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Well, this is going to be a long one.   We leave this morning for Babcock State Park in Fayette Co., WV, then, beginning Wednesday it's the Appalachian String Band Music Festival at Clifftop, WV, until Sunday, August 6th, when we travel up to Elkins, WV for Augusta Old Time Week followed by the Augusta Festival the weekend of August 11-13.   Actually, Old Time Week is combined with Dance Week and Vocal Week, Betty's choice.

There is some chance that I might be able to get online during that second week.   We'll see.   Might depend on how much fun I'm having.

Just to recap:

Since we invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003:

     2578 U.S. service members killed.

     18777 U.S. service members wounded.

 but the Iraqis must be much better off for our being there, right?

  - Iraqi civilian deaths estimated at between 39593 and 44070 in "W"'s War.

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