What a feast we had last night. Salmon cooked three different ways, Michigan asparagus, potato salad, strawberry pretzel salad. We grilled the salmon on cedar planks, pan seared in butter, and our old traditional way we brought with us from Oregon… baked salmon in tomato, mayo, onion and three cheeses. Each way was perfect in…
May 19th: Salmon Fishing on Lake Michigan
The mate was a mighty sailing man, The skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day, For a three hour tour, a three hour tour. Salmon fishing on Lake Michigan… finally! And it was everything we had hoped for and more. Our charter captain and his mate were highly skilled but also fit…
May 18th: Flunk Day
Flunk Day I missed the news. At my old undergrad school, Flunk Day occurred a month ago. Based on the video below, looks like Flunk Day is now squeaky clean fun. A 100+ year annual tradition is now almost unrecognizable. In my time, Flunk Day experiences were completely alcohol fueled (good or bad, that is…
May 17th: Becoming Michiganders
For the first time, we got to be Michiganders and see thru the eyes of others as my older daughter and her boyfriend arrived late last night. A full day of visiting beaches, piers, eating and drinking capped by another beautiful sunset. Perhaps pictures of sunsets over the lake get old, but the reality of…
May 16th: Quiet Grand Haven
Longest “vacation” I have ever had in my life. And no worries about having to go back to work… at least not for anyone else but me. Doing some light reading on reshaping my first book’s plot. A never-ending wealth of information out there. Some of it quite good. x Today was another Grand Haven…
May 15th: Fountain
Have a great Friday evening planned when my older daughter and her “friend” come to Grand Haven for a long weekend. We have a fishing charter that evening, sunset from the boat, and then the season opener for the musical fountain. Perfect day would be reeling in a few 20 -30 pound salmon, a picture…
May 14th: Fog in fisherman’s pier
Foggy but calm day on the lighthouse pier… hoping for a great sunset tonight. ———- I’ve been getting a large number of spam comments lately, all from the May 4th post… “Oh what a great informative site you have, blah, blah, blah.” Spammers must be Star Wars fans. Good thing I have auto approval turned…
May 13th: House to apartment noise
Noise A concern in moving into an apartment after 30+ years in houses was the potential for noise. We do have some new noises. The delighted dog upstairs running in circles when her owner comes home each day, footsteps on the stairs nearby, occasional voices outside our open windows, door slams when the wind whips…
May 12th: No goodbye
“You didn’t say goodbye” Talked to a couple of friends back at my old company this week. On my last day, I had scooted out the door saying goodbye only to the people directly in my path, either physically or by their phone calls. I had a few reasons: My crazy public 200 day countdown seemed…
May 11th: Michigan cool
A cold rain and 42 degrees, reminds me of our time in Seattle… in January! Lake Michigan water temperature has climbed to 47 degrees, but it will continue to keep us 10 to 15 degrees cooler than on the other side of the lake. Even when the water temperature is in the 70s this summer,…