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We had a great time like usual. Didn't buy a lot, biggest purchase was a tunnel bag for the new to me RMK. Polaris had a clearance tent there and the tunnel bags were $100, normal price was $359 so that was a good deal. Got my new sled from Montana delivered. The dealer from there had a big swap...

That is an old picture, he was only about 8 months old then. He's now 5+ and he's a beast. 90-95 lbs but the happiest dang dog ever.

Anybody going this year? We'll be there for about our 30th straight year, camping as usual in the Chicken Coop across the highway. Don't really have anything to shop for but I'm sure I'll find something. If you're wandering thru the woods section of camping at the Chicken Coop and you see a gray...

Had a beautiful 45 degrees on the drive in this morning and HayDays is in 2 weeks. The season is almost here!

Since its going to be my first winter as a retired/unemployed person I am hoping for a great snow year on the north shore. But just in case it doesn't happen we've booked a months worth of VRBO's split between Island Park, ID and Seeley Lake, MT. And of course since we did that I decided I...

Great question. We can stay on Cobra for the first 18 months but that's kind of expensive. We've priced out insurance on MNCare and if the subsidies stay in effect that will be super cheap for us next year but after that when we can start withdrawing from my 401K it'll jump up quite a bit. Since...

Yes, we did move to the cabin last June but this is most likely not our final destination. Still trying to figure that spot out and that will determine if we keep this. Giving some thought to building near you in Shell Lake on the family farm that i grew up on, and being near my dad would be a...

Although many of us, including myself, are counting down days till we can get the sleds out again my countdown is now 172 days until both my wife and I call it quits. Jan 2 is the big day so lets hope we get a ton of snow this winter. Looking forward to some of that mid week riding people brag...

We're supposed to warm up to a whole 70 degrees on the north shore! Not sure how we'll handle it.:) The heat did interrupt a camping trip we had planned. Had a 5 day weekend planned down near La Crosse but saw the highs are supposed to be 96 each day over the weekend so we rescheduled that.

Very hazy and smelly in the Duluth and North Shore area.

Having grown up in Shell Lake where we once had two boat factories it is nice to see some still in use.

So we had a beautiful weekend on the North Shore. 60 degrees and blue skies every day. The fires up here got under control so no more worries about that and my wife and I got out for a couple of hikes. On Sunday we went to Crosby Manitou State Park and hiked back into the falls. About 3 miles...

Well I don't have all of them here, missing 2 more bikes, a ATV, and the 5th wheel, but here's my latest. I'd posted this before but its the new Mtn Bike and it has a motor so that counts, right?? I'll say I'm amazed by the assist the motor gives and it's basically unnoticeable when it kicks...

When I got home from work last night I noticed the rain during the day had melted the last of the snow in my yard. Then I wake up this morning and its white again. WTH?

Trust me, no stranger to WI. Grew up in Shell Lake WI, lived in the Hudson & Amery area until 2006 when we moved to the Duluth, MN for work. Will be back in WI this weekend again. Moving back to Shell Lake after retirement is one of the options on our list right now. Only 248 days to go! We...