Pictures of Barenaked Ladies!!!!!

Okay fine, it's a rock band named Barenaked Ladies so all you guys settle down. They played Friday night at Rockfest and virtually stole the show... far better than Sheryl Crow in my opinion. And my wife (in the orange hoody) got their autographs while I got a couple photos!

What is this man doing?

Now, if you look closely he appears to be ballet dancing in a grassy field. Perhaps doing a pirhouette... or, is he leaping to the sky like he thinks he's Superman?

Actually this is my friend Jay and he's pitching horseshoes. He's pretty good too. This is what we did a lot of when we camped at Leon a week ago. What else do you do when you have a grassy field right next to your campers? More on camping at Leon later.

MJ's roots...

I got an e-mail from someone that says these are photos from Michael Jackson's boyhood home in Gary Indiana. Which means an awful lot of people lived in this tiny home back then. I keep wondering where they all learned to dance??
Sure has become a shrine hasn't it!?

Crater Island

If you haven't been there in a while, boaters be sure and check out crater island. The Corps of Engineers created a very cool bay that's perfect for a day on the river. It's right across from the Lawrence Lake area near Brownsville... you can't miss it!

The Beach Cruiser

I can't think of a better way to spend the 4th of July... 8 hours on the Mississippi and Black River in the American Marine Beach Cruiser!
I'll post more pix tomorrow, but here's me (the skipper) and where we went for a couple hours... anybody know where this is?

Camping again!! The three best things!!

Okay, in my opinion the three best things about camping (excluding the obvious friends and beer) are playing frisbee cups... eating great breakfasts (cooked by my wife).... and sitting around the campfire (but what are those women talking about??)

I want one of these for cruising the Mississippi!!

How about a 2,000 HP Outboard Inflatable? Actually its the latest drug runner toy from Europe. This thing was belting across the English channel 3 times per week and was just a blur on the radar of the British Coast Guard. They were so astonished by the speed of the unknown craft, theybrought in a special high speed helicopter to chase it. Drugs were found onboard. Of course, you'd have to be on drugs to put the throttle down on this thing!