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Past and future planned - events/ outings/ training sessions/ offline meets/ camps/ matches etc.
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ckkalyan
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by ckkalyan » Thu May 30, 2013 7:11 am
I had the day off today, so I decided to re-visit this trip to Michael, IL with Mark and his family.
Just reading through the whole post was a wonderful refresher of the fabulous time we IFG'ians all had. I relived the entire experience! Fireworks, indeed!

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by brihacharan » Thu May 30, 2013 12:20 pm
ckkalyan wrote:I had the day off today, so I decided to re-visit this trip to Michael, IL with Mark and his family.
Just reading through the whole post was a wonderful refresher of the fabulous time we IFG'ians all had. I relived the entire experience! Fireworks, indeed!

Hi CKKalyan,
> Yes! Memories are made of these - Rewinding old experiences rekindles the spirit
> Have a Great Week-end
Briha
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by xl_target » Fri May 31, 2013 11:52 am
ckkalyan wrote:I had the day off today, so I decided to re-visit this trip to Michael, IL with Mark and his family.
Just reading through the whole post was a wonderful refresher of the fabulous time we IFG'ians all had. I relived the entire experience! Fireworks, indeed!

Absolutely!
Thanks to your post, CK, I just read through the whole thing and reminisced.
It sure was fun.
“Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense” — Winston Churchill, Oct 29, 1941
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by ckkalyan » Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:49 am
Thanks
brihacharan and
xl_target...
It sure was fun!!
Looking forward to the next one....

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by Mark » Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:58 am
I thought everyone might find this interesting, from all of the storms we have been having here...
Remember this picture?
Here is how it looked a couple of days ago:

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by xl_target » Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:32 am
Wow!
Did you get that much rain?
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by Mark » Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:43 am
We've gotten a fair amount so now the soil is pretty soaked. Then when we get a few inches it doesn't take long for the creek to fill up and get like this.
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by xl_target » Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:54 am
So you can't get out till it subsides?
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by Mark » Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:34 pm
Correct, though it is usually only an hour or so and often less. Again, it depends on the rainfall but as you can see it can move a tremendous amount of water so when it stops coming down it clears up fairly quickly.
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by ckkalyan » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:54 am
Wow! That's a sight I would have loved to see, Mark - the transformation of the mild stream to a raging torrent!
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by ckkalyan » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:26 pm
Review, review - such a 'funtastic' review - when can we hope to do this again this year, 2015 (before it becomes 2016)?
Any Takers? Remember the Cannon, Mortar and Muzzle Loaders? And seriously, extravagant fun?

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