Git 'em While They're Hot

If you want it, you can find it in Door County, WI.  I'm not sure what Bea's "Ho-Made" products are, but they've gotta be good! Pity they were closed.

When Nature Calls

 

Copper Top

 The Brown County courthouse in Green Bay.

The Captain's Potty Walk

We went on a two-day whirlwind trip this past weekend, in search of fall color in Door County, Wisconsin.  

This was a last-minute trip, so the best place we could find for lodging was downtown Green Bay.  It worked out well!  We beat cheeks to Green Bay after work Friday night, arriving at our hotel around 11pm.  Our pup needed a potty break before bed, so we took him down a couple blocks until he found his perfect potty spot.  

Today's image is one of the lovely buildings we saw on the potty walk.  I love the "captain's walk" on top of the building.  A very aptly named business!

Reliably

A quick shot of the BNSF railroad lift bridge as we drove through Prescott last Sunday.  A very sturdy bridge that has been carrying heavy loads since 1984.

Innovatively

When we picked up firewood last weekend, the guy who helped us said his 90-year-old grandfather still used this old tractor to power the saw blade at the other end of the belt.

Workhorsey

We drove out to Ellsworth, WI today to get some more firewood.  This guy helped us load and then went about his business.  I thought the old tractor looked cool.

Honorably

This image is from a 2006 Patriot Guard mission that I had the honor of participating in. 

This mission was for 23-year-old Air Force Senior Airman Adam P. Servais from Onalaska, WI.  He was a combat controller, the air force equivalent of the SEALS or the Green Berets.  During his second deployment, he was killed in Afghanistan when his vehicle came under hostile fire. 

I only went on a few missions, but I'm glad I participated.  It was very moving to be part of the funeral flag line honoring fallen soldiers and veterans.  As the hearse would drive by, the vets among us would salute and the rest of us would put our hand over our heart.

Sometimes the families and the fallen solider's military unit would come over to thank us afterwards, even though we were there to honor and thank them. 

Happy Flag Day!

Wavy

Fishy

Quarry

Clouds to Infinity

Driving through Wisconsin on the last day of our trip, the clouds seemed to go on forever.

Vintage Texaco

Our ride last Saturday also included a stop at a vintage Texaco station in Independence, WI. I couldn't quite figure out what its purpose was. It didn't look like a working gas station. Perhaps a museum of 50's memorabilia, or a classic car shop, or I don't know what.

They were closed, so it wasn't until I started searching on the internet that I found out it was a mechanical repair and auto sales shop. It was built in 1931 and was restored a few years ago. Here is an interesting video that tells about the history of this building.


A close-up of those neat old pumps.



They had a delivery vehicle sitting out front. I wish I could have driven a vehicle like this when I was a delivery driver many moons ago!



Techie Corner
I took the main image into Photoshop and gave it a "dreamy" effect to enhance the feeling of stepping back in time.

Clouds

We went on a 9 hour motorcycle ride through the rolling hills of Wisconsin last Saturday. The clouds were ominous all day, but they never dumped on us. The sky was pretty tame in this particular picture. I took it more for the beautiful view of the rolling hills. We pulled into the parking lot of Hansen's Hold-up Bar and Grill so I could get this shot. (We didn't eat there this time, but the view is incredible and they have decent food.)




When I looked the other direction in their parking lot, however, there were much more forbidding skies. We got a tiny bit of mist for about a minute, but that was it. The clouds kept the temp in the low 60's all day....in the middle of July, no less! It felt like a beautiful fall day and the riding was great.




Earlier in the ride, we stopped in Fountain City to stretch our legs. For some reason, the ornately designed vent on top of this building really intrigued me. That, combined with the mean looking sky, just begged for a picture.