RoadWAP

We didn’t wake up on Mars, but we did have a pretty good view of the lake.

That white void above us is the Omnimax, about to visit Mars.

You know, now that I took the door panel off, I do not think it will go back on. For some reason, this procedure is not in the owner’s manual. Hey, at least the panel–which was falling off without my help–doesn’t stick anymore. Oh, and I jiggled the speaker wire and got the sound back, [...]

On second thought, maybe I better not go through this door.

The boy has earned the following cub scout electives: Bowling, chess, and computers. Hm. I wonder how that happened?

Here we are at the Blue and Gold Banquet for scouts. Someone said we eat in five minutes. That better be true.

A little sun does wonders for your state of mind, especially when it brings 50 degrees with it. It also clears the ice and replaces it with mud. But really, I ain’t complaining.

Today I spent a couple of hours knocking the 6-inch deep build up of ice from all of the gutters. I’d guess I chisled, pried, and levered a good 500 pounds of ice off the gutters/roof — no kidding.
The picture is of an ice column that had formed between gutter and ground, measuring about 5 [...]