I suppose most folks were getting ready for Hurricane Irene on Friday, but Renee and I decided the
day would be best spent at Lake Anna with her boys. So I hitched up the boat for the 145 mile round
trip. Going down wasn't bad. I-95 south isn't bad at 7:30 AM. Coming home took over two hours.

Of course, as there was much concern here about the nuclear plant, I decided to check it out.
Everything appeared to be OK, although Renee mentioned something about the boys glowing a little
when they went to bed. Of course, I had to be somewhat stealthy with my photography. Didn't want any
black helicopters tracking me down.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1000194.jpg
or: http://tinyurl.com/426j5eh

After a little searching among some of the islands in the lake, we found a new 'boater's beach'
which the boys liked:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1000198.jpg
or: http://tinyurl.com/3bylguh

Renee just had to have an Opa shot with the boys. Eldest grandson is getting on up there.


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1000202.jpg
or:http://tinyurl.com/3tvbw9g

This beach has a lot more room than the last one we found, but another boater says it gets crowded
as hell on the weekends. The island is privately owned by someone, as is all the land except the
state park. Luckily, the owner doesn't mind people beaching their boats and enjoying themselves.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1000208.jpg
or: http://tinyurl.com/4x4g75v

What was the best part of the day? Just ask Ethan!

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1000217.jpg
or: http://tinyurl.com/3qhuzjz

Super day!

On Aug 28, 8:21*am, John H wrote:
I suppose most folks were getting ready for Hurricane Irene on Friday, but Renee and I decided the
day would be best spent at Lake Anna with her boys. So I hitched up the boat for the 145 mile round
trip. Going down wasn't bad. I-95 south isn't bad at 7:30 AM. Coming home took over two hours.

Of course, as there was much concern here about the nuclear plant, I decided to check it out.
Everything appeared to be OK, although Renee mentioned something about the boys glowing a little
when they went to bed. Of course, I had to be somewhat stealthy with my photography. Didn't want any
black helicopters tracking me down.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...g%20with%20Ren...
or:http://tinyurl.com/426j5eh

After a little searching among some of the islands in the lake, we found a new 'boater's beach'
which the boys liked:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...g%20with%20Ren...
or:http://tinyurl.com/3bylguh

Renee just had to have an Opa shot with the boys. Eldest grandson is getting on up there.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...g%20with%20Ren...
or:http://tinyurl.com/3tvbw9g

This beach has a lot more room than the last one we found, but another boater says it gets crowded
as hell on the weekends. The island is privately owned by someone, as is all the land except the
state park. Luckily, the owner doesn't mind people beaching their boats and enjoying themselves.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...g%20with%20Ren...
or:http://tinyurl.com/4x4g75v

What was the best part of the day? Just ask Ethan!

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...g%20with%20Ren...
or:http://tinyurl.com/3qhuzjz

Super day!

"Image not found" on most of your links, John. but glad you had a
great time with the daughters and grand kids.

I just checked them again, and they all work. Did you try the tiny URL's? In your reply, the original URL got chopped off. Don't know if that may be the problem. When I click on the URLs in your reply, I get the 'Image not found' message. Try clicking on the original link or tiny URL in the original message.

Weird.

On Aug 28, 5:15*pm, John H wrote:
I just checked them again, and they all work. Did you try the tiny URL's? In your reply, the original URL got chopped off. Don't know if that may be the problem. When I click on the URLs in your reply, I get the 'Image not found' message. Try clicking on the original link or tiny URL in the original message.

Weird.

It is weird John, because I tired them both. Original and the
tiny's.


Beats me....

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:02:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 28, 5:15*pm, John H wrote:
I just checked them again, and they all work. Did you try the tiny URL's? In your reply, the original URL got chopped off. Don't know if that may be the problem. When I click on the URLs in your reply, I get the 'Image not found' message. Try clicking on the original link or tiny URL in the original message.

Weird.

It is weird John, because I tired them both. Original and the
tiny's.


Beats me....

===

Me too. I was finally able to get the TinyURLs to load by doing a
copy and paste of the URL into a fresh browser taskbar.

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:02:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Aug 28, 5:15*pm, John H wrote:
I just checked them again, and they all work. Did you try the tiny URL's? In your reply, the original URL got chopped off. Don't know if that may be the problem. When I click on the URLs in your reply, I get the 'Image not found' message. Try clicking on the original link or tiny URL in the original message.

Weird.

It is weird John, because I tired them both. Original and the
tiny's.


Beats me....

Check your email. There's more than one way to skin a raccoon.

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:52:06 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:02:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 28, 5:15*pm, John H wrote:
I just checked them again, and they all work. Did you try the tiny URL's? In your reply, the original URL got chopped off. Don't know if that may be the problem. When I click on the URLs in your reply, I get the 'Image not found' message. Try clicking on the original link or tiny URL in the original message.

Weird.

It is weird John, because I tired them both. Original and the
tiny's.


Beats me....

===

Me too. I was finally able to get the TinyURLs to load by doing a
copy and paste of the URL into a fresh browser taskbar.

Weird as hell. The links work well from my news reader or from the Google Group site. That's got me
stumped.