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N6048A

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2010| 1 Comment »

N6048A is an oil on canvas measuring 12″x24″.  This was a gift  a couple of years ago for Allen but since I just posted the info yesterday about our trip I thought it might be nice to show this painting today.  This is often how it looks as we get ready to go, with the mountains in the background.

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Mackinaw Island

Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on October 8, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Michigan view from planeThis past weekend we flew to Michigan to Boyne Falls.  This is what it looks like from the air.

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Planes in Line 1We met with a group of folks that all have Commander airplanes.  It’s a great group of folks.  All crazy and fun!  We did a fly out one day to Mackinaw Island.  This is the view from out of the back window of the other planes lined up on the taxi way all ready to fly out together to Mackinaw.

 

 

 

Michigan Mackinaw view from planeYou can see the prop in this shot of Mackinaw Island.  The big white box you see is the Grand Hotel.

 

 

 

 

Michigan Mackinaw TaxiThe great thing about Mackinaw Island is that there is no motorized vehicles.  So when we all arrived and call for the taxi, this is what came to pick us up.

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Mackinaw Grand Hotel from TaxiLife is definitely moving at a much slower pace on the island.  It took 20 minutes to get from the little airport to the downtown area.  This is the view from the “taxi” of the road leading to the Grand Hotel.

 

 

 

 

Michigan Mackinaw Grand Hotel from Taxi 2And the porch on the front of the Grand Hotel as we passed by in our “taxi”.

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Grand HotelAnd another view of the hotel as we passed her by.

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Mackinaw pilotsAnd this is the crew of pilots that made the trip over to Mackinaw.  About 20 men and me!!!  You wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to get them all moving in the same direction.  It was just like herding cats!

It was a great afternoon and I’m so glad that I got to see Mackinaw Island.  It is one of those places on my list to see and it was worth it.  The day was gorgeous and I got lots of great photos for my reference file for painting.  Maybe you’ll see one soon.

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