We found a trough to put the lift in that was about to my knee caps. At the end of the dock it’s about mid shin. Just looking for options to enjoy the boat for more than a few weeks. I know a lot of people using sea legs on the north end, but like ripjiggen I’m scared that it’s going to get moved.

G-raff, do you find that the legs get buried down in the sand? How strong is the motor to lift them out? Do you find that you worry more about the wind or the waves? Any info you could provide would be helpful.

After reading that article BigWerm, that’s what he was talking about. He was stating it was a wild rice harvesting issue. He must’ve confused the two dam names when he was telling me. So ramblings of a crotchety old timer mixed with some grains of truth is what I’m deducing.

The neighbor that was giving me this info was telling me it was a tribal issue, for what it’s worth. I didn’t want to go there, just wanted to see if this is just weather related or something else.

So, sealegs…safe on the north end sand? Or am I going to find our toon on it’s side due to high winds or waves? It’s actually about half as expensive as the lift we purchased last year, I just am leery that I’m not going to find it where I left it.

Appreciate the feedback.

Depending on number of residents, they may want to look into renting a townhome. We rented one out for a number of years and just recently sold it. We were renting it for our mortgage which was less than an apartment. Ours was in Minnetonka.

All three of those areas will be much nicer than a lot of the metro. Plymouth and Maple Grove are nice areas that don’t add too much to the commute either and may be worth looking into. Like said above, the farther out you go, the more you get for your money.

I bought a new Colorado in the timeframe you are looking. The whole reason I got that over the Tacoma was the rear leg room for two kids. My BIL has a Tacoma and has to slide his seat 4 or 5 inches forward to fit his kids in the car seat and drive. I doubt you have little ones but it’s something to think about.

Having said all that, I had to take GM to court for lemon law. Mine has had nothing but issues with the “infotainment” center. They tried fixing it 9 times in a year, nothing helped. Rearview camera wouldn’t work, then it would stay on (this was kind of cool, made me feel like James Bond), buttons on the wheel wouldn’t work, phone wouldn’t sync. They ended up paying a third of the price of the vehicle back to me. Has definitely turned me off from GM though.

The ridgeline had some cool features that I really liked, drives like a car, but the bed is pretty shallow for any real hauling.

Looking on satellite it looks like Mille Lacs is open. Tough to tell in the SE due to clouds, but might be some ice left in Isle Bay.

I did one as a young man, I enjoyed it. My aunt is a world traveler and has been on dozens of cruises. She states that you get tired of looking at ocean in the carribean. At least in Alaska you’re looking at Glaciers, mountains, etc.

It’s not a sit on the deck and tan cruise. We had days in the 70s and days in the 30s. But there is always something to do. You’ll eat the best food you’ve ever had…every day. The excursions are cool but two of mine got canceled due to a broken boat for one and bad weather for another.

She recommends Holland America as her cruise line of choice.

Remember, carbs are required for life. Your central nervous system and red blood cells specifically only live off of glucose.

What you need to focus on is glycemic index, not carbs. This is basically how your body reacts to something and how much insulin it requires to digest. They gave a bunch of people pure glucose, then tested every known food against it giving is a score from 0-100. It worked great until they got to white wonder bread…it tested higher than pure glucose! There is no predicting where something is on the chart. Raw potato is great, cooked is terrible. Look at the chart and base your diet off of that. Avoid the high fructose corn syrup, it’s the worst offender of them all and found in everything. Nutrigrain bars, sound healthy, have HFCS in them. The benefits of fruit are many and I wouldn’t cut them out of your diet. Sweets, pop, candy are your culprits. Talk to your doctor though, they’ll have good info for you.

We have our toon serviced and wrapped at Farm Island. Previous boats we’ve had serviced there as well. They’ve done good work for us, but like said above, not the same work you’re doing.

I used to be big on lake state fishing. I know it changed ownership a few years ago…about the time people stopped posting on it.

Pay attention to where you are heading out of. Lybacks just increased their weight limit to 5000 lbs curb weight, while Red Door and Barnacles are closed for the year. They were reporting 1 inch of ice in certain areas due to cracking. As far as snow, you won’t find much, if any.

I have young boys, 5 and 3, and they love reeling in fish, but I was always setting the hook for them. Friend of mine uses circle hooks for his kids so they can just start reeling them in. I thought it was a genius idea.

4 mph south wind today, 14 mph north wind on Saturday is what concerns me. I don’t want to be reading deeper and deeper depths on my flasher lol.

54 degrees here on Christmas Eve, we won’t be too far behind the palm trees.

Mine says the same thing, but even if I click no to the new subscription, all my maps open up.

Something like this happened a few years ago with them. My app now says Boating app, but it still works the same. I think you just don’t get the bells and whistles. Maybe search your app store for that.

I’ve always wondered if pushing a shack while another guy is pulling would be beneficial. Two guys pulling on the same harness never works, but if you could somehow split the weight of the shack then I could see it as beneficial. I’m not crafty enough but I would think a set of bicycle bars or something from a scooter could get mounted to the back.

Just got an email from Clam today advertising the Sceptre combo. They still make them.

My friend has a property that is a doe magnet with nice bucks on occasion. Every single buck shot out of there was in the morning as far back as I can remember. This year, of course, the first buck was shot in the evening, about 2 hours before closing light, the next, 4 minutes before closing light, and the last was at almost 11 AM. Never saw a doe this year. Just when you think you have a pattern down, it changes dramatically.

