We wanted to slips away from the tourist traffic that builds every day in Grand Haven with the Coast Guard Festival, so we headed a bit north. Enjoyed a late lunch at a place in Muskegon that my daughter recommended. Reminded me of a beach shack from years ago at Cocoa Beach, Florida. The crowd…
Month: July 2018
July 30th: The Coast Guard Festival begins
Grand Haven is the one and only Coast Guard City USA. With the ships coming to dock today, the festival begins in earnest. Our little town of 10,000 will see over 300,000 visitors this week. The Coast Guard is the only part of the military constantly on active duty… and since 1790. Their scope is…
July 26th: Apartment Living Revisited
Almost three months ago, I drove to Michigan, alone, racing ahead of the movers. Our house finally empty. Going from 3,800 square feet plus a 3 car garage to 1100 square feet and a one car garage… with neighbors soon to be only a wall and ceiling away. I stood outside in the cold breeze,…
July 25th: Blue Mind
I’ve been reading this book, about the scientifically proven positive effects of water on the mind. Intuitively, I believe most people know it, and standing on the shore of Lake Michigan, over and over again… we truly feel it. I paid $11 for the book on Amazon, but a decent online review is free… and…
July 23rd: I Love Mondays!!!
First the bad news. We stayed home last night watching TV, it was cloudy and we thought the sunset wouldn’t be spectacular. The above is what we missed. This morning we headed to the beach, our beach. Ours and just the birds. Gotta love Mondays, this weekend the beach had hundreds of people. The double…
July 21st: Blueberry Heaven
So far, we have brought home 30 pounds of blueberries, most of which have been frozen and added to the freezers. Joining the salmon, strawberries, chicken, beef… almost completely filling our chest freezer and decent sized kitchen refrigerator/freezer. I’m thinking I will have to take everything out and rearrange, since the salmon is way, way…
July 19th: The AirPods Incident… a true story that happened this morning
I swore I wouldn’t. My days in Finance were over. But my former company had an issue. They lost some critical filings with a server crash. Being that I only own Macs, I needed to go into a local facility of my former company, borrow a PC and begin recreating the lost work. It would…
July 18th: Surfs up … almost
We were promised 4 to 6 foot waves. But this is all we got. Enough to scare away the fishermen from the pier, and enough to bring out a few surfers. Just not the impressive display we were expecting. Every day is different on the lake. I don’t know how I can ever tire from…
July 17th: When you give… a different way
A month or so ago, my LinkedIn feed was brimming with articles, videos, pictures and comments about various charitable events. People doing good things. Publicized. People talking about how great it made them feel. Giving back, doing good works. Reminded me of the professional athletes out there, giving money to charity for every home run…
July 14th: The Magic Hours
With the water so clear in Lake Michigan now, the magic hours of dawn and dusk are even more important for fishing. The fish can’t see the boats above them. If you charter a boat for the morning, you head out before dawn. Or, you go late afternoon into the evening. We chose the latter……