Jamie Thingelstad

Cabin

Bevcomm is the Internet provider for our cabin and I met with the tech yesterday to help with the site assessment for installing fiber! It is likely still a year away, but we will be getting a massive jump from DSL with speed choices up to 1 Gbps! I’ll be upgrading the network in preparation. ⚡️

Project “Float the Boat” is successful! Dock crew attached cables to the pontoons and pulled it back into the water with the winch. Once it was moving the front SeaLegs came free. Smart that the SeaLegs fold up towards the front of the boat. 🎉

Premier pontoon boat docked beside a floating dock on a calm lake with autumn trees lining the far shore. Pontoon boat with a canopy lift being refloated at a dock on a calm lake in autumn, with two people wading in shallow water nearby.

Project “Float the Boat” has gotten harder. Cannon Lake is down another couple inches. The rear SeaLeg is up, but the front is stuck in the muck. Spent 30 mins trying to clear it with no luck. Tomorrow the dock guy comes. Hoping for a breakthrough. 🤞

Pontoon boat docked under a metal boat lift on a shallow lake, with algae-covered shoreline and a long aluminum dock extending to the left.

The water level in Cannon Lake is down a lot. The first wheel on our dock is usually under water. The water level is so low that I cannot get the pontoon to float when I raise the SeaLegs. The boat rests on the lake bottom. Uh oh. Now what? 😳

Pontoon boat on a Porta-Dock lift sitting on a green algae-covered lake bottom beside a low aluminum dock.

Boat Day Selfie

  1. Cold morning requiring hat, jackets, and gloves on May 21.
  2. This may the most Minnesotan picture of me.
  3. I think I look a bit like my Grandpa Ardell.
Middle-aged man in a black knit beanie and blue plaid flannel over a gray hoodie takes a selfie on a pontoon boat on a cloudy lake.