BIG Changes......

O.K., moderate changes. Maybe small changes, depending on your viewpoint...
Ol' dumb-head Carlo finally figured out how to let people comment with-out having to go through that sign-up process! Now you can just click 'Anonymous' and type away. You will still have to go through the 'word verification' gig, as that is the only way to keep spammers and other jerks from dumping loads of junk in here. And we don't want that, do we?????

Short update on things around the Lodge. Spring has sprung, the snow is gone, the gravel from plowing the road has revealed itself (all over the lawn), and the Yellowstone-esque mudpots and sinkholes have appeared in the drive. Who cares, it's warming up!!
I've got a particularily busy week comning up. But let's back up a moment. Saturday I was able to get to Merrill and put the new muffler mount on the plane. I hope this is not a recurring problem, but it wasn't a big deal to fix. The dealer sent one gratis, so that is good. So that meant I spent a while on Saturday doing a bunch of solo landings at the airport. That was fun and it went well. Seeing as how I need to build some solo hours so I can get this plane moved to Phillips, I decided to head to Merrill Sunday morning, with the plan of getting airborn before sunrise. We can fly from the beginning of civil twilight in the morning til the end of civil twilight in the evening. You can find the definition of civil twilight here. Guess who forgot his aviaton radio??? And didn't discover that fact until he was a few miles East of Spirit??? Back for the radio, didn't get into the air until 7:15. (I had gotten up at 4:50 in the A. of M.!!)
Flew to Wausau where I did three touch and go landings, then headed back to Merrill, flying at 5,300' MSL (above sea level). Stopped in at the Merrill airport and grabbed my GPS, a drink of water and a bathroom stop, and headed to Antigo, about 25 miles to the east. I had never been there before, but I had looked at this site, so I knew what the field looked like. Just click on "Antigo" (or where-ever) in the list to see that airport. I also had my GPS loaded with the latitude/longitude numbers, so it was easy to find and plan a landing. I did two touch and go landings there and then headed back to Merrill. So I got 2.5 hours logged this morning before the wind started to kick up.
Tuesday evening will be the last regular class session for our ground school. Will get home about 11:00 P.M. and need to get up at about 4:00 A.M. on Wednesday to go turkey hunting. Ivan and I both got first season permits, so we are taking off work on Wed.-Friday to hunt, maybe go fishing, and just generally be out of work for a while. Thursday is the final night of school, with tests and review, etc, so will get home late again.... mind you, I'm not complaining, because all of this is of my own doing.
That's about it for now, I just heard the clothes dryer buzzer, so I need to get on with my chores.
Yram, we are having lots of sunny days while you are having all rain..... (just don't forget our snow).

Adios...........................