I knew dog shows were competitive, but..

Google News aggregates news stories and images. Sometimes things look like they have gone wrong. Apparently, some pure bred dog just won the Stanley Cup.

A similarly non sequitur pairing happened when Russia invaded Georgia last year and the accompanying image was of the state of Georgia, with an arrow on Savannah.

GPSMAP 76S comes back from the dead!

Last summer, I powered up my afore mentioned GPS unit to have it lock up on me. It acquired some satellites and then, abruptly, the screen went blank with only a thin, solid vertical line displayed.
Of course, I did the requisite T/S: power, terminal contacts, etc. to no avail. So, I gave up on my more than 4 yr old unit.

As I was getting ready to throw it out, I chanced to call Garmin customer service just in case there was a solution other than the $99 remanufacturing fee. Et Voila', the service tech informed me that due to a new WAAS satellite, this, and some other Garmin units were malfunctioning. Solution: Power up unit in a place where there is no chance of receiving satellite signals and turn off "WAAS enabled" in the setup.

This is a work-around until Garmin updates the firmware for this unit at some undisclosed date in the future.

2009 begins

The beginning of the year finds me driving south from the Canadian border. Notice how low the sun is in the sky? I sure did! This is at noon on Jan 1, 2009, somewhere in northern Michigan.

Toe rail removed for perma-caulking

One quart of epoxy and 2 hours of grinding later, voila'!

With or Without?

I don't like pushpits on small boats.
Do you?

Lazaretto Creek Otter- Almost a Sea Otter!

Taking time out to snoop around the dock.

My kind of fish!

Air Art from flip on Vimeo.