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A new “Feature” on Winging It

I know I have been very lax about writing lately. A long struggle with some emergency home repairs has been occupying my non-work time for the last two and a half months. That means no RV trips, no airshows and no other recreation this summer. So, I am introducing a new feature that will give […]

Wings Over Waukegan

Saturday was a great day for an airshow. Blue skies with some puffy clouds provided a beautiful background for the aircraft in flight over the Waukegan airport. The 70 degree temperature and a brisk breeze made it cool out on the ramp but I prefer that to sweltering in the heat. All the pilots handled […]

Second Trip With New Trailer

We took advantage of the long Labor Day Weekend to return to Lehman’s Lakeside RV Resort where we were seasonal campers for over 10 years. This time we were there as weekend campers but, at our request, were given an RV site in the seasonal area. It was good to meet up with old friends […]

Shake Down Trip

On the lot at Camping World Georgia and I had been considering a small travel trailer that we could pull behind our Jeep Liberty and had even looked at a few. But, with the Alaska trip coming up and not much vacation time left for this year, we had pretty much made up our mind […]

Brookfield Zoo

Georgia and I have been to several nearby zoos in the last couple years but it has been a long time since we visited Brookfield Zoo right here in Chicago. We decided it was time for a return trip on Sunday. The zoo is constantly changing so there is always something new. We started out […]

Snow!

We haven’t had much of a winter but now we are getting smacked with the heaviest snow of the year. The season isn’t over just yet!

Waukegan Airshow 2011