We stopped in that store once, and the wife said there's too much to take in on one trip. I'm wondering if her next husband knows what he's in for
That place is like Christmas threw up, and they swept it into a pile and built that store around it!
Is it STATS store?
Last night 31° this morning 28°, high today 67° then mid to upper 60’s through Tuesday with over nights in the mid 30’s, then duck weather later in the week, cooler and rainy/snowy conditions. I started the first fire of the season in the wood stove yesterday morning and Ive kept it going through this morning, I’ll let it go out today.
I “winterized” my boat, I blew out the mufflers when I came off the water at Oahe on Tuesday, then after getting back from Oahe I got most all the water out of the raw water wash down system and the cover is on. I’ll still be going out fishing occasionally through the first part of next month, ”winterizing” each time I come off the water, unless the weather turns very wintery, then the T top comes off and the boat goes into the shop. Once the water temp drops below 64° the bite should pick up a bit! Who knows? Another trip to Oahe might happen?
I like what
@biffdotorg said about appreciating the season. There was an article I read some time back that said something like, “Those that can’t understand why folks will put up with mid west winters have never spent a summer there”. I went and found the article…I got pretty close in that quote.
https://boattest.com/article/four-great-midwest-boating-destinations I find that to be very accurate.
I’ve got a nice schedule of off season boat projects to do, after a very busy hunting season. Installing locking latches on all compartments(6)- and hopefully I can do lift and latch ones like the oem ones, removing / repairing all the “learning” marks I put on my boat over the last three years, making my skag mount more robust and perhaps adding a second to reduce skidding in high wind along with dedicated storage above the horizontal rod holders, completing the hard top install, getting some canvas made for the hard top-camper canvas/clear panels for the Helm, getting the oem mooring cover modified to fit over the anchor roller & improve it for trailering, make better use of the head compartment for storage to centralize weight and open up other storage compartments for better transient storage, and depending on how many more hours I add during the shoulder season I may make a trip to the dealer in Bismarck to get the second (400 hour) valve lash check / adjustment.