What's with Twilight

So apparently this Twilight thing is a big deal.......

Halloween, Ugh....

Oh boy.....it's Halloween. I really don't like this holiday very much, maybe it's just the way that I was brought up though. In any case, We're going as the Spartan Cheerleaders from SNL(I'll have to post some pictures) this year. Should be fun I guess.....and at least it's an excuse to go to a party. I hope everyone is doing well, make sure to drive safely tonight I'm sure there will be plenty of crazies on the road.

The NFCT Part 1 and 2

Finally getting back to some posts that I promised over a year ago. NFCT stands for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. This is a series of water passages, both flat water and rivers, that streches approximately 740 miles from Old Forge at the base of the Adirondack through northern VT and NH then up through ME on the Allegash to Fort Kent. This is a trail that I hope to accomplish in my life-time, and so far has become a yearly trip for myself, my dad, and my brothers.

Part 1 - Starting in Old Forge, we started out on the conservative side. There were a number of portages and we weren't sure how well our design for Kayak Carts would work. This the route that we took from Old Forge to Raquette Lake, somewhere around 25 mi in three days.

06-28-08 Boys Kayak Trip

Part 2 - Starting where we left off at Raquette Lake we continued another 25 mi up to Long Lake and finished section 1 of the trail. This is the route, for some reason I couldn't get Google Maps to cooperate so just imagine that we started on the south side of Raquette Lake and paddled up to placemark A then on to B. Part 2

08-28-09 Boys Kayak Trip

Turkey Day

I learned an interesting fact this Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving took place on 1565 in St. Augustine, FL. and it was originally the Spanish I probably should have known it before but I think that our idea of Thanksgiving, as well as most holidays, have been thwarted in some way. Very interesting.

Regardless of the history, I think was is important is that we have these holidays as a time to gather with family and friends and enjoy eachothers company.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and have a great holiday season.

Lowell Lake, VT

One of the things that I've been missing while in school has been ventures into places that are less traveled. It's nice to get out and see the world that isn't filled with people rushing around like chickens without that vital organ.

Every once in a while I get the chance to head up to Londonderry, VT and help out a good friend with her computer. She's very patient with me, I think I probably cause more problems then I fix...but she says that I fix her problems and make her life better. See she has the right idea, nice office space with a beautiful view overlooking the woods surrounding Bromley, Mt. She works remotely most of the time, and heads to NYC when needed. Anyway, I digress. So I got the chance to head up and help her out. Just a couple days prior I invested in a wonderful guide, AMC's Quiet Water, so I looked up lakes that were local to Londonderry figuring that I would just take along the kayak and paddle around for a couple hours after working. Lowell Lake happened to be just down the road from where I was going to be. It took me about 1.5 hours to paddle around the entire lake, granted I was taking my time. Here's the count on what I saw in those two hours;
4 Beaver
11 or 12 Beaver Huts
1 Blue Heron
3 Guys (Rather large I might add), Fishing from what looked like a paddle boat with a trolling motor

Good times were had. If you're in the area, I would suggest checking it out.

"A standard 8-oz. serving of milk provides good to excellent sources of nine essential nutrients, making it one of the most nutrient-dense foods."

Monte

Wow, so much to write about since my last post. I'm sorry to keep all of you waiting, I'm sure that you've missed me terribly.......Yeah Right!!!

Well it's official....I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Systems Engineering on June 24th. Aren't you all so proud of me? This is a very exciting milestone for me, one that makes me both happy and sad. This stage is complete, which is great, but all the people that I've met and spent every day with, will be missed terribly. I'm very excited for the change though, and to finally be making some money. In addition I've put off some of my dreams until this stage of my life, and now I will be able to take some of them on. Flying is one of the major ones and I will keep all of you up to date on advances in that path.

As of right now I haven't started work yet, in fact we still haven't moved yet either. I will be starting my new job in mid-July and will give you all updates on that when the time comes.

This past month has been quite relaxing and has given me a chance to get some things done that I've been meaning to do for a while. I'm working on refinishing our dining room table, pictures to come later, I'm done some kayaking, pictures to come later, and soon I will start packing and getting ready for the move, probably won't take pictures of that though. So I guess the bottom line is that I'm doing pretty well. I can't believe how fast time goes by when you're having fun though, it really is rather depressing in that regard.

Well I will hopefully get a couple more posts up soon, I have some trips and events that I want to share with all of you and I guess this is the best medium for mass distribution.

You've all be drinking your milk right?

monte

Deja Brew

March 8th brought the joy of beer. I headed out to a place called Deja Brew in Shrewsbury MA with some of my best friends. Deja Brew provides a facility to brew and bottle your own beer, with knowledgeable staff to assist with any questions along the way. They really are wonderful people and anyone that is interested in learning the brewing process, this is a great way to get started. In addition, you get to drink while you work.

In any case, we headed down to bottle our first two batches of beer; 6 of us, each ended up with two cases of twelve 22oz bottles.

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Good times were had by all,

Monte