good morning
juice and coffee are ready. breakfast will be up shortly.we've got pancakes eggs and sausage.hopefully we dint have any rain at matts picnic today.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Good Sunday morning, everyone! Duff, that's a very good picture of Sadie!! She's a doll baby!
Joe, thanks for making coffee and fresh juice. I'm going to enjoy a about four regular sized pancakes, and a couple or three sausage.
Going to be heading into the kitchen to start working on Sunday Dinner: roast, taters, carrots, corn on the cob, cole slaw, lima beans and your choice of dinner rolls or homemade buttermilk biscuits. Sunday Dinner will be on the warmer bar at 1 p.m. EDT.
Joe, thanks for providing breakfast for the rest of us this morning. Right now, pancakes, eggs and sausage sounds pretty good to me, and it kind of makes my mouth water.
I thought I would go to church for the 8:00 service this morning, but I have been dealing with a case of gout for the last 24 hours and more, and I don't think I am going to be very comfortable wearing a pair of shoes. For those of you who don't know what gout is, I will tell you this much, there is NOTHING MORE PAINFUL than an attack of gout. I inherited this condition from my mother's side of the family, my grandfather had it, and my mother's brother has it. It does help to pop a couple tablets of Ibuprophen every four to six hours, and at least I was able to sleep fairly comfortably through the night last night.
Ray CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Ray, sorry to hear that the gout is acting up. Here's a plate of roast, taters, etc. for you.
For everyone else, Sunday Dinner is on the warmer bar. Fill up your plates, and head on out to the patio.
whew what a day and what agame at the picnic. we had jumbo basketball and an old fashioned game of kickball.we even had a blimp fly along us 6!!! matt had a great time.CW will need a plate for work I'm going to take a siesta on the patio.going to borrow mookies hammock.
joe
Willy
Here's some pics I took on Saturday. Let me know what you think.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=22521
Well - sounds like everyone had a good weekend. Mine was busy, with the banquet and everything else. Lots of preps on Friday, waterball Friday night, more preps and an open house on Saturday, Banquet (and a few cool ones) Saturday night. Today I had a list of stuff to do, but the recliner keeps calling me back. At least I got the hayfield - I mean lawn - mowed, and a start on a hot printing job.
Back to the drag again tomorrow. I was thinking I had a weekend off, but the season start on the Adirondack next weekend (did I already say that?).
Still stuffed from the turkey dinner at the banquet. Maybe just a nibble off the warmer bar....
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Dan
ROAD TRIP!! (Or-How I spent last week.)
Got on the Empire Builder in Milwaukee last Monday and arrived in Portland, OR Wednesday morning. Got some rest, look around town a bit, had dinner. Thursday went to Tacoma,WA and spent several hours photographing a couple of steam engines sitting on display at the UP's Fife, WA yard. Later went to scout good shooting locations for Friday.
On Friday, The Union Pacific ran a directors special with double heading 4-8-4's UP 844 and SP 4449 at the point. The train operated from Tacoma, WA to Everett, WA and return. Many miles of this route run on or very close to Puget Sound, however there are not many locations that provide a good view from both sides of the track. I took my photos of the train at Edmonds, WA near the Amtrak Cascades station and the dock for the car ferry accross the sound to Kingston.
You can find three of my better photos on the steam forum at http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1122356
Family obligations precluded making the same trip for the public on Saturday. After getting the photos on Friday it was a dash back to Portland, dinner with friends, and the 11:19pm red eye to O'Hare. Were it not for a Saturday wedding and reception-the son of my wife's very best friend-I would have ridden the steam train and Amtrak for my return home.
(I consider myself a seasoned air traveler, but it has been fourteen years since I have flown. Has it gotten bad! I don't mind removing my shoes for security, but 3 hours in a seat that is almost too small for the 5'8", 160 lbs I carry around is should be a violation of The Geneva Conventions. )
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Good Monday morning, everyone! Looks like another beautiful day ahead for us! Will be getting warmer, too: they're predicting a high of 84 - 86 for us today.
