Jeff Gordon Wins Today!

Jeff Gordon wins at Martinsville today. He had a strong car, got out in front and kept the lead to win today. It's been a long dry spell so the victory is sweet.

The Vikings had a very exciting day today in the Metrodome against the Green Bay Packers. In the final seconds of the game the Vikes kicked 56 yard field goal to win. Maybe things will get better for the Vikings now??

Ebay

Here's a picture I took in San Jose at the Ebay buildings. It is absolutely huge! Very impressive. They even had a mobile trailer that employees could go out to, in the parking lot, and get their hair cut/styled.

Well anyway, I just listed my very first item to sell on ebay. I've bought a bunch of things over the years off ebay but I've never sold anything. I'm trying to sell the Play-Mor camper so I don't have to deal with it this winter. Not to mention it would be nice to recover some of the money I put into Jayger. It's quite an interesting process. Lets hope it sells. You can check it out on ebay buy searching "travel trailer" or item #4583929193.

Just about ready for winter....

Well things are just about ready for winter. Here's Anthony. He's all set. He was winterized last week and got shrinkwrapped this week. Since there is no garage space for him he has to sit outside all winter, thus the nice wrapping.

Jayger is about done too. I just have to pull his battery and put the tarp over him.

The Lund is done and put to bed in my garage.

The Play-Mor camper isn't done...still hoping to sell him.

The canoes were easy....just put them up on brackets in the garage.

So all in all this means one thing...no more playing this year. But winter will fly by I hope and soon I'll be dragging all of this stuff out again.

I receive my year end trophy

Yesterday I received my year end trophy from the Brainerd Lakes Bassmaster president Dan Doughty. I placed second in the non-boater catagory.












Pictured here is (back row, left to right) Reid Seevers, tied for third non-boater. Dan Doughty third place boater. Keith Tuma first place boater. Craig Paulson big bass. Chad Invalson tied for third place non boater. Second row: Jim Eide second place boater. Troy Bruns first place non boater. Myself second place non boater.

All in the name of education....

Friday night I went to Central Lakes College to "help" the Law Enforcement Students learn to recognize and test drivers that have been drinking. There were 10 of us (drunks). They gave us a breathalyzer before we started to make sure we weren't already plowed (it was 4:30 in the afternoon after all). Then after we told them our weight they told us how many drinks we could have in the next two hours. They said I could have 5 and a half. So we all drank for two hours. One guy could have 10 shots...And he did. I was on my sixth beer when they ripped it out of my hand and this is where the fun began. They gave us another breathalyzer and sent in the students. We did all the stupid human tricks. Walk, turn, count, don't fall down and most important was the eye test. They take their finger or a pen and have you follow it with your eyes. I guess that was my dead give away. Evidently when you look way out to the right, left or even way up and hold it there, you're eyes will start twitching when you're drunk. You can't control that. All thirty students would have arrested me. Ends up I was a .10. But then they gave us another breathalyzer before we left at around 9:30 and I was already down to a .06. Could have drove home legally....But they didn't let me. It was interesting to participate. I think my son, Mike, one of the students, may have been embarrassed of me. But hey, it was all in the name of education.

Indian summer???

Here it is the 14th of October and the temp never dipped below 50 last night. And it's predicted to soar up to around 65 degrees today. To top it, it's going to stay that way for another week or so. I'm loving that. I can put my long johns back in the drawer for a few more days. But here this, once they're out, they're on for eight months.

Tonight I'm going to participate in a "class project" for the Central Lakes College Law Enforcement Skills Course. It's their DUI training. Long story short....They (the cops) are going to get me drunk over the course of three hours and then they're going to send in the students and let them test us in the name of training. Don't worry mom, they're going to drive us home afterwards.

Fall is here...

Well fall is upon us. The days are getting much shorter and the nights much cooler. It's been dipping down into the 30's most evenings now. The leaves are falling fast and fearious now. It seems like you can't get them cleaned up fast enough.

And it's time to winterize all the summer toys. The campers, boats and the of course the house. Soon we'll be shoveling instead of raking. I'll need to make sure the snow blower is all tuned up and ready to go.

Then there's deer hunting. Time to get all my orange clothes out and ready. I look forward to going outside and sitting in my stand. It's a peaceful time. And if I'm lucky (and they're not) a deer will meander by.

