Bruce-2-Go: 06/01/2006

Friday, June 30, 2006

That serene fountain is really 150 degree spring water! It was quite hot to the touch. Since it was 100 outside, there is no steam. We highly recommend a trip to hot springs if you are in the area. Hot Springs is actually a national park.

Muscles McHolladay

The third floor of the bath house museum was this cool looking gym. Jennie was ready to go!

Go The Distance

This is the view mid-way up the Peak Trail which, as the name implies, heads to the top of the hill. The trail is only about a half mile, but when it's straight up and 100 degrees outside, it could just as easily be a marathon. When J and I reached the summit, we took the elevator up the 21 story observation tower. Then we walked back down.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Gourmet Buffet? No. A Hot-Dog Buffet! Go Hilton!

In Hilton's defense, there is some sort of big girls soccer tournament in town and I think they are catering to that demographic...girls 12-18 or so.

What is a Baskart?

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Outdoor Fine Dining

At the table (on the deck.)

Acadia = YUM.

One of our classmates suggested visiting a small little neighborhood called Hillcrest. She recommended Acadia as one of the better restaurants. She was right. Excellent food, reasonable price and great atmosphere. A+

Vice President Jennie

Jennie in the VP Chair.

President B. Holladay

I am sitting in the chair that the president sits in at high-level meetings. I think they call this the briefing room.

Jennie in the Oval Office

Here is the first woman president. Or an intern.

The Clinton Oval Office

Jennie and I darted out of class today to make it to the Clinton Presidential Library. No books, but a nice introspective into the Clinton years. This is a replica of the oval office inside the library. I forgot to take a picture of the exterior of the library and gardens....maybe tomorrow.

Passed!!

It's hard to read, but the bottom line is my score....90% . Jennie did awesome, too!

Two Words...Cherry Limeaide

Jennie demanded at trip to Sonic to re-live her college days.

Self-Portrait

Heading out the door for our "Site Development Foundations" Exam. Wish us luck!

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Jennie and Andy

We want to say thanks to Andy for our tour of downtown Little Rock.

Heifer International Headquarters...blurry and in the dark

So, their parking lot looks like it needs mowing, but I'm guessing they planned it that way.

President Clinton Avenue

AKA Main Street, Little Rock

Portrait of Two Feet Under a Table

My latest artistic shot. I'll be selling framed photos on ebay for $99

Looking Toward the River in Little Rock

Hard to see in the dark, but the Arkansas River runs just behind that tent.

On to Binder #2

We are officially done with our 400 page binder. This one only has about 2,000 pages. Yay!

Our Fearless Leader!

Monday, June 26, 2006

Hello Wonderful

Now, this is more our style...the Hilton @ Little Rock.

One last look at paradise....

Free Upgrade!

So, the ladies at Alamo Rent-A-Car were symphatic to our travel woes. So, we got a FREE upgrade. Are we touring around in the 'compact' cool-looking Nissan....NO!!! We've been 'upgraded' to a gold Ford Taurus (with a non-working remote). Boy, do we look cool.

Hasta La Vista, La Quinta!

Well, we've honestly seen better. Since this was a school venture, we're not all about wasting district dollars, but we also like beds with no springs popping out, dry towels and non-stained carpets. So, we're contributing some of our own hard earned funds to move up the road...to the Hilton.

So, What do you do when nothing is open?

We both agree...this may go down as our worst travel day. I snapped this photo around 5:25am (eastern). We literally left at this exact same time yesterday to try to get to Little Rock. Since we got in so late (or early), the rental car facility is closed until 6am central time. Our class begins at 8:30 sharp, so we no choice, but to stay here until we can get a car. Good times.

Flight Delayed...

As you can see, Jennie is very thrilled to still be in chicago at 2am. We've almost been up 24 hours.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Which One Will Win?

Our return home gave the cats reason to celebrate. They got to get out of their kitty den and fight for a spell.

Little Rock Bound...but not anytime soon.

Jennie and I were slated to leave Flint this morning at 7:02am. It's about 7:02 right now and our flight has been cancelled due to technical problems with the plane. We are re-booked for an 8:05pm flight. I guess we go home and sleep...

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Trimmin' the trees

This poorly composed shot out of our kitchen door window shows Hulett's Tree service working on one of our trees. Today we are having two large limbs removed from the two trees between the house and garage. We are also getting two large stumps (one is 3 feet in diameter, the other 2 feet) ground as well as about 7 'stumps' from shrubs in the front of the house. The guys have been here since about 8:45 this morning. I will try to get more photos up later.

I See Daylight...

The owner up in the tree...bad photo from through window again.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

More Great News Bloopers

Gotta love news bloopers...

Here is a good one!

Rescue 4 Your Home Part I

Rescue 4 Your Home Part II

Part two of Jennie and my Detroit television debut!

I could never to DDR, but thank goodness

Or else I would be as crazy as this guy.

Monday, June 19, 2006

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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Emmy Awards Gala

Minutes away from the awards

Tropical rain forest? No.

Friday, June 16, 2006

My little sister's big day

Congratulations

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Hr. Clous at the helm!

Mike is the TD tonight....

Chris finds LOVE at HotOrNot.com

Back to the D

One of the live trucks at WDIV-TV.
Detroit, MI

On the road...again.

I drive about 2,000,000 each year...at least it feels that way. Here I am on yet another trip somewhere. Clearly, I was bored.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Downtown Imlay City

One of Michigan's "Cool Cities." Imlay City is our neighbor to the east. I think it would be nifty to have an office here someday.

Love my Sirius Satellite Radio!

I know, I know! I'm in the broadcasting business (at least part time.) And I DO support terrestrial radio/TV. But the one thing I really enjoy about Sirius is that I can receive the same channel during a 300 road trip with no signal fade!