We had a very relaxing weekend.  The bed and breakfast turned out to be a wonderful place.   Very nicely decorated and hospitable.  We walked a lot around Saugatuck, MI and spent part of one day in Holland, MI.     We had some great micro brews and great food.   And spent quality time with MJ and John.   We had a lot of fun.   Late evenings we played some games back at the bed and breakfast.   Weather turned out well, we had some rain driving each way but not bad.  And Friday was an OK day for walking around and Saturday was even better!  We made it home late afternoon Sunday.  I Pass is great,  I think we saved a lot of drive time because of it.  And the GPS is a must have from now on!

So we hope everyone had as nice a weekend.   November they say was one of our warmest on record,   so guess what we need to get back to average?  It sounds like we will have it this coming weekend.  In the meantime enjoy!

Yes, that is a turkey.  Out in back of the house.  There actually are about a dozen we have seen.   Or maybe the others are already getting ready for the table!   I just happened to have the camera ready when this one came around.

Actually almost Thanksgiving means it is hunting season!  Noel Andrew and Lou are already at Fort McCoy tonight,  and I think Tiff.   I have to make my appearance at work tomorrow but will leave early to drive in the afternoon daylight.    I drove over last weekend and did some scouting,  the signs look good.   So now the deer just need to co-operate!  It sounds like we will have good weather most of the time I am there.   So it will be nice sit in the woods.  I can’t wait to get there!

Then it will be home,  unpack and pack for Michigan and a few more relaxing days.   This is a good time of the year.   Sounds like the Thanksgiving weekend will be much colder though,  I could do without that.    But it soon will be December, and then we get a few days in Florida to look forward to.

So everyone have a good weekend,  Up here in Wisconsin it would be a good weekend to put the outside decorations up.  I’ll wait for colder weather.

Hey, Happy Birthday Bro!       A nice weekend,  November so far is a pretty good weather month.   We were home this weekend and accomplished a lot.   A lot of cleaning and organizing on Saturday.   And I took the new Pontoon out for a ride to make sure everything was working well after I had the marina put the other engine on.  Everything ran great!    So then the pontoon back to the driveway and it is now emptied, cleaned, and all wrapped up for the winter.

This morning I headed over to Fort McCoy, the area we usually hunt was open for scouting and I wanted to take advantage of it.   A number of changes on the fort,  I think due to all the training and more federal money coming in!   But our hunting area looks good, so will be heading back there next weekend!   I got my morning exercise walking up hills most of the morning.   It seems there are more ups than downs!

And our Christmas tree is up.  Chris takes the weekend I leave to decorate it.  So a busy weekend coming up, hunting for me, then home for a little work and then off to Milwaukee then Saugatuck, MI.  I’ll hope for a positive week at work while I wait for the weekend.    I hope you all enjoy!

The good news is we have been having great weather,  better than September I think.  We have had some sunny days and temperatures in the 50’s and 60’s.  This is good.   And it is so nice to have the nice sunny days, there had been a long stretch without it.   We know its temporary but you can’t get much better for November.   We seem to keep busy and are getting things around the yard ready for winter.   Of course with the sun setting early there is not much I can accomplish outside after work.   But we are getting there.   And this coming weekend we plan to be home,  which we have not had much of on weekends.  It is fun to get to Milwaukee and see friends but good to have some days at home.   And this will be the only weekend home for me this month.  Next week is the deer hunt, and the weekend after that we will be in Southwest Michigan.

We made it to the St Pius auction this last Saturday night, and found some ‘bargains’ as usual.   And happy that a group of us bought Father Bob’s bar b que again.   A few people thought we should give someone else a chance,   well they always have a chance to outbid us!  We had a good time and Steve ‘the homer’ True is always an entertaining auctioneer.

Before we left for Milwaukee Saturday Chris and I did some shuffling of boats.   The Enders/Bauer partnership has bought another pontoon.   Harlan and Barb decided to sell their boat and trailer.  Their boat has been nicely taken care of, and we would not have had a trailer without theirs!   But we put a newer engine on Ender’s boat a couple of years ago, and Saturday we took both boats in to a marina in Oshkosh to have them swap engines for us.   And yesterday after work we brought them home.    On the way there I got in another boat ride, taking the old boat by water.   But the marina let us use their pontoon trailer to get it home. I actually would have liked to bring it back on the water, with the nice calm days,   but we just did not have enough time to get it all done before sunset.  So they are home, and if the weather turns real nice on Saturday, who knows, the new boat might get one more ride.   And Oh by the way, we have a boat for sale.

So work remains busy for me and the days go quickly.  Our plant could use more volume but my piece of the world stays busy.  And the evenings go even faster.  Tomorrow night our homebrew club executive board meets here,  lot’s of business gets conducted (I have some new beers to try).

So everyone have a great week!

We are in November, month of early sunsets,  football, hunting, Thanksgiving, colder weather, snow, ice.   I thought the world series used to be October,  but I guess world series , basketball, hockey.    We had a pretty nice weekend,  not raining at least.   Friday night down to Milwaukee for Al’s party, thanks Al.  Home on Saturday afternoon and accomplished a lot around the yard.  Between Saturday and Sunday took the shovel to the garden and worked in lot’s of leaves.  Too wet to roto till so the shovel it was.  It does do a good job.  And of course picking up lot’s of leaves to work in.  Sunday the wind was calm and I had a chance to burn lot’ of brush that had been waiting for the rain and north wind to stop.   So it felt good to catch up a bit,  of course I still feel it today!

And the road was finished today,  of course it was dark when I came home,  but it sure felt nice to drive on.  And no Craig I don’t have to clean snow off all of that,  but I have been known to go pretty far!  I did have the ATV out this weekend to move the pontoon trailer around.  That is part of the next weeks project, we bought Harlan and Barb’s pontoon boat and trailer, and am going to have engines swapped between pontoon boats.   So need to get them both to the marina.    And stock club in Milwaukee on Wednesday.  Next Saturday in Wauwatosa for St Pius auction.  So a full week ahead.  Tonight do some on line reading on wi fi routers, see some of the football game, and rest my shoulder! (other than a beverage or two)

(do these guys look like a southern road crew or what?)