From Savannah Ga.

Last year in Savannah, I ran across this scene. I thought it was interesting to note that while you may think you have done everything right, somebody will think of something that you didn't.

This is a companion shot of the previous post. This is an abandoned store and Post Office.

We were told we were nuts and that we would end up killing each other but a couple of years ago we drove a rental truck full of our son's stuff to California when he moved out there. Fortunately, we were not on a tight schedule so we could take our time and visit places like the Alamo, and a plantation outside of New Orleans. I also had the opportunity to stop whenever I saw something interesting and take a photo.It really was a lot of fun. I would do it again though I think it would be better in a car. This was an old abandoned gas station in western Arizona.

During our recent Chicago visit, we took a day trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to meet up with an old friend Tom and his wife Susan. Tom and I were bandmates back in the good old days of the early '80s. While there, we visited a very unique piece of architecture, The Milwaukee Art Museum. As you can see it is built to resemble a ship. It really was an interesting building, all white inside and out with the exception of the art itself. I would recommend this to anyone visiting the city.




This second shot is lookng up into the "mast"





One of the halls.

This sculpture was on the walkway to the museum.

I had a long day on the lake today. It started out with the alarm going off at 3:00 am. It was time for our June tournament on Lake Conway in Orlando. I arrived at the lake about 5:00. and fished until the weigh in at 2:15. A lot of fish were caught today but no really big ones. It only took about 8.5 lbs to win. I did have a 5 fish limit but finished down a little (probably in the top 10 out of about 30) with about 6.5 lbs. I guess I have had worse days. Any way, I just felt like posting a picture. This was from a while back. I took a little trek one evening down to the St. Johns River to photograph this old railroad bridge. It reminds me of going fishing with my dad over on the coast. We used to go over a draw bridge on our way to Haulover Canal in Merritt Island. He commented that the perfect post retirement job would be to fish all day while periodically getting up to push a lever to let a boat go through. That doesn't sound like too bad of an idea.

The first couple of days that we were in Chicago, the weather was not very good. It was chilly, cloudy, foggy, and rainy most of day Saturday (our first full day there). We booked one of those double decker trolley tours that lets you get on and off as much as you like for 3 days. On Saturday, we spent most of the time inside. The trolley leaked so badly that they eventually called for another so we could transfer into a dry one. Hey, it's all part of the adventure right? This first pictue was taken from the Navy Pier, once a part of the Great Lakes Naval Base and the place where pilots would practice for landing on an aircraft carrier. Now it is home to many eateries, boat tours, and a giant ferris wheel.



On Sunday we had tickets to see the Cubs play. That is why these Chicago trips were originally started in 2004, for Matt (our son) and I to take a few days to get away to watch a couple of games. Since he now lives in California and we don't get to see him very often, Reba (my wife) went with us this year. We took the red train from where we were staying to the ballpark and arrived at around 10:30am. They don't open the park up until an hour and a half before the game so we had some time to kill, walking around Wrigleyville, buying Cubs apparel and generally sightseeing. About a half hour later, it looked like the sky was going to open up so we ducked into a little sports bar to wait it out. We were just in time. It poured down rain for about an hour. It finally let up and we were able to enter the park. Every time it looked like it would clear up, another band of showers would come through. They finally got the game started almost 3 hours late. The Cubs won the game so all in all it was a good day. The next two photos were random street shots from near Wrigley Field.

If I had to pick one thing to photograph, I guess it would be birds. There are some great rookeries in Florida where you can get up close and personal with the little guys (or in some cases not so little guys). This particular bird is a Tri-color Heron.

To get things going, I decided to go back through some older stuff. We were at a train station one day when I saw this father and son waiting patiently.

This one was from a nearby creek where the fishing is somtimes pretty good. I didn't see this lady catch anything while I was there though.

During our visit to Chicago, we took a boat tour of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River. The river has recently been upgraded from toxic to polluted. Chicagoans should be so proud.

We just returned from our annual Chicago trip to see the Cubs play. While we were there, we went to the Lincoln Park Zoo. This guy is 18 years old but is still hanging in there.