Movies, Big Band Music and Da Bowl

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Saw a movie double header at Fox Lake Theatre:  "80 for Brady" and "Plane."  So good to be back at the movies again.  Enjoyed both movies.  Then met Kevin and Kelly at the Fox Lake Legion for 50-50.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Went to Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsburg, ate at Taco Bell in Fox Lake and went to the Fox Lake American Legion where they were having a Valentine's dance with the Lakes Area Swing Band.  

They are 16 musicians who put on a great Swing/Big Band show.  There was a good crowd and most everyone was dressed like people used to when they went out dancing.  Most really could dance those style of dances.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 

Went to Culver's in Fox Lake for that great double butter burger meals and then the SAL (Sons of the American Legion) meeting at the Fox Lake Legion.

I then went to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, to Donovan's Reef where I had paid to have a seat at the Super Bowl party with AUCE and drink during the game.  I also had a room at the motel behind the bar, so driving home was not a problem.

That was sure a great game.

--RoadBowl

North Carolina Summer 2016-- Part 13: Home

AUGUST 1, 2016, MONDAY

I left at 7 a.m. from Richmond, even though that would mean I would hit Indianapolis at 8 a.m., right in the middle of Indianapolis rush hour.  And, i went right through the center of the city.  Traffic was heavy, but there were no slow-downs.  I stopped on the west side in Speedway and went to the Kroger store and bought two more Fuzzy's Premium Vodka 100th Running of the Indy 500 commemorative bottles.

I will be giving one to my good friend and teaching Buddy, Terri, who is a major INDY CAR fan.

Drove I-74 northwest.  Gas at Crawfordsville, Indiana, a usual stop for me, was down 9 cents to $2.

Took Illinois-47 north of Mahomet and stopped in Morris at the Burger King, which still has those great greasy tacos (much like those at Jack-in-the-Box or Jacks as they call themselves now).

Arrived home and cut the grass which needed it with all the rain we've been getting since I was gone.  Went boating and then to J's for half-price pizza and NTN where we had a #3 and #4 team finish.

Then went to the Sons of the American Legion meeting at the Fox Lake Legion.

Home At Last.  --RoadDog

HELL!  ... Let's Offend Everybody!  How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the "F" word?  Answer:  Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell "Bingo!"

Camp Douglas SCV Meeting Today

I am a member of the Camp Douglas Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) located here in the Chicago area.  It is the first SCV camp in Illinois, founded back in the 1980s by Andy Wilson.  I was a charter member.  The name comes from the infamous Union prison camp in Chicago where more than 6,000 Confederates died.

The number of the camp was changed to reflect another previous Chicago SCV camp that had been extinct for many years.

A big problem with having a camp here in northeast Illinois is the large area the camp covers, making for some really long drives.  Nowadays, the camp has alternating meeting sites with the one closest to me in Des Plaines, Illinois, about 40 miles away.

I usually don't go because of the distance and city driving (and the gas prices).  But, because gas is considerably cheaper (but rising) I plan on going today.

I am also a member of the Sons of the American Legion of the Chain of Lakes Post 703 here in Fox Lake.

A real Son For Ya.  --RoadDog

Coping With the Winter, But Still Having a Good Time

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH-- Ten at Ten: 1967. Breakfast at K.C.'s Cabin in Spring Grove (buy one get one free. We became the first paying cusromers to the new Donovan's in Twin Lakes after three weeks remodeling and were quite impressed. //// SATURDAY, MARCH 1ST-- Cleared two inches of snow off the driveway and sidewalk in the morning. Enjoyed listening to Wendy Rice do her Saturday Morning Flashback Show to 1969. Went to the Fox Lake Business Expo at Grant High School and then enjoyed Mitch Edwards and Second Chance at the Legion from 3:30 to 8. Snowed all afternoon and accumulated another four inches. //// SUNDAY, MARCH 2ND--Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show (60s-70s music). Cleared the snow off the driveway and sidewalk. Turned cold (it's either snow or cold all the time these days). Then went to All Sports in McCullom Lake for some of the best pizza around (and a $5 special w/ 75 cent toppings: pineapple, black olives and Canadian bacon and piled high, garbage-style. Then Sons of the American Legion meeting at the Legion in Fox Lake. //// MONDAY, MARCH 3RD: Played NTN at J's in Ingleside and enjoyed half price pizza. We had four Top twenty rankings, including a #1!!! //// Really Need Spring, Though, But Coping. --RoadDog