The BBQ is always fired up, and the beers always cold!

Hey -- that's *my* line! I *knew* I liked you Ozzies for
something! :-)

We headed home after I started this thread last night, only to sit in
the dark. All of our camping gear sure came handy, especially those
"wind-up-dynamo" lights and radios that went on sale after the Year
2000 didn't become the disaster everyone predicted... ;-)

Came in at 5:30 this morning to start the clean up. The hotel looks
pretty much the way it did after the tornado last spring, except our
new fence wasn't demolished -- only broken where a big tree limb
smashed down on it.

I just got back from Menard's, where I bought a chain saw. There were
25 guys in line buying chain saws -- they'll be sold out in an
hour... We've got limbs the size of my leg down everywhere.
Thankfully, no one was hurt -- but a guest with a beautiful new Chevy
pickup truck learned that it wasn't wise to park under a tree in an
ice storm...

The good news is: They were wrong about the snow. It got too warm,
and it ended up just rain...thankfully. And, hey, our Governor has
declared our county in a "state of emergency"...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"