Saturday in Marinette

Fly fishing for steelhead and Brown Trout just west of my hotel

Our Shipyard Project Director, Gary Smith, called me this morning to tell me he'd met a couple of guys headed up the Menominee River to do some flyfishing  just west of where I'm staying.  Once I got going, I drove up there (about 1/2 mile), and, indeed, they were wading in the river and flyfishing.  I watched for about 15 minutes, and saw this guy get one good hit, and some possibles.  I really think I saw ice forming around his legs!  I have my rods, but the reels are in the container - bummer.  Gives me hope, though.  I guess I'll have to have Julie send out my neoprene insulated waders ;)

I headed out today to run some errands.  First, I went over to my apartment to offload some stuff from the car.  My apartment is on the second floor of a redeveloped downtown department store building.  There is retail and office space on the first floor, and apartments on the second and third floors.  Here are some pictures:

View as you walk in the front door

Electric fireplace at the far end, windows on both sides.

alcove (= music room) ahead, bedroom to the left

Looking back at the kitchen and front door
Bedroom to the right

View from the bedroom window, looking Southwest

Nice, tall windows, parking lot view

Next stop: Pine Tree Mall.  I picked up a tie to wear to church tomorrow.  I should have listened to Julie, she told me to bring one...  I also picked up some basic supplies for my office.  Our Project Admin Assistant from Fairbanks will be here next week to help set up the office, but in the meantime, I needs me some office supplies.

I had lunch at Schloegel's, a pretty nice restaurant in Menominee, right on the lake.

 Bay of Green Bay from Schloegel's parking Lot

thick ice in foreground, then thin ice, then open water.  

On a clear day you can see across to Door County.

After lunch, I headed around looking for a bed.  Ended up at Lauerman's, down by the Mall.  Bought the mattress, box spring and frame, to be delivered on Monday.  Ironically, the building I'm living in is the former Lauerman's store in downtown Marinette.

Tomorrow, I'm headed for church in the morning, then over to the apartment to wait for the cable guy.  Believe it or not, I was able to schedule my cable installation for a Sunday.  Once that's done, I'm off to Green Bay to pick up Kristin.  She gets in tomorrow afternoon.  It will be great to have her here, to see the place, and help me get moved in.  My moving container arrives on Monday.  Shouldn't take us too long to get it unloaded.  The biggest challenge will be finding a place for the driver to leave the trailer.