Tonight we went to the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, IA.  The festival had to be moved from it's usual location due to flooding of the Mississippi River.  There are two stages and we were moving back and forth between them but by 9:00 pm it was getting difficult to find a seat near the main stage.  We were standing near the white tent in the center of this photo when we noticed people on the top level of the parking garage.  We went up there to check it out and I shot this panorama with my cell phone.  From there, we were able to spot some empty seats and got them in time to watch Kenny Wayne Shepherd who was the final act.  On stage in this photo is WC Clark.

I took a motorcycle ride today and saw a couple sandhill cranes but only had my cell phone so I couldn't get a photo.  Before I took off again I snapped this shot so I would have something for today.

Tonight we went to the Clinton Lumberkings game.  They are the Class A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.  I haven't seen a crowd like this in a long time.  They are averaging about 1500 people per game but I have been there many times when there is less than 1000.  Tonights attendance was 5281.

In the morning I ran a 10K race, (Firecracker Run in East Moline, IL).  My goal was to be under and hour which is about 9:39 per mile.  The second mile featured a looooong uphill climb and I thought I had lost my chance to finish in under an hour.  Fortunately what goes up must come down and I was able to make the time back up.  My official time was 59:34, I was a little slow stopping my watch which shows 59:39 

I feel like I'm in a real slump with my pictures this week but I've decided to be OK with it.  365 days is a long time so a week of bad photos is going to have to be OK.  I had to buy a new battery for my motorcycle and it came with some assembly required.  Here is the acid draining into the battery.

I eat a fair amount of pasta when I'm at home but never order it in a restaurant.  That means that when I'm on vacation I don't eat any pasta.  Back home, and it's chicken parmesan night.

After being on vacation for a week it's hard to find something interesting to photograph at home.

This may be hard to explain but I've always liked being in different parts of the country and noticing the sports teams everyone follows. Where I live this display would be full of Chicago Bears items. 

Today we rode the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls.  Everyone gets a blue poncho because the falls kick up so much mist it's like you're in a rainstorm. Shortly after we got off the boat there was an actual rain storm and we were glad to have the ponchos. 

We didn't make any plans for today other than moving from Toronto to Niagara Falls. It's a short drive so we decided to go a bit out of the way to see a drive through animal park. It turned out to be really neat, the animals walk around freely while you are in the safety of your car. This giraffe crossed the road right in front of us. A female lion walked right behind our car too.

Today we took a double decker bus tour around the city which included a boat ride out onto the lake which is a great place for a skyline photo. 

We spent the majority of the day at the Toronto Zoo. The big deal there is the Giant Pandas. 

We saw a lot of stuff today so it's tough to choose only one photo. I have some self timer photos of all of us on my camera that I'll probably post later. For now I'm limited to posting from my phone so here is a shot from Graffiti Alley. If I was on a real computer I would provide a link to some info about graffiti alley in Toronto but for now you'll have to do a google search if you're interested.

Today we saw the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 13 - 5. It was the Blue Jays eleventh straight win. After the game we went up the CN tower. I'm not sure how to adjust the dates from the app. This is Sundays post. (update: I'm back home and have fixed the dates.)