Christmas Holidays Campout

Sarah and I went to spend a few days at the lake after Christmas. My son, Joseph, his wife Shelley and my two grandkids, Julien and Hailey spent an afternoon with us. We had a great time, even if we didn't catch any fish. Weather was beautiful.

Christmas in South Texas

It's cool, but not cold and no snow.

Experimenting...

I love to experiment with computers and various programs. I ran a dialup BBS years ago and had a lot of fun with it, but the Internet made dialup BBS's a thing of the past. Now I am experimenting with a web-based BBS. Try it at http://jupe.no-ip.com
or use telnet to logon directly
telnet://jupe.no-ip.com

Wow!

We had a good time. I spent most of my time cooking, or getting ready to cook. We didn't catch any fish tho...
Maybe next time...

The "After Thanksgiving" Campout!

I plan to go to the lake on Friday after Thanksgiving Day and spend the weekend, fishing, cooking and drinking beer. My son Jason (See Highspeed Heartaches Post)http://jupiter1949.blogspot.com/2006/10/highspeed-heartaches.html and his girlfriend, Christine will be going too. My wife, Kathleen has to work Friday, but will join us on Saturday. The weather report looks great! I can hardly wait.
I'll have to post some pics after we get back home!

A Place for Dogs

We put up a fence and gate to house the dogs. So next time I won't have to tie them out, just let them run in the pen.

Cleanup in progress

We've spent last Saturday and this Sunday cleaning, mowing and cutting trees at the lake lots. Now that the weather has cooled down, we can start camping and fishing again. Maybe Thanksgiving weekend and after Christmas. It'll be nice to get away. We took some fencing up today to make a dog run for our 5 dogs. One day, we'll build a house there, with a back patio that looks out over the water.

Rain brings Weeds!

The recent rains we've had after a very long period of dry weather has really gotten things growing. Time to mow and keep the lots under control. Hard to believe a month ago this was all dirt.

What's left of the Lake

We took a trip to the lots at the lake on Monday. Not much water left... Kinda made me sick. I guess we need a tropical system to dump a few feet of water. This would be an ideal time to work on the pier, if I wasn't broke.. Oh well.

Getting back to normal(?)

Rebuilt my computer and upgraded my daughters after the lightning damage. I bought a big new case, motherboard, processor and video card for mine, and a motherboard, processor, ram for my daughter. Both computers are running very well! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, but now maybe I can get back to it.

Lots happening

Went on a short vacation 2 weeks ago and when I returned I discovered a tree had been hit by lightning. A light fixture on the patio was burnt off the house, the cable was out and no phone service... I called the cable comppany and they came out 4 days later repaired all the cable, but I found I had lost a computer, an ac adapter on a laptop, and one tv.
The phone company was called TWICE and never did anything about my problem so I rewired the damn box myself! After the phones started working again, the first call I made was to the phone company to complain. I told them the repairman should be fired and that I did NOT expect to be charged for the week I was without service! The promised me I wouldn't and asked if there was anything else they could do!!! I said, "God no!" and hung up!
Hmmm, remember when customer satisfaction was priority one???

'nother dog

We have 5 dogs now, since one showed up in our garage Friday morning. She looks like a 5 month old German Shepard. Very friendly, but had not been given proper care. So now we have a chow, two Jack Russell Terriers, a Corgie, and this shepard.

First Brisket of the Season

With about 1 hour to go (total 12 hours) this slab of beef is nearly ready!
Smoked at 250 degrees with the fat side up.
And, it was fantastic!

Bought a new truck

Actually, my wife is making the payments on a 2005 Ford F-250 Super Duty Crew Cab. It's the King Ranch Edition. Not bad, but I'd hate to get mud on the leather seats!

No rain!

I guess it's been 6 months since we've had any rain to speak of. The lake is down to 54% full!!! Fishing from a pier is harder because there's less water under it. We need rain! It'll probably rain when I plan my vacation! Or we'll get a couple of hurricanes and flash floods...

Shelter

We moved the 5th wheel to the lots on Saturday. Now we'll have a place to rest and shower as we continue to work and relax there.

Busy, busy, busy

We installed the new well pump yesterday, dug a 160 foot ditch and buried the electrical cable. Water is running clear! It only "cost" me some beer, bbq, and another dog. With this little one we now have 4 dogs! Two of my sons came up with us to help out. We had a great time and got quite a bit of work done! Now to get that trailer setup!

Trip to the Lake

We drove up to the lake today. Spent a couple hours and came back. Armadillo makes such a noise rooting in the brush and I KNEW there were bass amongst those trees. Neighbors puppies came to visit before we left.

New addition

I've bought a 32' 5th wheel with a super slide to put on the lots at the lake. That'll give us a place to shower, get out of the weather and sleep.