Hope everyone enjoyed the day. Plenty of activities out there for everyone to partake in. Patty, Howard, and I drove down to Hartford for breakfast at the Panel Room, and the place was crowded, so I wasn't able to get any shots of us. We enjoyed a nice hot breafast. Next time we go, I'll have a certificate for them.

    On the drive home, I was able to stop and get some pictures of a place I'd been wanting to shoot for a long time.

         This place is located on the outskirts of Mattawan along Red Arrow Highway, and looks abandoned, although there's a sign in the window showing the hours of operation.

    We didn't have our family cookout, as Katy had some other party to attend, so we put that off until today. Around six o'clock though, Patty and I headed to Battle Creek to see if we could see the Balloon Festival which was going on. We got extremely lucky. Opting to follow the direction they were headed, we ended up getting some rare and up close looks.

I'll be processing approximately 100+ pictures, and will post some of the better ones later.

Of course, fireworks came later all around the neighborhood. I tried to get some shots of those, but I suck at fireworks.

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It's Air Zoo day today, and I've got a tour with a family reunion group, so that should be pretty interesting. There are approximately 40 in the group, and I'll be getting about 20 of them.

Later today, we'll be celebrating the 4th a day late with the family. Hopefully, I'll be able to get back to Battle Creek for more balloon shots.

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 I volunteered to work next Saturday's Air Zoo table at the Kindleberger Park Festival from 11-2. We'll have a "Make and Take" table set up. I don't know exactly what that involves, but it sounds like something the kids will enjoy. Hope to see some of you out there. Kindleberger Park is in Parchment.

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Have a good day.