August 29, 2026

Fair time!
 

December 12, 2025

We went to the light show at the fairgrounds. This time we made hot cocoa and popcorn to consume as we drove around.
 

December 5, 2025

We went to the Toys for Tots at the blimp hanger. This year the blimp is painted in a historic color scheme to celebrate 100 years of their blimps.
 

September 27, 2025

We went uptown for a festival. This old building has a textured tin ceiling.  Currently, it sells some really good popcorn and chocolate.
 

August 23, 2025

We spent the morning at the fair.
 

August 6, 2025

We visited a nearby car show. It's gotten big over the last decade or so. You can't see the end in the photo, and there was more behind me. I guess it's half a mile long and has room for 4000 cars, and the spaces fill up early so some cars just get to roll on through.
 

December 7, 2024

We went through the blimp hanger for the toy donations today.  They moved the collection area to the end this time.  I think it worked better as the last part of the wait was inside the hanger so we could gawk more.
 

October 19, 2024

A comet is in the sky right now.  It's faint and barely visible.  It can be seen in the center of this long exposure photo.
 

October 10, 2024

We were able to see the auroras again.  It wasn't as bright as last time, but cameras could pick it up.  This is what the colors looked like, but fainter.  It got brightest around 10:00.  My son took some drone shots, and I liked these four he took facing north, south, east, and west.  You can see how it was spreading from the north in his photos.

 

East

South

West

 

 

North

September 7, 2024

We went to an exposition at the airport for the local college today and the blimp was there. We were able to walk right up to it, under, and all around it.  It moved in the wind (it was rather windy today), swiveling about 180 degrees along the front of the base truck.  It was quite interesting.  They had a lot of other types of planes too, from a glider to a World War II troop carrier.

August 24, 2024

We checked out the fair today.
 

July 28, 2024

I set up a photo board for the party.
 

July 27, 2024

My daughter's graduation party was today.  It was good to see everyone.
 

June 16, 2024

My niece got married today.
 

May 21, 2024

Our youngest graduated today!  She was seventh in her class and got extra recognition for being in the top ten. 

April 8, 2024

The solar eclipse happened today and we were in the path of totality.  It was a really exciting experience.  We had totality for about 3 minutes.  I'm including pictures I took, a 360 degree image my son took with his drone, and a time-lapse video from his drone. 

December 1, 2023

We went to the blimp hanger today for the Toys for Tots donation run.
 

August 27, 2023

We went to the fair and checked out a sprayer.  It looks even bigger up close.
 

June 10, 2023

A small airport nearby had an open house and a free flight for kids.  My daughter took her first plane ride in this plane.

December 2, 2022

The Goodyear blimp toy donation drive is this weekend.  I believe this truck is used as a mobile anchor for the blimp.