Catchin’ up after vacation

Posted by Greybeard on Oct 24th, 2011 in Fishing, News and weather, Shootist | 0 comments

Well,  dodging the bad weather and all,  I think I’ve got mostly everything winterized.   (For those of you who don’t know)  It get’s cold in the winter time here in Michigan,  and things that aren’t properly winterized,  usually don’t work come the next spring.   All the big items are completed,  boats, pumps, etc.,  just a few little things to do before the icebox get’s started.

I’ve tried fishing the river (AuGres),  a couple of times,  without any luck at all,  so I’m guessing that the muddy water is keeping the fish out in the Bay.   Since the boats are now all in the polebarn,  I guess all those Bay fish,  will last until next spring.

I did get out to the range the other day,  and ran 20 rounds of Black Hill match ammo through my DPMS LR-308.   All 20 rounds went without fail,  which is quite a bit different that using some of the other ammo I’ve tried.   I suppose I’m going to have to blame the ammo for frequent jams I’ve been getting.   I fired 3 rounds at 50 yards,  all which were touching nearly dead center on the bullseye.   Next I fired 8 rounds at 100 yards.  These opened up a bit,  to about the size of a tennis ball,  and still in the bullseye,  on the upper right hand portion.   Finally 9 more rounds at 200 yards.   Here’s where the trouble started.   The first few rounds were off the paper,   but I thought I saw a bullet strike high and to the right,  so I fired the last 5 rounds at the lower left hand corner of the Bullseye.    This got them on the paper,   and I had a pattern of 5 holes about the size of a baseball,   on the upper right hand corner of the target.      That finished off the box of ammo,  so I guess I’ll have to go back and finish sighting it at  200 yards.

I am wondering a bit though,,,   when I move the point of impact at 200 yards,  down and to the left about 5 inches,  how is that going to affect the point of impact at 100 yards?   It seems that it would move it out of the bullseye,   but how can the gun shoot pretty much dead on at 100,   and be 5 or 6 inches off at 200?

Bottom line,  I’ve got a way to go,  before I decide to drive up to Oscoda and try out their 600 yard range.

And for the record,  compliments of Jim Rink,  here’s a photo from Boskey Del vineyard,  looking back at where I took my picture from a week ago.

Vacation completed

Posted by Greybeard on Oct 19th, 2011 in News and weather | 0 comments

We’re baaacck!  It was a little weird being basically removed from internet access for two weeks,   but I seem to have made it though it.  ;-)

We spend way to much money,  and visited all the vineyards that we had planned to,  plus a couple of new ones.   (That was the first week)   The weather during our second week in Wolverine,  was great until the last couple of days,  when the wind kicked up violently.  On Saturday,  we had what looked like a near tornado,  completed with a wind driven hail storm.

Here’s a picture of BoskyDel’s from across Lake Leelanau,  and a few more of  Saturday’s storm building.

Say Hi, and God Bless

Posted by Greybeard on Sep 23rd, 2011 in News and weather | 1 comment

My friend Glenn,  over at http://ballseyesboomers.blogspot.com/ ,  is having some pretty serious health issues and could probably use some cheering up.   Stop by his blog and wish him well.

Another nice evening on the river

Posted by Greybeard on Sep 22nd, 2011 in Fishing, News and weather | 0 comments

This time with a bottle of Boskydel Rose du Chaunac and it was every bit as good as the other day’s Rose du Cru.   We watched the sun set with our bottle of wine,  some old world italian salami,  a couple of good cheeses, some olives and a small loaf of hard garlic infused bread.    I did a little casting for Salmon right after the sun set,  but no luck.   I did see a couple of them jump in the river though.

It’s sad to see summer leaving,  these past couple of evening sitting outside watching the sunset,  are probably some of the last few for this year.    The Sportcraft get’s pulled tomorrow,  and the Alaskan will likely stay in until near the end of October if it doesn’t get to cold.   Then,  it’s off to the depth’s of Michigan Winter.

Campground (resort) for the elite!

Posted by Greybeard on Sep 22nd, 2011 in Gripes, News and weather | 0 comments

We are getting close to taking our bi-annual trip up Leelanau way,  to visit some old friends at a few vinyards,  and generally just relax,  and enjoy the colors.   So,,  I started checking into reservations at a campground, as our home base while we tour around Leelanau Pennisula,  Old Mission Penninsula, and a little bit of Traverse City.  Well, it turns out we are no longer welcome at the Wild Cherry Resort Campground, where we stayed last year.

It seems that they have put a new policy in place:  They only accept,  27ft and larger campers,  AND tents?      Go figure?  (our 5th wheel is an economical 21 ft’er).

Well,  getting snubbed like this doesn’t sit real well with me,  so I figured I’d post this info here,  and a little review of our stay last year.

Wild Cherry Resort is a beautiful campground,  but it doesn’t have bathrooms or showers,  much less a pool as some have mentioned.   Each camper is expected to hook to permanent disposal fixtures and use only the facilities  in their camper.  We knew this last year,  a decided that the location won out in favor of the facilities.  Our campsite was beautiful,  on a paved road,  looking down off high ground,  over the rest of the campground,  and with views of surrounding hill sides, orchards,  and a small man made lake.   (I noted that in a heavy rain,  some of the lower campsites might get uncomfortable)  That said,  I’ll now list the issues we ran into.

1.  Our camp site’s power outlet did not work,  we had to borrow a long cord from the owner, and get power from an empty sight nearby.

2.  There wasn’t enough water pressure,  to take a decent shower.

3.  The camp store had little to no camping items available ,  (example,  no holding tank treatment chemicals)

4.  The closest I could squeeze to the permanent sewage fixture,  was about 3o feet,  meaning I had to drive out about 20 miles and buy another flexible sewage pipe, and connector.

Bottom line:  If your camper is more than 27 ft long and pretty new,  you will be able to camp there.    If you have a nice tent and yuppy camping gear,  you might be able to camp there.   Anyone else is out of luck!   And a bit of advice:   Before you pay,  make sure your site has power,  and you have enough sewage line to reach the hookup.

This year we’ll more than likely try Lake Leelanau RV Park,  and if it weren’t for the friends we like to visit up that way,   this would likely be our last bi-annual trip in that direction.