Tacking on the old blog

Last year it was off for 30 days, this year will be BWCA 2009
Starting Aug. 7th a new blog with some new fun.



Max

Canoe in the Chicago river?

Sunday Oct 5th was the Flat water classic on the Chicago river.
We put in by lane Tech High school and paddled all the way to 18th
street in China town. Comes out to about 7.25 miles of very diverse scenery.
They say there was about 200 canoe or kayaks on the water and I have to admit it
looked pretty cool! The trip ended at Ping Tom park with bands,food and cheering. We ended up finishing in a pretty good time and just beat the rain.

After the canoe race it was off to meet Mike at Morgans on Maxwell st. to watch the Bears game and get ready to go to the Sox game. Rain stopped just in time for the Sox game and they won! A must win game Vs. the Devil Rays.

Anyway, for anyone with some free time think about putting in on the Chicago river for a fun day of exercise.

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Sox Win !!

It was a well pitched game by John Danks! Somehow I knew the first team to score was going to win the game! Solid defence timely home run by Jim Thome and an awesome fall night. This is the first time in MLB history that a team ( The Sox ) have beaten 3 different teams in three different nights. (Cleavland,Detroit,Minnesota) Everyone wore black to the game and it looked awesome,you saw a sea of black and it made peoples faces jump out at you. The crowd was into the game like they normally are on the south side. Anyway a great win but now its off to Tampa bay.

Water Dog II

Boomer is no Angus in the water but he is coming along.
We went to the beach today and had a good time. Met a nice girl also, I will keep you updated on that. Anyway, My brother Mike tells a pretty good Angus story when we were up at lake Vermilion. Angus went into the lake after some ducks. I was not aware of this but I guess ducks will lure a predator out as far as they can to try and drown them? Mike had a hard time getting Angus to come back and he ended up swimming out to bring him back. Today at the lake Boomer was trying to return 2 balls at a time like Angus used to do but could not get two in his mouth at once. He ended up corralling them against his chest and pushing them in as he swam. All in all a great day at the beach! Get out and enjoy, there are not many left!

Wiilliam Perry

Many have heard about my new fridge, well its not so new any more. I guess its about 3 years old now but compared to my old one with the door that made the click sound when you opened it this is still new. As you can see by the picture I don't keep much in it, this is really pretty full compared to most times. The one thing I would like to point out is the owners manual in the lower left crisper. Been there since day one for those of you that doubt me.

First day back

Well, it was a busy day. I got tired about 1030, I'm never able to sleep well the night before a return from a long time off.
I'm glad I missed this past weekend, I guess with the three days of rain( 7 plus inches ) terminal one turned into a lake. last time something like this happened was 1987. So before it happens again it should be 2028 and I will have been retired for a few years. One of the larger issues was water getting into fuel pits. This is a major deal for airplanes and to ensure we don't use bad fuel there are all types of checks to ensure all water has been removed before it gets to the aircraft. It slows down the whole operation but safety first always. Even though the worst was over today was catch up, it still beats you up a little. I can just hope things are more back to normal tomorrow. I'm sure it will take me 2 or 3 days to get back in the swing of working an operational environment. My brain has been resting and takes time to get going.

Last day of vacation

Well, here it is the last Day of my vacation. I have to admit it did not turn out as I planned it. I guess they never really do but this one was way off the mark. If I could have a redo I would have stayed in the BWCA a little longer and done some more hiking with Boomer, he really likes to hike. I would not have gotten caught in the construction zone, o.k. maybe I should have just slowed down! I will in the future for sure. Ottawa was awesome, not much I would have changed there, maybe if I could have stopped the rain. California I will visit for fun, it was nice to see everyone but next time it will be for something happy. Boomer and I were on our coffee walk this morning, I guess I just got tired of waiting for the rain to end so we just headed out. By the time I got home I was drenched! I had to put Boomer in the basement to dry off. Much like my run in Ottawa a walk in the rain is not all bad, its kinda a strange thing. Everyone else is running from the car to the house or a business to a car. Boomer and I were just walking in the rain, its kind of relaxing once you give it to the fact you are going to get wet.
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