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Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, IL closed in 1993
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He invented the biplane, but predicted the future poorly
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Lucky Lindy learned here
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Neat plane
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Portable plane
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Chanute AFB trained the ground support for the Tuskegee Airmen
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See-thru model made from welding rod
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Yet another Spirit of 76 replica
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Yet another Wright Flyer replica
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This one's real
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There some of everything in here someplace
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Restoring a B25 gunner's bubble
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Not much room inside a B25
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He's restoring this plane, and a long way to go
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Ultra-light and a missile silo trainer (didn't know they existed)
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Many big planes
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Very big planes
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Because it was there
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Real Michigan sunset - fake lighthouse
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Same sunset, real trees
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A guy making woden shoes in Holland, MI
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They have a complete selection for everyone
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Ahhh - perfect fit. Where do you put the outboard motor?
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Painting Delft porcelain
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Pretty flowers
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Where those pictures were taken
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Around the lake within the Muskegon KOA
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Parked and hooking up . . .
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Old Ford at the Feast of the Strawberry Moon
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Go ahead - cry . .
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He explained what was in Lewis & Clark's medicine chest
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Those are silkworm cocoons before being boiled and then unwound
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These re-creators live in these things
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A dugout canoe they dug out
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Grownups play dressup, too - and cook venison
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These guys had a comedy juggling act
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Throwing clubs around a trembling volunteer
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Throwing knives to each other
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Playing with fire (or "fyre". in tnose days)
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Ye Olde Gun Maker
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Ye Olde Oar Maker and Apprentice
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Just a-pickin' and a-grinnin'
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The group "Celtic Roots"
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They had a harpist
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The youngest re-enactor
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The wooden utensil maker
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Making a birch bark canoe the old fashioned way
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This contraption makes wooden shake shingles
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Grand Haven, MI's "famous" dancing waters
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The go off each nite all summer long at sundown
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It's a free half-hour show
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Sue and son Chris joined us
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The waters dance to schmaltzy music
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Our niece Beth Aslakson and her birthday cake
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Beth installs candles; Mom Debbie supervises
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We didn't ask what her wish was.
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Another sunset.
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Stained glass window in First Presbyterian Church, Grand Haven, MI
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Sculpture "See No Evil" at entrance to Meijer Gardens
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They are proud of their "Da Vinci" horse, cast from plans Da Vinci made, but never realized.
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Wonderful landscaping
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This sculpture is named "Aria"
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The artist named this spider "Momma"
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It's called "Listening to History"
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Awww . . .
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When the gardener and the garden become one
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Just a really fun place to wander
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A wolf pack made from recycled bicycle parts
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Look! A Rodent Of Unusual Size
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In the children's garden
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These things are everywhere
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"Two Bears"
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Neat fountain
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A very small cactus with some itsy-bitsy blooms
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Never saw an orchid like that before
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Bronze turtles, real water
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The marching band in the parking lot
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Another blatant attempt to woo a Wal-Mart store
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Brother John and wife Marcia visit the RV . . .
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The Spring Chicken now has a partner
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An un-named sculpture in Muskegon
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The local Master Gardeners built a Monet Garden
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It's patterned after a garden in Paris painted by Monet
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It's an ongoing project for the club
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The colors are muted, just like Monet painted them
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Judy likes flowers
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Al likes Judy
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Marcia chats with a Master Gardener waiting for a tour group
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A white flower
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The guys wait at the curb
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A pocket park near downtown
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It sits where a building used to be
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The park gets lunchtime visits from workers from nearby offices
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It was donated by the family of a local businessperson
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Some neat sun shades at a waterfront park
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Yet another sunset
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Family gathering - Jo, her daughter Ella, Al's brother-in-law (and Jo's father-in-law) John
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Judy likes this picture
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Al's sister Vicki and her cat
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Vicki again
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Al's brother Dave and you know who
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Vicki's oldest Mike (the architect) and brother John
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Jo and Mike are expecting their second . . .
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Sister Sue's son Joe (the musician)
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Vicki's husband John and brother John
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Steve, boyfriend of Sue's older daughter Vicki
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Mike, Sue's daughter Vicki, and Sara (Joe's girlfriend)
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Vicki and Sara
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Joe, Sister Sue and Brother John
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Food! Debbie, Vicki, Sara, Ella, Mike, and Vicki
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Sister Sue
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Brother Dave and Brother John evaluate the ice cream
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John's committed to the caramel
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Some younger generations - Chris, Ella, Steve, Vicki, Jo
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Steve
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Mike
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Vicki & Jo
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Ella and balloon
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Chris and balloon
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Marcia and Vicki and John
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The attack of the hair-eating plant
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All three Aslakson brothers - John, Dave & Al
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Debbie and some roses
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What cats do best
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When Ella builds a tent, all must enter
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The five Aslakson sibs - Dave, Sue, Al, Vicki and John
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Add in the spouses - Dave & Deb Aslakson, Sue Sturgill, Judy & Al, Vicki & John Johnson, Marcia & John Aslakson
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Check those digital cameras before we all go
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Clematis at Vicki's driveway
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One of John Johnson's neat cars
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A cool window in the Hackley House
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Hand-carved woodwork
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A harp sighting (OK, a lyre - close enough)
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Cool chandelier
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Our Hackley House tour guide - this "plain room" shows construction
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Interesting fireplaces
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The Hume House
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A shared barn with attributes of both houses
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Good hallway
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A nursery
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Our Hume House tour guide
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Remember those?
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That's the Hume house
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The Hackley House
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In the fire house museum
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An old fire alarm system
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The guy who sits in the firehouse
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The Sisters Lunch - Bob, Eileen, Brooke, Margie, Collin and Al
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Al's uncle Bob & aunt Eileen
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Al's aunt Margie with her grandkids Brooke and Collin
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John & Marcia's dog Inga is built like a footstool
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She's half Schnauzer and half opportunistic Schipperke
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Good picture of John and Marcia
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House where Al grew up
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Seems like it ought to look a lot older. We now end