The sun was out yesterday - really it was!
5/15/06 6:52 am.
47º F, Rain, NW wind 7 mph.
Good morning,
The sun was out for a while yesterday. It really was - for a few minutes at suppertime. The story is back to the same again this morning though - more rain. The weatherman is saying that we might see the sun again this afternoon though - but not for long. We have had well over 4" of rain in the last days. That is a bunch! We are getting very tired of the wet. Enough already! The low causing this has finally left the southern end of Lake Michigan and is finally heading east at a very slow rate. Seems we will be affected by it for the rest of the week though, more or less. When I got up this morning, it looked like a non-rain day, at least part of it. When the sun came up though, the rain came down. So much for getting outside early this morning.
While eating breakfast Saturday morning, I decided we had a case of "cabin fever" and needed to do something about it. Since we had received our new Wisconsin Maritime Museum Membership card, I figured it was time to go to the museum in Manitowoc. Since we are members, the admission price is paid for. Actually the cost of two admissions is about the same as the membership cost. It also provides a 15% discount at their gift shop, so Margriet had to put that to use also.
We had a good day and enjoyed ourselves. The last time we were there, a couple of years ago, they were in the process of remodeling the building and putting up an addition to house an old steam engine from one of the ships. The project is now complete and impressive, especially the steam engine. The engine is a triple pass, three cylinder monster something over two stories high. It is well displayed with it moving and several interactive features, allowing folks to start/stop it, blow a steam whistle, and several other parts of the engine operation. I think the engine came from a ferry, but not sure. It was built in Manitowoc by a company which is still building marine engines. It made it’s mark mostly in the fishing industry with small (actually rather large in physical size, not horsepower) one and two cylinder steam, gasoline, and diesel engines. The company story is rather impressive. They sure changed the fishing industries method of doing things, changing the industry from sail to power boats.
The rest of the museum has also been some rearranged. The displays are awesome. As is the craftsmanship displayed - impeccable! It is really interesting. There is a huge display of outboard motors of many different kinds. Some I had not heard of or seen before. They also have many wooden boats on display - really cool. One of the displays is of the old wooden strip duck hunting skiffs. It really brought back memories of our "adopted" Grandfather who built them by hand. I was some disappointed with a working display of hobby built small wooden boats. In the past when I have been there, they had an actual small rowing/sailing skiff under construction for folks to watch being built. I really liked that display. Similar to what the EAA used to do, only they were building or restoring an airplane.
After leaving the museum, we headed for lunch at a restaurant we found on our way back from the south a couple of years ago. It was next-door to the motel we stayed in. The food is still just as good and plenty of it. Margriet had a chicken pot pie which was too large for her and I had enough so could not help her eat it. I had barbequed beef short ribs with broasted potato wedges. Very good and a great plenty. I had not had short ribs for a long time and these were tender and excellent. We don’t get to Manitowoc very often, but try to stop at there when we can.
Since there as a Wal*Mart close by, we stopped and picked up an ink tank for the printer. I also found a small case to hold the flash drives we have been accumulating for this machine. One of Wartburg instructors had one a couple of months ago and I have been looking for them ever since. The flash drives are rather small and easy to lose. Until I saw the small case, I have been trying to figure out a what to keep track of them. Margriet thought it would make a good birthday present for me and I agreed. It really works well.
Since it was Mother’s Day yesterday, we spent a very lazy day. I didn’t feel up to snuff, so we played hooky from church. That is a first in a long time! I did recover enough to make a beef tenderloin for supper with mashed potatoes. I have done better on other roasts, but the potatoes turned out better. I had planned on enough leftover for breakfast this morning, but they were too good and there are no leftovers! Margriet spent most of the day reading a couple of books she got from the library the other day.
I didn’t do all that much, but did manage to see a pretty good Formula 1 race from Spain. I also printed (since I got an ink tank) out the second writing of the first draft of the book. Not too sure why, but I really was surprised at the size of the printing. It uses about one-fourth of a ream of paper, but I didn’t expect it to be that big, even though I knew it. A stack of pages over ½" thick just didn’t register in my head, until I saw it! Oh well, still a lot more re-writing to do yet.
We are thinking about heading to the Shawano area for a couple of days this week. Intend to leave Wednesday and return on Thursday again. We have to try out our Wisconsin Historical Society membership card on discounts there too. There is some history there to see. Not that long of a drive, maybe a couple of hours each way, but definitely less than a tank of gas away. Think we will be taking several short trips this summer if we can.
