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Well, having had the last week and a half off work, today I am dealing with the reality that I have to return to the grind tomorrow. I spent a few days in the UP with Matt hunting at the Sand Ridge deer camp (one 6-point taken, no one else saw anything
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Over the weekend in Traverse City, I was able to get out and spend a little time on the river, and got my first trout with a fly rod. Nothing huge, but it is a trout. Now to work on that casting technique...
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I couldn't think of a good post title, so I borrowed one from Bob Marley. A few notes of recent activity... Last week, while Jodi and the kids were in Traverse City, I ran coax and telephone wires to our master bedroom so that we could move the baby
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After a somewhat long week at work last week (moreso because of content than hours, honestly), I got home somewhat late on Friday. I was able to relax and read (the new Harry Potter) for a bit, and tuckered out somewhat early for me. Saturday, Jodi took
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As a pre-camping gathering, my parents and Val and Joe converged on Chuck and Jenice's place this weekend for a little social time. Ben and his girlfriend Jaimie were also going to be there, and there was talk of taking Dad fishing, so I decided to
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After a dinner with some friends a while back, we decided that the two families should try a camping trip to one of the campgrounds on Lake Michigan (after Jodi and I extolled the virtues of our favorite campground -- Lundington State Park). Fast forward
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Last weekend, Matt and I did a little backpacking at North Manitou Island. Much fun. Thursday, Jodi and I loaded up the kids and dog and drove to her parents' place near Traverse City and got settled in. I still had some errands to run, so after we
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I have been really bad about posting anything lately, I know. We got Dad out on the pier last Tuesday, and he seemed to really enjoy it. Apparently he has been in a bit of a funk since then (hopefully not because of it), but the therapists told Mom that
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The last few weeks have gone by very quickly, and I have been pretty delinquent in posting. I've made a post or two to my forums, but as you can see, the blog has been pretty quiet. Dad is doing somewhat better, on a couple of counts. First his attitude/demeanor
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These are cool A tarpon jumps clear into a boat... and A hammerhead shark attacks a tarpon while a fisherman is trying to fight it.
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Dave and Dad came down for the weekend, and we got out fishing both Saturday and Sunday. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. We were on the lake just a bit after 6 on Saturday, and headed out to where Dad had heard the fish were biting. We've got all
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Well, unfortunately, this morning, Jodi isn't feeling well, so I am trying to work from home. I am sitting at our kitchen table, Joshua at my left snorting like a maniac pig, and Caleb at my right slurping down fruit punch/juice and laughing at Joshua's
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Jodi and I decided to venture to Grand Rapids for the weekend so she could try to get her engagement ring fixed and I could look at guitars with Matt. Unfortuanately, the jewelry store where I got the ring was closed all weekend for the Memorial Day holiday,
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Well, Friday, I got a steelhead, so the trip was woth it from that standpoint. On Saturday, we were on the pier by about 5ish, and it was blowing and raining like crazy. We stood out there until about 9:30 when we finally gave up and packed it in. I caught
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We did get out Saturday morning. We got to the pier around 5 AM, and had our first fish within an hour. I ended getting one more, and missing another. Dad got a second and we headed home when the waves started threatening to wash completely over the pier.
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