Author Archives: The Hermes

Gary’s dad, who was hard of hearing, would always complain that his wife could hear all sorts of noises that she would want him to investigate.  He always told Gary, “Your mother can hear the squirrels on the roof!” Gary, … Continue reading →

My brother and his wife, who own the store, Beartrax, up by Brainerd, MN, usually take a well deserved vacation each fall.  This year they were going to Branson, MO and they asked us if we’d like to come along. … Continue reading →

I guess I better put a disclaimer out on this website, just in case some of you might read this and think, well if Gary used it, so can I.  Or the others that know and say, man, that Gary … Continue reading →

Well, we finally go the hoist all finished, isn’t it pretty?  The marina did a good job on the installation but there were a few problems with it.  One of them was where the boom dropped the boat.  When it … Continue reading →

After 2 months of living with our kids, we decided we better head out before they threw us out like yesterdays smelly trash.  Besides, we checked the weather down south and it sounded like the worst of the heat was … Continue reading →

We were able to visit my brother and his wife up north at their store, Beartrax.  Beartrax always has quite the influx of interesting people that I love to watch and talk to when I visit their store. Apparently the horse … Continue reading →

Turns out our daughter just sold her house in June and bought a new one.  Well, we decided this would be a good time to visit Minnesota, besides, she bought a house big enough so we could have our own … Continue reading →

Well, here it is almost the end of June.  They say summer has arrived here.  The weather is already hot (for me) and they say low 90’s is normal for this time of year (good thing we plan on getting … Continue reading →

Well, we had another storm roll thru again last night on the 9th.   The rain was first blowing so hard it got our windshield wet then the winds switched and the rain was getting the back of the boat … Continue reading →

June has been pretty warm here.  But the humidity seems to be down during the day and higher at night which is OK cause we just turn on the air.  We have been able to cool the boat with just … Continue reading →