Thursday, September 01, 2016

I GOT 2 SOAKERS AND PHEEBS GOT 4

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It was with great big cooler weather smiles on our faces that Pheebs and I headed off for a short Jeep ride to Goderich and back this morning.  A few things to pick up at Walmart and then it was off down to the harbor for a leg stretch.  No big lake freighters in port but I did see one a few miles off shore but couldn’t tell if it was coming or going.

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MORNING SUN CATCHES THE EAST SIDE OF A WESTERLY WAVE COMING IN OFF LAKE HURON

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I ALWAYS ENJOY HEARING THE GENTLE ‘SWISHING’ OF WAVES OVER A PEBBLEY BEACH

The Jeep was way overdue for a good cleaning so upon returning home I shifted my energies to doing just that.  I’m sure Libby will be much happier now not having to carry around the extra weight of countless onboard muffin crumbs.  And how nice having energy levels back up thanks to our nice 68F cooler weather.  Bonus:))DSC_0024

CONCENTRATING ON THE PHOTO ABOVE I FAILED TO NOTICE THE NEXT INCOMING WAVE  WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER AND IN THE PHOTO BELOW IT GETS US

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YEP, SOAKERS ALL ROUND ALRIGHT

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“DAD, YOU SAID WE WOULDN’T BE GETTING ANY SOAKERS TODAY”!!!!

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Well by golly here we are at the beginning of September already and today marks the official beginning of Meteorological Autumn.  And that by golly definitely deserves a ‘Yahouie Louie’ for sure:))   In another few days the Labor Day week-end will have slipped behind us as we make the long awaited 4th corner turn onto the home stretch.  A month from now our southern departure will be measured in weeks and days instead of months.  I’ll be hauling out my RV loading lists soon and we will begin finalizing a departure date.  Due to uncertain circumstances we still don’t know what we will take with us this winter.  House stuff or boon-docking stuff.DSC_0020DSC_0028

Would you believe I did the very same silly absent minded thing this morning I did the last time Pheebs and I were at this very same spot at the beach just a few days ago.  Remember my coffee cup sitting on the hood of the Jeep as I pulled away that morning??  Well take a look at the photo below to see how I made almost the identical mistake again.  I always let Pheebs in the side back door then give her a drink of water.  Can you find what I set down while pouring some water into her dish……then forgot about and drove away!!

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YEP THERE IT IS ALRIGHT……BOTTOM CENTER:((

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LOOKS LIKE WE GOT US SOME COMPANY COMING FRIDAY ALRIGHT

Going back to what I was getting at before……..if our Congress house sells we will be trading in our ‘sticks and bricks’ hats for our old familiar ‘boon-docking’ hats so do we take all our boon-docking gear with us or should we take back some house stuff in case it doesn’t sell.  We still have a fellow very interested in the house so I guess we’ll see what happens when we get there.  At this point it is a total unknown as to just where our travels will take us this winter and about the only thing known for sure is that our journey will wind it’s way south through the Eastern States to Florida and from there on to Arizona.

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<<< EVENING SUNSPLASH IN OUR BACKYARD

GROANER’S CORNER:((  Software Development Cycles:: (Hmmmmm, shades of Apple’s new iPhone 7 perhaps)
1. Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.
2. Product is tested. 20 bugs are found.
3. Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing department that the other 10 aren’t really bugs.
4. Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn’t work and discovers 15 new bugs.
5. Repeat three times steps 3 and 4.
6. Due to marketing pressure and an extremely premature product announcement based on overly-optimistic programming schedule, the product is released.
7. Users find 137 new bugs.
8. Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to be found.
9. Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs, but introduce 456 new ones.
10. Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard from Fiji. Entire testing department quits.
11. Company is bought in a hostile takeover by competitor using profits from their latest release, which had 783 bugs.
12. New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires a programmer to redo program from scratch.
13. Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free…

7 comments:

  1. The soakers are part of being by the lake.
    A for what to take? Big question, be optimistic and the house will sell, then the boondocking days will be back upon you once again.
    Enjoy the cooler weather, heat wave coming back for a bit.

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  2. Good luck with the house sale! :-)

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  3. Boy that sure sounds like a description of the entire IT industry!

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  4. I would agree with George that you should be optimistic that the house will sell. I wouldn't totally stock up on Boondocking equipment this time out because I remember you saying there was still more STUFF you needed to bring back from Congress to Bayfield. The more cargo space the more you'll bring back.
    Watch out for those Soakers and runaway coffee cups.
    Be Safe and Enjoy!

    It's about time.

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  5. The lake level looks high there. When I was working on the Bruce Peninsula a few years back, the water was very low and many docks and beaches were high and dry. Has that changed now? Looks better!

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    1. Lakes are definitely up. Water was low enough about 5 summers ago that at this very spot I drove the Jeep Wrangler out on the rocks about 40' and took pictures of it

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  6. Well just take a little of each stuff. Boondocking stuff and some house stuff that will also work with boondocking.

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