Time to get the day a-going
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
47º F, Rain, NW wind 7 mph.
Good morning,
The sun was out for a while yesterday. It really was - for a few minutes at suppertime. The story is back to the same again this morning though - more rain. The weatherman is saying that we might see the sun again this afternoon though - but not for long. We have had well over 4" of rain in the last days. That is a bunch! We are getting very tired of the wet. Enough already! The low causing this has finally left the southern end of Lake Michigan and is finally heading east at a very slow rate. Seems we will be affected by it for the rest of the week though, more or less. When I got up this morning, it looked like a non-rain day, at least part of it. When the sun came up though, the rain came down. So much for getting outside early this morning.
While eating breakfast Saturday morning, I decided we had a case of "cabin fever" and needed to do something about it. Since we had received our new Wisconsin Maritime Museum Membership card, I figured it was time to go to the museum in Manitowoc. Since we are members, the admission price is paid for. Actually the cost of two admissions is about the same as the membership cost. It also provides a 15% discount at their gift shop, so Margriet had to put that to use also.
We had a good day and enjoyed ourselves. The last time we were there, a couple of years ago, they were in the process of remodeling the building and putting up an addition to house an old steam engine from one of the ships. The project is now complete and impressive, especially the steam engine. The engine is a triple pass, three cylinder monster something over two stories high. It is well displayed with it moving and several interactive features, allowing folks to start/stop it, blow a steam whistle, and several other parts of the engine operation. I think the engine came from a ferry, but not sure. It was built in Manitowoc by a company which is still building marine engines. It made it’s mark mostly in the fishing industry with small (actually rather large in physical size, not horsepower) one and two cylinder steam, gasoline, and diesel engines. The company story is rather impressive. They sure changed the fishing industries method of doing things, changing the industry from sail to power boats.
The rest of the museum has also been some rearranged. The displays are awesome. As is the craftsmanship displayed - impeccable! It is really interesting. There is a huge display of outboard motors of many different kinds. Some I had not heard of or seen before. They also have many wooden boats on display - really cool. One of the displays is of the old wooden strip duck hunting skiffs. It really brought back memories of our "adopted" Grandfather who built them by hand. I was some disappointed with a working display of hobby built small wooden boats. In the past when I have been there, they had an actual small rowing/sailing skiff under construction for folks to watch being built. I really liked that display. Similar to what the EAA used to do, only they were building or restoring an airplane.
After leaving the museum, we headed for lunch at a restaurant we found on our way back from the south a couple of years ago. It was next-door to the motel we stayed in. The food is still just as good and plenty of it. Margriet had a chicken pot pie which was too large for her and I had enough so could not help her eat it. I had barbequed beef short ribs with broasted potato wedges. Very good and a great plenty. I had not had short ribs for a long time and these were tender and excellent. We don’t get to Manitowoc very often, but try to stop at there when we can.
Since there as a Wal*Mart close by, we stopped and picked up an ink tank for the printer. I also found a small case to hold the flash drives we have been accumulating for this machine. One of Wartburg instructors had one a couple of months ago and I have been looking for them ever since. The flash drives are rather small and easy to lose. Until I saw the small case, I have been trying to figure out a what to keep track of them. Margriet thought it would make a good birthday present for me and I agreed. It really works well.
Since it was Mother’s Day yesterday, we spent a very lazy day. I didn’t feel up to snuff, so we played hooky from church. That is a first in a long time! I did recover enough to make a beef tenderloin for supper with mashed potatoes. I have done better on other roasts, but the potatoes turned out better. I had planned on enough leftover for breakfast this morning, but they were too good and there are no leftovers! Margriet spent most of the day reading a couple of books she got from the library the other day.
I didn’t do all that much, but did manage to see a pretty good Formula 1 race from Spain. I also printed (since I got an ink tank) out the second writing of the first draft of the book. Not too sure why, but I really was surprised at the size of the printing. It uses about one-fourth of a ream of paper, but I didn’t expect it to be that big, even though I knew it. A stack of pages over ½" thick just didn’t register in my head, until I saw it! Oh well, still a lot more re-writing to do yet.
We are thinking about heading to the Shawano area for a couple of days this week. Intend to leave Wednesday and return on Thursday again. We have to try out our Wisconsin Historical Society membership card on discounts there too. There is some history there to see. Not that long of a drive, maybe a couple of hours each way, but definitely less than a tank of gas away. Think we will be taking several short trips this summer if we can.
Time to get the day a-going
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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