Back home after a lot of miles and a nice vacation...

Jewels and I did a driving marathon last week.. actually about 10 daze when we drove out to Florida to visit our friends (Bob and Jo Willacy) who have a lovely home in Palm Beach Gardens which is just north of Fort Lauderdale.

We managed to stay ahead of a nasty weather pattern on the way South and West and stopped in to the lovely and historic city of Savannah Georgia.  We spent a couple of nites there and did a lot of exploring.  The city is set up with a multitude of squares which depict life and history of the city. The dining was also tres bien and we totally enjoyed the stop.

As you can see from the pics above, I did manage to fine a slice of the beer drinker's heaven - The world of beer.  I can now say that I have officially seen this part of the "good" life.

From Savannah, we tripped down to Florida and spent 3 days with the Willacys. It was a great time and I managed to get in a couple of rounds of golf although the weather was a bit on the cool side.

Bob and Jo live in one of the PGA complexes and were able to get us out onto the Pete Dye Preserve which is home to many of the local pro golfers.

We took two and a half days of hard driving to cover the 2800km to get back to Duluth, again dodging storms and freezing conditions to arrive home at -22C on Sunday nite. 

It was a great trip but is always good to get home and feed my birds.. I even saw a robin fly over the back yard today so spring must be near. I think that I chased those damn pigeons off the deck enough times today for them to get the picture that they are not really wanted here!

Life is Good!

my girls....

Just a quickie here...

Jill has posted some cute pics of her and the girls on her facebook page... I thot I would copy a couple here to show off my favorite kids and tell them how much I love them and how much I am looking forward to a visit in early April.

YES.. Life is Good.

Finally something exciting in my life :)

Well, not necessarily exciting but an opportunity to get up off my duff and make an entry onto this blog.  I noticed my last entry was Nov 4th so I guess you could say that I'm kinda lax.. pathetic.. lazy .... slow! 

This weekend the Superior Curling Club (where my team won last weekend's Mulligan Mixed Bonspiel - had to toss that in) - hosted the first Lake Superior pond curling bonspiel.  Well, it was kind of exciting in that we had teams entered from Maine and Chicago so of course what happens?? The weather hit +6C on Friday and didn't go down to freezing temps until last nite.

Ice melting, puddles everywhere, and no option on Friday other than moving the event indoors which looses some of the charm of the outdoor affair.  Anyways, the curlers got onto the outdoor ice today and the bonspiel wound up with everyone happy and ready to do it again next year.

The event's main attraction was an outdoor hockey tournament that has been an annual happening over the past few years. The final games were being held today.. everyone was having a cool time.

Hockey guys only get two pics.. because Je suis un curler extraordinaire. 

Life is Good

Making our first batch of EZ Street "C-C-Cold" asphalt in Whitehorse!

I arrived into Whitehorse late last night and noticed that there was a bit of snow on the ground ... well it turned out to be quite a bit of snow when morning broke today...

Took a few pics around the hotel this morning.. and a few at the asphalt plant where we will be working the next few days... Looks like a bit of a challenge to say the least!

 I think our pile of aggregate is under one of these piles of snow!

Life is Good!

A lovely day for a hike - Ely's Peak...

Today, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and I decided that there had to be better things to do than to hang out on the couch watching football all day. 

Jewels had gone hiking with a friend when I was up north and it was sort of a short cut up to the top of Ely's Peak.. I say a short cut as it was a lot shorter than the route from the rear.. and this route was only a mile... but lotsa climbing...  It got quite warm and the layers were stripped off.. the colors were great... the company was very nice.. and it was a wonderful stroll.

I also figured that if we left early enough, I would be back early afternoon and still get my fill of Sunday NFL football..  Right again!

On the way home, we stopped in at the Enger tower.. colors were so nice.. and always a great view of the City..

 It's probably going to get cooler soon.. perhaps the snow will be falling and we'll be hauling out the snow shoes.. Kind of looking forward to that but a day like today was so nice..

Life is Good

Golfing the courses at Bibwabik MN... two hidden golfing gems

This past weekend Scott and I drove out to Bibwabik which is about 80 miles north of here.  It's really the middle of no-where - home of the Iron Range mining and two great golf courses.  It was cold.. really cold and windy.. but the fall colors were splendid and the company was great. We met up with Tom and a friend of ours from Yellowknife and a marvelous guy, Keane Bushey.

There are two courses in an area called Giant's Ridge.  The land is reclaimed Iron Range mining quarries and they are great courses, challenging.. and too tough for an old guy like me.

Life is Good...

some more fall colors...

A few days ago, I grabbed the camera and did a little drive in the neighborhood.  It' is really awesome to see the colors at this time of year..

The photo above is our street.. the picture is taken right from the front of our house.

The photos above were taken on the way out to Island Lake where Scott has a cabin. Always a pretty drive, winter summer and fall.. Spring... NAAAHHH... to many potholes to navigate!

The pic above is off our back deck.. we are so lucky to have this type of scenery.. on top of Lake Superior... the second largest lake in N. America.  :)

Life is Good.