Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Big weather change. Front came thru. Temperature drop from 92° to 72°. But only .1” of rain.
Drew have you tried Diaomaceous earth. Amazon.com : Harris Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade, 1lb with Powder Duster : Garden & Outdoor
Works great on tomatoes and other plants.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Ellen and I are doing a Tennessee vacation this fall, Pigeon Forge, Lynchburg, Memphis, then back to Nashville. She’s never been to Tennessee, and I wouldn’t care if I didn’t go again, been there plenty. Then a cruise this winter to Bermuda I believe, if she doesn’t change her mind. I’d rather go sit on the beach under a pop up and watch the waves. I’m afraid five days on a ship is going to bore me to death. But I’m going to give it a whirl.

That’s a nice trip Randy. Be careful in Lynchburg, they might make you sample Jack Daniels!

We hit those same spots three years ago and spent a couple of days in Gatlinburg too. We drove over from Texas.

On your way home you might swing thru Bowling Green and stop to visit the National Corvette Museum.

 

[wngsprd]

On your way home you might swing thru Bowling Green and stop to visit the National Corvette Museum.

Didn't that fall into a sinkhole?

 

[lostcreekranch]

Didn't that fall into a sinkhole?

Yep, all fixed now. National Corvette Museum

The NCM is across I-65 from the Corvette Plant. Unfortunately the Plant tours are currently suspended.

 

[toppop52]

That’s a nice trip Randy. Be careful in Lynchburg, they might make you sample Jack Daniels!

We hit those same spots three years ago and spent a couple of days in Gatlinburg too. We drove over from Texas.

On your way home you might swing thru Bowling Green and stop to visit the National Corvette Museum.

I’d rather go to Bowling Green than Bermuda! LOL

 

[lostcreekranch]

I’d rather go to Bowling Green than Bermuda! LOL

Me too. Neither of us care much for the huge cruise ships.

We did spend an excellent 10 days on one of the European river cruises two years ago. We toured Holland and Belgium on the AMASonata boat. Only 160 passengers. That’s about right for us.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Friends and family have told me how great cruises are, and I've told them that I'd be glad to go on one . . . if they paid me enough. But I sure wouldn't pay them to go boat riding, no matter how big the boat is. A boat is a way to get to the fish, or if necessary, to cross a river, but otherwise .. . . .. But I can understand the attraction and wish the best to those who go on cruises.

Now that was funny Bird. I've never been, but have friends that love it. They haven't been on one of the vomit comet cruises yet, where everybody gets sick, or the boat breaks and lulls about in the middle of the ocean...

Church camp is going great. I'm using my back ache as a bonafide excuse to avoid the physical stuff. Only 3 ibuprofen today. Very hot. 102F real temp, but humidity is lower than what I'm used to, so not too bad in the shade. I need a shower.

The kids are having fun, but are going to be wore out by Thursday.

I saw a real swan today. In the wild. Swimming in the Nueces river near it's origin in the Texas hill country. Some great drives. Very wild and nearly pristine environmentally, except for so many tall game fences. I'm sure there are mountain lions behind every bush...

Did y'all see the 14' hammerhead caught off Padre Island National seashore in Texas? Pictures are freaking awesome. My friends have some pics of one that size swimming around their 22' center console about 20 miles offshore. They had just been swimming to cool off and ward off seasickness.

Prayers for all,
Have a blessed Monday evening- Tuesday.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

See. 1st I've ever seen in the wild here in Texas.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 80F this morning, calm wind, mostly clear sky. Lot of Sahara dust in area, other wise clear today with moderate wind and high temp of 104F. Bike ride this morning, followed by lawn mowing. Lunch, nap and time with SWMBO.
Need to weedeat, got some errands in town and trying when I can get the boat wet again
Don, using Garmin etouch 35 with a Garmin road map for routing. It also features 2 ANT+ channels for sensors, but it will not do power sensors. Uses 2 AA batteries, I use 2500 mA rechargeable, get about 8 hours with 1year old batteries and using heart and cadence sensors. IIRC it was clser to 15 hrs with no sensors and newer batteries.
David, nice job on garage. :drink:
Got to tour the Corvette line when it was still in St Louis, that particular line was built in 1948 and was very dated.
Late 70's or Early 80's they use to bring Donna Douglas to the Rolla National airport for some celebration, she was in great shape for her age :thumbsup:
Prayers for all.

