Tommie

Outings

Recent outings include a trip to the Renaissance festival and a trip to Haydays. The renaissance festival speaks for itself but some explanation of Haydays may be in order. Officially named the "start of winter" Haydays is a large snowmoblie and ATV event with drag races, swap meet and factory tents. More machines than you can see in one day and plenty of gear and parts.

A couple of wild rides spotted at Haydays

Renaissance festival

Update

Been quite sometime since I have updated the blog. I hope to perform to a higher standard in the next year. I have been on a short summer break from school, working full time as a LSW at the county level. The cabin looks good and is a nice place to relax. I would write a novel if not for the upcoming thesis anxiety.

Spanky is fatter so I have attempted to drag him out for a jog now and again. He appears to have the endurance of a frozen chicken and yet manages to have a good time.

Cody is bee keeping somewhere in North Dakota and reports that he enjoys the freedom.
I understand completely.

I'm looking forward to getting this next year completed, excited for the future.

Cody turns 18

Cody turned 18 last Monday, I guess that makes me older than dust. I spent some time with him at his Mom's here are a couple pics.

Aquaria

My Aquariums, A salt water reef tank, and a freshwater african cichlid tank.

A couple of "cool" rides

Roy decided he had enough of the XLT and we spent a day scrapping it out. Not to be left in the dust, he then bought a 1998 XC 600 which practically matches my 98' XC 700 in good looks and performance. Here we are on the maiden voyage of the two machines. Pictures were taken at Wahoo on the Crow Wing river. We rode the river back to Motley enjoying the sighting of Bald Eagles and a very confused red fox who we surprised as he was crossing the river.

Sled head

In an effort to survive the brutal conditions of winter I finally broke down and bought a sled. I will not lie to you, they are not practical. They are however, essential to my having fun in the winter along with ice-fishing. I am also posting a few pictures of Roy's sled which unfortunately is toast. After working several weeks on his XLT I decided to buy my XC 700. On the day I bought mine Roy crashed his into a tree fives miles into the ride. We spent the evening getting it back to shape. The next day after a wonderful rail ride his XLT threw a rod and we were done. Currently he is parting it out to sell on Craig's list. I hope you enjoy the pics. It has been a wild Minnesota weekend.

My new sled, 98' Polaris XC 700 twin

Results of Roy's crash

On the trail, both sleds (post Roy's crash and evening of repair).

This is what you do in Minnesota in the winter:

Welcome to exotic Minnesota

Here are a group of recent pictures depicting the exotic far reaches of Minnesota. A beautiful landscape made fairer by the occasional snow storm, (Yes that is sarcasm seeping through your computer screen.)