DaCabin Fever...

It has been cold for weeks and then Tuesday it was nice so I went fishing. I didn't catch anything, or even get any bites, but it was great being out again and playing with my new fishing toys - which, all worked great. With all the new technologies and those rare earth magnets, I can cast with the best of them without massive 'line birdsnest' disasters of the past. I have also completed my rebuilding of my new Sturgeon casting rod handle and am ready for the really large fish, whenever it thaws out again...

Then, last night, it snowed again about 4". It was snowing hard when I was coming home from playing pool and I was in Pam's Lincoln, which has studded tires and traction control, but is still pretty exciting on real slick roads. I was on the freeway, going about 40MPH and these trucks kept passing me going about 70MPH. And, after each of them would pass, I was totally blinded by the swirling snow to see anything for about 10-15 seconds. So, I just had to lock onto something off in the distance that I could see as the truck was passing and hold the wheel straight until I could see again - Big Fun... Luckily, these trucks know the act and keep their distance from each other so there are not large pileups and the such.

Flora, Pam's mother stayed here Tues and Wed nights. On Wednesday, she had a biopsy on some lung spots they saw during a routine CAT scan and Pam took off of work to be with her during the day at the hospital. I guess the results won't be known for a few days, but I will post them when available for the family.

We are still messing with the cleanup of the Great Garage Flood of '06... The old shelving units got destroyed, so I had to go to Costco yesterday to get some new ones. So, I have 4 boxes, that will each end up building 6' X 4' X 18" shelving units, in the back seat of the Jeep. Each box weighs 130# so I am hoping the restoration company folks come by soon to remove them and set them up.

If all goes well, we could have the garage back together in a couple of days. That will be great for many, many reasons... Life goes on here in DaHo...