Hello and welcome to David Tobias'  home page   newest content in purple

email me : detobias@mtu.edu

where is homeLake Linden, on the Keweenaw Peninsula, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula    where is that?

    This page is mainly a repository for photographs ... thru pictures I define part of myself ...
    places I have been, things I do, things I like, humorous images, what else.. ?

pictures of  places I have been    to help remember them and to share the images

        Hungarian Falls in Tamarack City, the shorter 'upper falls' during the spring melt-off;   cranking flow
        lucky me!!  the view from my office window  Mt Ripley ski hill    Mt Ripley waits for snow    Mt. Ripley with snow!!
        skiing at the Porcupine Mountain with Stacey, Jim A and Steve P  beautiful day on the hill
        January 2002 vacation in Cozumel (seperate page) Mexico 1/02
        May 2003 vacation to Mexico City (page not updated) Mexico 5/03
        December 2003 vacation to Acapulco and south   UPDATED!!    Mexico 12/03
        cliff jumping at Sturgeon River gorge Summer '04   with my 'bro Steve  

pictures of me

         David does dishes    dressed up   stressed? me?   with Lily   with Marlee  60s flashback   birthday '03
          NEW PIX     red hat    ice caves    icy close up    Canal Run '05    Keweenaw Star '04 
      
hey we're famous!  Stacey & I in the Houghton paper (but they got our names wrong)  Tech Trail run Summer '01

pictures of pets I have

        1. Marlee:  wonderful Great Dane  Marlee with toy   sleeping dog    glowing eyes    Stacey & Marlee   Stacey & Marlee 2
        2. Calico - almost 20 years old now! she is aptly named Psycho  rubbing noses with marlee    in the bathroom
        3. "what about Sid?"  yes I still have the devil-cat, the Manx  Sid laying   more Sid laying    all he does is lay around
        4. Lily:  "giveaway" section of the local paper, Thanksgiving '03; sadly had to be put down Christmas '04  brindle stripe   2 half-sisters   tiger

 in 2001, my first (and only) Marathon!!  Ashland, WI.  "Whistle Stop"  10/13/01.  finished in  4:59.46 !!
        the night before     oh look! cold and rainy morning      at the start, still cold and rainy
         Stacey's friend Leal      and they're off      nice pack      a litle bit later      smiling still- must be early
         near the end   david after the finish    happy trio     now we're hungry     more marathon pix

Cars and Motorcycles (moved to its own page)
   
miscellaneous images    some interesting, some otherwise relevant or not
        is it a wolf ?  snapped these north of Crystal Falls on Hwy 141  lupus 1     lupus 2
        from summer 2002 a well circulated picture of the     Montana fires
        careful where you walk around these parts  Bear Pooh
        only in Wisconsin  Major 'Dick' Bong

pictures related to  school / work

    1. the building where I work behind the Dow bldg;      Beautiful Morning   taken from the 9th floor of Dow: fog over Portage Lake
    2. sampling air over Lake Superior on the EPA R/V Lake Guardian  sampling system    calm lake   Pat & I on the mast    me on the mast    at Tech setting up
    3. experimental setup used to measure particle sizes   9th floor Air lab
    4.  Nationally Ranked environmental engineering program  #13 (tied with Florida?) hey I'm in that department! (link may be down)
    5.  Water Chemistry sampling field trip  Spring '00; click on my name "David Tobias" --also on "temperatures"
    6. Summer Grad Student softball leauge - fun stuff:   2006 Team   2004 Team  
                from 2003:   Team   riding the pine  angela & chandra   david fielding  dan R fielding
                from 2002:  lauren at bat    david at bat    doug at bat

a bunch of pix of the "new" house  aka Pine St.

bought this gem in July '01 and there was lots of work to do!!    so much fun,  including electrical mess
     side lot   coal burning monster   wringer washer   a garage too!     stacey working upstairs  back of house

Moved in, November '01;  had most of the work done BEFORE we moved.  Big project!!    may as well stay here for a while...
    more  pix - water main work     updated electrical     Stacey working more      living room before   another side view
    huge back deck - Dan-o working   construction detail
    2002 work:   new roof on house, front and back porches, and garage (I only fell off once)   stripping it down   new back porch roof

various interior pix  refinished kitchen floor  new cedar closet   bedroom  antique kitchen stove  colorful bathroom
            another bathroom shot   corner of living room   other corner of livng room   other end of living room
            Stacey & Marlee in living room

other houses I own
           
1st Street as purchased    1st Street with siding 
           
6th street porch construction    6th Street with siding    6th interior, side bedroom 
            2nd Street aka 'the Victorian'  {lived here '99-'01}   sun through the colored glass   
fall in Lake Linden   woodwork and radiator      

stuff for sale
   antique china Enasco brand, mini plate  plate view2  plate view3   plate view4    plate view5  plate view6  plate view7
    antique trinket box "Vcagco" brand, Japan     box view 2   box view 3   box view 4   box view 5  box view 6   box view 7
    SOLD! 4/06 1983 Yamaha Vision XV550 (ahead of its time: 4valve/cylinder V-twin, balance shaft, shaft drive, mono-shock)  Vision1   Vision2   Vision3
    local junkyard Mopar stuff    turbo dodge

humorous stuff      {provided by friends}

    1. from Rob, what your cat does when you're not home: spoiled cat
    2. from Kathy, an anti-terrorism picbad terrorist
    3. from Rob, website with amusing computer humor useful computer features
    4. from Doug, video clip featuring smiling coed, large dog, old lady granny
    5. from Pat, this video clip is too funny...   man versus bear
    6. from Ke Li - "The Man Song"

links of interest   {some have good information, some are interesting}

    my department of study at school  Civil & Environmental Engineering
    lots of UP links:  pasty.com  (even has a Lake Linden link!!)
    the Keweenaw Rules!!  click on "summer sports meccas"
    UP site full of links:  UP Blue
    retro stuff  (they have Kimba the White Lion!)  yesterdayland

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