Friends from Dayton rode down on their motorcycles and had a great time with them. Saw a number of sights around the area and just had a wonderful time.
Friday, May 31, 2024
Southern Indiana Visit (May 23-28, 2024)
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Brit Floyd (May 17, 2024)
The arena was wonderful too. All the seats were covered, so rain if it came (didn't in this case) be damned. Lots of places to eat, lots of parking. It was my first time to be there, but will be back and soon with Debbie
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Barber Motorsports Museum, Birmingham, Alabama (April 26, 2024)
Blue Angels Practice, Pensacola, Florida (April 24, 2024)
After the show which lasted approximately 90 minutes, we toured the museum and had a great time.
It was a highlight (both the flight display and the museum) of our trip to Florida.
US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama (April 21, 2024)
We visited the US Space and Rocket Center while on a journey on April 21, 2024. These vehicles (and a very few are replicas such as the Lunar Lander, but the rest here are the real deal including one of three remaining Saturn 5 rockets).
Truly a remarkable place and a fun visit. This is just a very small sample of what can be seen there, but it is well worth a visit and I highly recommend it.
This was our second visit in the last three years.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Late Winter Update (February 18, 2024)
Fun to watch them, and enjoy seeing the interesting things they do here.
As for the weather early in February it has for the most part been very warm for this time of year in the 50's and even low 60s. Have enjoyed that.
On Valentines Day we traveled to CJ Brown Reservoir which is located just outside of Springfield, Ohio. A very large man made lake which is also the site of a state park.
Saw the deer below while there and the seagull. The deer was as curious about us as we were about her. The seagull did not seem to mind us at all, sure it had been fed by people in the past. There were a few people there but not a great many.
It was a wonderful place to explore and we will return in the future.
On February 16, Winter returned. In fact it was the biggest snow fall of this winter, though here it measured at four inches. It has not been a big winter for snow, though it has a few times.
From the Friday snowstorm which was quite pretty to watch, the snow lasted through the weekend. Got out a few times to check it out, quite beautiful and very peaceful.
Expecting the snow to really start melting on Monday as the temperatures will be well above freezing. In fact expecting 60's again by mid-week.
It has been an interesting month, and we have had a great time here with these and other advenures. We even made a day trip to Indian Lake earlier this month.
Looking forward to the days to come. As always, thanks for visiting my pages,.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Winter 2024 (January 31, 2024)
Starting out from my previous post, the big Christmas tree at Carillion Park in Dayton. Beautiful sight during Christmas and as the bell tower is inside, it plays music every so often. It is the largest "Tree" in Ohio by the way.
Always fun to see the sights. As you can see directly below, we had some snow from time to time, but not really any big amounts. I think all the snow we had probably would not reach 2 inches in total. The vast majority of the time it looked like the scene in the photo below the snow photo.
We have had some cold weather as it is January after all, but again nothing really brutal for the most part. In fact we have had some temperatures in the 50's, which is really unique for this time of year.
Made a few visits to Dayton, which is a very cool city. Have a good time there with my wife, and we love to explore it and check out sights both old and new to us.
As always critters around the lakes are fun to see, like this woodpecker I saw this month. We also have the usual bunch of geese and ducks here around the lakes, and they always see to have a lot of fun.
All in all, as February looms on the horizon, having a wonderful time in Ohio.
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