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Tuesday 11/29/11 |
Wow, it's almost 2012! I finally got a chance to do some updates. We spent a few summers rebuilding a little cottage, and now we're deep in the Mother of all projects, we're building a new home from scratch! |
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Tuesday 03/31/09 |
Up to Bloom for the fist time this year. The lake is still iced over (So much for Global Warming!) |
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Sunday 07/06/08 |
Fuel prices are out of this world! We did finally get the dredge in the water to make a few passes. A new toy to play with too. |
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Sunday 05/04/08 |
Fuel prices are high Might not do much dredging this year? We start some much needed updates on the pontoon boat. |
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Wednesday 12/31/08 |
Happy New Year! |
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Wednesday 12/12/07 |
Happy Holidays! I updated the pictures of our Ford 861 tractor |
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Thursday 11/29/07 |
We finally settled with Allstate for my truck. What a hassle that was, read your policy carefully! |
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Wednesday 09/19/07 |
Yahoo! I got another truck! An 2008 F-350 Lariat. Wow! With 20" wheels, I'm gonna need a taller ladder. |
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Tuesday 09/04/07 |
A call from the Dearborn police, my new truck was RECOVERED. Less than a week after it was stolen. |
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Wednesday 08/29/07 |
Tragedy strikes! I was going to make a lunch hour dash to Harbor Freight, and my new truck and all of my tools were GONE! |
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Saturday 07/01/07 |
The whole crew was up at the cottage. The boys got a workout at the gun range. |
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Friday 06/22/07 |
Finally, we got a chance to pump some mud. We mostly plugged the pump, but we made some progress. |
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Saturday 05/26/07 |
Happy Memorial Day! We got the dredge ready to go for the season. |
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Saturday 03/31/07 |
We opened the cottage, and took a trip to see how the lake levels look. I can't believe how high the water is! We brought the Rover home for some work, and we bought another Ford tractor to add to the collection. |
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Wednesday 11/25/06 |
We closed up the cottage for the winter. We have everything put away at Bloom too, but I forgot the camera so there are no pictures. |
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Wednesday 10/07/06 |
Another trip north finish dredging for the season. A little issue with the tractor too. |
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Wednesday 10/04/06 |
I've updated the site with a few trips to do a little dredging. Stuck my hand in the auger too! |
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Sunday 09/23/06 |
Mike and I are up at Bloom for his last youth deer hunt. |
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Saturday 06/17/06 |
Another trip to do a little dredging at Bloom Lake. We worked a bit on the landscaping at Sapphire too! |
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Saturday 05/20/06 |
Back north to finish the spring setup for the dredge. We did a bit of dredging too! We found a 3 point Bush Hog for the tractor. |
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Saturday 05/13/06 |
We pushed the dredge back into Bloom Lake for the season. |
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Monday 03/25/06 |
Finally, we took a trip north! A bit of work on the Rover. Some welding and ignition repair on Dumpy. Spring is here, and the ice is almost gone from Bloom Lake! |
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Sunday 01/22/06 |
Maybe another crane to play with. It's just in the "look see" stages. Our dredging permit was extended until the end of 2006 dredge season. |
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Friday 12/30/05 |
We've moved again! Same name, new server. We now have 20 Gigabytes of storage, up from 100 Meg! |
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Tuesday 12/13/05 |
Check out Deer Camp for 2005! |
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Thursday 11/10/05 |
Check out Mike's new gun! |
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Monday 11/07/05 |
The Tractor lives! But the Rover has died! |
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Sunday 10/16/05 |
Tractor tragedy!, the block has cracks! We headed north to dig a bit at Bloom too |
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Friday 09/18/05 |
I found a block for the tractor, but it needs some work. |
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Friday 09/03/05 |
Happy Labor Day! The boys worked on their 3rd tree house. I did a bit of a digging in the lake too. |
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Friday 07/05/05 |
When it rains, it pours! I found a new toy. It need some work, but it was a good deal. |
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Thursday 06/09/05 |
Holy cow! Carol bought me a new truck for father's day!!!! Know anybody that needs a good ole' truck! |
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Thursday 06/09/05 |
Another trip to pump some mud. We found another piece of equipment to get! |
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Thursday 05/27/05 |
We got the dredge in the water and the cottage opened up, ready for the holiday weekend. |
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Saturday 04/31/05 |
I'm not the only person to get equipment stuck in the mud, check this out! |
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Friday 03/25/05 |
Spring is in the air, the temps are in the 40's. I feel a trip to the lake coming on! We need to check out the road at the lake to see if we can get a big mobile home in there. YaHooo! |
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Saturday 01/29/05 |
A early morning trip to see the logging operation at Bloom Lake.
