October 22, 2012

Hello All,

Thought I would give an update about our goings on.  Last week we canned salmon and smoked 1 batch in our new smoker.  The last rain showed the smoke shack roof continues to leak, so I did some more caulking   and hopes that fixes the problem.  I still want to put a door on the shack, but otherwise an happy with it.

We spent much of Friday cleaning and winterizing the trailer, I still need to put anti-freeze in the lines and we would like to wash the outside, at least the bugs off the front and then it should be ready for storage.

Yesterday the weather presented us with a great day for an ATV ride with our old time friend David Boehmke.  We used Davids trailer to take 3 machines up to Clark County.  Our original plans were to ride the Millston trails, but they closed the 15th so we continued northeast to Clark County.  The trails were in good shape and we had a great 35.4 miles ride.  We started our ride around 11:30 a.m. and ended about 3:30 pm, stopping for lunch along the trail.  we saw some fresh beaver activity where they dragged branches across the trail to a feed bed and 4 grouse.  The fall colors were still enjoyable and the temperatures were nice for riding.  On our way home David treated us to supper in Wisconsin Rapids and ice cream in Westfield.  We dropped David off at home about 8:00 pm, so it was a long, but enjoyable day.

This week we plan to finish winterizing and store the trailer, can and smoke some more salmon, run some errands, go to appointments in Madison and maybe fit in some hunting and wood cutting.

Sorry, no pictures this time, but now you know what we have been up to.