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That marina is about 1 mile from here.

If the marina wasn't the intended target what was?
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One week from tonight we will be in PA and 1/4 of the way to TX. :biggrin:

Only a few evenings left here on the porch. :(

On WLNG this evening it's Twofer Tuesday. Folks who call in requests get two songs instead of just one. Leads to some curious combinations. ;)
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Our mowers are here.
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Last day on the NoFo this year. :(

Waiting for plumber to blow out the water pipes.

Shutters mostly closed. Screen doors taken down.

Laptop packed. PC ready to carry downstairs.

What an effort.
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Volkonski wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:12 am Last day on the NoFo this year. :(

Waiting for plumber to blow out the water pipes.

Shutters mostly closed. Screen doors taken down.

Laptop packed. PC ready to carry downstairs.

What an effort.
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Volkonski wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:12 am Last day on the NoFo this year. :(

Waiting for plumber to blow out the water pipes.

Shutters mostly closed. Screen doors taken down.

Laptop packed. PC ready to carry downstairs.

What an effort.
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It's 72F here today. :o This is the warmest it has been while we were closing up since we retired.
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:crying: I will miss the reports out of LI
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Yeah, you love Texoma too also. My heart is not breaking over here. :lol:
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Foggy wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:01 pm Yeah, you love Texoma too also. My heart is not breaking over here. :lol:
Not me. :crying:
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Rainy start to the first day. Almost ready to head out.
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:waiting:
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See you next spring again :rockon:
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Made it to Chambersburg PA.

Getting ready to depart for Knoxville TN.

My left knee is acting up so I'm hobbling a bit. :( Think I may have strained it getting down onto the toilet here in the hotel. The toilet seat is unusually low and my legs are still tired from closing up the cottage.

But I can drive OK.
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Good luck on the weather!
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Made it to Knoxville.

Left knee still acting up. Using wheeled walker.

Mrs. V has gone across street to get takeout KFC and a bottle of wine from our van. :biggrin:

I think in the future we will rest for a couple of days in a nice hotel before starting the drive to Texas. ;)
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Made it to Little Rock late due to sleeping in a bit and taking longer than usual to get off due to my sore leg which seems a bit better this morning. Also periods of heavy rain yesterday.

Six more hours on the road and we're home. :biggrin:
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:wave: from North Little Rock! Glad your knee is better!
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For the third year in a row the Peconic Bay scallop season which started yesterday looks like it will be a bust. :(

Not that we are still there to enjoy it this year if it wasn't a bust but in good years Peconic Bay scallops were still available when we got back in the early Spring. Not to be in 2022. :crying:

I very much fear that Peconic Bay scallops will be another seafood that we will never get again. :(

OK, all you food technologists, forget about artificial hamburger. Figure out how to make artificial soft shell clams, lobsters and Peconic Bay scallops. :pray:
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Volkonski wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:22 am
OK, all you food technologists, forget about artificial hamburger. Figure out how to make artificial soft shell clams, lobsters and Peconic Bay scallops. :pray:
Use transglutaminase on the remaining bits and pieces and make a wonderful scallop look nearly like mother nature made it ;)

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'Surprisingly Violent Storm' Tries To Topple Beloved Orient Tree

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A tree that has stood for generations in Orient was battered by Friday's storm.

According to the Oysterponds Historical Society, "during a brief but surprisingly violent storm this afternoon, Mother Nature did her best to take down Orient's beloved buttonwood tree at the head of Youngs Road."

But, while a large portion broke off and took down utility wires, "according to the good folks at Beaver Tree, there's still life in that old piece of history and, with a little luck and some judicious trimming, it will live on for many a year to come," the historical society wrote.

PSEGLI, Verizon, and Optimum were "made aware of the community's love for the tree and all it stands for and have pledged to fix their wires and leave the tree in the good care of our local arborist," the Oysterponds Historical Society said.
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