Nice pics everyone!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Can't beat a good sunrise on the Beach 😎

Heading to the Oceanfront for some early morning Cars & Coffee.

20 hours ago, stratman said:

I was going to ask you how the colors were in Michigan this year. Is there a "go to" place in MI for fall colors?

The fall colors really didn't come out until recently. It was due to the warm temperatures in the early fall and lack of a hard freeze until recently. So the last two weeks we have seen most of the color and then "boom", a rapid falling of leaves.

There is no one particular picturesque spot. A lot of people like to take fall color tours to northern lower Michigan as well as in the upper peninsula, usually taking back roads near one of the many inland or Great Lakes. We have the Great Lakes Circle Tour (see link below). Many state parks and the Manistee National Forest would provide excellent photo opportunities as well. Michigan.org also lists some very popular fall color tour routes - especially near many of the urban areas.

 

http://www.greatlakescircletour.org/tours/overview.html

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/fall-color-tours

Thanks for posting those links, Frosty. If I was up there, I would definitely take some or all of those circle tours. 

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by stratman

Didn't get the Blue Angles or the Thunderbirds...Got Airforce one flyover instead...

Was someone on his way to Mera Lago?

Still pretty cool to see Air Force One! Remember many years ago during the Obama years, saw it take off from Hartford airport.

 

Additionally, here is a video from a coworker in Chicago for the Blue Angels flyover:

Shook the house and all I got to see was the vapor trails.

Back in 2010 / 2011 while I was working at the Chrysler Tech center in Auburn Hills - when Obama was doing his "fly around and visit the auto maker's plants" tour - when one day I went outside of the building and watched AF1 either heading to or leaving (I forget now) the Detroit Metro airport. If I recall correctly, Obama was visiting the Sterling Heights Chrysler plant (~20 mins away from the tech center) at that time.

Edited May 14, 20206 yr by Stewy

I recently built built this Star Trek Enterprise model from the original series. Wanted to take some pictures to make it look like it's in outer space somewhere... these two photos turned out not too bad.

 

 

 

 

that is so cool 

Stratman,  was wondering the other day where you were.  Hope you've been happy N heathy.  Great shots.

1 hour ago, JUSTA6 said:

Stratman,  was wondering the other day where you were.  Hope you've been happy N heathy.  Great shots.

Thanks JUSTA! I am doing well, but my TA not so well, been in and out of the shop. But life is good for me right now, hopefully I will pop in on FP more often. 

We've missed you bro. So what's going on with Raven?

On 5/21/2021 at 11:48 AM, Frosty said:

We've missed you bro. So what's going on with Raven?

Got a hole in the radiator. It is an unknown aftermarket aluminum radiator (was in it when I bought it), it took awhile to find someone who could weld it. Got her back last week, so far so good. 

The boss and I decided to splurge on a mutual anniversary gift for each other. We sprang for row 3 seats to the Beach Boys concert at Meadowbrook Amphitheater Friday night. John Stamis. Uncle Jesse from the TV show Full House, was also performing with them. My wife was in her glory seeing John!

A local radio station announced that The Beach Boys have surpassed Neil Young, thE Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffet, for the most live concerts performed by a band or artist. They’ve performed over 6,000 live shows over their 60 year career.

now thats cool !!!!!

That would have been so good to see. I love the Beach Boys!

I have seen all the Beach Boys at one time or another, except for Glen Campbell, over the last 40+ years. I saw Dennis Wilson at my first concert at Swan Valley High School, on the football field in August 1983. Dennis drowned the following January. 

I saw Brian Wilson  and David Marks for the first time on their 50th anniversary tour in 2012. Carl Wilson died in 1998 of cancer. God Only Knows was his best song IMO.

I've seen The Beach Boys the most, followed by Jimmy Buffet, and following far behind after that is Styx and former local band, Grand Funk Railroad.

me and michelle seen the beach boys in 85? at PINE KNOB. Great show.

I’ve seen them at Pine Knob, Meadowbrook, Swan Valley High School (in Saginaw), the old Palace of Auburn Hills, and Freedom Hill (Sterling Heights). 

Edited July 8, 20241 yr by Frosty

i havent seen them at all 😢