For the last decade or so, mid-October has meant heading up to Minneapolis for the annual Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) in Minneapolis. The last couple years, I have traveled up to Minnesota the weekend before the conference, to do some late-autumn fishing with my father-in-law.
Even though JNUC was pushed back to mid-November this year, I still made the trip up north for a couple days of fishing on the Mississippi River…and my son was able to come along as well.
Read More…In early April, as GhostPepper closed in on 80,000 miles, I finally had a chance to take care a few maintenance items she had coming due.
Most importantly a full brake service was needed. A few days after ordering parts to do the brake job, one of the brake wear sensors was triggered. So, while there was a little life left in the brake pads, it was definitely time to get them swapped out for newer pads. I last replaced brake pads and rotors at around 38,000 miles, and while it was a bit before it was really needed, we were heading on a 5000+ mile road trip from Chicago, out to Jackson, Wyoming, and then onto Denver, Colorado, before heading back home. So being proactive seemed prudent. As it had been just about 42,000 miles since I last did a full brake service, it seems like 40,000 miles is my magic number.
Read More…My luck fishing the hard water in northeast Illinois this year has been pretty much non-existent. I’ve pulled a few fish through the ice…but nothing bigger than this dinky perch.
That finally changed in Minnesota this weekend.
Read More…So I have taken up ice fishing…which I suppose was inevitable. I have gone ice fishing at least a dozen or so times with my father-in-law the past few years, and I caught a few things here and there, but I decided I needed to give it a go myself. Of course, since receiving new ice fishing equipment for Christmas, we’ve had what seems like a string of record warmth…and no ice.
Read More…I love fish, especially rainbow trout, and I don’t make enough of it at home. When I found our supermarket carrying fresh rainbow trout a few weeks ago, it was on the menu that night. This is an incredible easy recipe, and it taste’s fantastic.
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