Son & daughter-in-law visited Mt. St. Helens Helens and found it to be AWSOME!. We camped close-by and in the morning captured several neat pics spider . Later we visited Mt. Ranier DESCRIPTION_HERE .

On the first Saturday of August each year a special event happens in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Mount Horeb , National Mustard Day; this fun-filled day for the whole family includes free Oscar Mayer hot dogs Van; Free . Games  are enjoyed by all Ring Toss . After shopping till they drop Buy ; a mascot says "Good Bye" French's .

A couple of miles down the road from where we live in Woodstock, Illinois is the annual McHenry County Fair. We arrive at the not too imposing entrance Entrance . It's early so the Carnival rides have yet to be started Carnival . The lines aren't too long yet so we stop for some goodies Eats on our way to the 4H dairy judging  Pavilion . This youngster won his class Jersey Cow . Most fun was watching the pigs Winner,  Chops. We couldn't resist the Cow Wash  Wash . More next year.

We found ourselves shopping the sales on Armitage Avenue late one afternoon and shot these:Armitage1; Armitage2 ; Armitage3 . She spent the money and I took pics!

I got my G5 before Christmas 2003 and went about the city taking pics. Wabash AveWabashwas empty on Xmas day. I guess everyone was at Field's . The rest came as we were wandering:Reflection, Lake .

My wife brought home a new hanging basket - a perfect opportunity to test the marco capability of my G5.A Flower