Memorial Day Weekend 2010
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What a fun weekend!
It sure was hot and humid but fun nonetheless! Some good baseball on Saturday, the annual Memorial Day picnic at Uncle Jacks on Sunday, and a Memorial Day event at City Hall on Monday.
Uncle Jacks party is always fun. Good weather for a picnic. Everyone seemed to have a great time. I do think I ate my weight in snacks though!
A storm rolled through around midnight Sunday and the light show woke me up but the lightning was mostly cloud to cloud so I didn’t break out the camera. But the rain! It really came down bigtime.
I woke up early on Monday and had my coffee out on the balcony. The skies had cleared a little and it was a very pleasant morning. I took a quick walk over to the park district to check out the retention pond before I went to the Memorial Day event over at the Tinley Park village hall. This retention pond is one big pond. We go sledding there in the winter and just as I thought, it was filling up. Made a few pictures and headed over to Tinley.
I got there a little early and the place was already filling up! I walked around and checked out my sight lines and visited with a few guys from the VFW. About halfway through the event, the clouds started creeping back. A few drops a rain but no big deal. So far. A few minutes later, the announcement was made that the event would continue indoors. As if on cue, the heavens opened up! I gathered up my gear and headed for the door. It was then I realized I had left the windows about halfway down on the van. I scurried over to the van and watched the rest of the ceremony comfortably out of the rain.
On my way home I noticed the corner by me was starting to flood. The city does the best it can to keep the storm drains clean but this was a pretty prolonged heavy rain. As usual, there are some folks who like to push their luck and charge through the water. I watched a few do it but then the water got pretty deep and traffic slowed down. I figured I would go out and make a few pictures of the flood. As I got out there I noticed that the police blocked the street and there was one car stuck in the water. The officer just smiled and said that they went around him and are on their own! That water was deeper than I thought. The people in that stuck car were real puddin heads for even trying to make it through there. They ended up pushing the car out.
After that, I uploaded my pictures to the paper and didn’t do much else until the Hawks game. The Hawks game just ended and they won 2-1!!! They are now up 2-0 in the series and head to Philly for the next two games. The Hawks have played really well on the road during the playoffs. I hope that trend continues!
Well, that was my weekend! Lots of fun and now it’s time to get ready for the short week ahead.