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Needed a couple scoops of sand for a project so Wren and I hit up the lake this morning. We have beach! Here's a quick video too.

Starfalcon wrote:

I should be there as usual this year, got to give all that old hardware a new home after all.

I'm glad my wife will be there this year to tell me "no."

What a difference 48 hours makes...

Saturday morning:


Monday morning:

How's the potato farm coming?

I picked up a new toy, that you'll read more about later, but I've used it for almost a week to record a time-lapse of the ice melting out at the cottage. It's pretty darn cool if I do say so myself. It might even be better if you watch it at 2x speed on YouTube.

Watching this it's no wonder the sand can change so much. I'd love to get a season's long video of that, but I need to use my new toy for other things...

Should be able to make it this year, assuming I don't get sick again

Where is it again?

Holland, MI, cottage right on the big lake.

drfish wrote:

cottage right on the big lake.

But not the one they call Gitche Gumme

That timelapse video was really cool Fish

That's what I thought. It's a 30 hour drive from here. ;(

FroBozz_Inc wrote:

That timelapse video was really cool Fish

Thanks! I made a playlist, added the last parts to it yesterday. I think parts 3 and 4 are the best, but it's all pretty neat.

Captain Ned wrote:

drfish wrote:

cottage right on the big lake.

But not the one they call Gitche Gumme

Correct sir.
The BBQ is on lake Mishigami.
https://www.livescience.com/32011-lake-michigan.html

So this afternoon when I picked up daughter #2 from school, she said "who's the guy at the place in Michigan that shoots potatoes into the lake?" I said, "his name is Ned, why?" She replied "I was telling my friends about him and his cannon and now he's their new hero." So there ya go Ned.

The grill trailer is booked, that's as official as the start of TR BBQ season gets. I can't believe the 3-month warning is already coming up next week.

Boss approved and tickets purchased!

You know there's no way I'm going to miss it.

I will probably blow out a lot of spare gear (systems and such) to get it out of the house and increase storage space. Lots of Dell Optiplexes, some AMD A-series units, most quad core. Like Dposcorp, I'm a big fan of trading too if I find useful or fun gear to play with. I think I have a Moto G5+ unlocked all-US-carriers cell (4GB/64GB) running Oreo 8.1 in mint condition with accessories and some other fiddly bits too.

i'm in (with the wife too), reserve us a room at the Fish B&B!

You got it! Two-month warning post coming this week, and then I'll start to get the thread into shape.

FYI, it is not looking good for the beach/fireworks again this year. Lake is high and sand it gone.

drfish wrote:

You got it! Two-month warning post coming this week, and then I'll start to get the thread into shape.

FYI, it is not looking good for the beach/fireworks again this year. Lake is high and sand it gone.

Bummer. But not surprising, given the crazy amount of rain we've had this spring. I've seen articles claiming that the Midwest has experienced the worst flooding since 1929, so effectively a 100-year event.

This is nuts. Check out the livestream from the state park. Water levels are no joke, it barely even takes any wave at all to get over the pier right now.

My sis took this pic at the cottage over the weekend:


Yeah, not much beach...

So the coatis like to chill there?

They're considering it for their next purchase. Terrific guests!

A pet, I assume? From what I'm reading, they can't survive Michigan winters outside.

You could call them pets, my sister might, but they are soft mounts.

drfish wrote:

You could call them pets, my sister might, but they are soft mounts.

Ivan & Turbo weren't enough?

drfish wrote:

You could call them pets, my sister might, but they are soft mounts.

Duh, I feel kind of silly. Yeah, they definitely look "posed".

Cats and dogs can sit silly. I've no idea how coatis might behave.
Anyway, eew. Poor critters.

I can't speak for these guys specifically, but most of my sister's collection was procured after dying of natural causes or "rescued" from a freezer where no one was doing anything with the hide/body anyway. There's quite a market out there for acquiring such beasties.

Yeah, I assume they're not hunted or grown specifically for this.
Still makes me uncomfortable.