Finally on the lake again

I finally got back out to the lake again. It seems like every time I wanted to go, something else came up, or the weather was bad. Anyway, I had a hot sunny day and the lake was fairly busy. That is to be expected with the water being so warm. (87)

Good day for boating

 We had a beautiful day and I finished the mowing yesterday, so I took the boat out for a while. Perfect boating weather, too. Water temp was 83 and air was 85, with a slight breeze blowing.

 I found some fish in this cove, and caught a couple stripers, a few bluegill, and a tiny largemouth bass. They seemed to stop biting after noon, so I jumped in for a swim. Very nice!

 I watched this guy fly across the lake and land in a tree along the shoreline.

I got as close as I could, but I really needed a higher resolution camera with a bit more zoom.

More on the shed, and other stuff

 The doors were installed on the shed yesterday. I still need to paint them and add the rest of the hardware - the latches and the slider bolts.

 Since the water pump didn't work last time I tried to take the boat out, I put a new one in today. It isn't really hard to do. There are some small parts that can be a real headache.

 Full disassembly and waiting for the parts to be put back in. In the correct order, of course.

 Reassemble and re-install the lower unit. It is a bad thing to have any parts left over. There weren't any parts left over. I will test it tomorrow, but expect everything to work fine.

Last, but not least was Heather's car. It was a bit overdue for an oil change, so we did that today, too.

Weekend project: rebuilding the shed

 I needed to replace my leaky old shed and this weekend turned out to be the right time. I had extra hands and could get a few more.

 I picked up most of the supplies we would need on Friday before Allen got here.

 The new roofing material - bright white to help cut down on excessive heat build-up.

 Allen and I got all 4 walls built on Saturday. We covered them in case it decided to rain, but luckily, it didn't.

 We emptied some of the stuff out of the shed and unscrewed it from the base, then after Heather got here, tipped it off the back of the base. Heather and Lisa then dismantled it so we could re-use the sheet metal for the new walls. There are lots more pictures on Heather's facebook page.

 We had proper supervision, of course.

Almost finished covering the walls at lunch time today. I did finish the center section. The new door was just a bit oversized, so I'll have to sand it down before I can install it.
A big THANK YOU to Lisa and Jim for helping, as well as Heather and Allen.

Good bye to the blue truck

My Chevy truck was bought this morning. I hope it serves the new owners well, as it did for me.

Stormy night

 There was a double rainbow during a small break in the storms. I managed to get a picture of it.

 One shaft of sunlight lit up the hill out back. It was spectacular, but only lasted for a minute or two.

Even more impressive without the camera flash and showing the dark sky behind the hill.

Exploring Grayson Lake

 It's still early in the year for boating, but I thought the water would be higher than this. I still had no trouble launching, though.

 There are a lot of rock outcroppings lining the lake. Some have an overhang that will disappear when the water is up to summer pool.

 This Canadian Goose was not thrilled by my presence.

 I ran across some very large formations, most were down the lake quite a ways. There is a lot more to the lake than I originally thought.

The dam and marina where I launched. There are quite a few jumbo houseboats docked there. One of them even has a corkscrew slide coming down from the 3rd deck.