Summer 2007 Photos

I haven’t built anything lately. I am planning on working on some furniture projects soon and will post them later. Lately I have been taking photos. I went on a little camping trip to the north western lower peninsula here in Michigan. Here are some of my photos: Check out more on Flickr Yesterday a […]


Road Trip – Day Twenty-Five – James Dean’s Hometown

This is the last day of our vacation. I tried to find at least one thing I wanted to see in every state we visited. Farmount, Indiana is apparently the hometown of fifties rebel icon James Dean. We visited the small museum there and a very nice elderly lady showed us the artifacts on display. […]


Road Trip – Day Twenty-Four – Stax Records

At Sun Studios I was informed that the Stax museum was already closed at that point int the day. I was also given directions which I promptly forgot. I decided I had to try anyway since I am a huge fan of Stax artists like Steve Cropper, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Al Green, etc, […]


Road Trip – Day Twenty-Four – Sun Studios

After the Graceland tour we looked for the Stax Records museum but got lost and decided to go to Sun first since I knew where that was. This is a shot of me standing inside the studio next to a giant photo of the Million Dollar Quartet. The tour included audio clips that told the […]


Road Trip – Day Twenty-Four – Graceland

We went to Graceland and took the platinum tour. I didn’t get very good photos because they do not allow flash photography. This is Elvis’white living room. This is my favorite The Jungle Room. During the tour a set of headphones gave us information about the King’s life. More jungle room. Jen liked the green […]


Road Trip – Day Twenty-Three – Bealle Street, Memphis

We went to Bealle Street. I have always been a fan of the Blues and thought this should be a stop on our tour. Like a lot of the places we have been it was different than I imagined. It was pretty commercialized as I imagined but had fewer attractions than I thought it would. […]