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.

It’s still a ways off, but not to early to get in the spirit.

Posted by Greybeard on Sep 20th, 2011 in News and weather | 0 comments

Halloween that is.  :-)

This was the last half of  a glass of Boskydel,   Rose du Cru.   An excellent wine for sitting on the riverside,  watching the sun set.   We plan to get up Traverse way to see Bernie,  in a couple of weeks.

And a little more evidence of Salmon in the AuGres River!

Yes, there are still Salmon in the AuGres River

Posted by Greybeard on Sep 19th, 2011 in Fishing | 0 comments

Sept. 19th at around 4 pm on a warmish afternoon, with sprinkling rain.   Using a dimpled chrome and silver spoon, casting off the back of my docked boat.  He hit it Hard,  and fought like a demon!

Not as big as the 36 inch Coho my wife caught in the river a few years back,  but still,  a nice fish

Finally, a live XOOM!

Posted by Greybeard on Sep 19th, 2011 in Technology and Music | 0 comments

The cord adapter for the Xoom finally arrived.  I plugged it in and in a couple of hours it had a full charge.   I’d like to do a full review,,  but there’s still a bit of a learning curve for something that someone tried so hard to make foolproof.  :-(

I’m not exactly a keyboard and text kind of guy,   but I am pretty attached to my keyboard and full administrative rights.   The Xoom is more than 50% for my wife,  who is a bit of a ludite,  and she is spending the majority of the time on it.   Often asking me questions about how to do this or that,  and of course,  I can’t see her screen,  and wouldn’t be familiar with it if I could see it.   I’m a little nervous about all the automatic sync’ing it does,  and the way it seems to wants to stay logged in to every site you go to,   but it is fun to play with.

I’ll do more of a review once I get a better feel for it.