Not all smooth sailing

We had some cold breezes and high seas.

The Elephant in the Sailboat

Reading Ryan Sager's book during the poorly named (at least this year) "Baja Bash". Smooth seas and light winds for most of the delivery.

Leaving Cabo

The delivery North begins.

Pete settles a wager

Pete does the honorable thing in fine style, but mistakes this for the Cal fight song.

The racing fleet

Blogging at the Internet Cafe

Vinistar Hotel for award ceremony

Morpheus the day after the race.

Waiting for Morpheus

Cabo San Lucas harbor

Landing in Cabo

On the way.

Snack while waiting.

Flight delayed.

Borrowing Harlan technique

Libby verdict is in the news. I have an unposted on-topic blog entry, but traveling with no computer.

Bart to SFO

Wednesday morning getting ready to leave

Test of whether I will be able to send e-mails to blogger and have it posted.

2006 Shag Update - Fall Color Edition 4 - We Catch and Eat More Fish

Contemporaneous e-mail backpost...

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Subject: 2006 Shag Update - Fall Color Edition 4 - We Catch and Eat More Fish
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 23:13:25 -0700
From: MW
To: Family

My wife tells me that she really is not all that into fish pictures. So we start this edition with some more fall color.

This is the "Jinx" oak tree in the front. When we arrived, the maple behind was in full bright yellow color and the oak was green. Now the maple has lost its leaves and the oak is red. Meditate on this for a while, because ...

We are back to the fish pictures - caught Wednesday...

No need for a fish stretcher this time.

Mr. Pike relaxes in a ice bath...

...while I look up How to fillet and cook a pike.

Not bad for a first effort.

After a PBR marinade, the pike fillets were oiled and seasoned, in preparation for ...

Fresh Michigan Cajun style blackened pike in the cast iron skillet.

And another dinner fit for a king.

For Sigrid - a non fish picture. Moon rising over Shag Lake and the remains of a bonfire.

That's it for this edition. Logistics changed for the return. Looks like we will need to spend another night here to finish cleaning and closing up. The plan now is to drive back early early Saturday AM. - mw

2006 Shag Update - Fall Color Edition 1 - Escanaba River Cataracts

Dawn from the deck.

September 27, 2006 - Mike K, Mike W, Harlan and Poppa converge on Shag Lake. We arrive in two cars and two routes - Harlan and Mike K arrive after dark by way of Boney Falls with three trout. Mike W and Poppa arrive by way of the Island Casino late afternoon with $185 more in their wallets than when they left Chicago. Both stoves were fired up and chili was cooking when the fishermen got there. Cold night outside, toasty in the camp. Awoke the next day to peaking color at Shag.

Shag Lake in the fall.

Lil' Camp in the Fall

Mike, Mike, and Harlan get ready for the Escanaba Granite Canyon expedition:

Mike K and Harlan work the Escanaba:

Harlan works a pool in front of a Maple

MW photographs MK fishing the bottom of the cataracts

More of the Escanaba cataracts with Harlan's catch & release:

Finally, these from our initial Escanaba cataract expedition in the spring:

NOTE: Converted, reformatted, edited, expanded and back-posted from a contemporaneous e-mail update.