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Well, it only took what, a little over two years? I suspect there might be a late rush of Muskie fishermen that were holding back due to the vaccination requirement. It’s prime Muskie and Northern Pike season.

Hey Kirk, good to hear from you. Not sure about the energy level thing, there are days…. It probably helps that I only work a couple of days a week, leaves a lot of time for other activities. I’m sure we’ll be talking, I will know I will need some expert mechanical advice (and maybe even a...

There wasn’t much to the sled “deconstruction” and it went pretty smoothly. One spindle was a little stubborn and, of course, three suspension bolts came out easily and the head on the fourth stripped out. Had to resort to my hack trick of driving a slightly smaller metric socket on it – came...

Awesome! I've become a big believer in staying as active as possible during physical recovery. I can tell you from personal experience that sometimes your body will surprise you with what it can accomplish. Keep it up!

Thanks for the update Gary. Starting to think about going home is a very good thing. Hoping to hear soon that John is on his way back to his home and family in the U.P.

Thanks, hopefully the project ends up as I'm imagining it. I'm definitely a little antsy to start getting things set up in the shop, but before a lot of that can happen, this freeloader has to give up its space. Have to love the late model design, all this to replace the Bendix drive for the...

Geez Mezz, I had to read through this entire thread again. It’s been quite the journey but it sounds like the outcome will be everything you had hoped it would be. Congrats on the progress you’ve made!

I’m glad you guys have confidence because it lets me feed off that confidence to launch into this latest old iron resurrection. I’m still in summer fishing/lawn mowing/morning coffee and evening brewski on the deck mode, but I doubt there’s a day I don’t think about this project. For whatever...

I’ve flip-flopped more times than I can count about doing another “ground-up” project but for some time I’ve been thinking about a couple of projects that I’d really like to attempt. This project is one that I’ve been mulling over. I’m calling it a “Mutt Mod” but in the end I think it will be...

Mark, it’s been awesome to see your progress! It sounds like you are well on the way to resuming activities you enjoy. I have to admit, I’m kind of a chicken when it comes to joint replacement but experiences like yours give me a lot more confidence to have one done if/when I would need one...

What a porker! Look at the coloring on that fish, beautiful. Well done and I guess I don't have to tell you how lucky you are to have world-class fresh water fishing basically right in your back yard.

It probably wasn’t very well known outside of MN, or maybe even northern MN, but the entire Minnesota watershed that feeds into Lake Winnipeg, which included Lake of the Woods, experienced insanely high water levels this year. Our humble cabin was built on the water’s edge and was constructed to...

Awesome!

Funny stuff Gary. I remember hearing this song back in the day and it always made me smile. It might have been a little flawed but the man had a plan. If I'm ever able to pull off a project I'd like to do, it might come together a lot like the guy's Cadillac.

Now that is funny (and somewhat accurate). Sorry guys, as I told Gary, I have been checking in from time-to-time, but haven’t had much worthwhile to add to the conversation. I have been kicking around a couple of ideas, both of which are potentially more challenging than my usual efforts, at...

Hey Kirk, I haven't checked in for a while. Hope you're doing well. I'm guessing you're getting busy with spring projects and taking some time away from the sleds. I have quite a list of things to do myself so the project sleds will have to take a back seat until I get a few things checked off...

Nice! Looks like mid-January. Maybe you should take a shot at May.

Yeah, came across Friday for the first time without a test. I’d forgotten how simple it used to be. Talking to people at the little general store, they’re really excited about the season after losing two summers. Still 2 – 3 ft. of ice so I took ‘old reliable’ out and finished up my ice fishing...

As a lot of you probably know, Canada is eliminating the pre-arrival COVID test requirement as of April 1st. Unfortunately, a friend and I had planned a fishing trip on the Canadian side of Lake of the Woods for last weekend so we had to do the test thing one more time. It worked out for the...

Beautiful scenery and awesome photos! I get winded just looking at some of them though.