Jenison 2010

The Petoskey Marching Northmen finished their winning streak in Jenison, walking away with the 2010 Grand Championship. This awesome HD video was posted by Sue Kurtz:

It's here! First snow of the season!

The official snow before Halloween!
Don't know that the picture comes through, but the big flakes were falling for a few minutes!

DeWitt Invitational videos & pics

Courtesy of Sue Kurtz!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ct_F41jrKI performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn69HX8f5jY awards

Football game marching videos w/new hd camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YaW6YzUXdU 10/15 halftime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ISxrSdnEtI 10/15 pre-game

Wires replaced!

Out with the old:

In with the new:

Wires are protected and the junction box is gone, simplifying things quite a bit. Biggest thing now is to replace the marginal light switch!

Cedar Springs competition we didn't attend

Great video from Sue Kurtz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFuJqlVT3OY

Now why might the lights not all work?

Junction box, wires with insulation gone, what else will I find?

More cooling!

Instead of 'more power', Dad needed 'more cooling', so now he has a 14" fan over the generator.

Last time this year

Got the lawn mowed!

That's a roaster!

Sunny day for a meal with friends!

Wrapping up!

Wrapping the posts with Sisal rope (hopefully for scratching there, and nowhere else!)

Labor Day weekend at Dad's

Sunday's outdoor effort, where Rachel helped to 'plant' stones.
We also checked that the battery water levels were OK

Cathouse in (mostly) a day!

Pretty Peppers!

Hard to believe this could grow in OUR garden!

Hot dog coma

This is what you get when you eat a hot dog for breakfast on a train that you had to wake up way-too-early for!!:

Waiting for AMTRAK

Leaving one big city, heading for DC

And on the fourth...

We found ourselves INSIDE the Statue of Liberty!

We didn't have tickets for the crown, but we did get to go up to the pedestal and museum.

Shopping on Fifth Ave in NY. Must be something better I can do with my time...

Country bumpkin in the big city

"Hey guy, we just landed!"

Heading to NY!

All that hurry & worry, and our flight is delayed 50 min.
Oh well, had time for a nice lunch @ ONLINEcafe