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[SPRINT 6]

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

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

[Frosty]

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

[stratman]

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, 2018 by stratman

[TWO LANE BLACK TOP]

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

[Frosty]

Was someone on his way to Mera Lago?

[Ringo64]

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:

[JUSTA6]

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

[Stewy]

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, 2020 by Stewy

[stratman]

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.

 

 

 

 

[64 kiwi boni]

that is so cool 

[JUSTA6]

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

[stratman]

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. 

[Frosty]

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

[stratman]

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.