Jen and I made the trip up to the cottage with my dad on Saturday April 15 – opening weekend. A full two weeks earlier than 2022. I finally feel alive again! I’m back, baby! I’m back.
Music on the trip up:
- Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds
Music on the trip back:
- Gordon Lightfoot – Complete Greatest Hits
- Goo Goo Dolls – A Boy Named Goo
There was only one hiccup on the way home. I almost got a speeding ticket. The only reason I didn’t was the officer had to respond to an emergency immediately. Whew. That was close.
The lake levels are down this year and the water smelled terrible. We can hope that this changes in the summer, but there are no guarantees. The water may remain shallow and stinky. If so, we will have to go elsewhere to swim this summer!
Please enjoy this brief video of nature, beauty, and one weird-ass castle.
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Cool. Canadian geese were flying through the trees, just as Lou Reed said they did.
Mike’s back, baby!
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I’m back, dude. I even wrote a review yesterday.
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WOO-HOO!!!!!!
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Why so stinky?
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The water was not moving at all…normally when it’s active, it washes away all the dead sea creatures and weeds and muck. But instead, the water line retreated, and revealed more of them. The lack of movement just ensured these smells lingered. I hope when we go back, the water levels are higher. They are calling for a lot of rain this week.
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That’s not a weird castle, that’s an incredibly ordinary castle. Yep, there isn’t a single interesting thing happening in there, no sir. In fact, it is the most plain castle I’ve ever seen.
:)
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No secret hideout, no weapons garage, no Mt. Deke!
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Absolutely not. Nothing of the sort.
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Definitely was never used as a nuclear distillery either.
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A ridiculous proposition honestly.
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Who would make something up like that?
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A really cool guy, probably.
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Possibly, or maybe just a goofy guy.
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Last I checked the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
But to be honest it was probably a guy who buys a bunch of Japanese imports :)
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In fact I wrote a review of one yesterday. An album by a friend of ours from France. Japanese import with bonus track. I hope our friend likes it!
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Ah yes, I know the friend in question. He is also a cool guy.
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I, meanwhile, started planning Shinzon’s next chapter.
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Excellent! I am busy for the next couple weekends, but I too have stories planned.
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How did you almost get a speeding ticket. You drive slower than my grandma and she’s dead.
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See? You knew that wasn’t true. I got two speeding tickets in a week once!
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And we slowly slip into our winter. Which ain’t as bad as a snow winter.
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