I took a total of 530 pictures at this year's festival.

I was still

Digital Age - Fall Color Cruise & Island Festival - Project Lakewell - Teaching & Sharing Center of Grand Ledge today), and some even camped out in my back room rather than sleep in tents on the island. 

Princess Laura riverboat - J&K Steamboat - FCC&IF

I was still shooting some 35mm film in 2004, but -  Lakewell voyageur encampment. Transition year. 

As mentioned on the 1990 page, Kenn Kuester (above left and below) played the role of Father Marquette.  When Lakewell decided to discontinue doing the Fall Color Cruise & Island Festival after 2004, Kenn's determination to still do it himself was the motivating factor in our T&SC sponsorship, and later, the official establishment of Michigan Living History Encounters.  I, either on my own or as the Teaching & Sharing Center of Grand Ledge, had been helping Lakewell since the 1990 event.  So, it was a simple transition for the T&SC organization to move into the role of primary sponsor of the FCC&IF encampment.