Yes, its payback for the north

     I think we have finally made the switch from winter to flooding to summer here!!

                                 Jeff...

You'all Southerners just might be on to something! (At least Nov thru May . )


We are!! Took our first run of the year today! Being your own boss has it perks. Air temp 88 and water temp 61.... Who's up? d

Mike: Hope your wife and kids are enjoying themselves. It is a little on the cool side here now. I am gonna hold ya to that "next year" visit. Maybe you can look at my bike while you are here. Hope the new business is good. And not keeping you as busy as JEFF. I never hardly hear from him anymore.

Ken: I think you know you and Patricia are always in my prayers. Not just for a good summer either.

john

Mike- Hope you guys survive the high water this spring. Our lake is full already and the boards have only been in the dam for 1 week. That's 3.5 feet in 1 week- pretty crazy.
If I can get my butt in gear this weekend to summerize the 86er we could be skiing by Monday.

   JBear,
No doubt in my mind we would have a good time.My wife and kids are actually in Tampa right now soaking up some sun.I couldn't go cause of the new business.Next year for sure.
   
    Mike

   One of my wife's employees has a camp near the end of the lake by the dam.She says camps at that end are starting to take on water.The Mousam river is supposedly flowing over it's banks.They may not have power for 2 weeks at their house.I have not been up there....JEFF KOSTIS can you verify this?

   I cannot handle another spring like last year.

        Mike

It's snowed 3 times since I got the boat out of storage. Maybe I should put it back in.

Reidp- thanks for the invite- that's very generous of you. I was just down in FL for a very short Easter weekend. Next time I'm down there, I'll try to hook up with some of the FL fans

One good thing about all this rain- the lakes levles are rising quickly
-Brad

You guys aint got nothing that beats an Ohio spring, you guys forgot the word anticipation, except when it comes to beers.
Elephants when there growing old and cant keep up with the herd start to head to the burial grounds, any connection?   big time lol, you guys know im kidding though. Eric

We survived ok.No snow here,but 5-6" of rain.Took a ride down through the beach last night at about 7pm...not good.Sidewalks and streets washed out,broken windows etc.There was sand,rocks,and driftwood 1 block deep off the beach.I haven't seen the ocean that mad in a long time.

    Mike

    I think I am going to move away..... We got pounded up here again today. 05210, did you survive??

                                       Jeff

john...
"retired" to me means another 12 hour day...tired yesterday ..."retired" today...man I need to get the boat out of storage!
Sure looks inviting!!!

Great pics John & Reid.Beutiful area . Wish I had time to visit but this work thing gets in my way too .

Pat

Reid,

I see no comments concerning the next to last picture. Is that too a distinguished CC owner?

Jbear, very suave. Is that shorts you're wearing? I don't even know where mine are.

Chuck

Guys, I am back too after spending an awesome weekend with mrs jbear at Reid's place on the "Backside of Paradise". Check out the pic he posted earlier in this thread. The place is all that and more. Right on the water. Atlantic is just on the other side on the mangroves. Cool bar/resturant with very cold beer and great food. Hint; tell them you know Laurie (Reid's lovely better half) don't mention Reid. Great food and friendly staff that greet you as if they have always known you. Short trip, 11 miles, to all that Duvall Street on Key West has to offer. Ask Reid about the Gals we saw Friday nite, inviting us into their show. Pets are welcome, we took Jo the Tennessee wonder dog and she had almost as good a time as we did. Laurie and Reid were gracious hosts and truley showed us a great time. What other host would insist that you bring your dog to their new trailer?

Reid has posted an offer here of the trailer to any of the C/CFAN regulars. I would strongly suggest some of you guys, especially Northerners take him up on this. You won't be sorry. And me and mrs jbear are only 7 hours away in Central Florida if you want to vsit.

At the bar they had tvs tuned to the Weather Channel so we could watch the misery you Northern guys were feeling. We really did feel bad for you guys.

It was an awesome time for us, many thanks to Reid and Laurie for having us.

john

    We got about 9 inches of snow on wed night. .Lost power for about 6 hours.Still have some friends that are without and will probably be so until Sunday.Some roads are still unpassable due to downed trees and lines.The snow is almost gone already from the sun being out,but it's still in the low 30's(day)and the low 20's/teens(night).worst part is with the arctic Air mass in place,they are saying it could happen again within the next week....I'm supposed to get the boat out next Saturday,keeping my fingers crossed.
   Happy Easter guys (and BlondieGurl.)

     Mike