How do you like them apples

It's been pretty quiet as of late. We went down to Emma Krumbee's apple farm last weekend with Jason, Suzie, Laynie & Aimee's parents. It was a bit nippy but we seemed to make the best of it while checking out the scarecrows. The cold weather reminded me that I needed a new winter jacket since I haven't bought a nice one in over 8 years (back in high school). I have been eyeing the Mountain Hardware Sub-Zero jacket since I tried it on at Dicks Sporting Goods. I'm going to give it another fitting today and will be purchasing it off of REI.com since I can get an extra $30 discount with an online coupon code. Other than that Aimee & I will be getting ready for Vegas this weekend.

Powerball

Well tonight is the night. The jackpot is up to $340 Million dollars for tonights Powerball drawing. I bought $10 in tickets from a couple gas stations last night and Aimee needs to buy some more tonight. I wouldn't mind just a couple thousand buck-a-roos. I hope some old rich guy doesn't win like the last time the jackpot got over $300 Million. The odds of winning the jackpot are 146.1 million to 1...so your saying there's a chance!

Fall Paintball 2005

We returned today from our fall paintball trip up north at Andy's Land. It was a beautiful weekend with temps in the 60's and not a cloud in the sky. We started out overloading my Cherokee with everything but the kitchen sink. We had a rack in the front & rear hitch to help carry our gear. Because the weather was so great it made the nights a bit chilly because there were no clouds to help keep the temps up. I was getting rather cold in my sleeping bag so I will have to put a REI mummy bag on my x-mas list this year. We all had a fun time although we (PL crew) ran into some issues because we were using some old paintballs & Corey forgot to bring his hopper. I can't wait until the spring paintball & I really want to go up on a Thursday for the spring fling so I can get an extra day to R&R & work on our camp sites. James, Kris & Andy D., you all better be ready for the spring. You can find all the pictures here.

Paintball

Can't wait for paintball this weekend! Should be a great time. The weather is looking really nice with highs in the upper 50's but the lows in the 30's will be a little chilly at night in the tent. I might have to bring the Little Buddy heater along since I could not gather enough funds for the REI mummy bag I want.

BTW Eric James and Kris Bjorklund both suck for bailing on this trip. Dosdall I don't blame you since you just had something come up.

Python vs. Alligator

Found this story a bit strange...Python Bursts After Trying to Eat Gator

Best Place To Live...

Best Place To Live For The Outdoors

Flooding

Here in Apple Valley/Lakeville area were received around 5-7" of rain last night which caused some flash flooding. The picture is just an example of what HWY 42 looked like in some spots. Some people might think to themselves, "ah I better stay in the house.", but not Aimee & I. After watching the 10pm news and seeing all the pictures we decided to take a little joy ride in the Cherokee around Apple Valley. There were a bunch of cars stalled on HWY 42 with a bunch of dumb asses trying to warn on coming traffic. They should be lucky that they were not run over. I would say the deepest spot I could find was around 2-3 feet. I put the Cherokee in 4wd and drove threw the puddles like a hot knife threw butter. With a Jeep Cherokee on 35" tires there wasn't much to worry about unless I decided to drive into a lake.

Congratulations Corey & Mel!!

Wow what a great day for a wedding!! It was great to see our best friends get married yesterday. I was a little nervous about the speech but it seemed to work out good. The reception was awesome & the beer flowed like wine because if it didn't I wouldn't have been dancin' like a crazy man. Well (that's a deep subject) the Bride & Groom are now off on their honeymoon driving out to Colorado Springs, CO. We (Aimee & I) wish them a great & safe trip!