A couple of pics from the wedding... Art who??

I didn't take my camera to the wedding so just using a few shots that Scott took at the ceremony.

The wedding was at the home of friends of Annie and Tab and it was a beautiful setting around the pool with a vineyard in the background. There were several famous people attending in addition to me... Art Garfunkle had a nice chat with Bob and Judy after the ceremony. The kids were there as well except for Cam and Cassie who were missed.

All in all, a beautiful day and a lovely couple.

Life is Grand...

Quick trip out to LA .. for Tab and Annie's Wedding

Our trip out west to attend Tab and Annie's wedding was a quickie.. we had several cocktail parties and functions to attend in our four days so we didn't get to see a lot ... altho' one day we did the tourist thing and saw several of the trendy spots in the area.

Our hotel was in Santa Monica near the beach and it's a nice but very busy area. Lots of good restaurants and of course a side trip out to he observatory to get photos of the famous "Hollywood" sign as well as a smoggy view of the city. We also took in Rodeo Drive, Hollywood and Vine with it's walk of fame stars, the famous Whiskey A Go Go, and then a stroll down Venice Beach to rub shoulders with all the... uhhh.. freakie people.

It was a good time spend with Scott and Kim and Jewels and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the sights with them.

Life is Good....

Duluth hiking... Chester Bowl

There are so many really nice hiking trails within a 20 minute drive. One of our favorites is Chester Bowl which is a mile from Julie's house. It's about a 2 mile hike that follows Chester Creek and has a variety of terrain that makes the hike both fun and a bit strenuous as well.

The leaves are almost all off the trees now. Still very pretty along the creek with a number of small falls to add to the scenery. It's difficult to believe that we can take a 45 minute hike right in the middle of the city and feel like you're out in a rural area in the middle of the woods... I love this type of exercise... so good for the mind as well as the old body..

Life is Good

Black Top Beer. Get it?? Ya Know..Black Top.. EZ Street!

Black Top is a pleasant road connecting villages and communities statewide on a ride of Black IPA discovery. Expect this beer to pour a hop forward jet black glass brimming with aromatic bitterness.

Brewmaster Dan skillfully weaves molasses and chocolate malt undertones with a soaring rush of clean citrus and pine hop notes to deliver a drinkable Black IPA.

Savor Black Top, like Wisconsin's miles of licorice ribbons of ink that meander through armies of corn and bovine mowed fields. Enjoy the journey on a road less traveled. Happy Trails.

Yeah.. Life is Good!

But enough about me...

I understand that the folks that take time to check out my "stuff" on this blog are really just looking for photos of my beautiful granddaughters.

Jill posted some halloween pics onto her facebook and between my favorite little witch and my gorgeous little cupcake head, ... well they're just so damn cute that I feel like I might explode when I see them..

Life is Good...

Back in Duluth...

I got back to Duluth a couple of daze ago. Nice to be home.

Jewels and I have gotten back into "hike" mode and have spent the past couple of nights doing different strolls. The trees are in bloom with fall colors and it's so beautiful here. Last nite we walked the shore trail that takes in Duluth's downtown path along the lake. It was getting dark (totally dark here by 7PM), but I managed a few pics. Nice to see the "salties" coming into the harbor again.

Life is Good.

Paving parking lots with EZ Street...

I know.. I know.. some people may find it kind of boring to look at photos of pavement..

Well, I personally could never understand that but each to his/her own tastes I suppose. These photos were taken after we surfaced a large parking lot in Kam Lake which is Yellowknife's commercial area. Again, the job went well and it's a GREAT opportunity for us to experiment with the use of EZ Street cold asphalt as a surfacing product.

Well, I'm off to watch some paint dry...

Life is Good

Some photos from our paving job in N'dilo NWT

I finally received some of the many photos taken from our paving job which was done in a small NWT aboriginal community called N'dilo.

This is kind of a historic time for our company as it is the first job that we have done where we not only produced our cold asphalt product.. EZ Street.. but also did the actual paving. EZ Street has only been used as a patching/repair product till now in the NWT and this is the first surfacing project that we have completed here. We're hoping that this will lead to many more projects that have not been considered before because it's been impossible to consider paving these places using existing technology and hot asphalt.

Well, that's the plan anyways. For now, we are happy with the results, and now it sits over the winter and the condition of the road next spring will dictate our future in the NWT as a surfacing product. We are very confident that the product will hold up nicely and this is the start of bigger and better things for EZ Street in Canada.

Life is GOOD!