Lugnut Outing

We took in a Lansing Lugnut baseball game last night, the weather was perfect! We got good seats through AARP, and they had $1 hot dogs and pop... Now that's the way to spend the summer!

A local middle school band did a nice job with the National Anthem.

The score was 10 to 9, so there was a lot of action!

Alma Highland Festival 2012

We are fortunate to be the home for the Michigan Steam Railroading Club here in Owosso. The gem is the steam train that was the sound track for the Polar Express Movie.. The engine is under repair right now, and the club holds many fundraisers to pay for the mandated maintenance. The Government requires that the engine undergo a complete tear down every 15 years which costs around $800,000.
This year they offered a train ride to Alma, Michigan to attend the yearly Highland Festival. This was our first time attending. I have never seen so many kilts in my life!

We were pulled by a traditional locomotive using vintage rail cars.

We got to Alma in time for the parade.  I loved the Motorcyle riding fireman wearing his kilt! Sorry about picture quality, was using my cell phone!

Here is a shot of Fuzzy enjoying one of the suckers thrown into the crowd.\

We were disappointed that more highland bands were not a part of the parade.

I believe these men represented some type of soldier garb from Scotland.

The highlight was the band competition. They also held a grand concert with over 13 bands from all over the US and Canada playing together.

There were also Highland Games held. This is a contestant throwing a weighted ball and chain.

An interesting fashion choice.. Hawaiian shirt and kilt! Again sorry about the blurry cell phone shot.

We were not able to attend the Highland dance competition, but got a shot of these cuties at the award ceremony!

Universal Thrills

After our cruise, we had 7 nights to spend in Orlando prior to my conference. We had the opportunity to see Universal Studios Amusement Park, I was there about 15 years ago, Fuzzy had not been to any kind of park in over 30 years.! We were fortunate, the longest we had to wait for an attraction was 30 minutes... We went on a Wednesday.

We did this!

Lots of great music entertainment!

Lots to do and see!

I didn't push the button!

 

On the Ship Fun

One of the fun things about the ship is that there is an abundance of photographers around with different props. You can take as many pics as you want, for no charge. Just pay for the one you want. Here is the one we choose.

A couple shot around the ship

No cruise is complete without towel animals!

Cruise Friends

One of the things enjoyable about the cruise, is that you can meet some wonderful people. Here are our tablemates we ate with nightly. Two couples from Canada, one from MI, and one from St. Louis.

Our waiter, Naidu, from India. He related that he has been working on cruises for over 30 years. He works 7 months on, two months off. While he is off he stays with relatives in India... No house payments!

In the Bahamas

Since it was a short cruise, we only visited the Bahamas, Freeport and Nassau. Although Freeport was smaller, we enjoyed it more, the people were much more relaxed and friendly. Here is one of the vendors we met in Freeport, Nathan.

 Here we are relazing and enjoying the pace of the Island.

Nassau was a much bigger port, more commercial. The Bahamas is a UK possession. Lots of reminders of the royalty...

There was a funeral of a fallen police officer while we were there, here is part of the procession.

One of the vendors at the Straw Market. He carved things out of coconuts, he allowed us to taste a bit of fresh coconut milk.

In the distance the Atlantis hotel.