Jay, glad to hear you had a good time on your trip. Really, really like your pics!!
Coffee is brewing, and fresh orange juice and orange-tangerine juice are ready, and chilling in the fridge. Have some tea brewing/steeping, and will be making iced tea in a few minutes.
On the breakfast bar this morning: fresh cantaloupe and other melons, including watermelon, along with turkey bacon, sausage, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, fried taters and hash browns, scrambled eggs, and country-fried ham w/redeye gravy, and grits.
Mookie, I used my "Gopher Grabber" and got your coffee mug down for you. Would you like coffee or hot tea in it this morning?
Message From:The Cook
Big Mug o' Coffee - CW - Thanx!
Jay - very nice. I loved the pictures! It is nice to see the SP out again! I hope they continue to run it!
I have to have a nap before I can continue on, so if y'all will excuse me -
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Jay
absolutely fantastic pictures! thanks for sharing.will take some quick breakfast then its time for a nap myself.
Great shots, Jay!
jeaton wrote: I consider myself a seasoned air traveler, but it has been fourteen years since I have flown. Has it gotten bad! I don't mind removing my shoes for security, but 3 hours in a seat that is almost too small for the 5'8", 160 lbs I carry around is should be a violation of The Geneva Conventions.
I consider myself a seasoned air traveler, but it has been fourteen years since I have flown. Has it gotten bad! I don't mind removing my shoes for security, but 3 hours in a seat that is almost too small for the 5'8", 160 lbs I carry around is should be a violation of The Geneva Conventions.
You should try it when you're 6'-5" and weigh 250...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Thanks for the pics, Jay. I'm sure you enjoyed the Empire Builder. Great trip. Here is link to more pictures of the steam double header. http://omrs-wa.org/JohnN_844.htmlI see Doyle McCormick still da man on the 4449. And I will have some biscuits and gravy. Thanks CW
On the lunch menu today: open-face roast beef sandwiches w/mashed taters & gravy, green beans, slaw, and creamed corn. Or, you can have: BLTs w/fries and slaw.
On the Dessert menu today: chocolate cake, frosted brownies w/nuts, and made from scratch banana pudding w/vanilla wafers, and a merigne topping.
Does anyone have any requests for supper tonight? If not, I'm thinking about grilling pork chops, using Ia Brian's recipe.
cherokee woman wrote: I'm thinking about grilling pork chops, using Ia Brian's recipe. Message From:The Cook
I'm thinking about grilling pork chops, using Ia Brian's recipe.
cw - can we throw a little chix (hee hee) on the BLT and make a club? I think there must be a joke in there somewhere - club and chicken -
anyway - yessssss on all the desserts. Just a big spoon will do!
Mook
cherokee woman wrote: Does anyone have any requests for supper tonight? If not, I'm thinking about grilling pork chops, using Ia Brian's recipe.
Did someone say "Iowa Chops"?
Now Mookie, you KNOW you all can have whatever you want on your sandwiches/club sandwiches!! And here's a big spoon for you (cooking size spoon)!!
And Bob, the drinks will be a definite plus!!
I'll be firing up the grill between 2 and 2:30, so it's ready to add the pork chops at 3 EDT, just in case anyone would like to take some home with them to share with family tonight.
will take a plate for supper tonight CW. speaking of bacon we have some canadien bacon(foamers) that are coming to deshler. makes for a great time.
Joe and Mookie, your plates are ready! Mookie, I added extra pork chops for Driver! And I also fixed a container for Lance, for work tonight.
For everyone else, the pork chops and sides are on the warmer bar, ready for you all to fix your plates. Such a lovely afternoon, and looks to be a very good evening, I've got everything set up on the patio. I hope everyone enjoys their supper!!
Modelcar wrote: ....Railfan 1: I like your pic's.
Thank you.
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