Welcome Back!

I have been absent for quite some time...for a few reasons...nothing terrible though. First, I have just had too much to do with work and the house. I have been so beat when I get home after a day at the office that I have no had an ounce of energy to put into the blog. Incorporate lawn mowing (multiple times through the week...thanks fertilizer!!!), pruning, learning the outside of the house...and I am ready for bed most of the time! Second, I went on vacation. I went nowhere....I just took a week off and laid back. I stayed away from technology (mostly...I was at work 2 days for a switch emergency...) and just relaxed. I am hoping that will give me a bit more vigor and bring back my enthusiasm for the blog. I purchased a domain name a month or two ago and would REALLY like to get this site moved over there. Finding the right software to write the page has been a bit discouraging...I want some free stuff so I do not have to put a lot more money into the page. Any recommendations there from anyone?

So...I mentioned in May that I bought a canoe. We have been out a number of times since my first post about it. All have been on the Bear River in Petoskey. Some long, some short. Some up river, some down. Each trip has been a blast though! I have posted some pictures on Facebook. You can follow OutdoorsMI to see them.

Facebook...I did choose to start a Facebook page for the blog because I can update it remotely on my phone. I can snap pictures on the fly and post them instantly. They are not very high quality from the cell phone...but if I am doing something sweet at the time I will post the picture...with higher quality pictures to come later here. (Hopefully soon on the web page!)

I have wasted enough of your time yammering on and on about stuff you do not care about. Look for some updates soon...possibly even a few pictures now that I have my desktop PC setup. (It has been in storage since the move...which is a good 'Third' in my list of reasons for not updating.) Another quick note...the OutdoorsMI cam should be back up and running soon. I have a perfect location for this PC with a window right next to me...so I don't have to do anything crazy to bring it back up. :)

Good night from Northern Michigan!

-Derek