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G has a "swell" time kayaking

G has a "swell" time kayaking
G has a "swell" time on Lake Michigan in an inflatable canoe

Dawn on the Gulf of Mexico

Dawn on the Gulf of Mexico
Dawn on the Gulf of Mexico

Warren Dunes Sunset

Warren Dunes Sunset
Warren Dunes Sunset

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Swallows keep insect pests at bay



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We enjoy the acrobatics of barn swallows as we walk along the lakeshore in Michigan.  These birds and the dragonfly are are friendly insect catchers.  We sit on a breakwater or at a bench and watch them dive and swoon capturing insects.

 I do know the barn swallows can make a mess beneath their nests.  It is possible to provide them with a conducive environment where they build in places where their droppings are a part of nature.

They are so small and so fast! They can change direction unexpectedly. But they aren't afraid of us sitting and chatting, so they come very close, possibly because of the insects attracted to us.  Photographing them in flight can be a challenge!







 

Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Roadtrek RV Business Sale Progress


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According to the document in the link at the end of this post the purchase of Roadtrek by ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ is proceeding. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฉ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—›๐—š๐—ก๐—” ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† using the โ€œHymerโ€ or โ€œCaradoโ€ brand ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. La Mesa has provided a US$1 million deposit. Here are some key aspects of the agreement. Read the document at the link for additional information and to view the source:
"๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (Rapido Group) ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ relating to the Roadtrek Business: a. โ€œRoadtrekโ€ branded recreational vehicle inventory, including raw chassis, work-in-process and finished goods and all related raw material and spare part inventory located in Ontario; b. fixed assets and equipment; c. certain prototype vehicles; d. the lease for 20 Tyler Street, Cambridge, Ontario (the โ€œLeaseโ€), including the security deposit but excluding tenant inducements; e. intellectual property solely relating to the Roadtrek Business; f. information technology systems, including hardware, software, licences and associated contracts; g. goodwill; h. business records; i. motor vehicles; and j. all dealer tags in the Receiverโ€™s possession. .....

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ $๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ on โ€œRoadtrekโ€ vehicles forming part of the Purchased Assets for a two year warranty period starting on the date of purchase by a consumer, but only for warranty claims made by the original purchaser. No warranty shall be provided in respect of certain itemized vehicles identified as Excluded Warranty Vehicles under the Roadtrek APA [Agreement of Purchase and Sale] which shall include vehicles potentially subject to the second row seating issue (described in Section 10.0 below). [From section 10.0: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฉ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—›๐—š๐—ก๐—” ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ (๐—–๐— ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ (๐—™๐— ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ, ๐—ฆ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฎ (๐—ฐ) ].......

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€. The Roadtrek APA contemplates that the Roadtrek Buyer may, but is not required to, offer employment to current or former employees of the 026 Page 14 Company (such employees who accept employment offers being โ€œNew Hiresโ€). The Receiver understands that the ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ post-Closing, with the stated goal of growing its workforce to more than 200 employees by the end of 2020. Closing Conditions The Closing of the Roadtrek Transaction is subject to the following........". and so on.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

At the Michigan Dunes


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Panoramic view from one of the dunes................................









That dune doesn't seem very high............

View from that dune............

G relaxing after the walk up.....




Panoramic view


Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/


Monday, May 27, 2019

At the Summer "Lily Pad" in Michigan


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We hop from campsite to campsite.  We have several "permanent" spots we call our "lily pads", and we use our Roadtrek to hop from one to another.  Here's a nighttime view of the one in Michigan, photo by the campground.  The circle indicated our decorative lights........

Before and after photos of the northern lily pad in Michigan.  Before the additions:

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After adding the deck, better stairs, new fire pit, etc.:



At Weko Beach, view of Lake Michigan
Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Javelinas


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"Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) also known as collared peccary, are medium-sized animals that look similar to a wild boar. They have mainly short coarse salt and pepper colored hair, short legs, and a pig-like nose. The hair around the neck/shoulder area is lighter in color giving it the look of a collar. Javelina have long, sharp canine teeth which protrude from the jaws about an inch."

We've seen Javelina at the Sonoran Desert Museum but never previously encountered them in our treks.  They are best avoided because they can be very protective of their young, and those long canine teeth can inflict serious damage.

During a recent visit to the Saguaro National Park - East we came across a large group crossing the highway.  There is also a significant amount of bicycle traffic en route to the park, but I guess the Javelinas like the early morning, too.  This is similar to the activity of ducks up north who will cross streets with their ducklings in tow.

Traffic stopped and allowed the group of about 12 javelinas to cross.   "Share the Road".








Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/


Sunday, April 21, 2019

Sedona Arizona - Helicopter Flight


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While visiting Sedona Arizona we hiked, took a sunset trolley ride, two jeep tours and a short helicopter ride above the area.  The helicopter ride was very enjoyable.  After we stopped at the Mesa Grill at the airport for lunch; fish and chips.

I made a short video. Below is the video and some stills. For the clearest photos, point the lens outside the small side windows, which are open.

Many thanks to Tim, our pilot and the staff of Sedona Air Tours.

We flew over some of the area we had hiked the day before.

After, we stopped at the Mesa Grill at the airport for lunch. Delicious.


G and I before boarding

I was in the copilot's seat

G was comfy siting behind the pilot







The San Francisco peaks and Flagstaff in the distance




Approaching the airport



That's our Roadtrek 210P


G at the airport Mesa Grill

Fish and Chips for lunch - delicious!

Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/