 

[Jim Shooz]

Part of the marriage vows was 2 vacations per year, in the budget. LOL!

David

Should have made it 6 months vacation twice a year. :thumbsup:

 

[sodamo]

My wife & I, and my 9 year old daughter will be headed to Kona on the BIg Island in early September.

Wife and I were in Peurto Vallarta for Valentines Day, and we are taking another couple with us to Mazatlan in late April/early May 2019.

Part of the marriage vows was 2 vacations per year, in the budget. LOL!

David

Kona will be warm in Sept, guess you’ll have to visit Hamakua side and cool off.

 

[sodamo]

Never thought I’d enjoy a cruise, actively resisted even. But a few years ago, wife was able to convince me to do the Panama Canal Cruise. Big boat, Holland America and I was convinced it would be just too crowded and not enjoyable. I was wrong. We went with another couple, good friends. Didn’t find it crowed at all and definitely not bored. Had a great time.
During that time period, my BIL decided to get a small group together for a Danube River Cruise. Again I was less than excited. Having lived 6 years in Germany I didn’t see a draw of cruise down the river, but I reluctantantly agreed and signed up for the next year. Again, I was wrong. The smaller ship, AMASerena was great and the river cruise was a very different perspective.
Next Jun we are taking our son and family on the 7 night Alaska cruise.

 

[riptides]

70 outside this AM. Heading to low 80's today. Looks like a good day for the pool. Storm yesterday gave us a little water. Pool needed it as well as the plants. Saw a mama deer with three fawns yesterday. Too many deer around here.
Have a great day all be safe.

 

[Eric Salop]

Didn't that fall into a sinkhole?

Yep, all fixed now.

I watched a program on that sink hole only last week, when it was too hot to feel like doing anything useful.

Did you see the "fix" ? Once the cars were recovered, they threw a few tin sheets over the soft spots at the bottom of the hole, topped up with gravel and built back on top . Tread lightly Randy

 

[Eric Salop]

Had another 1/2" of rain yesterday (lured the clouds with the welder this time ). Magic rain, already the fields are turning from golden brown back to green.

Still need to run by tractor supply, (you see I got a tractor mention in my post!) and get some dancing boots. All I have are well used work or snake boots. The wife is going to owe me on taking this class with her.

Good luck with matters-of-the-heart balance sheets. I try hard (sometimes), yet always seem to end up in deficit :confused3:

Church camp is going great...

I saw a real swan today. In the wild. ...

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See. 1st I've ever seen in the wild here in Texas.

Kyle, I've heard that roasting marshmellows over a fire is something of a tradition on camps.
If swans are so rare where you live, is there another camp fire tradition that's not talked about so much ? :laughing:

 

[Buppies]

70.2 storms by 11 this morning and then less humid weather on the way. Got lucky yesterday storm got close but never got us

Biopsy back more skin cancer removal on 30th of July

Prayers for those in need

 

[wngsprd]

75 and muggy outside...going to 90...hope today is our turn to get rain...watched yesterday's thunderstorm split in two and pass by either side of us...need to borrow Eric's bait.

Kyle, camp sounds great.

I get those Viking river cruise advertisements in the mail every month, and they look interesting. Glad to hear they were enjoyable.

Took yesterday "off" and relaxed with an old Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin "cowboy" movie, and re-hydrated. Back outside today with more chores.

 

[wngsprd]

70.2 storms by 11 this morning and then less humid weather on the way. Got lucky yesterday storm got close but never got us

Biopsy back more skin cancer removal on 30th of July

Prayers for those in need

Sorry to hear that. Hope it is not too big.

 

[Buppies]

Only cruise we ever took got sea sick not much fun

 

[Buppies]

Wngsprd this one on chest not too big yet not much meat there to work with