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After the winter storm on Friday, we are at mid 50s all week. Looks that ends next week when we are back to possible snow again midweek.

It is natural gas. We didn’t need it this weekend since the ice wasn’t too bad. Just got it hooked up so this was the first chance. We live in old part of town with lots of large trees. A lot of them are Water Oaks which rot from the inside out. A lot of times they look ok, but 2/3 of it is...

They showed up and got us finished so we’ll have it if we need it. I know someone from a nearby town who had a neighbor with one. They were using to keep their pool heated and were posting pictures of the fun they were having in the pool while everyone else sat in the dark around. They did not...

We went with a Kohler. It ain’t cheap that’s for sure. In the last year, we’ve lost power twice for a week. I was informed by my wife that would not happen again. Supposed to be done tomorrow. We asked who pays for the food in our 2 refrigerators if we lost power. Hopefully it’s done tomorrow...

Snow and ice predicted for us on Friday. Right now calling for over 2 inches. Hopefully more & less ice. Had a whole house generator installed after the hurricane, but it’s not set up to work. Waiting on a part to connect it to the fuse box. Been getting the run around about it and not happy...

It was either ‘06 or ‘07.

I’ve seen Falcons in the wild twice & it was on back to back days. We were camping in Shenandoah NP and were at Hawksbill Mountain and saw them. They had a Ranger talk there about them. The next day we drove to DC and saw them in the city. We were up in the tower of the old Post Office there.

Watching the NHL Winter Classic. Enjoying a cocktail, a Sazerac. Probably won’t make it to midnight. Getting up early to drive to Atlanta to see our daughter in the morning. On the other I’ll probably be up at midnight once the Battle of Anderson begins & the fireworks start up.

Tornado warnings in late December. Fun times!

Made it safely back across the Palmetto State Park dodging one Turkey vulture and only made my mother scream twice about my driving and/or other’s driving abilities. Didn’t see any of the remaining escaped monkeys in Yemassee, SC and made good time through the bomb plant. Had a delightful lunch...

One more night on the coast and then we get to drive back across the Palmetto State tomorrow.

Been 50 or lower with 20 mph winds here. Rainy one day too. We’ve had a great time, but it’s been cold at times.

Hope it’s warmer there. The wind has made for some cold walks on the beach in SC.

Rented a house at Harbor Island, SC for the week. It’s the 2 of us plus our daughter and my mother. Cold & windy this evening walking the dogs. Then it struck me, I never grabbed my shirts and they are 270 miles away from me all the way across the Palmetto State. Now I have to go shopping 2 days...

We have ENO hammocks. We’ve had the oldest one for probably 15 years so they are durable. Never had a different brand so I don’t have anything to compare these to. https://eaglesnestoutfittersinc.com/

In college I took the 2 freshman ROTC classes. They were trying to get you to sign up and you could take those classes without having to drill. You had a lab each semester. One semester you had to go to the range. You learned how to take the M-16 apart and reassemble it, then you fired it a...

I like wild boar especially as sausage. I’m pretty picky about pork I eat. Get it from some local farms a lot of the time. For Christmas, I bake a ham and I drive out of the way to get what I want. Know some guys that go out and hunt with nothing but machetes and knives . We are in the part of...

Wild hogs are problem n the Carolinas too. When my wife was in grad school at Clemson getting a Forestry. They would go to the coast do research at this place near Georgetown, SC (close to Myrtle Beach). She tells people they carried guns into the forest. People always say, “For the gators...

The State Parks of SC does a Scavenger Hunt each December called Dashing Through Parks. It’s done with an app called Goose Chase. Some you can do from, but most you need to go the parks to do. Sometimes it is a specific, like Santa is there on Saturday at park x. We’ve done it each of the years...

Yeah, being at a school without problems is a plus due to the stability. It’s a rural county with a small college with a sizable Mennonite population too. It’s a small high school too. Coaching lets you get to know kids on a more personal level. Being at a point in life where I’m good...