MOTORHOME WINTERIZED MEANS 'ANOTHER WORRY' OFF MY LIST

CALM LAKE HURON WATERS THIS MORNING....EVEN A COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE HEADING FOR THE HARBOR

Not even a hint of wind this morning and that was a plus as curiosity drew Pheebs and I into the heart of Bayfield to have us a look at the movie set for a film being made there this week.  Under a solid cloud cover threatening rain at any minute the movie-set crew of Trigger Point was busy readying things for today's shoot.

CRUISING DOWN BAYFIELD'S MAIN STREET AS THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING A SECTION OF IT

I THINK THIS HOUSE IS A MAIN LOCATION

SURE ARE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT TRUCKS IN TOWN

I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THESE PEOPLE WERE LINING UP FOR SO I WENT AROUND THE BLOCK

DARN!! I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE HANDING OUT FREE COFFEE AND DONUTS

NOT SURE WHAT THIS TRUCK WAS ALL ABOUT

I THINK THESE TWO MOTORHOMES ARE ACTOR'S DRESSING ROOMS

We cruised down Bayfield's main street as traffic cones were being set out to block a section of the street off.  After a short swing through the nearby countryside, we returned back through Bayfield and saw the street was now blocked off.  Luckily, the rain was still holding off.

A SECTION OF MAIN STREET IS NOW BLOCKED OFF

I THINK THE BUSIEST PLACE WAS THE SHOPBIKE COFFEE ROASTERS COFFEE SHOP

A little dip down around the harbor and we headed for home.  With some pushing and shoving later on, I was able to boot myself out the door into the yard to get a few things done.  It was quite a struggle though but I did get our front yard frog pond cleaned up.

A COUPLE LADIES OUT FOR A MORNING WALK DOWN TO THE HARBOR

BOAT ON RIGHT IS HAVING ITS MAST TAKEN DOWN

THIS BOAT IS ANGLING IN TO THE BOAT LIFT BAY

AND THERE IT IS LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER

It was early afternoon when Richard rolled into our driveway and it wasn't long before he had things figured out about how to winterize our Winnie-Spirit.  Helping him out a bit I learned a few things along the way I didn't know.  I just hope I can remember them when it comes around to next year at this time.   A big thanks to Richard for stroking another worry off my list. 

A PEACEFUL AUTUMN CEMETERY

I've made the official switch from short-sleeve T-shirts for cool weather to long-sleeve thermal tops for colder weather.  Also thermal bottoms under my cold denim blue jeans.  This will be the norm for me for the next 6 months or so.  Oh to be basking in the desert's warm Arizona sunshine right now.  Not to worry, I'll not go on with my usual lament about missing the southwest, etc. etc. etc. and etc.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two friends, Jim and Paul are in a bank, when, suddenly, armed robbers burst in.  While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers up against a wall and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc.  While this is going on, Jim slips something into Paul's hand. Without looking down, Paul whispers, "What is this?"  Jim replies, "It's that $50 I owe you."

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A FLUMPY SUNDAY

ONLY PHOTO I TOOK TODAY IS THIS TEST SHOT THROUGH OUR KITCHEN WINDOW 

Jeep ride to Goderich and back with Pheebs this morning and an afternoon spent in my sunroom recliner reading and sleeping. 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( - Stupidity got us into this mess -- why can't it get us out!!- 

A FLASHBACK TO CANADA'S OWN.....'CORNER GAS'

From a high of 73F on a sunny Friday afternoon, we dropped overnight to a rainy 41F early this morning.  Needless to say Pheebs and I had the Jeep's heater cranked and windows up on our morning travels when we first started out.  Although cloudy......skies were bright suggesting a thin cloud cover which soon gave way to bursts of welcoming sunshine.  Morning's rain finally ended.

I was surprised to see seven people in the water just off Bayfield's beach on this cold morning.  They all had 'wetsuits' on and were in various forms of tumbling off or clinging to their short little surfboards.  Obviously a group of like-minded cold water surfing enthusiasts I'd say.  And the waves weren't even that big.

NOTICE THE SHARK FIN CUTTING THROUGH THE WATER BEHIND THE GUY ON THE LEFT

'WEEEEEE, I'M SUPER AQUAMAN'

HEY, YOU DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE ME ABOUT THAT SHARK FIN IN THE FIRST PHOTO DID YA?  WELL, DID YA:))

Bayfield will stand in as a small-town movie location this coming week.  I hear tell the main street may be blocked off so Pheebs and I might have to slide around and have ourselves a look.  The movie being made is called Trigger Point.

A nice-looking afternoon with all the sunshine but I couldn't seem to adjust myself to the cold day so I enjoyed the outside from inside our warm sunroom.  I think we hit a high of 41F today and that just didn't work for me.

After a third reader mentioned they were concerned about their anti-virus software flagging my site Kelly looked into it this morning.  The issue was determined to be with our 'Live Traffic Feed' triggering an alert on some people's sites.  Kelly scanned our Live Traffic Feed with Googles Safe Search Site and one other security site with both coming up saying our Live Traffic Feed was secure.  On those anti-virus programs like Avast and Norton etc. security levels can be adjusted in their settings somewhere.  In our early computer days, we had the McAfee Anti-virus system which caused us no end of problems and a few computer crashes.  Later we had several other anti-virus programs like Avast, etc.  We still had finicky problems.  Half a dozen years ago we ditched it all and went with Microsoft's Security Essentials and have been trouble-free ever since.  Of course, having learned the hard way in our earlier computing years we have become a whole lot smarter with our web browsing habits too.

Being a big Corner Gas fan I remember a few weeks ago someone asking me if I now watch the 'animated' version of Corner Gas.  I did have a look at when it first came out but it didn't stick with me.  It was the live characters of Corner Gas that won me over the first time I saw it and I was a dedicated fan right off the bat and that was very rare for me.  Sorta corny humor for a sort of corny guy I guess.  I liked this comedy series so much that on our trip to the southwest in October of 2014 we took the long way there and swung through Rouleau (Dog River) Saskatchewan to see the actual filming site of Corner Gas.  My post for that day can be seen here at Corner Gas.  By the way, the buildings are no longer there.  They were demolished November 4th 2016.  And wouldn't ya know it.....while putting these links in tonight I'll be darned if I didn't end up watching one of the episodes all over again.  Just as funny to me now as it was when I first saw it.  Ruby Reborn.  It was their very first episode which cleverly introduced all the characters.  Oh, and should you click on the link you will notice that there is no phony canned laugh track with this series.  Bonus:))

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A woman was waiting in the check-out line at a shopping center. Her basket was filled with a mop and broom and other cleaning supplies. By her actions and deep sighs, it was obvious that she was in a hurry and not happy about the slowness of the line.  When the cashier called for yet another price check on a box of soap, the woman remarked, indignantly, "Well, at this rate, I'll be lucky to get out of here and home before Christmas!"  "Don't worry, Ma'am," replied the clerk. "With all that wind kicking up over there and that brand new broom you have in your basket, you'll be home in no time."

- "Sometimes my mind wanders and other times it goes away completely."

 - "There have been times when I lose half of my mind and the other half goes looking for it. ̈

"I live in my own little world, but that's okay, they like me there."

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