September 18, 2011

Yesterday Artoo and I made it out to the Indiana Dunes State Park for the Midwest R2-D2 Builder's gathering.

The weather was GREAT and the State Park was just beautiful! I am so glad that I went. I had a chance to meet some new people and also got a rare opportunity to take some great photos that will help in some modifications and improvements I would like to make on my Artoo.

We hung out and had lots of time for chat and many Park employees and others came by for a look at these strange "hikers".

Today it is supposed to rain...and I am REALLY glad for that as it will force me to stay inside and do some things. One of the things I need to do is clean Artoo...

man..

has he gotten filthy and weathered from the last events he has done. And, I noticed that I lost a piece off of one of his left battery box that I can't replace at this time, so I am going to have to remove one off the right side to make him even again.

I did a little walking up a huge sand hill at the park before leaving...but since I was standing for several hours prior...my poor broken foot was complaining the whole time. I would have liked to do a little more hiking around since it was such a nice day, but hit the road for home instead.