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04 januari Hurry Springtime - and other idle thoughts...The days are getting longer!Hurry Springtime! Click for hundreds January 4, 2009Even here in sunny California the world was covered in ice at sunrise today. We had about as cold a morning as we get in the Central Valley, just 27°. As I write this first entry of 2009, my mind is on warmer days and getting my new North River rigged for pleasure. It's been so cold and foggy lately that the boat projects continue to sit on the workbench in the garage. I have yet to install the am/fm radio, the xm radio, the vhf radio and their antennas. I do have the transducer mounted now, but still have to mount the fishfinder/chartplotter. I also have to get the wiring and plugs installed for the downriggers. As I've often said, one must enjoy the endless projects fishing and boating entail. And I do enjoy them - on warmer days. I reached the ripe old age of 65 the day after Christmas. The family and a few friends joined with me yesterday for a belated birthday party. We pigged out on KFC since it was MY birthday - and I could name the main course. I love that stuff, but with my heart history and rotund figure, I just can't eat KFC very often.  Here my lovely wife presents a gift at the party, a paper weight that says "65 ain't old - if you are a rock!" Oh... and by the way, it's pretty obvious that I have got to go on a New Years diet! This is a favorite comic, Pickles, and how life really is at 65:  I'm trying my best to get all the readers of the old site over here to the new site. I have placed links on most of the old pages, leading to this site. I had 115 or so hits on this site last week, a big drop in normal traffic. What I must do to get the traffic back up is to GO FISHING! But in this cold weather, I'm staying home by the fire. I suppose I'll have the boat ready for fishing and will get out on the water sometime in mid to late February. Thanks for stopping by! Please leave a comment below - or sign the guest book if you are so inclined. 'Til next time... December 29, 2008 Christmas is behind us, New Years will soon be a memory and the days are now getting longer. The change is imperceptible, but nonetheless we are inching toward springtime! Gosh, I can't wait! These cold days take all the pleasure out of "outdoors" for me. Even February will be an improvement as we get a few nice days then, and I'll likely be back out on the river during those nice days, trying for some more sturgeon!  Meanwhile, the new North River waits patiently in her boathouse for springtime, too. I have a lot of projects to get done - and have begun them already. The new transducer is now attached to the transom. I will install the fishfinder/GPS/chartplotter next, then the three radios: AM/FM, XM, and VHF - all of which are removable and stored indoors when the boat isn't in use. I also need new docklines, fenders, a coat of SharkHide for the aluminum hull to keep her shiney, and finally, a spare tire for the trailer. And I'm sure there are other things that will have to be done before my new baby gets her bottom wet. Sometime during all the projects I'll have to break away for a winter-time run to the sunshine aboard my motorhome. Most years I get away for about two weeks to Arizona or SoCal - just to get a good thaw during these cold days of winter. I'll be posting about that trip on my "CoachPotato"site. Hurry Springtime! ReactiesMeld je aan bij Windows Live ID om een reactie toe te voegen (als je Hotmail, Messenger of Xbox LIVE gebruikt, heb je al een Windows Live ID). Aanmelden Heb je geen Windows Live ID? Maak er nu een aan Links naar je weblogWeblogs die naar dit item verwijzen
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