November 17, 1999

Deer Hunters

The deer hunters have met with some success.  I will spare everyone the pictures.  We have been enjoying decent November weather, though it is probably a little on the warm side for deer hunting.

The parking crisis has morphed into an uneasy truce.  All things considered, the hunters have been very well behaved and have posed no problems.  

Yesterday, we assembled the new bunk bed for my twin sons.  They are very excited about this.  We are very crowded in the home/office and the bunk bed is a much needed improvement in sleeping arrangements!

Today, we moved the telecommuting computer to Cabin 4.  I connected all of the cables, plugged everything in and tested the phone lines.  It works great!  The insulation we installed a couple of days ago is doing a good job of retaining the heat.  It should be a nice space to work in, especially with the improved view of the lake.

I also received my 3COM HomeConnect PC Digital Camera today!  I installed it and tested it with my WebCam software.  It really works nice.  The picture quality is not as good as the picture I can obtain with the Kodak digital camera, but it does a pretty good job for the money.  I hope to point the "DanaCam" at the lake in the near future.  At this time, the view from Cabin 4 contains two dead deer hanging from the pole by the fire pit.  We'll get a view of the lake after the hunters leave on Saturday.  In the interim, I'll focus it elsewhere.

There was a spectacular sunset this evening.  Since Dana's is on the west shore of Lake Au Train, we don't see sunsets too often.  We  just happened to be on the road tonight and happened to catch the sunset.  I'm not sure it's as good as a Dana's sunrise, but it's pretty close.

I ordered a fresh turkey from the Marquette Meat Market along with a spiral ham.  We'll be eating pretty good next week!

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