Chazd's (Charles Dowdell's) News Burps

Today is DJ's Birthday. We started the day off in the canoe on Nanticoke Lake.

A friend of mine from Antarctica (Adam Brown K2ARB) and I flew out to the annual Dayton Ohio Hamvention. It is the largest hamfest in the world. I managed also to visit the Air Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB (which I always wanted to do). Adam picked me up in Binghamton and it was a bout a 3 hour flight (each way) to and from Dayton VFR on top of broken clouds. It was a great time. Hamfests always get me more interested in ham radio.

"Sir, Gonorrhea is on Aisle 13." Life is truly stranger than fiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick

I went into town today (Whitney Point, NY) and took this picture. I can't make this stuff up! Note what it says on the side of the bedliner "Hillbilly Tours". I had a short conversation with the owners. They seemed pretty normal.

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."- Dr. Seuss

Have you ever thought of someone (their mannerisms and subtleties) and then realized they are dead? That is the definition of middle age.

Things have been busy as usual. We are getting the front of the property raked out ready for seed. Last year we got a significant amount of firewood from this area and dug up all the roots. The plan is to go canoeing Sunday.