Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: rafters

We ate at Lansing Mall's new Lone Star Steak House to celebrate Joan's birthday. Decent food (we both had prime rib with garlicky potatoes), good service, and a really impressive room. And an old friend. The gentleman standing in this photo is Tommy, who often waited on us at another, now-defunct, restaurant. Good to see him. All in all, though, I'd rather have been in Traverse City, our usual birthday haunt.

A view from one of the overlooks the National Park's constructed near West Virginia's New River Bridge. The rafts on the river are about to land, as the lower New River raft trips generally end at the bridge(s). While they don't show well, there are CSX lines on both sides of the river at this point. The haze is normal. That's the Fayette Station Bridge. The old road across the gorge begins (speaking loosely) near where I took the picture, jackknifes down the gorge literally beneath the viewing station, crosses the river, and makes a similar trip up the other side. Much of this trip is now restricted to one-way traffic, but until 1977 this skinny road carried vehicles in both directions across the gorge.

Cam Gibson beats a bunt to first base.... The first baseman's Zack Belanger of the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. The Rafters beat Cam's Battle Creek Bombers by a 4-3 score. Original photograph here . 569 game pix here .

Wisconsin Rapids Rafters outfielder bats against the Battle Creek Bombers in yesterday's game at CO Brown Stadium. The Rafters won, 4-1. The BC catcher's Kade Scivicque. Original photograph here . 441 (437?) game photos here (we lost some in translation somewhere as I actually shot 442).

Northwoods League action in Battle Creek's CO Brown Stadium. Wheeler's batting for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters; Drew Carlile is the BC Bombers catcher. Original photograph here . 425 game photographs here .