318 Fishing the Mighty Little Calumet River and Mighty Macs

Well here I was last week at this excellent camp site in the wooded area of the National Dunes Park. When Susan and I were there a month ago we happened on a couple fishing for Trout and Salmon. It sure sounded exciting so as soon as my harvest was over I called up there to see how it was going. The person I talked to at the park told me the fisherman were really doing well so last Saturday I was on my way. Sunday I went to that same hole and gave it a try. Nothing happened some locals came along also fishing and told me some real sad news that they thought the season had ended. They said they saw some dead Salmon floating but no live ones. I said well I am going to stay 4 days and keep trying. They said you may get lucky and snag some steel head trout...So I tried but finally gave up on Tuesday. I think I know what was wrong maybe in that the are is on Central time, like we should be, but were on Eastern time. So when I would cast my line at say 9 a.m. it was only 8 a.m. in the river...no way was I going to catch fish and its all Mitch Daniels fault I am figuring.

All in all I still had a good relaxing time. Fishing is that way for me, just being there and exploring possible future fishing holes and at the same time wetting a line here and there, well it just does it for me.

To the right here is the pier that people can fish off of where the Little Calumet River dumps into Lake Michigan. It looks like it would hold maybe 200 people at one time. I figure it may be worth it when the season gets going next spring or fall to just drive up for the day during the week days to avoid the high traffic fishing on week ends...that is my plan for the future. And I did discover a lot of good holes to fish at up stream in the park itself...so all was not lost, and maybe it is not really Mitch's fault with the stupid Eastern time thing...Besides I have never seen a fish with a watch on anyway so how would they know?

Yesterday afternoon I went to a movie called The Mighty Macs....It was great a true story about girls college basketball in the early 70's...Don't miss it as it was really good and good for the whole family to see. Setting was a small Catholic girls college and their efforts in basketball they did not even have a gym...but they sure had the coach and the effort to succeed. Kind of almost an equal to Hoosiers was for the boys....So my trip all in all was a good one. But I must be an honest fisherman...I did not get one single bite in 4 days fishing...but I did boost the economy a little bit....

317 Indiana Dunes, Harvest Start and Cirrus Radio

A week end ago Sweet Pea and I visited the Indiana Dunes. As you can see in this first picture it is a place of great beauty. This picture I snapped would make a great painting for sure. We took the motor home and camped in the National Park. With my Golden Passport it is only 7.50 a day. No hook up but great campsites are available. Nice blacktop pad to set on and a nice fire pit to even cook on if you like. We did and I have been credited for fixing the best steak she has ever tasted in her life. Actually I think she was just "really hungry"...But it was good, nothing like cooking outside in a park setting like that. Very quite secluded area. And with the motor home we don't need to be hooked up to amenities for a short stay like a week end. The 4 "house" batteries will run the electrical needs. We carry 80 gallons of fresh water and we have room for 40 gallons each of the waste and grey water we use. And if by chance we do need to recharge the batteries the generator can be run for an hour maybe and were set for another couple days. Motor Homes are great, a second small home with all you really need. No packing, no unpacking, its just great.
This summer we flew to North Carolina to be by the ocean. It was good, but Hoosiers kind of forget that we have almost an ocean right here in Indiana. Lake Michigan shore line is pretty awesome. Probably crowded in summer like most beaches but in the fall it is a thing of beauty too. We found numerous flat rocks along the shore and busied ourselves practicing our skipping the rocks skills until our side arm throws kind of got the best of us. I want to go back for a week after my harvest is over if it has not gotten too cold. I want to try my luck at fishing in the Little Calumet River for Coho Salmon and Brown Trout that swim up the rivers in October to spawn. Leaving them vulnerable to tricksters like me that have lures that look good to eat. If my luck is there I will be the one doing the eating as well.
Last picture here captures Happy Hoosier guy after the rock skipping episode, he found some small pieces of drift wood, smooth on one side. Thought maybe he would get around some day to painting a beautiful scene on the smooth side...He never will it will probably end up in the fire place this winter as "starter fuel", but for now it lies on the end table awaiting the artist he is not.

Well, today the harvest starts. Yesterday I finished the repairs needed on the combine and am now ready to try harvesting the soybeans that look to be ready. It looks like the weather ahead is going to be great for harvest, maybe a whole week ahead of just warm clear skies, a farmers dream.

I have had Cirrus Radio since I purchased my Silverado Chevy truck in July of 2008.
You get a year free service from them. After that they wanted X amount of dollars to continue. I declined and they offered me a half price deal for six months. I took it as I do kind of like some of the stations like the bluegrass music, the older music of the the decades like the 50's, 60's and 70's. And the TV channels of Fox news and the other very liberal networks just for laughs...I know half of the people actually listen to these guys. I wonder why, and I know why because God did not make us all alike. And I guess it is good that we have variety in people and choices. For me I will stick with Conservative Christian Values as best I can. I will fly my flag and continue to support the Constitution of the United States...I will work to send good representatives to make our laws. And I will pray that God will help us all to do our duty as we see it needs done.

Oh gosh I got so patriotic there I forgot to tell you the rest of the story about Cirrus Radio...well after that six months I tired of paying anything for the service as I do greatly dislike some of the garbage stuff that the radio offers as well. So I called to cancel before my time was up and I went automatically back to full rate. The offered me 3 months free service to think about it before they pulled the switch on me. That was like a year and half ago and since then as I did this very morning I have called them to cancel and they continue as today to offer me yet another 2 months now of absolutely free, no string attached they said. Oh that was right after she offered me 5 months for 25 dollars of which I said no I want out...So I being kind of a "free sucker" said OK leave it on when do I need to call to cancel...They said January 18th. I said hey that is 3 months not two...I may be stuck with this service forever. I hope not but I am a sucker for free....