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August 10, 2005

Sailing with friends

Filed under: happenings — michael @ 9:34 am
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Enjoying the evening

Originally uploaded by msprague.


We got a call from a friend on Friday evening with the invitation to go out on their sailboat, leaving in one hour. I talked June into it and off we headed.

June handled this outing much better than the previous one a couple of years ago. It was a much quieter evening this time and last time the water was pretty rough with higher wind speeds.

August 1, 2005

Door County and Porcupine Mountains

Filed under: travel — michael @ 9:07 pm



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Originally uploaded by msprague.


From Airventure we went up to Door County and stayed at a B&B. Then off to the U.P. to camp and hike around. View trip pictures here.

Total drive: 1531 miles
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[Aug. 5, 2005] Note: The kmz file has been updated to include some pictures within Google Earth.

EAA Airventure 2005

Filed under: aviation, travel — michael @ 3:52 pm
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We had a great time at Airventure again this year. The day before we arrived there was 3 inches of rain from severe thunderstorms. We were glad to have missed that considering we were tent camping.

It seemed like it was the Burt and Richard show this year. Both Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson were prominent with their involvement in suborbital space flight as well as Steve Fossett’s Global Flyer.



SpaceShipOne and White Knight


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