Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year, Litchfield!!!
Founded in 1721 Litchfield was designated the county seat in 1751, and by the 1790's the town had become the leading commercial, social, cultural and legal center of Northwestern Connecticut. This is the only photo from Litchfield that I could find in under 5 minutes.







Happy New Year, Menlo Park!!!Menlo Park’s first permanent settlers arrived in 1853. From Menlough on the outskirts of Galway, Ireland, came two Irish immigrants, Dennis J. Oliver and his brother-in-law D.C. McGlynn. They found the tree-studded pasture land reminiscent of their homeland and purchased a 1700-acre tract
An interesting history of Menlo Park.


Happy New Year, Milwaukee and Cudahy!!!
Here's a New Years pic that covers Milwaukee and Cudahy!! "Dorothy Gerczak and Marvin Lange, both of Milwaukee, enjoy dancing Saturday to the music of the Gary Frank Band at the Pulaski Inn in Cudahy."
Found this on the Milwaukee website..... hmmm..


Happy New Year, Wisconsin!!!
Packers 23, Seahawks 17
Go figure, hey??? But it's looking like we may have seen the end of the "Farrve" era. But don't worry, I'm sure his bank accounts are sufficient to see him through.....




Happy New Year, Ottertail!!! If you remember, I posted some pics of the wasp nest in our front yard. Here is in the Lodge! As we had no guests, Peg and I decided to welcome in the new year at the Ottertail.


We appropriated the front desk for a major cribbage tournament. We also had some candles for ambience, chips, pickled herring, shrimp and some bubbly. We played as many games of cribbage as we could stand and it was still only 8:00! We saw a few deer outside and we listened to some nice jazz on the public radio station.


About 9:00 we got the shrimp and bubbly ready and decided that maybe we should just go ahead with the festivities-


...even though it was 3 hours til midnight.... So I opened the bottle without incident and we dived into the shrimp. Who says we don't know how to have fun in the Northwoods??????
By the time we had finished the shrimp, everyone had to visit the bathroom so we decided to just move the 'party' to the main building. We packed up and headed to the house.


We ended the evening with several issues of "Law and Order", as they had a New Years marathon on channel 245. We saw the new year in just as they convicted a multiple murderer.


Here is one of the reasons you don't see too many photos of Carlo on this sight.... I just don't get along with still images! Oh, well.

Tomorrow I go to fly at Merrill. Should be fun, and not to cold. Supposed to be 34° and light winds. That's balmy compared to a few of the days we flew. Then on Tuesday we have to return to work. That should be fun.

Tomorrow is also Lucy's birthday!!! She is reaching the 80 mark tomorrow, so call her at Liz's and wish her a happy day!!

That's all from the North. Have a good year and don't do anything I wouldn't do!


Happy New Year!!!