A third of the year gone.

It is amazing to me how fast time passes. It seems like such a short time ago we were up celebrating Christmas with Maija, Brad and Scott at the cabin. Now it has warmed up and most of the snow is gone. The mosquitoes have returned and the Sandhill Cranes are circling overhead. A lot of waterfowl have returned but they have to settle for puddles right now because the lakes are still frozen. Now that it has warmed up and we can have the windows open during the day the traffic noise is way more noticeable. Motorcycles seem to be making up an awful lot of it so far this year. With gas going for $3.70 just down the road I guess those are the only vehicles people can afford to pleasure ride on. I know Mary anhttp://localhost/test.htmld I were kind of planning a trip to the Lower 48 this summer but have canceled those plans because of the price of gas.
Fishing season is just around the corner. Once the lakes open up the trout will be really hungry. I'll have to get the boat ready to use a little more this year then I did last. At least this year it isn't all full of leaves and stuff from having to leave it outside like I did the winter before last. I made a nice place for it in the shop and it looks like it held air in it all winter. I went out quite often while Mary was gone to Finland but once she got home I hardly went out at all. Nancy Lake is supposed to have a good population of Northern Pike and being a Minnesota boy I would love to find where they live in that lake.
Enough for now. More later.