Thursday Morning 8/4/22

Great morning folks,

70° with mist & fog under an overcast sky back here near HalfwayUSA.

We stayed in Casey Iowa at their city park Wednesday night after an extra long drive the first day away from the Montana prairie. It never did get cool after a 102° day there. The temperature was still 84° when we woke at 6am central time to continue out trip east.

After dumping waste tanks we discovered the only gas station in town had NO FUEL. In our push to get to Casey I ran the big tank on the truck down to 38 miles until empty. A quick check of GasBuddy said the next station was 12 miles further east. Well that was at least the direction we needed to go. After a fill up of $228 we got back on the road just ahead of the big rains that were moving across the entire midwest.

We had driven about an hour when we cross into the rain. That was like a 200 mile intense drive through car wash. At least we had a good tail wind for two days. Seems we cleaned off most of the prairie dust from top to bottom. Chicago traffic was a big mess. Lots of wrecks due the rain & construction. Seems that added a couple hours to the travel time. We pulled into the driveway at the Halfway House about 8:30pm.

No break downs or tear ups. The new tires were impressive and kept everything under easy control. That 2020 F350 continues to impress me. I believe we used about nearly $1800 worth of fuel for the round trip.

De-packin' & de-sackin' today. An oil change is due and the DEF tank needs to be filled too.

Good morning folks. It's 73 going to 96 today. Sure glad I'll be inside all day. I awoke to the sound of generator kicking on this morning. Dunno what's up with that, didn't see any wires down anywhere on my way to work. FB, days are definitely getting shorter already.

I didn't do much yesterday after work. I mowed my food plot out back and raked out what I mowed off, then reseeded with some "throw and grow" food plot mix. I hope it's as easy as it sounds, because I didn't put much effort into it. The spring plot turned out pretty well, and attracted the deer, but got a little weedy this summer. It's a mix of grass and broadleaf, so I don't think you can spray it for weeds. Most was just annual varieties anyway so it needed to be done again anyway. I am hoping we get some of the rain that they are calling for this weekend and into next week to help kick it off.

Doug, hope you and Julie enjoyed yourselves. Yeah, the new rage is the "reverse sear" where you bake then sear. I actually tried this a few times on those Sam's club tomahawk steaks. They were really good. Your method was the old standby for years. My granny used to take a frozen steak (the horror!) out of the freezer in the morning, throw it in a cast iron pan on the coal stove, and take it off about 5PM. That is NOT a method I'll be recommending any time soon!

JR, this is a 2 blue pill day! Enjoy! I guess I should start looking for a card or flowers or something for tomorrow?

Gotta run. Prayers offered. Have a good one!

Charlie

I really shouldn’t post this, but the devil made me do it

GM from the sticks of Kentucky where we are promised rain again. I shoulda cut hay last Sunday but listened to the weather guesser.


OK. She say THANK YOU for the best wishes for a day she likely would not repeat again. I seriously doubt I could have done any better, but She could have.
I will try to be nice to her today.
Everyone have a safe day and try to send lead downrange if you can.

Good morning, GoGo. It's 80 in Louisville already, but only going to 84 ... supposedly. We're maybe 100 miles east of a front that's bringing rain. Right now, though, it looks like one big blob of rain will miss us to the north and a much bigger one to the south.

Miss Cindy just called (9:30 a.m.). She cancelled her hair clients and is coming home with a bellyache. She said another lady at work has what we call the stomach flu, so she's worried that's what she has, too. You guys know how that is, someone else's illness or problem gets in your head and all of a sudden you have the symptoms, too. I'm not saying she isn't sick, but I'm hoping it's more in her head than her stomach. She'd rather die than throw up, so I'm sure hoping it doesn't come to that.

Congrats to Doug and Julie, JR and Judy Brown, and to Charlie and Sue. JR, you need to blow that photo of JB up and put it over the mantle.

Don't know what I'll get into today. I need to get busy and complete a sheath for a knife I'd like to donate as a gift at a military convention I'm going to around mid-month. I had an uncle who was a Navy corpsman attached to a USMC outfit during Vietnam. He was killed 15 JUN 68 up near Khe Sanh. The outfit he was with, 3rd Battalion 4th Marines, has a reunion every other year and this year it's in Naperville, IL, about 30 miles southeast of Chicago. Just by chance, I started work on some knife scales for a medium-size camp knife several months ago. I decided to try a double liner and ended up going with red and yellow, pretty close to the USMC colors of scarlet and gold. If I can get my butt in gear, finish the scales and then get a sheath made, I'll donate it as a giveaway at the big closing banquet the group has. I have some Corps medallions ordered and one should work to attach to the front of the sheath. We'll see.

Y'all have a good'n, be safe, and lift up prayers for our friends here and for our nation.

Good morning everyone from the shores of the Chesapeake. Still piddling with the Martin house. Another coat of silver paint and paint the chimney I'll be done . Trying to figure a way to mount on one of the pier pilings where I can get easy access. Doubt I'll get getting into much today I got a little warm yesterday in the direct sun. Im starting to realize I'm not 30 anymore. 85 headed to 94 wif heat index of 104 .
Everyone have a good day stay safe and comfortable.
Y'all guys having anniversaries Congrats
HHH

55° and clear with a guess of 79° later. A friend called the other day and asked if I wanted to stop by after work. We took his out boat out on Detroit lake across the road from the jobsite. This is the area I worked with him at last year after the massive forest fire. He has been my best friend since we met in college in 1970. I ended up moving to Oregon because of him. He met his wife through connections with my family. Nice relaxing evening.




notice the skyline that looks like toothpicks. That is deadwood standing from the fire.
Happy anniversary JR and Judy.

Morning all, 83 headed 86's and muggy. Had a heck of a day yesterday, got my 15 gal sprayer hooked up and filled up, sprayed 10 ft and and it quit, would take 5 minutes to regain pressure and spray 1 squirt, pump up again. Took it off after emptying the spray stuff, took it back to tractor supply, and they gave me another one. Got it home and the same thing, emptied it out and took it back, getting aggravated by now. Store manager took me and the sprayer to the back, checked the filter in the tank, and it was stopped up with what looked like plastic shavings. He asked me how old my roundup was I told him I bought it last fall. He told me that was the problem, Glyposhate is now breaking down after 6 months, and crystalizes when mixed. I bought another bottle while there, came home and the sprayer ran grreat, no issues.

On cooking steak, the best steaks I ever ate, were filet mingons out of our two elk we killed. I put some butter and olive oil in the cast iron skillet on the stove, seared on each side with a sprinkle of Cavenders greek seasoning on both sides, stuck in the oven I had pre heated to broil for about 12 minutes, took out and let rest a few minutes,, perfect med rare, and you could literally cut it with a spoon, I did. Best steaks I have ever eaten in my life, bar none. These were cut 1 3/4" thick.

Happy anniversary to JR and Judy Brown, two of my mostest favorite folks, and a early one to Charlie and Miss Sue. You all have a good one, remember those in need of prayers, Buff out..