In just under a week's time, our own recently retired reprobate, Asadi, will
be piloting a small train northward to pick up his erstwhile navigator in
Milwaukee, whence we will continue (by fits and starts) to the land of
pasties and distances measured in beers. Ah, the sweet life!

At last count, Bill Claspy, George Cleveland and Wayne Knight had all
expressed an interest in stopping by at some point in the following week in
order to offer their several specialized services in preventing us from
hurting ourselves. Our legal counsel has (most unfortunately.....for us,
that is) been forced to cancel a scheduled appearance due to circumstances
beyond his control......um......or a sudden fit of good sense, or something.

Anyway, as we will be incommunicado for most of the trip (cell phone
coverage is virtually nonexistent in much of the U.P.) anyone planning to
join us should contact me sometime before next Thursday to make arrangements
for meeting places and times.

At the moment we don't have an itinerary beyond a probable first day in the
Bruce Crossing area. Tentatively scheduled events include a float on an as
yet unidentified smallmouth stream (we will have two kayaks at our
disposal), a visit to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, small stream trout
fishing, "Drive to the Rise" (cruising the streamside woods and fields and
bailing out at the faintest hint of fishy activity), and a concerted assault
on the state of Michigan's beer supply.

Come one, come all.

Wolfgang