31Aug
At the beginning of August, I headed down to the Naperville area to visit my daughter at basketball camp. On the way down, I stopped at Fermi Lab and went to go see the buffalo herd there. I remember going to see them when I was a kid and I thought they were so cool at the time.
It was a beautiful day – sunny and not humid. When I first arrived, the buffalo were in there pen area and I thought I was out of luck. But once I got out of the car and moved closer to the fence, the buffalo came out, almost as if to say – hey, we have a visitor. If you look at the picture above, you can see this one keeping an eye on me.
It was fun to see the young ones following their mothers and the bulls just sauntering around. I watched for a little while and then headed out to see my daughter.
25Aug
My son and I went to the Lake County Civil War days again this year. We only came for the Big Battle on Sunday since we were also preparing for Cub Scout Day Camp the next week. The weather was great and we had really good seats.
What was fun was that the re-enactment portrayed the Battle of Brandy Station. I was able to walk this battlefield last August. You can see my pictures of the actual battle site here. This was the first time that I can remember that the Big Battle was fashioned after an actual battle. Most of the times, the battle showed the was the armies fought and some of the tactics they used. I thought this years battle was pretty interesting becuase I could put some frame of reference around it, but I’m not sure how others viewed it. I know my son liked it because he got to see the reenactment and was able to see the cannons fire. All in all, a good time was had by the two of us.
This is a great event put on by the Lake County IL Forest Preserve district. If you’ve never been, you should go! Also, a heaping big thanks to all of the reenactors who devote their time to protraying this important time in our country’s history. Here is a list of the participating units:
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17Aug
A few weeks back, the family and I went up to Skydive Midwest to watch the skydivers and participate in a fund raising event they were sponsoring to help disabled vets. The day turned out to be very nice and we stayed a lot longer than we had planned. The weather cooperated even thought it looked dicey at one point during the day. If you live in the IL/WI area and are interested in skydiving, check out Skydive Midwest. Enjoy the images below. You can also see some videos on the Skydiving video page.
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13Aug
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11Aug
The family and I decided to spend the 4th of July visiting with family in Rockford, IL. Usually Rockford puts on a pretty awsome display of fireworks.
So we grabbed a good spot downtown and settled in for darkness to fall. The show was OK, but not the awesome display we were expecting.
Yeah – I know I’m late with these images but we’ve been busy. Here goes!
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