Ice Fishing on Lake Superior

The Troop Decided they wanted to take a trip to go Ice fishing.    We had an awesome time, and here are some of the pictures from the adventure.  

 

         1st night at Cole Canoe base in Alger, Michigan

    Quick stop before crossing that Mackinac Bridge

   Lake Michigan on the Left, Lake Huron on the Right

  Learning how to Luge from Marquette Recreation Tours.. They were fantastic and had a blast learning to Luge.

Sunsets at Camp Hiawatha.

Woke up early for Ice fishing on Lake Superior

It's easier to know when fish aren't even around when you have a camera to see the bait.

 We did end up catching a few.

But it was slow...

Still a beautiful place to sit and fish for a few outs.   MQT Adventures and Guide Service were awesome.

But we wanted to do some exploring as well.   Munising falls was Beautifully frozen.

                                           

Another set of falls, was equally "cool". 

but I really enjoyed the walk out to the Ice Caves on Grand Island... 1 mile walk out to the island across the frozen great lake!

Last Night at camp... 

And the Sunrise heading home.. 

Honoring my father

 After a multi year battle with Parkinson's, my father lost his battle with the disease.   He had put up a good fight for many years.   During the preparations for his Funeral I decided I wanted to make the urn for him to be laid to rest in.   His love of Mission style furniture inspired me to make the following.   I'm sure he would have been thrilled to see this honor to him.   

Finishing some Bowls and Vases

 Some recent Bowls and Vessels I've made

 

Maple

Cherry burl I got off Facebook Marketplace

Neighbor had a cherry tree fall, so this bowl was from that

 And Spalted Beech from a fallen tree

A couple of the pieces I mentioned

Below is a couple of the pieces I've turned lately. I've been kinda shocked at how well they turned out. The first piece is a Lacewood piece that I turned and carved. For the first time putting a twist and tail on a turning I thought it turned out well. The piece is about 4 inches long and maybe an inch or two wide.

This is a side shot showing the shape and tail.


Another view showing a better angle of the tail

And then a Front view showing the hollowing and flow of it.


The second pieces is another of the Bruce Perry shapes I like to mess with. I'm doing an online Secret Santa exchange and turned the below piece for my recipient. Hope he enjoys it. This chunk of maple had some great curly grain to it and really turned out nice.

My wife pointed out that this one does look better standing on edge..
A side view for a better look at the vessel and wave profile.

Thanksgiving fun

For thanksgiving, as we do most years, we went up to the Cabin to spend with my parents. Tammy was excited because we finally got to see some snow. (something we haven't hardly seen any of this year). It allowed the kids (Big and Small) to play on their 4 wheelers, eat good food and hang out with the Family. Tammy and Grandma got some reading in and Grandpa and I spent some time laying out wood spirit's to carve.


Grandma and the kids playing a game of Candyland.

Just enough snow for some sledding behind the 4 wheeler, I think Kayti enjoyed this more than Troy. She had some much fun she didn't want to come in, even when she was really cold. :-)

And catching up on some pictures from the Summer

Calisthenics for the 5 and 3 year old.
Now it's time to do some riding.... and hold on for dear life if you don't have the helmet.


Aren't they cute together?
Rock on, and No pictures please :-)
My two darlings playing in the water.
And the ornery one looks up at me
They all get in on the fun.

Isn't Fall great

Ya know, here we are in November. It's still in the 70's. And I had another chance to pick up all the leaves around the yard, and had two wonderful helpers around to help me. Man I love fall in Colorado.

A little Kayti Bug Leaf compactor.

So we have to have a Cool Dude Troy compactor here too.


That's a big pile of leaves... wait it moved?!?!?

Umm, yea, to many options on this one huh? :-)


Getting ready to jump, if Daddy would just let us.