Sunday, February 25, 2007

Richard Kiser-Christian Guitarist


Richard was Saturday night's entertainment. He has won ICGMA Instrumentalist of the Decade. He is from Roanoke, Va. One lady in the audience said she was from there. He said they might have went to school together. She said, "YES, YOU WAS ONE CLASS AHEAD OF ME". LOL Richard just turned 50 this last week & we all sang Happy Birthday to him.
He has something like 17 or 18 guitars. His music mentor was Chet Adkins. Starting at age 13, he self taught himself Chet's guitar system of thumb pickin' & finger strummin'. He played a variety of music, with a lot of Chet Adkins songs.
He brought 4 guitars to the show with him. I told him I was a photographer & he said that I MUST STICK AROUND TO SEE THE 1ST SONG IN THE 2ND HALF OF THE SHOW!!! Well, this is the guitar he was talking about. It was made from a muffler of a 1968 Thunderbird. I took a close-up of it & the baffles with the holes are still inside. He has a tube hooked up to the inlet of the muffler, which is a smoke machine, which didn't work last night, but he said it worked in church this morning. One more feature of it is the strap is made up with a seat belt, with a buckle, which he says he always buckles up. He plays a lot of places: Nashville, Branson, churches, schools, campgrounds, etc. You can see his website at:http://www.rkisermusic.com/
Other activities I enjoyed this weekend was watching NASCAR racing both Saturday & Sunday nights & WAS THRILLED MATT KENSETH WON BOTH. I also went to Karaoke Sunday afternoon.
I go out of the campgrounds Monday morning, so not sure of my time on computer, so see you next time. Ron

Friday, February 23, 2007

Gone Swimming





Has finally warmed up enough for ME to go swimming. The Peace River surrounds two sides of this campground, where there are alligators, plus there is one in a retention pond I have seen also. But the most famous one is named Stumpy because his left rear leg is chewed off. WELL, AT LEAST THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A HE, but Stumpy gave birth to baby alligators this year. Several times I have seem Stumpy & another alligator on the bank, across the river about 30' away. Other wild animals seen around here are deer, bobcat, cougar, & wild pigs. Maybe if I look at mean enough, I can scare this RUBBER ALLIGATOR HEAD out of the pool, LOL


When I got done with the swimming pool, SHIVERING because the air was cooler than the water (upper 70's today), I went over to the HOT TUB. I did ok walking down the steps to waist deep, but it was too hot for me. I stood there for awhile, so a gal named Lola kept trying to get me to sit down. You know what they say: "WHATEVER LOLA WANTS, LOLA GETS."


Well, I sat down & was ok within a minute. Lola & her husband Dean have been friends of mine for 3 years. We met at Unadilla, Ga. 3 years ago. The sign on the HOT TUB says 100-104 degrees. I was surprised I wasn't cold when I got out of the HOT TUB. Tonight as I sit here making this blog, I am sitting with Dean, Lola's husband.


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Monday, February 19, 2007

Monday at Wachula





I went to Wachula today & at Wal-Mart I always park my bus way out. Today I was surprised to find this 1939 International school bus that had been converted into a camper. I didn't find the owner to see inside, but I could see a TV & some nice wood cabinets inside.
Tonight as I came to the clubhouse, I saw the new moon, so had to take a picture of it.
The Blimp said Ginn on it. I looked in Google & believe it is a company that is involved in Real Estate & sponsor LPGA & just recently started sponsoring Nascar racing.
Weather was beautiful here today with sunshine & probably mid 60's.
My Mom sent this e-mail today, which I tried & it works, so it was interesting, so maybe you'll go to the link after reading it. Have a good day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Ron
Subject: You type it, she speaks

This is quite amazing. Try it and see! Turn up the volume.She will say anything you type. I sure don't know how they do this! When you move the mouse around, her eyes follow the pointer. When you write something in the left space and then click on "Say it," she says it!You can also change persons doing the talking and the language they speak.Technology! Wow !!http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/frameset.php?frame1=talk)

Friday, February 16, 2007

Chilly Windy Day


Today is my 1st BLOG. I went to a class here at Peace River campgrounds. If you want to know more about Peace River campground, click on the link.
A couple named Jim & Chris Guld teach computer classes here. To see Jim & Chris's website & blogs, click on their link.
This is my 1st posting, so I'm keeping it short.
The temperature here is a chilly 53 degrees at present, plus WINDY as you can see with the picture at the left.
At present I plan to send you a notice that I have added to my BLOG via e-mail. In this manner, the e-mail will come through fast & if you have time You can look at the posting.