Archives: September 2003

Tuesday Sept 30, 2003 7:00 a.m.
Its raining slightly out there this morning and we had a pretty hard rain
during the night. At first the weatherman was calling for snow but it stayed
to warm...darn.....grass drags coming up this weekend in onsted. The railroad
tracks are all torn up from frederic towards waters, the way they have things
excavated along the trail I think they are adding in a spur, they are for sure
replacing all the ties all the way to gaylord. Cathy has been putting out the
new
jackets, bibs, helmets, gloves, & etc in the front room so we are ready for the
snow to hit. Tommorow is opening day of bow season so I plan on spending the day
out in the woods in search of BIG DON. Last week I took a nice long walk thru
the woods
and found 2 nice sheds a nice 5 point and a 3 point. All the years I have taken
walks like that I have never found any. On the way to town yesterday a bear
crossed the road in front of Cathy right by the snowmobile trail by hanson
hills.
Thats about it for now. Thanks for checking in. Pete
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Tuesday September 23,2003 10:00 p.m.
The newest and most exciting thing around frederic is the new grayling trail
maps
came in yesterday and I got in the new trail permits last week. They are red
this year
so at least its not a horrid color like they sometimes come up with. They are
still twenty
bucks this year too. Now if we can only get our moneys worth out of them. It
was a great
weather this past weekend for the firemans memorial in roscommon. This coming
up weekend
the events are a car show in midland and there are grass drags coming up in
onsted for
the next 2 weekends. This coming weekend grass drags are run by ASDRA and the
weekend of
Oct 4, & 5 they are run by PSDGRA. Dont forget if anybody is looking for a
getaway cabin
up north Cathy's mom has a place for sale, read the scrolling banner a little
bit higher up
on this page. Thanks for checking in. Pete
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Tuesday September 15, 2003
Back home after a great weekend at the grass drags in frankenmuth, the bad part
was the wind was blowing at us all weekend and I got to eat dirt and dust so
that wasnt
to much fun. The rain didnt start till right at the end on sunday. It was great
to
hear the roar of sleds running down the track as this is the first race I have
been
to this year. Cathy and the girls checked out the stores around Frankenmuth and
saginaw and
just the dog (ellie) and I were at the races. Yesterday during the singing of
the national
anthem I guess Ellie didnt like the girls voice that was singing because she
started howling.
It was both funny and embarassing. Turns out it was Chelsea Tiede from Woody's
that was
singing and I got to tell her about it. This coming weekend is the Firemans
Memorial
Festival in Roscommon. Thanks for checking in. Pete
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Monday night September 8, 2003 9:00 p.m.
Well I see I am up and running again. My domain name expired and I had to
get it renewed, so now its good for another 5 years. I have been going to change
servers and webmasters so its probably going to happen soon before the snow
flies.
So if this thing goes down again for a bit dont worry I will be back hopefully
with changes for the better. This past weekend I was at the woods n water show
down
in imlay city. The interesting thing at the show was a archery trick shooter
there from
west virgina. He would start by shooting a ballon out of the air and then a
clay target,
then shooting a baby aspirin out of the air, and he did this with a regular
recurve bow.
He put on a good show and the other most amazing thing about him is that he did
it by shooting
the bow behind his back. If you want you can check out his website at
www.frankaddingtonjr.com other than that nothing exiting. Grass Drags this
weekend
in frankenmuth at Rienbolds Sales and service. I will be there. Thanks for
checking in. Pete
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Tuesday Sept 3 2003
Anybody looking for a place to buy up here might be interested in this.
Cathy's mom bought a new place and moved, so this is whats for sale. 2 Acres
with a cute little 1,000 square foot house, screened in porch, 3 bedrooms, 1
bath,
big yard with plenty of room for trailers & parking and 2 car garage. Its
located
about 3 miles south of Charlies Country Corners on 7 mile road. The price is
$75,000.
If you are interested e mail me or call me at the shop......Thanks Pete
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Monday Sept 2, 2003 7:30 a.m.
Well its the first day of school here in grayling today. Melissa is going into
5th grade and Haley is starting pre school. Only 3 months till the trails open.
We walked the mackinaw bridge yesterday and that was a nice day. The police were
thick up there with big trucks being inspected by the state and trailers being
checked.
The bomb squad truck was sitting in a back alley. A definite sign of the times.
It was good to see them out there doing their jobs but also hard to believe
that is
what big events have come too. On Thursday Cathy and I took a nice boat cruise
out on
Lake Charlevoix & Michigan with my buddy Bob and his bride and 2 other couples.
Another
beautiful day out. I wanted us to head for Milwaukee. I talked to my friend
Denny over
there and he said it was a great time and there were alot of people and his
sales were
a complete sell out. I knew I should have had my own booth over there too.
Thats about it for
now. Thanks for checking in. Pete
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