I received a call this morning at 7:25 a.m. from Mark from Shore Brothers. He said he was coming out this way working on another job this morning and that he could swing by my place sometime today to adjust the boat lift. In preparation of his visit, I moved the boat from the lift to the harbor. The transfer was complete by 7:45 a.m. and it was time for a little breakfast.
The temperature at 7:45 a.m. was 64 degrees, the sky was mostly sunny and the wind was light at 5-8 mph out of the SSE.
I spent the day around the house, cleaning, weeding the gardens a bit more, etc. As the day wore on the temperature climbed to near 80 degrees, but it felt warmer because of the relatively high humidity. The wind varied throughout the day ranging from 5-12 mph out of the SE.
I expected T&K to come out today to take care of the yard, since they didn't come out on Wednesday as scheduled, but they were a no-show. I'll call them in the morning to try to figure out a schedule that works, and that they can adhere to.
Mark and the Shore Brothers team stopped by the boat lift around 5:00 p.m. They made some repairs to the boat lift winch, which may have been part of the reason the lift was going down far enough. They also noticed that the winch cable was frayed and ordered a new one for me. Everything appeared to work fine when they left.
I went down to the Malay's around 6:00 p.m. to pick up some beer Tom had got on sale and to chat with both Tom and Lainy. I eventually came home around 7:00 p.m. and by 7:20 p.m. was lowering the boat into the water. I noticed that the water temperature had increased to 71.5 degrees. A few degrees warmer and it'll be fine to swim in.
I jigged with minnows in 10-15 feet of water between the house and cabin but caught nothing but small perch. I did have a loon surface right next to the boat, and then let out its fabled call. What a magnificent bird. I came in at sunset, just after 9:00 p.m. because I just feel like fishing late tonight.
I noticed that when I got the boat on the lift the motor started to made a grinding noise that didn't sound good. I'll keep an eye on it and have Mark look at it when he comes out to put the new winch cable in.
Instead of fishing tonight, I stayed home and read Garrison Keillor's newest book, "Guy Noir, and the Straight Skinny."
Tomorrow I have to go into Cass Lake to run a few errands, including getting a pizza for Friday night pizza. More tomorrow. Good night from Leech Lake.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
June 6, 2012 -- At Leech Lake
This morning I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and thought about getting up, but it was simply too early for me so I forced myself to go back to sleep. I eventually got up a little before 8:00 a.m. and saw that the temperature was 65 degrees, it's suppose to be up around 75 degrees today, the wind was light at 5-8 mph out of the SSW and the sky was cloudy. In fact, the sky had a greenish grey tint to it that usually means rain. I think a thunderstorm is predicted for sometime today, but we'll see. The recent weather forecasts haven't been very accurate.
At 10:00 a.m. a light rain started to fall. More accurately, the drops were heavy and loaded with water, but there were few of them which created a soothing patter on the back porch and quickly had the entire area wet with rain. The wind remained light, if not calm, and the flag hung limp on the pole.
Most of the morning I spent reading and attending to some work calls. After lunch, since the rain had stopped, it was time to get outside and do some weeding in the various gardens and flower beds. It's amazing how many weeds come up in relation to the relatively few number of plants we actually want in the beds/gardens. I spent a couple of hours pulling weeds before calling quits and going inside to get cleaned up.
My concerns about my boat lift, and a forecast calling for possible severe thunderstorms, kept me off the lake today. I'm hoping that sometime again soon I can get out and do some fishing.
At 4:45 p.m. there was brief spell of heavy rain. The really heavy rained stopped after a minute or two, but a lighter steadier rain fell for maybe 30 minutes. I did hear some rumbling of thunder off the distance, but a quick check of the radar weather map showed that most of the worst weather passed by just to the north of Leech Lake.
The evening was quiet and uneventful. I hope to be able to get on the lake tomorrow to do some fishing. If I do, I'll more to report. Good night from Leech Lake.
At 10:00 a.m. a light rain started to fall. More accurately, the drops were heavy and loaded with water, but there were few of them which created a soothing patter on the back porch and quickly had the entire area wet with rain. The wind remained light, if not calm, and the flag hung limp on the pole.
Most of the morning I spent reading and attending to some work calls. After lunch, since the rain had stopped, it was time to get outside and do some weeding in the various gardens and flower beds. It's amazing how many weeds come up in relation to the relatively few number of plants we actually want in the beds/gardens. I spent a couple of hours pulling weeds before calling quits and going inside to get cleaned up.
My concerns about my boat lift, and a forecast calling for possible severe thunderstorms, kept me off the lake today. I'm hoping that sometime again soon I can get out and do some fishing.
At 4:45 p.m. there was brief spell of heavy rain. The really heavy rained stopped after a minute or two, but a lighter steadier rain fell for maybe 30 minutes. I did hear some rumbling of thunder off the distance, but a quick check of the radar weather map showed that most of the worst weather passed by just to the north of Leech Lake.
The evening was quiet and uneventful. I hope to be able to get on the lake tomorrow to do some fishing. If I do, I'll more to report. Good night from Leech Lake.
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