August - September 2002

Camping We officially have tried out our new camper (see last issue). The original plan was if I could get Friday off we would take a little road trip. If not (and in this case it was not) we would set up camp locally. After work on a Friday is NOT a good time to find a camp site, especially if you just drove for 3 hours. For some reason instead of going with the plan and staying local, we headed to Rockford. The first campground we tried was all booked up. I then got on the cell phone to check on another campground near by and they were full also. We didn't have a campground book so we were kind of blind finding these places. We tend to gravitate to state parks and those show on a map. It was getting worrisome that we would find a place to set up camp. The next place on the list was another 45 minutes away and it was now getting dark. I was so afraid we would either be staying at a hotel or driving home. After being mislead by the map, we finally found Lowden State Park. They had spots, no problem. They seemed pretty easy going for a state park. We find us a nice spot and work on trying to back our beast into its space, in the dark. We found our home. The weather for our weekend was perfect and we had nice neighbors. There was a 5 year old boy that Hollace played with. As I said this park was pretty laid back but there was one rule they had....Alchol Prohibited in the Campground. Even though the neighbors had a nice campfire going and we were hanging out there anyway, RAW still decided to start our fire. It was pretty smoky which attracted the attention of DNR who came by to investigate and caught RAW and the neighbor guy (a fireman no doubt) drinking a beer. A beer oh no! The DNR gave both RAW and neighbor guy a $75 citation! We were suppose to be camping right now. I this time, I took Friday off but at midnight last night RAW said we aren't going. He was having technical difficulties with both of his vehicles. I went into work today. This and That At this time, I can't think of anything else to add to this page. Summer is wrapping up, we are now entering my favorite season. Hollace is starting preschool next week. She will go 2 days a week for 2.5 hours. She isn't really excited. Last week we went in for an orientation. She had fun and didn't want to leave. My fear is that she will be branded the mean kid cause she growls when she is either is uncomfortable or not getting her way. She did good that day we will see next week. I have been keeping busy designing ads and brochures and getting a website up and running for ArtWorks. I just registered the domain yesterday. Artworks4kids.org will be coming soon.     The Race ...the movie I have edited my first feature film, well all 2.5 minutes of it. It is 3mbs as either a Quicktime or Windows Media movie or if you have a really fast connection, download the 9mb version. It is worth the download so go check it out. 3.4Mb QT or 3.4Mb WMV,