Terry you made my day. I bought the other drill, got the deal at Home Depot just to have them cancel my battery order but still charge me for the leaf blower. 3 phone calls later finally got all that cancelled, ordered the Amazon deal you found, and will be returning the other drill. BTW, that drill is listed as a 12V again, but it’s the 18V.

I’ve been looking for a K drill compatible for a while. Thanks for posting.

Home depot has 2 5 amp hour batteries and charger on sale for 179, but you get to pick out another tool for free. Free leaf blower…

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Chrome-Tie-Down-Anchor-Point-2-Pack-55648/206967300

Depending on make and model of your vehicle, get something similar to this that just pops into the top holes on the side walls of the bed of your truck.

This was early 80s, but my dad had something that expanded as you twisted the eye bolt that secured it into place. No idea what it would be called though.

Where can you find it?

Not having to compete with pro sports teams made me stop and think for a minute. That’s a very interesting point. Ann Arbor, Columbus, Happy Valley, even Athens or Tuscaloosa don’t have pro sports teams. The counter would be USC has won championships in the past while having multiple pro teams in town, but I see where you’re coming from. I don’t think that’s the total answer, but it could be a part of it. I went to the U of Iowa and tailgating for games started on fricken Wednesday morning. I always chalked that up to we had nothing better going on in the state of Iowa. I wonder if a pro team remotely close would change that??? Of course facilities to do it helps…parking around the U of M is terrible, as is all our stadiums in town. I admit I don’t think PJ is the answer, but I also admit that facilities need to improve, money going to the teams/players has to improve, recruiting has to improve. Target and Best Buy are in town, can’t we get them on board to help with some facilites or NIL money?

I just want something in town to be excited for besides the Timberwolves lol, who are having a hell of a year so far. But it’s frustrating watching the Twins go full yard sale after finally winning a playoff game. The Gophers floundering in football, basketball, even wrestling they aren’t really relevant anymore.

By your measure what would make the season less than a bust? It’s MN, we have to temper our hopes and dreams but

A winning season? No
Win the west? Lofty goal, but should’ve been attainable last year. No.
Beat a ranked opponent? This I’ll give you. Not sure Iowa was ranked at the time but they are now so we’ll call that a yes.
Go to a bowl game? I’ll say yes but with a fat asterisk by it.

I don’t think anyone on here is hoping for a National Championship. But saying MN had a “good” year because they beat an Iowa team who’s best offensive weapon is their punter isn’t high achievement. And then to qualify for a bowl game with a losing record because there are too many bowls and not enough teams, also, isn’t a very high achievement.

Maybe PJ will move onto another school and win a national championship then…just like Lou Holtz.

2 of the last 4 years they were sub 500.
2022 they had the easiest conference schedule known to man, no PSU, no OSU, and no Michigan, and they still couldn’t win the west.
Next year we add 4 teams better than the gophers to the conference slate. You honestly think they will compete against Oregon and Washington better than they did Michigan or OSU?
How many kids entered the portal today from MN? Do we think quality transfers are coming here?

I think it’s pretty easy to say this team will not improve.

I was a Cubs fan since I was 5, I get it, it’s easy to be passionate about your team. But I also realize the best part of Cubs games on WGN when I was little was listening to Harry Carey get drunk, not the quality of play on the field. I hope the Gophers improve. But the realist in me says they will not. I think it’s going to be some lean years for the foreseeable future.

Michigan has 49 active players in the NFL.
OSU has 63.
Penn State has 44.

I don’t think anyone expects PJ to recruit like these teams, and obviously NFL talent doesn’t directly correlate to on field success at the college level. But PJ isn’t even recruiting MN effectively, let alone the rest of the country. We can argue all we want but with him at the helm, MN is not going to improve. You’re looking at a team that will be out of the top 10 teams in the Big Ten (sounds weird to say). If everyone continues to want him there’s no shame in that, but don’t complain about a 15th place big ten finish next year either.

I’m curious, why do we think he recruits well? His recruiting class last year was ranked 46th nationally on 247 sports, and 8th in the Big Ten. Or are you saying he recruits well for Minnesota? Maryland and Illinois had better recruiting classes than MN! Forget about OSU, Mich, PSU.

I agree with Dan, everybody I know thinks he’s the best. Maybe cause I’m not a gopher fan, but I don’t see it. Middle to bottom of the Big Ten west, well now it’ll be just bottom quarter of the Big Ten is as far as this team is going to go.

I guess I don’t understand the logic of keeping your team together for more practices and how it’s hugely beneficial. Is extra practice good, of course. But Michigan, OSU, Penn State, Oregon, USC, Washington, teams that Minnesota can’t compete with, are also getting that extra practice time and they’re getting it for meaningful games. Underclassmen that can’t compete at top tier levels aren’t going to ever compete with those teams, no matter how many extra practices you give them. Especially when those teams are also getting extra reps.

Have to recruit better and have to get NIL money injected into the program.

I’ve never been a fan of the ions and agree with the above. Too short, handle design is opposite of what you think it should be. My back kills when I have to drill a hole with one of those. I got the 40v SM a few years ago, couldn’t be happier.