Ending March: Crystal Lake, MCCWRT, Half-Price Books, CDs

SATURDAY, MARCH 26

Drove to Crystal Lake, Illinois, for the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group meeting with today's topic being Civil War Artillery.  We were occasionally on topic.  Then drove to Algonquin and bought eight CDs at Half-Price Books.  All were $2 except one:

STICKY FINGERS--  Rolling Stones

OKTOBERFEST IN CHICAGO--  Die Musikmeisters

BUBBLEGUM, GARAGE AND POP NUGGETS--  22 songs

ACTUAL MILES GREATEST HITS--  Don Henley

GREATEST HITS--  Little River Band

ONLY THE BEGINNING THE VERY BEST OF--  Chicago

COUNTRY LEGENDS--  36 Hits   3 CDs

THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION SEVENTIES 100 HITS  This one was $10 for four CD set.

And, I Still Play CDs and Record on Cassette Tape  --RoadCD

Last Week-- Part 3: Cubs-Sox Game, Stucky's, Parish Fest and Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6

Decided to go to Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes to watch the afternoon White Sox-Cubs game.  Also knew that buddy Coz would be there and he is a huge Sox fan.  And, this was one unbelievable game.  

The Sox had a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the 8th with the Cubs at bat.  We were thinking Sox victory, but no.  Former Cub reliever  Craig Kimbrel, he with the funny right hand posture when he pitches, blew it and the score was 4-4.  But the Sox scored 4 times in the 10th and held on for an 8-6 victory.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7

We went to Stucky's in Johnsburg for  the $1 draft pints.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8

I went to Parish Fest in Johnsburg and enjoyed Die Musikmeisters Oompah band and had some great food.  Later, Liz and I went to McHenry and I went over to the Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive salute to the Greatest Generation at Veterans Park.  I enjoyed Bill's Little Big Band playing all those great songs from WW II.

I wrote about both of these events in more detail in my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog.

--RoadDog

LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE COFFEE LAW:  As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.