This weeks pics

Dan at the Ohio State Indiana game















Final approach for runway35















colors from 10-28-05















the Door Village Barn















two people at a wedding















These are a little blurred.















Our friends remodeling from the air

I caught this helo at the 500 this year

 

Flower from spring 05

 

which is closer the bird or the ship

 

Indy 500 05

 

back home

Well, it took a week to get back to another post. We did 5000 miles on the trip, and got back on Sunday. Back to work, and busy.
These pictures were taken in the Caymans.

Resting at Largo

We have had some peaceful time here this year. No hurricanes, and hot weather which makes the AC more appealing.


We went down to Key West yesterday. The keys had a lot of weather this year. Three hurricanes left a lot of debris and cleared a lot of vegetation. This revealed how many houses are out really out there. Not many people were sharing the keys with us. The economy must be taking a hit down here.

This dog was catching a ride. J took the picture through the windshield.

We were passing a building on Duval street in Key West when we heard a voice saying "Hello, Hello" After looking for a while, we discovered the voice coming from this Macaw on the second story porch overlooking the street. The bird is probably 3 feet from head to tail.

This kind of smile is what you get when you take some time and get away.
These Ibis give the wires a different look for a midwestern eye. I don't know if it is the longer legs, the curved bills, or the white bodies.

Key Largo

We stay in the unit on the upper right. The building has four units in it. The pool and hottub are to the right in a common courtyard. We are about a half mile from the Florida Straights here in Key Largo.

We went down to the local fish market and got a big chunk of grouper, and these lobsters were waiting for someone else. The lady working there, unfurled the tails so we could see them better. These are the clawless Caribbean lobster, like the ones that we handled when we were diving. The colors are better when they are not filtered by 30 feet of water.

Wright Brothers Memorial

The amazing thing is how short they flew in comparison to how I might have pictured it. That and the fact that a hundred years later there is an airport on the grounds where the runway is about twice as long as the distance that was flown.

The road is not far away, and the number of businesses and people has grown like a virus compared to what was here only a hundred years ago.

The hill has a gentle slope path on one side, but the path on this side was as steep as the hill in our back yard. Took some work to get to the top.

Williamsburg and NC

Colonial Williamsburg was different than we expected.

It was old and interesting, and detailed.

The people were in period costume, and the history was abundant.

It is a special place.

After we left and went to Jamestown, the oldest colony, we took the free ferry to Scotland, Virginia that is. And stayed the night on the Outer Banks. On to the the Wright Brothers.

Vacation 2005 The Chesapeake and Maryland

This is our friend's new house. It is close to the Navy Base, so f-18s are flying over all the time.

The ships were sailing the York River and Chesapeake Bay.

This view is spectacular from the backside of the property named Stratford (1000 acres), the birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Washington was born about 12 miles to the north of here.

Seagulls like the view from the tile roof of Point Lookout Lighthouse, the farthest you can go south on the main peninsula of Maryland.