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On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:31:09 -0500,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
You'd think you planned this trip with fishing in my looking at
where you always ended up. ;-)
LOL no For whatever reason, it just doesn't interest me that
much. Though I do like seeing the water.
Speaking of drives to Nebraska, my wife and I decided just last
week to move back to Nebraska (we lived there until 1997 when we
moved to Indiana for my career). Now that I'm retired, we're
going home. As a plus, it'll be a shorter drive to the Rockies
and the Southwest. :)
...I got throwed out of a bar there one night.
Okay, that's more we have in common. Though my bad old days of
alcoholic drinking are behind me, thankfully.
We are on our way to Seattle (ugh). Beautiful area, lunatic people.
not much to say on the way up. We are on a time crunch. I may try to post a little on the trip back home. We have covered this route so many times we
are almost oblivious to the sights. I do have plans to try a new route home this time so I may have something to report.
On 7/4/2025 7:58 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:31:09 -0500,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
You'd think you planned this trip with fishing in my
looking at where you always ended up. ;-)
LOL no For whatever reason, it just doesn't interest me that
much. Though I do like seeing the water.
I used to fish a lot more than I do now. Just always seems
like there is something else I should do. Doesn't help that
the wife doesn't fish, but she at least used to go sit along
the shore and read. We haven't done that in two years for some
reason. I also do love to eat fish while camping. Stayed up
at Lake Koshkenong in Wisconsin and we'd get lots of catfish,
walleye, and largemouth. I really do enjoy fried catfish, some
fried potatoes, and beans.
week to move back to Nebraska (we lived there until 1997 when
we moved to Indiana for my career). Now that I'm retired,
we're going home. As a plus, it'll be a shorter drive to the
Rockies and the Southwest. :)
Wow, that's big. Congratulations. Indiana is not a bad place
to live, but Nebraska is better, and cuts off a whole day
getting west. That is one of the big problems with where we
live in Illinois. Takes at least two days, usually 3, to get
to where we want to be.
...I got throwed out of a bar there one night.
Okay, that's more we have in common. Though my bad old days
of alcoholic drinking are behind me, thankfully.
Mine pretty much are, too. Not by my choice, but my wife just
goes crazy. I'm starting to resent that and am probably going
to take that power away from her. Not that I want to drink all
the time, but if I want one I don't want to fight a war over
it.
On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 15:07:38 -0500,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
On 7/4/2025 7:58 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:31:09 -0500,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
You'd think you planned this trip with fishing in my
looking at where you always ended up. ;-)
LOL no For whatever reason, it just doesn't interest me that
much. Though I do like seeing the water.
I used to fish a lot more than I do now. Just always seems
like there is something else I should do. Doesn't help that
the wife doesn't fish, but she at least used to go sit along
the shore and read. We haven't done that in two years for some
reason. I also do love to eat fish while camping. Stayed up
at Lake Koshkenong in Wisconsin and we'd get lots of catfish,
walleye, and largemouth. I really do enjoy fried catfish, some
fried potatoes, and beans.
Oh don't get me wrong, I love me some fish--great eating! I just
don't care to take the trouble to coax them out of the water.
week to move back to Nebraska (we lived there until 1997 when
we moved to Indiana for my career). Now that I'm retired,
we're going home. As a plus, it'll be a shorter drive to the
Rockies and the Southwest. :)
Wow, that's big. Congratulations. Indiana is not a bad place
to live, but Nebraska is better, and cuts off a whole day
getting west. That is one of the big problems with where we
live in Illinois. Takes at least two days, usually 3, to get
to where we want to be.
Thanks! And for me, it cuts off two days, given my 60 mph upper
towing limit and slightly greater distance.
We're excited about getting back there. One gripe: until we get
the cars licensed there we would have to pay out of state fees for
a state parks pass. So that's one to do item that'll have to
wait.
...I got throwed out of a bar there one night.
Okay, that's more we have in common. Though my bad old days
of alcoholic drinking are behind me, thankfully.
Mine pretty much are, too. Not by my choice, but my wife just
goes crazy. I'm starting to resent that and am probably going
to take that power away from her. Not that I want to drink all
the time, but if I want one I don't want to fight a war over
it.
Yeah, I can see how that would suck. I still think a cold beer on
a hot day is one of the best things ever. Only problem is that
for me it would never be just one. The old AA saying has it
right, "One is too many, and a thousand is never enough."
On 7/8/2025 10:30 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 15:07:38 -0500,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
On 7/4/2025 7:58 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:31:09 -0500,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
You'd think you planned this trip with fishing in my
looking at where you always ended up. ;-)
LOL no For whatever reason, it just doesn't interest me that
much. Though I do like seeing the water.
I used to fish a lot more than I do now. Just always seems
like there is something else I should do. Doesn't help that
the wife doesn't fish, but she at least used to go sit along
the shore and read. We haven't done that in two years for some
reason. I also do love to eat fish while camping. Stayed up
at Lake Koshkenong in Wisconsin and we'd get lots of catfish,
walleye, and largemouth. I really do enjoy fried catfish, some
fried potatoes, and beans.
Oh don't get me wrong, I love me some fish--great eating! I just
don't care to take the trouble to coax them out of the water.
It's always better if you actually catch something, too.
I got a feeling with that until I get the knee worked on I'll be doing a little more fishing in the future. I don't know how that works out with
the wife wanting to hike, and I'm not keen on her going off in the wilderness by herself. Probably get a new knee late this fall and try
to be back in the game by next year.
week to move back to Nebraska (we lived there until 1997 when
we moved to Indiana for my career). Now that I'm retired,
we're going home. As a plus, it'll be a shorter drive to the
Rockies and the Southwest. :)
Wow, that's big. Congratulations. Indiana is not a bad place
to live, but Nebraska is better, and cuts off a whole day
getting west. That is one of the big problems with where we
live in Illinois. Takes at least two days, usually 3, to get
to where we want to be.
Thanks! And for me, it cuts off two days, given my 60 mph upper
towing limit and slightly greater distance.
We're excited about getting back there. One gripe: until we get
the cars licensed there we would have to pay out of state fees for
a state parks pass. So that's one to do item that'll have to
wait.
I just bought two passes for Wisconsin. One for the pickup and one for
the RV. $38 for the first and $20 for the second. Like fishing
licenses, I don't mind paying for these as the money goes to good
things. If I use them fine, if not, no biggie.
...I got throwed out of a bar there one night.
Okay, that's more we have in common. Though my bad old days
of alcoholic drinking are behind me, thankfully.
Mine pretty much are, too. Not by my choice, but my wife just
goes crazy. I'm starting to resent that and am probably going
to take that power away from her. Not that I want to drink all
the time, but if I want one I don't want to fight a war over
it.
Yeah, I can see how that would suck. I still think a cold beer on
a hot day is one of the best things ever. Only problem is that
for me it would never be just one. The old AA saying has it
right, "One is too many, and a thousand is never enough."
Out in Utah that feeling of resentment bothered me. After several miles
and the knee starting to swell up and become painful walking, it seemed
all I could think of was how good it would be to finish up, get back and
be able to sit and have about 2 beers and feel the pain lessen. That's
when I decided I was going to take back my rights to choose how I live.
I totally understand I am a person who likes it perhaps more than
"normal" people, but things have certainly changed. I simply have no
desire to party like I used to. I actually prefer to drink by myself,
to be honest. 2-3 beers is just about right. 20 years ago, that was
not the case.