Monthly Archives: September 2012

Route 66 Mother Road Festival

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to all my friends here in the USA and around the globe!!!

The summer season ended this past Saturday and the weather couldn’t have been nicer here in Peoria! With temperatures in the low 60’s all weekend and beautiful sun and blue skies, you couldn’t have asked for a better weekend!!! We’ve had a hot summer here in Peoria, so this was a welcome change in the weather!

On Sunday I was able to take advantage of the great weather and drive down to Springfield, Ill. to check out the Route 66 Mother Road Festival. They closed off a number of streets in the downtown area and have about a 1000 show cars on display. There’s everything from the old Ford Model T’s right up to the latest and greatest Chevy Corvettes. The nice things is that there’s something for everyone at this festival with food, drinks and music and the best part is that it’s all free!

Thanks as always for checking out my work and I hope that you have a great rest of the week!!!

Kev

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Hannibal, Mo. and a Sunday drive!

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to all!!!!

I remember as a kid when we as a family would hop in the car on a Sunday afternoon and take a nice “Sunday drive”. Back 40 years ago, gas was .30 cents a gallon and didn’t require a call to the banker to get a loan to fill up the car. You were able to go out and have a nice drive in the country for a couple of bucks and everyone had a great time! We can still take those drives on a Sunday afternoon today, but maybe not as often as we did when I was a kid!

We had another beautiful weekend’s weather here in Peoria, so we decided to take advantage of it and take a nice Sunday drive! We ended up down the road in Hannibal, Mo. and it’s one of those great Mississippi River towns! They have a great little downtown and it’s fun to walk around and check everything out!

Here’s a few of my shots from an afternoon spent in Hannibal, Mo.!!!

Thanks as always for checking out my work and I hope that you have a great week to come!!!

Kev

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Busch Stadium in STL

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to one and all!!!

Wow, the weather this past weekend in Peoria and St. Louis was outstanding! We had some rain and a wonderful Canadian cold front that pushed all of the heat and humidity out of the area. The temps were in the mid 70’s and it could have been nicer! We were able to get out of Peoria for a much needed weekend of R & R in St. Louis and it was great. It had been a couple of years since we’d been to a Cardinal game and the weather was perfect on Saturday night, so we grabbed some tickets and made a night of it! There are few stadiums that offer such a beautiful background as Busch Stadium and seeing the city of St. Louis and the Arch as the view is wonderful!!!!

I was able to get a great panoramic shot of the stadium and the city and that’s what I’m sharing with you today!

I hope that you have a wonderful week to come and thanks as always for checking out my work!

Kev

PS, Being a Cubs fan and having my horrible team hopelessly out of the playoffs, I didn’t shed to big of a tear when the Cardinals lost the game! he-he-he!!!!!!

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Tee it up for the troops 2012!

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Tuesday morning Peoria greetings to one and all!!!!

For my friends here in the US, I hope that you have a safe and wonderful Labor Day Weekend! It’s going to be very nice to have a short work week!

This past week I was out shooting for the second year in a row at the Tee it up for the Troops charity event at Mt. Hawley country club here in Peoria. It’s an great event that has raised a bunch money nationally and locally here in Peoria as well! In the morning round of golf, all the golfers are current or retired military and Mt. Hawley and Peoria Country Club provide free golf to all participants. It’s a very nice event and I think that everyone has a great time!!!!

Here are a few of my snaps from the day to check out!

I hope that you have a fantastic week and thanks as always for checking out my work!!!!!

Kev

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