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A friend of ours wanted to get a Sunday afternoon game of softball organized so we could all meet her fiance and children.  Simple fun for simple people.  We had quite a crew for the bash and it went quite smoothly, even the short rain shower hardly altered our steps.  It’s always a good break… Continue reading »

Well, that kayak money was burning a hole in our pockets.  Jess convinced me to buy a pitching machine for our use at home and on the practice field.  Of course the cheap model was backordered, so in order to actually get any use out of one this year, we bumped up to the next… Continue reading »

Monson wasn’t any tougher than they were last year.  I don’t think there were more than three players taller than three and a half feet.  Maybe next year they’ll be the team to beat.  We did our part when playing defense and did what we could to get the bats swinging.  In the end it… Continue reading »

Well this hobby is about ten years over due for me.  I bought my first GPS in 1994.  That’s right. 1994.  It was a Magellen.  Talk about bleeding edge.  President Clinton had just turned off selective availability that set the civilian GPS market on fire.  I had it three days, maybe two, and took it… Continue reading »

Another rise and shine morning this was to be.  We planned a little better by not landing in Acadia just before lunch; we landed at lunch!  We ate Subway lunches in the Jeep and I read the trail maps until I found something that would fill our afternoon.  Nathan and I felt up to sitting… Continue reading »

It certainly was shaping up to be a weekend sans baseball (and work!).  Nathan went over to his grandparents this afternoon so Jess and I had a chance to go for a motorcycle ride. We headed to Greenville but by the time we were in Dover-Foxcroft, the sky didn’t look so great in the direction. … Continue reading »

We did our best to get up and around at a decent time this morning to make that drive to Acadia we didn’t make yesterday.  Nathan and I were a little whiny about our sore seat-ends after biking in the Bangor City Forest.  Jess has a nice gel-seat on her bike so she wasn’t nearly… Continue reading »

Back in 2006 I bought a sixteen foot tandem kayak for Nathan and I to paddle around.  I needed to replace the Old Town Dirigo that I had because Nathan had outgrown the child seat in it.  It appears that 2006 was the downhill side of our kayak hobby.  We used the kayak three, maybe… Continue reading »

Nathan had a half day of school today.  That opened up a chance for us to do something non-baseball related.  We never have practice or games on Friday, Saturday or Sunday; coaches first rule, backed and supported by all parents.  So, Jess and I both took the day off and was able to get a… Continue reading »

Last year Jess and I were out for a bicycle ride on Route 15 when my bike’s chain decided to just wreck the derailleur. Well, I’m just now getting around to “fixing” that derailleur. I called some shops and to my slight surprise, there wasn’t any way I was going to fix it cheap.  I… Continue reading »