Ken and Janet’s News

We start the ride tomorrow.
Today we registered, got our new bright yellow T-shirts, put our bikes on the truck, and had a very long bus ride from Prairie du Chien to Eagle River. It rained off and on on the ride and for a while after we got here. Brian joined us on a later bus. He had driven from St. Paul to Prairie du Chien and then bussed north.

We ate at a restaurant called the “Hiawatha” where their featured entre was prime rib which most people ordered.
We took this picture after dinner.

Tomorrow we start our ride from Eagle River to Rhinelander. We wil go about 51 miles so it iis one of our shortest days.

Today we had a great breakfast at the Blair Maple Cafe. We met Mick’s gardner friend Barbara who has done a number of bike rides across Iowa and she shared some of her experiences with us. Betsy volunteered to drive the SAG wagon and prepare meals for us next time we do the GRABAAWR – but we need to give her more notice.

After meeting for breakfast at 7:00am we finally got underway about 8:30am. Shortly we were in Iowa and driving through lots of cornfields. It is striking how much greener things are here than in CO. We had lunch at our favorite Deli in Waterloo after making a U-turn for old times sake. We went by back roads to get to Prairie du Chien and arrived mid afternoon. We are staying at the Quiet House Best Western. We walked to dinner at the Angus Supper Club which is .6 mile east of where we are staying.

Tomorrow we are gathering at 6:30am for breakfast and then will register for the ride, those in the SAG wagon (Robin’s Suburban) will drive to Eagle River, and the rest of us will turn our bikes in for transport to Eagle River by truck and take a bus ride to get ourselves to the start. Brian should join us for the bus ride, and Herb and Ruth will meet us in Eagle River tomorrow. I can’t upload Flickr pictures because it says it is having a massage!
more tomorrow
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The pictures for this can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kws1111)

Day 1 2006 GRABAAWR
We gathered in Lafayette, CO at 6:30am to head towards Wisconsin for this years GRABAAWR.

We had 4 cars and 8 people. Jensen’s, Hinks, Burkley’s, Robin and me(ken). We took our first rest stop in CO just before we crossed over into NE.(Brush?) It was nice and cool and slightly overcast with periodic sprinkles. The first hard rain was as we crossed into NE. We stopped in Paxton, NE at Olie’s (sp) for an early lunch (late breakfast). The table by the African Elephant was occupied so we had to settle for a group picture by the giraffe. The weather turned warmer and drier as we headed east but was still very nice.

We split up at exit 432 on I-80 and Robin and the Burkley’s went on into Omaha to pick up Martha who had flown in from Annapolis to join us for the ride. We met up in Blair at John’s “younger” brother Mick and Gail’s house for appetizers and then headed to a “local flavor” tavern for dinner. The featured entre was catfish.

John seemed to know everyone there (or everyone there knew John) I am using a different computer than normal and it doesn’t have the camera driver for downloading my pictures – so hopefully I will be able to add them later.

Tomorrow we are meeting at the Blair Maple cafe for breakfast at 7:00am and then will be on our way to Prairie du Chien to register for the ride.
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In March we took a walk on Pearl Street Mall. This is a picture we took.

Josh and Kelli Wedding 3/20/2004

These first pictures are at the rehearsal the night before the wedding.

Getting Gram set for her reading

Tobey gets to meet Kelli at the rehearsal dinner.

The Matthews, Thomson, Switzer table

Dave Funk and his sisters

Great grandchildren talking with Gramp on wedding morning

Taylor and Tristen teaching Tobey new tricks

Amy and Brian ready for the wedding!

Josh and JoAnn in a pre-wedding picture

Lacey-Funk Family at the pre-wedding pictures

JoAnn and Susie

Josh and Kelli leaving the church – They just got married!

Gram, Amy, Janet, Debbi, and Taylor at the reception

Cake from Josh’s newspaper

The big cake! It was delicious.
This was a partial selection of pictures at Josh and Kelli’s wedding weekend.

Pictures from Tobey Overnight in Boulder 2/7/2004

Tobey and Twizler stayed overnight with us again on Saturday February 7th. Alan and Carrie went to Estes Park to recharge! Tobey slept through the night and was a happy baby. His new trick (which I didn’t get a picture of) was walking behind a baby walker.

Watching TV while riding NeNe with Grammy

Reading a book with Gramps

Making sure the sound is just right on the stereo

My favorite TV watching position!

I love to bounce up and down and make noises

Picture info for 1/31/2004 Tobey and Ashley
We baby sat for Tobey while Alan and Carrie had a workout at the Rec Center.
Before we left, we got to see Ashley looking beautiful in her Winter Dance dress.

Tobey playing with flash cards!

The whole family are Nuggets Fans!

Tobey playing on a bug!

Playing with Carrie! (Note the Nuggets clothing!)

Ashley in her beautiful Winter Dance dress!

With shoes and toenail polish to match!

The first set of pictures are from January 1st and 3rd. Marcia (a cousin of Janet’s and John’s)
visited us from South Carolina. The pictures are all from near or at Winter Park.

Janet and Marcia at Hank and Kathy’s house

Janet Marcia and John

John and Gail

Val, Jim, Gail, John, Kathy, and Hank

Kathy, Gail, and John at lunch at Winter Park

Kathy, Gail, John, and Marcia at lunch at Winter Park

Marcia on the slopes

Ken, Marcia, and John

Marcia and John

Hank, Marcia, and John

The next 2 pictures are at Alan and Carrie’s house

Alan, Twiz, Carrie, Tobey, and Ashley

Alan, Twiz, Carrie, Tobey, and Ashley

The next set of pictures are from Tobey’s second overnight in Boulder on Saturday January 10th 2004.

Tobey with kneepads

Tobey riding Ne Ne and watching a baby Einstein video with Gramps help

Tobey crawling on Gramps back for a better view

Grammy reading to Tobey before bedtime

Checking out Twiz’s toy “Squiddy”

I am very happy!

Why are you bugging me (The scrunched up nose is a trademark)

Snack Time! Twiz is on cleanup duty.

That was a good snack!

Dad – stop tickleing me!

Number one son/grandson!

Out for a walk in the park!

Giving Twiz a workout chasing tennis balls. (and Alan’s arm)

Twiz, Alan, Tobey, and Carrie

Alan, Tobey, and Carrie

Gramps and Grammy with Tobey

On Friday November 14th and Saturday morning, Tobey stayed with Grammy and Gramps while Mom and Dad had dinner and went to a Nugget’s game. These are a few pictures to capture the event.

I like to play!

Do you have any veggies?

Nice swing!

Watch me catch it!

Park time was fun!

Back home with all my toys and Dad’s new Nuggets hat!

I need to work on Dad’s face a little

So happy to be home again Grammy!

Saying goodby to Gramps and Grammy

We got to babysit Tobey again. He has grown and learned new skills since we last saw him.
We also belatedly celebrated Carries birthday.
Grammy took some great pictures and came up with the captions!
Enjoy!

tobey visit 10/22/2003

Let’s Play!

Daddy’s teaching me to clap

Eating my fish while watching a video about fish

Grammy Got my Shirt in Paris!

Like My play Place?

My Pal

Like my Hat?

That tickles Mommy

Meet the Queen of Gingerbread!

Hangin with the boys

These guys are fun!

Peek-a-Boo!

Do you like “it” Daddy?

It’s Buggin Me!

Tobey, the Future BB Star

Beautiful Sister Ashley