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4th of July at the lake
4th of July at Rock Lake Wednesday, July 4, 2018 Actually my Independence HoliDAY started at 6:00 PM on Tuesday the 3rd when Phil and I locked up the shop I walked home to find Mary had already packed the car for our trek to Rock Lake. So... off we went. I expected...
Florida Keys Trip
Our Florida Trip | From Miami to Key West, FL and back | May 24-30, 2018 Thursday May 24, 2018 The day started out as usual except we’re on vacation with Royce and LeeAnn and headed for Florida. Beth showed up on time around 6:15 AM to shuttle us to the airport so we...
Tour of White Bear Lake
White Bear Lake Tour | on the Admiral D Thursday, June 14, 2018 Mary and I were invited to tour White Bear Lake on the Admiral D by and with Ben and Tina Wilson. We met up at Admiral D's (the restaurant at White Bear Lake) waiting for the boat (The...
2018 VDTA Convention
VDTA Show Convention Trip to Charlotte, NC March 22-25, 2018 Thursday March 22, 2018 The day started normally, up at 5:50 AM to the Google Home alarm. Soft and gentle. Tommy B. was on vacation so we listened to “The Best of” as it’s Spring Break. That should have...
LJ Weekend | March 2018
Lumberjack Weekend | at the J P Rohow "secret" Compound in Wisconsin March 9-11, 2018 Friday, March 9, 2018 Friday AM started fairly normal. I arose, made coffee and thought about what to pack... You see, after the "boss" granted me a day off I accepted my "BiL"...
Russ’ Ice Diving Course
The course is all inclusive. In other words, we had to do all of the work BEFORE we could dive. This included cutting the hole, removing the blocks of ice that were cut, shoveling around the hole and getting the ropes tethered to the ice so they didn’t fall into the water by mistake. A big Oops!