From Pentoga Road to Hawaii. Sister-in-law, Debbie, sent a couple of pictures back from Hawaii saying they had arrived, were wearing flowers, and it was a two-tank (scuba diving) day! 

April 20, 2016 - Wednesday

34 degrees/cloudy/calm winds

Pentoga Road

I'm happy that Debbie and Pat are enjoying their tropical vacation. Meanwhile, our temperatures are dropping with the possibility of rain in the forecast. Hawaii has nothing on the Upper Peninsula. I'll be enjoying the same tropical temperatures while fishing from my boat in July and August. 

Meanwhile, geese continue to fly north, flock after flock, all day long.

The name of the game on Tuesday was rebuilding and expanding the electric deer fence. 

Tools of the trade, including a long handled magnet to pick up any nails that might be lost while building. Better to find them with a magnet then with a tire on the mower!

All the old popple support poles were replaced by treated landscape timbers. The popples worked well for a few years, but had become so brittle that the heavy snow was breaking them down. The timbers should outlive us.

It took the entire day, but in the end, the garden and orchard, including the newest part, was completely fenced in. Bring on the summer!

Sargie visited a friend who has a new baby last night, so we didn't see a lot of each other. She opens today and has Thursday off.

I'm heading to the surgeon's this morning regarding the hernia. If surgery is the only option, I'll make arrangements to have that done sooner, rather than later, so I can enjoy as much of the upcoming summer as possible. 

It's time to get busy and put on my "city boy" duds. After the doctor's appointment, I'll be visiting a window store searching for a replacement for the kitchen window and running a few other errands. It'll be a busy day in the big city of Iron Mountain.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

I wonder if Pat danced the hula last night?