Minnesota Wild

Hockey season is here! After a much awaited drop of the puck, we can finally see the boys skate. Minnesota kicked off thier season this past Wednesday Oct 5th against Calgary by a big win of 6 to 3. The next game is tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, at Phoenix playing against the infamous coach, Wayne Gretzky and his Coyotes.

Although I love to watch the Wild and cheer loud and hard for them, my heart still belongs to the Colorado Avalanche. They lost their first regular season game against Edmonton and will play again this Saturday in Dallas against the Stars (yes...formally known as our own Minnesota North Stars).

So here's to skating hard and swift and to bleeding red! Cheers.

Another Bday gone by....

Thanks to everyone that showed up at my birthday gathering. A real special thanks to Bill and Shirley Bruers that drove all the way down from Bemidji in their 1940 Ford. They made it a real fun party. They even stayed the night in Jayger....his first overnight guests.

Cheers...

Anybody with nothing better to do this Saturday night should swing by my place anytime after 6:30 in celebration of another year gone by. I'll have some beer on ice and brats on the grill. And if you're any good, and feel so inclined, feel free to sing Happy Birthday to me while your here. Not you Brian Moon....no singing.

Pictures of "Playboy"

Here are some photo's of the camper I have for sale. It's a 1984 19 footer. It's completely self contained (toilet, shower). It has a great frig that runs on electric or propane. Furnace, stove and oven. The sofa makes out in to a double bed. The table makes out into a double bed and there is a bunk that folds down over the sofa that kids could sleep on. If you know anyone looking for a little camper please direct them to this site so they can take a peek at it. Have them give me a call if they're interested.

Should be packing for Talladega

Each year for several now, my friend Jerry Katz tells me that for my birthday he's going to get me into the Talladega race. Jerry lives literally minutes from the track. The race is on my actual birthday. What a guy. He brags a bit about being in radio and knowing a lot of people in the business. According to him he could probably get tickets from one of these associates free. Well as the race draws near I haven't heard from ole Jerry in quite some time. My guess is either he forgot, doesn't know anyone in radio or has decided I wasn't worth the trouble. So I won't be packing for Talladega....again.

2nd on Cedar

Arnie and I took 2nd on Cedar yesterday. It rained pretty hard about half the day. The temp was somewhere in the 50's. At one point I couldn't feel my fingers anymore. At noon we only had three fish in the boat. I had two in the box, Arnie one and I had lost two....one pretty big one. But then the rain stopped and we put the other five in the box, and even culled a couple. Then the last two hours we didn't catch a thing. Keith and Craig won with 18lbs 5 oz. We were quite a bit behind them with 15lbs 10 1/2 oz. The rest of the field was pretty close. As a matter of fact third place was only 1 1/2 ounces lighter than us.

Newest Addition

Meet Jayger, my newly aquired camper. He's 24 feet long and loaded. AC, furnace, fridge, freezer, microwave, stove, oven, cd stereo and full bath.

I still have to sell my other camper, Playboy. Playboy's a good ole camper too but Jayger is bigger and better. And isn't that what it's all about? Bigger and better?

Connecticut's Season Ends in Sacramento

The Sun led by six at halftime, but couldn't fight off Sacramento's second-half rally in Tuesday's 62-59 road loss in Game 4 of The Finals. Asjha Jones had the hot hand for Connecticut, dropping in a game-high 21 points and Katie Douglas scored 15. Nykesha Sales missed a game-tying 3-point attempt in the closing seconds for the Sun, which lost the series 3-1.

Until next season....bye bye Blaze.

Well????

Well there's no well. But not from a lack of trying. This past weekend Dave got the jackhammer out and look at us go. We jackhammered that thing to pieces, literally. Long story short: we jackhammered, broke the pipe, dug a big huge hole around the pipe to fix it, jackhammered some more, tried to pump water (no luck), jackhammered some more, broke the pipe again, buried the whole thing and cried the blues. Now she's nothing more than a dry abandoned well. Dave said they may try again next year. But for the time being they'll still be carrying water to Thor.

Friday night the boys from Benson came up to work on trails over the weekend. Brian and Scott Nissen brought their dogs, Katie and Jake. Makita brought his two dogs, Sadie and Baker and of course there was Maggie and Billy. There were almost more dogs (6) than people (8). Crazy.

Friday night Makita was presented his beautiful new hat that Ellie brought back from Connecticut. Dad Andy gave it up just so Makita could have it. As you can see it is very stylish and fits him very well.