What To Do While America Burns? Kayak!

Lake of the Woods was crystal clear yesterday.  Perfect temperature.  Not too much wind. No smoke. And perfect pizza afterwards at the marina.

Tonight's Debate

New Bench

A new bench for the front door area.  Enough storage to keep all of Banco's gear out of view and a few spots for my big sneakers. 

Closing Dancin

We spent the day in Jacksonville looking at the new progress on the Trumball's house.  Like our home, peeling back one thing often revealed other problems.  So the roof is taking longer than they thought. We went to Dancin Winery for lunch and ended up staying there for too many hours. The stuffed mushrooms were the favorite but the peach pizza (yes..... pizza with peach slices on top) was a close second. A fabulous afternoon.

Back to Galesville

We went back to Galesville Reservoir yesterday for a paddle.  It's dropped 17' since we last kayaked there. The old ghost forest was now exposed and we toured through the branches and stumps.  Lots of Heron, some Osprey nests and even two otters were spotted relaxing on a long since dead limb.

Gaffer63: Galesville Reservoir

Banco in Situ

It was a perfect Sunday afternoon for a picnic on the grounds of Troon winery.  Banco got to hang out with the Briards and Charlie while we got to taste Troon's excellent new sparkler, the 2019 Pét tanNat

Banco in Situ

 Very smokey morning here today.  Looks like it'll be this way till Monday. Short walks for the pups.

Fire Idiots

More to this insanity over at CNN 

She's Gone

Acting legend Diana Rigg died today aged 82.  The best Bond girl, I got to see her on Broadway in her performance of Medea.  Two years later, my first trip to London was to see her and David Suchet mix it up as George and Martha in the classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  You can hear her talk about her successful 1960s battle for equal pay in this interview.
 

New Room

We finished with the room. The bed takes up most of the space.  The BeadBoard turned out to be a great touch with some semi gloss paint.  The TV is large but it's our old one and the room will be a napping/viewing room when guests are not here.
 

Willow Lake

We recently went for a paddle on Willow Lake. With only one campground, it's largely pristine.  The SciFi in us thought up all sorts of scenarios for the large "brain" like masses at the shores edge. Never did find out what the pods were.......
 

Almost Done

New flooring is down.  Bead board is on the wall and molding is being installed all around today.  Soon it'll be time for me and my paint brush.....

Banco in Situ

 Ready to set sail

Where Not To Get Your Information

If it looks too good or too incriminating online, it probably is......