Time to empty my camera....Enjoy

Well I thinks its time for a post so that you know thyat I can still publish pictures without fish in them. I have some action shots taken during the CHS 2006 prom, and then some family shots. Alyssa and Donovon and the kids came home this weekend. D's dad Ted has terminal cancer and a visit was needed by all the family, ours prayers are with the family.

Unfortunately they are up during a week that they're predicting rain and cool weather, our spring has actually been better than what they have been seeing in California. Maybe the weatherman is wrong, hey it can happen! Anyway the visit to Minnesota will be appreciated by everyone.

Two weeks till the fishing openner and it's wader fishing time.....I can hardly wait. Again I hope the weatherman can give us a great forcast because the fishing should be great this year.

:-))

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Bella showing off her new braces, great smile kiddo!

 

The boys!!

 

The grandkids sitting for a moment for pictures. Cade, Bella, Teague and Griffin had a great evening and a morning of play and rough housing.

 

Jackie leaving the other half behind....sniff!

 

The prom chairperson showing a youngster how it was done back in ????, anyway that finger shaking is probably a threat!!

 

PROM GOERS HAVING A GREAT TIME!!

 

The brains of the prom festivities are Jackie LaCoe and Cindy Rice, the time spent by these two were endless. Job well done!!

 

An arched cobbled entryway into the Music Of The Night prom theme.

 

A Mediterrenien villa mural decorates one wall of the prom.

 

An evening mood for Paris on the range.

 

This is the main theme setting of the CHS prom, Music Of The Night, a Phantom of the Opera display.

 

This lighted Eifel Tower display will look elegant during the dimly lit prom.

 

There's a mask for each of the couples at the CHS 2006 prom.

 

My New (Used) Boat

Well I brought my boat home on the 5th of April and started to figure out a plan to install the electronics that I had purchased. Once I looked at how the boat was laid out I found that there was very little storage. The first day I just sat in my new seats and tried to picture where I wanted everything. I guess this is called the planning stage. Then I brought out the tools and started creating a mess which the pictures below will show.

After a week of work and rework I have everything in place without drilling too many holes. I am now excited to get onto the water so that I can try everything out and find the numerous mistakes that I'm sure I made. They would have to be major errors to get me to start over, it will work the way it is ....FOR SURE!!

It looks like a number of lakes will be open by the middle of next week and then onto a lake.

Stay tuned for updates,

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Another fine mess I've gotten myself into!

 

In this mess of tools and wires there is organization and a plan, I really did know what I was doing at this point.

 

At the bottom of the picture I built corner speaker boxes for the radio, scattered around are the tools of the trade. I guess woodbutcher is the trade I belong to...HEHE.

 

A week of working on the boat and I have new electronics and the wires hidden and out of the way.

 

Rainy Fishing

Well the trip to Rainy River fishing was not GOOD!! After 2 days of constant rain the river looked like chocolate milk in some places and where you thought it looked clear you could only see 10" before the jig vanished. We stood at the landing and boat after boat had no fish and usually no bites. We talked to 3 DNR officers and none had seen a fish on Saturday. We fished for about 4 hours in 35 degree temps and caught 3 fish...I GUESSED WE SMOKED THEM!! The trip after that got ugly so the trip home was looked forward to. Hopefully our next trip will be better.

Ice fish if you dare or wait till open water,

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