It's the first of June and already in the upper 90's. Not dwelling there but will say I'm not looking forward to the dog days of July and August. I don't really like the heat.

Our dock project continues. I just stepped out and snapped a pic of what we've done so far. We linked the 2 docks and now are adding 2 double stalls for pontoons. The roof will be higher so they can get into the dock with their tops up. We need them. That will just about expend our lakefront space for expansion unless we buy our neighbors out. But are content to stay as we are... for now. The area between this expansion and the bank is plenty of room for a building. This is the dream club house I've always wanted-- fly tying, fly fishing, fishing, hunting library of books, magazines and videos, a big screen TV, fly tying benches, lockers for those who frequent the place and want to leave some tools and material there, a meeting room for local fishing clubs... I'm open for more ideas. We will start on it as soon as the stalls are finished- may be in a couple of weeks.

We lost our 6 year veteran dockhand, Jerry Newcomb. He decided to break out on his own and enter the construction market again. He will be missed. Linc Hunt, a young guy from Dallas will be filling in for the month of July. A school teacher from Dallas, he worked for us last summer and will be moving to Seattle this fall to teach up there. Jimmy Cummins, a young man from the St Louis area, is also working part time for us on the dock and office. He is dating our #2 daughter, Megan, and is a junior at College of the Ozarks. He is also working with our #1 son, Caleb, at Camp Lookout at the college for the summer.

Jim and I are close to purchasing our new server to handle the trout cam and other cams yet to be invented. It will also be able to handle more capture cards for more cameras. We are waiting for the cards to come in- next week hopefully. We are also looking to getting our own T1 line to host video streaming including clips for OA on fishing. This should be super cool!

My 30 year reunion is in 2 weeks in Parsons, KS. and I'm looking forward to seeing alot of old friends. When we think of these people- even now- in our minds eye we still see the young face and voice. It's a real shock to see them as OLD people and then think... 'they are the same age as me!!!'.

Forum is going good. I'm deturmoned not to micro manage it and not answer or comment on every topic. I'm wanting it to stand on it's own... there's plenty of people out there that have made the forum their own- that's the way it's supposed to be. It's neat to see how it has evolved. Would like to see the slow areas on the forum pick up- hopefully in the near future. Still trying to decide the best way to promote it. Word of mouth has done well though.