Snow today

Have been busy the last few days in preparation for the weather that showed up today.

Wednesday was an extremely busy day. It started with about 2 hours of blowing leaves into rows in preperation to be run over and mulched with the riding lawn mower. After they are chopped up into small pieces, I run back over them with the bagger attached.
Early in the afternoon that day my friend Erik stopped by. It was time to pull the boat but first we had to remove the canopy from the boat lift and roll that up and put it in  storage. After I got the boat trailered and in the garage for a fall cleaning I was able to jump back on the lawn mower and finish the leaf cleanup.
I also did my neighbor's yard, so his leaves didn't end up at my house.

I finished the yard cleanup about 20 minutes before sunset. The deer stopped by to eat some acorn's just at the time I was taking these pictures of that day's sunset.

Thursday was not quite so busy. I spent afew hours on cleaning the boat and winterizing the engine. It will stay in the garage nice and dry until I can get it shrink-wrapped for outdoor storage. M&M Rental does a great job up here in Hayward WI.
From last year.

Love my Stihl back-pack blower.

Thursday afternoon my wife Wendie, our friends Erik and Nancy and I went out to dinner at the Little Bohemia Lodge. They had really great food and a claim to fame.
On April 22, 1934 there was a shootout between the FBI and the John Dillinger gang.
I wonder how many rounds were fired on both sides.

On the way back home, after dark, we encountered numerous deer feeding in the ditches. We also came across a small group of Elk feeding in the ditch. It looked to be about 6-8 animals. Man they're big.
Well it's Friday afternoon as I write this post, and it is snowing pretty good right now. I don't think it will stick around, but who knows.

Is that white flakes in the air?

When I got up this morning Oct 24, about 8, it was 38 degrees and a light rain. Now at 10, it is 35 degrees and the light rain has snow mixed in.
We are in no danger of it sticking around, but it does serve as a reminder about what can happen any time now. Maybe it will help the last of the leaves come down.
Today's view off the deck.

The view off the deck on the 11th of Oct.

Have had a bumper crop of acorns this year, they are like ball bearings but the deer seem to love them.

Have been busy the last couple of weeks. About every third day I spend 4-5 hours blowing, mulching, and picking up the leaves that looked so nice just a few weeks earlier. I think one more time should do it.
Oct 17th a picture of me and a view of the house.

I have got some nice rides in, just not many pictures to share, sorry.

Went down by the dam that regulates the water level of the flowage we are on. Saw this flower hanging in there on the 20th of Oct. Amazing.

We had a very nice sunset on sept. 29, 6:52PM. The sun sets are getting early.

A few more pics from the past few weeks.

The next projects are to put away the summer toys, IE:boat, 3 motorcycles, lawn tractor, power push mower, along with the other things to get ready for winter. Enjoy.

A Day at the Races

The weekend of Sept. 15-16 the town of Sturgis SD hosted a round of Supermoto racing. The course was set up through the streets and parking lots of downtown Sturgis. I love this style racing.
Friday was a washout, no practice, no racing. They were forced to do everything on saturday. Alot of action. It was a rather cold day, but with something going on on the track pretty much constantly you didn't notice it to much.
Everybody gets their chance on the track, from about 5 years old on up.

A few shots of the pits.

Approaching a real tight spot on the track.

The tight spot.

I really love being able to be so close to the action.
After exiting that tight spot they hit a 1 block straight before turning left. I think that this is the fastest part of the course. They go 1 short block before turning left and hitting the dirt. Amazing action.

One of two dirt sections. This is the dirt section seen in the second video.

Sure was great racing.

Here is a video of the fastest corner on the track. This next video shows them at the next corner entering the second dirt section.

It was a super time. Hope you enjoyed this post.