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Upper Peninsula Michigan and Auction Win Outcomes

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I was up in Wisconsin and the UP (upper peninsula) in Michigan. It was a lot of driving after launching/landing in Appleton WI. I got an item off the bucket list by driving across the "Mighty Mac". Altough it was built in the late '50s. It is still the longest suspension span in the Northern hemisphere. It is a crazy long bridge with a crazy long suspension span. It was good to see the bridge in context of the seemingly endless forests of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan. The culture in the two haves of Michigan are noticibly different as you might expect. Great time meeting with folks both in WI and MI. The tractor I won in auction, seems to have paid off. This time I beat the odds. It was a really good deal. I have the "no-key, non-running, may have hydraulic problems, unknown hours" -auction win, running well with minimal cost and time. I have some more tweaks, maintenance and minor fixes but the major risks are gone.
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My mom is not well. Things are getting worse. Fazenda: farm Part of speech: noun Example sentence:Meus avós moram numa fazenda. Sentence meaning:My grandparents live on a farm.
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Angie and I went to "Food Truck Friday" in Duluth. We had lobster from a food truck. I have been meaning to take the car/airplane pic for a while.
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Angie and I decided to go hiking rather than flying this weekend. The sports car ran well through the mountain roads. We had to put the top up for a while for rain. We hiked on the Appalachian trail from Tesnatee gap almost to low gap and back. Lots of vertical climbing. Very tiring.
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We were in a car wreck today. Thankfully we were not in the middle of it and most of all we were not hurt. There were injuries in the primary accident cars. We were sitting at a light a car or two back from the intersection. The damage to the fish car is minimal.
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This weekend we are catching up on sleep and recuperating. We did lots of yard work as well.
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I am back from San Francisco. I spoke at a conference. I like the public speaking and sharing. I also like the learning at conferences. It is pretty weird working for an Ag equipment manufacturer and being in the midst of mostly software and more information focused folks. It is particularly fun in some dimensions. In the last month I have been in Atlanta only a few days. On the plane on the way back this time I was working on my next speaking privilege in Florida in Sept. As a special treat, my two dearest friends from Antarctica met me for dinner. 12 seasons on the ice. Stars of documentaries. It was a great feeling to relive some of the experience I forgot. Even after all these years they said my experience was "charmed" because in just one season I had a combination of great experiences ranging from mountain tops, penguin camps, south pole, ships, whales and so on. I was reminded about how we jumped (no tethers, no photos) across ice boulders from the ice breaker to the s...
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I was in NY. One item was to get the corn started on 50 acres. The Ford Edge did pretty good in the fields. I know where the trouble spots would be; it did pretty well given street tires. It seemed weird using the backup camera in the field. It was very good to walk the property. I can confirm the woods does not need my help knowing how to grow. Spring is sprung on the farm. It was a really tough winter.
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