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Quick Trip

So life has been kicking our butt a bit, so getting up to the property has been challenging the past two years. I thought semi-retirement would afford me more time to do work up north, but sometimes life just won't cooperate. We finally had a weekend open, and planned to take a one-nighter trip. We had a bunch of "stuff" in our garage at home that needed to get up to the property. Additionally, I am working on the solar system for the utility building, but had many of my crim

At the property for 7 out-of 8 days

I followed up my trip from a few days ago with this trip that started on Wednesday. This put me on-site 7 out-of 8 days.....time that I had not been able to do at any time in the past. Dave has been with us on this adventure for eleven years now. He and his wife recently moved from their home in northern Illinois to a new home in southern Indiana. This means instead of a 4-hour trip up to the property, it is now a 10-hour trip for him. You can't imagine my excitement when Dav

Family

We were excited when our daughter, her husband and my grandson wanted to take a trip up to the property. With both of our children having babies, it is touch-and-go when any of them can make a trip up north. We planned on a Saturday through Monday trip. I actually followed up this trip with another a few days later. This means this blog post is not as detailed as most. I try to do these blog posts immediately after returning home, or I would forget most of what happened or wh

Nine Months

Life has kinda kicked us in the privates the past few years. We dealt with the illness and passing of my step-father last August. We dealt with the illness and passing of my father-in-law this past April. Kids have babies and houses. But this is part of life, right? We had not been able to travel to the property since we were up there with our children and grandchildren last October. It is now July. I have normally been up here five or six times before mid-July, but not this