Restored the HTML website. I had a couple of issues with the PHP stuff. |
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Friday 01/28/05 |
Try a video of our dredge launch, it should stream to the Windows Media Player. It's in 3 sizes, Small Medium and Large |
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Saturday 01/22/05 |
I cut over to the PHP style site, and I'm trying a new background gradient too. I changed the colors to blend a bit better. Thanks Denny! If you don't like these colors, pick some new ones from the Browser Safe Color Chart |
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Tuesday 01/18/05 |
I tried a new code style, it's PHP. I hope it works!
Try the same site, with the new code Click the top picture to get back here! |
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Wednesday 01/14/05 |
I'm doing a re-write of the site. I found I was "doing it wrong" with the styles. Let me know what you think about the size of the font, colors, etc. |
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Wednesday 01/05/05 |
Happy New Year! We've updated the look of the site a bit. I cleaned things up, and finished off the 2004 dredge page. Winter is here, and I can't wait until spring! |
| Saturday 12/04/04 |
We found an old Ford Backhoe and some old 3-point equipment laying in a field. We're trying to find out more info on the makes and models of it all. |
| Tuesday 10/16/04 |
We have all of the equipment put away and ready for the long winter nap. We took some time to hunt during the rifle season, Mike scored a doe. |
| Saturday 09/15/04 |
Back at the lake again. A quick trip to clean the basin and pump some mud, that island is almost gone! |
| Saturday 09/04/04 |
Another trip to north to run the dredge.
The boys built another tree house while we where there. |
| Saturday 08/28/04 |
Wow, it's been a while since the last update!
We finally have a permit! I took a few days off work, and headed north to dredge! |
| Sunday 07/04/04 |
Happy 4th of July! We had a good time at Lake Sapphire
The DEQ now found that part of our spoils basin is a wetland! poop! I installed a new starter on the dozer engine and it runs! I re-installed the tire on the loader too. The lake level is steady, but the weeds are up! |
| Monday 05/31/04 |
The DEQ is giving is a hassle about testing the spoils for "toxic" material.
I think this permit might take awhile. The boys worked on the tree house
and Carol and I drove the Rover around the property a bit.
The dozer engine is coming along fine, I should have it ready to fire soon.
The lake level is up another 12 to 14 inches from the beginning of May!! |
| Friday 05/07/04 |
We had the site inspection, but the dredge batteries are dead, we need some new ones! The DEQ said we should have a permit by June! |
| Friday 04/16/04 |
We didn't dredge this weekend, waiting for a DEQ site inspection. We did pull an engine and the boys built a tree house Checkout the lake levels too! |
| Wednesday 04/07/04 |
Holy Cow! Look at the water levels in Bloom! The permit application went out for public notice. The comment period ends on April 15th, we should here back soon. Check out Carol's new toy too. |
| Sunday 03/14/04 |
The DEQ has my new details logged in, now it has to go off to The Cadillac office for review! Hurry up spring, I hear there is still about 8 inches of snow on the ground. |
| Monday 03/01/04 |
Wow, our web server lost the connection to the web, they where in and out for a few days, but finally got it fixed, I thought I forgot to pay the bill! The DEQ has sent my application back for further details, spring is almost here, and I'm ready to start digging! |
| Saturday 02/16/04 |
Happy New Year! It's been a while since an update, but it's been a busy winter. Spring is on it's way, and I can hardly wait. Our dredge permit expires in May, so I've mailed in an application for another permit, wish me luck! The DEQ has the status online, (set Water body to "Bloom Lake") |
| Wednesday 11/19/03 |
Back from Deer Camp at BLF. Not much luck, but a good story! |
| Tuesday 11/04/03 |
Well, I think I have most of the site cut over. Still a few more things to add. Let me know is anything is acting goofy...Thanks! |
| 10/29/03 | Well, it's the first of the What's New updates This site hasn't been released yet, so expect many changes with the styles. |