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On Friday night, we had five cars watching the show when it stopped at 10:30pm.  So we decided to expand the hours our Christmas Lights Display will run in order to accommodate those taking time to stop. The new hours are:

5:30pm to 11:00pm
Every Night Through New Year’s Eve

If we see a problem during the week, we may limit the hours to avoid causing a problem for those driving on Fontana, as well as being conscious of our neighbors.

Thanks to all who have stopped by, and for those making a donation to Heartland Habitat for Humanity. It is a very worthy cause.

To all who came out on our first night between 6 and 9, I apologize for the transmitter being off the air. It is on a timer to turn on at 5:30pm, but it failed, so there was no music to listen to until we returned from Thanksgiving dinner. It’s fixed, and I hope you return to really see the full show in action.

Last weekend was a great weekend to hold the first HAM-PLUS in the KC area. Thirty-two persons attended, coming from as far as Alexandria, LA. It was amazing. Pictures of the event are now posted on the HAM-PLUS website. Here is a group picture at the end of the day:

Below are links to five of  the presentations:

Working with Coroplast - PPTX file

Working with Coroplast - PPT file

DC Boards & MR16 LEDs – PPTX file

DC Boards & MR16 LEDs - PPT file

DC Boards & MR16 LEDs – PDF file

Leaping Arches – PPTX file

Leaping Arches – PPT file

Z-Tree Construction – PPTX file

Z-Tree Construction - PPT file

Mega Tree - PPTX file

Mega Tree – PPT file

Mega Tree - PDF file

There are videos linked to several of the presentations.  Instructions to see them are found within each presentation. You can save them to your computer or view them. They are big files, requiring some time to download. There is an option in the Coroplast presentation to viewing video on Vimeo.  This option will be added to the other presentations as time allows.

Tyson’s presentation taking the perfect picture and video of your display can be found on his website, G-Town Christmas

We have taken our first cruise on with Disney Cruise Line on the Disney Magic, February 7-14 to the Western Caribbean. There were nine of us. Mary and me, the parents/grandparents, our kids, Tracy and Brett, the kids, their spouses, and the three grandkids, ages 10, 8 and 5. Here is a quick review:

Airport Pickup
Our travel agent recommended using a private van vs. riding on the Disney bus for the nine of us to transfer from the Orlando airport to the ship and back. She made the arrangements with Lake County Shuttle, Inc.. When we got all of our luggage together, called Raphael, since drivers can’t hang out curb side, and he told us to walk across the street to the Dollar rental area. He was there when we arrive, packed up in our own 15-passenger van, and we were off.

Embarkation
Arrived about 2pm at the Disney Cruise Terminal in Port Canaveral, FL. Gave our luggage to be delivered on-board to porters and tipped them. Walked into the terminal about 100 yards from street and went through an airport type security. Took escalator up to check-in area and was immediately helped. They had about 12 open “windows” for check-in. Grandkids went to separate area for Kid’s Club sign-in (Tracy had pre-registered them) where they received wrist bands and parents received pagers. Once check-in, went to another area for room card and to have picture taken.

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The rain today caused several of our circuits to blow, so there won’t be a show tonight. We hope that we can get things dried out tomorrow so the show will run tomorrow night, but be sure to check here before driving over. Sorry for any inconvenience. Mother nature has struck again.