Clouds

Saturday, 24 July 2010

During the ride from Amarillo to Dumas, I thought the clouds were interesting.

1st the small white clouds passing over the dark clouds


Then the dark clouds over the white clouds

America Supports You - Fundraising

Saturday, 3 April 2010

Mike played the bagpipe and the rest of the CAP Amarillo Squadron .


This painted eagle attracted me.


This pot can cooked 100 lbs of meat but they only cooked 50 lbs this day. We got to savor different chilis today.

Wreaths Across America (2009)

Saturday, 12 December 2009

Last year, Michael was involved in the ceremony in Yuma, Arizona. This year it was at the LLano Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas.

Read about the origin of the Wreaths Across America. I felt my eyes teary when Mike's played "Amazing Grace" on his bagpipe at the end of the ceremony. My heart went to those courageous young men and women who sacrificed their lives for freedom.

Major Michael Hull of the Tigershark Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol in Amarillo initiated the ceremony for the first time in Amarillo.


The CAP cadets practising their march and stands before the ceremony




Representatives from the 7 branches standing in line, waiting to receive/lay wreath for their respective branch


Honoring those veterans in the U.S. Army


Honoring those veterans in the U.S. Air Force


Honoring those veterans of the U.S. Coast Guards


Honoring U.S. Prisoners of War or listed as Missing In Action


Honoring those veterans in the U.S. Marine Corps


Honoring those veterans in the U.S. Navy


Honoring WW II veterans of the U.S. Merchant Marine. The monument does not represent the US. Merchant Marine.


This wreath was not part of the ceremony today. It caught my interest.



The U.S. Marine Corps Firing Party



The CAP cadets






The U.S Army flag


The U.S. Air Force Flag


The U.S. Coast Guard flag


The U.S. Marine flag


The U.S. Navy flag


The Civil Air Patrol flag



Something else got my interest - the sweat jackets worn by some of the veterans at the ceremony.

The U.S. army



The U.S. Marine



The shirt of the organiation - U.S. Veterans of Foreign Affairs



Last by not least, I thought this twin CAP cadets were cute, with their mother.

Region 1 Marching Band Contest, Amarillo, Texas

Saturday, 17 October 2009

It was a university interscholastic league region 1 marching contest held at the Dick Bivins stadium in Amarillo, Texas.

Started off with the 1st bank from Stratford High School at 10:00 am.



Followed by the Wellington High School


This was what we came to support. The band from Sunray High School where Michelle and Joshua were performing.




We left after the Sunray High School had performed. I would love to stay and watch because this is my first experience, but I have to follow the gang. I think paying $5 for admission just to enter and support our Sunray High School is a little wasteful for me. And Sunray High School was only the 3rd band playing that morning! Well, I guess the gang is used to this kind of content and I should be happy that I got that opportunity to watch 3 bands.

There were 6 classes of bands. There were 12 "A" bands, 9 "AA" bands, 3 "AAA" bands, 7 "AAAA" bands and 2 "AAAAA" bands. There are altogether 33 bands in the contest.

The 1st "A" band (Stratford HS) performed at 10:00 am and the last "AAAAA" band (Amarillo HS) was scheduled to perform at 8:30 pm.