  Surprising Ways God's Word is Misunderstood (Pages 41-50) - 167pp

6/14/2025 (68 pages)

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion (Pages 25-34; A Texas Tomboy) - 183pp

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 236-255)

Tortured For Christ (Pages 18-55) - 199pp

6/13/2025 (72 pages)

American Sky:  A Novel (Pages 79-108; Kindle)

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Pages 249-261)

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 224-235) - 255p

Parenting with Heart: How Imperfect Parents Can Raise Resilient, Loving, and Wise-Hearted Kids (Pages 203-216)

Power Grab:  Obama's Dangerous Plan for a One Party Nation (Pages vii-xvi) - 168pp

The Rapture Exposed:  The Message of Hope In The Book of Revelation (Pages 11-33) - 210pp

6/12/2025 (92 pages)

A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up (Pages 64-73) - 192pp

American Sky:  A Novel (Pages 53-78; Kindle)

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Pages 225-248) - 261pp

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 209-223) - 255p

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 335-351) - 415pp

6/11/2025 (69 pages)

American Sky:  A Novel (Pages 25-52; Kindle)

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 195-208) - 255p

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 318-334) - 415pp

Parenting with Heart: How Imperfect Parents Can Raise Resilient, Loving, and Wise-Hearted Kids (Pages 193-202) - 216pp

6/10/2025 (84 pages)

American Sky:  A Novel (Pages 3-24; Kindle)

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 179-194) - 255p

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 298-317) - 415pp

Leading Your Child to Jesus:  How Parents Can Talk With Their Kids About Faith (Pages 22-36) - 122pp

The Bookstore Family (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories) (Pages 32-42; Kindle)

6/9/2025 (113 pages)

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Pages 179-224) - 261pp
Full Planet, Empty Plates:  The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (Pages 24-34) - 144pp

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 166-178) - 255p
Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 282-297) - 415pp
The Bookstore Family (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories) (Pages 5-31; Kindle)

6/8/2025 (176 pages)

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Pages 113-178) - 261pp

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 150-165) - 255p

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 261-281) - 415pp

If Satan Can't Steal Your Joy...: He Can't Keep Your Goods (Pages xi-xiv, 1-45; Kindle)
The Last Leaf on the Tree: How to Make the Most of the Rest of Your Life (Pages 75-85) - 173pp

The Rapture Exposed:  The Message of Hope In The Book of Revelation (Pages xvi-xvii, 1-10) - 210pp

6/7/2025 (100 pages)

Full Planet, Empty Plates:  The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (Pages 12-23) - 144pp

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 130-149) - 255p

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 246-260) - 415pp

Maria Woodworth-Etter:  The Evangelist (Pages 2-9; Kindle)
Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America (Pages 229-264; Kindle)

The Rapture Exposed:  The Message of Hope In The Book of Revelation (Pages vii-xv) - 210pp

6/6/2025 (27 pages)

Do Your Children Believe?:  Becoming Intentional About Your Family's Faith and Spiritual Legacy (xiii-xiv, 1-5) - 208pp

Full Planet, Empty Plates:  The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (Pages xi-xiii, 3-11) - 144pp
Tortured For Christ (Pages 9-17) - 199pp

6/5/2025 (15 pages)

Leading Your Child to Jesus:  How Parents Can Talk With Their Kids About Faith (Pages 7-21) - 122pp

6/4/2025 (87 pages)

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 118-129) - 255pp
Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 231-245) - 415pp
Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America (Pages 190-228; Kindle)
The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream (Pages 43-63) - 136pp

6/3/2025 (81 pages)

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Pages 96-112) - 261pp

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 105-117) - 255p

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 218-230) - 415pp

Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America (Pages 152-189; Kindle)

6/2/2025 (144 pages)

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Pages 42-95) - 261pp

Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed (Pages 84-104) - 255p

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 201-217) - 415pp
Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America (Pages 110-151; Kindle)
The Goal and the Glory: Christian Athletes Share Their Inspiring Stories (Pages 110-118) - 240pp

6/1/2025 (62 pages)

Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Pages xiii-xviii, 1-41) - 261pp

Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry (Pages 186-200) - 415pp

Books Bought at Waco Half Price Books Outlet on 12/01/23 - 14 (Finished 5)

"A Man Who Told Us the Truth" by Will Davis Jr.

"Betrayal in the Parsonage" by Helen Hunter

"First Freedom First: A Citizen's Guide to Protecting Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State" by Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy and Rev. Barry W. Lynn

"Maurice Clarett - My Life Story: Redemption - A Season of Thoughts" by Maurice Clarett

"My Life and Prophecies" by Jeane Dixon

"Shrub : The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush" by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

"The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island" by Linda Greenlaw

"Under the Radar: How Robert Tucker Built Shoe Show, Inc. into the Nation's Largest Independent Shoe Retailer" by Howard E. Covington, Jr.

"Unexplained Mysteries of Heaven and Earth: Surprising Insights About Our World and Beyond" by Ron Phillips

"Leave Tomorrow: My Ride to the Bottom of the World" by Dirk Weisiger (Finished 01/13/24)

"Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America" by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding (Finished 06/27/25)

"On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti" by Margaret Trost (Finished 01/01/24)
"PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities" by Benjamin Kirby and Joel McHale (Finished 01/05/24)

"Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis" by Robert F. Kennedy (Finished 12/21/23)