#duluthmn

Watching a video on Flock Cameras getting cheese thrown onto them... https://youtube.com/watch?v=jk8cMwzOcak And becoming livid that the local police have signed up to sponsor the surveillance régime in the middle of downtown. #duluthmn #surveillance #DeFlock

I didn't know the scale went as high as it does, and seeing ash is new, this must be proximity to the fire. The screen show from earlier to today is crazy. #DuluthMN #airquality #wildfires

Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 100. Take it slow today people, we are not accustomed to this. #DuluthMN

13/10 sailing today. 10ish knots of wind out of the southwest most of the day, with a few gusts of 15. It was the first time I was actually warm on Lake Superior. We did about 30 miles. 15 reaching, then beating back to the start. I also replaced the aged tachometer in the boat with a fancy VDO tach that includes an hour meter. Figuring out the wiring was annoying but I even got the backlight working with the original Yanmar instrument panel light switch. And I put the first hour on the inboard that officially counts. The motor is 40 years old, I'm sure it has seen a few more hours than I've logged ;-), but now I can start following something like a proper hour-based maintenance schedule at least. Everything feels like it is finally coming together with this boat. Which seems about right, since I'm shopping for something a little bigger. But if I am 'stuck' with this one for a few years I will not be sad at all...it really does sail well, and I've rebuilt about everything on it so am pretty confident in its ability to handle bad weather. #sailing #lakesuperior #duluthmn #s279