Boardwalk Bar and Grill

Checked up a new Bar and Grill on Thursday night. The Boardwalk Bar and Grill opened up where the Cuckoo's Nest used to be. It's over in East Grand Forks, right behind Applebees near Whiteys. We were never in the Cuckoo's Nest when that was open. The Boardwalk has a very nice cozy northwoods atmosphere. Since it is a bar no one under the age of 21 is allowed. Had heard they had good food from one of the workers at Sam's Club, so we checked it out.

They have burgers, sandwiches, salads and such. Since the burgers are 1/2 pound we spilt one and had sweet potato fries.

I liked the burger, but Jo wasn't too crazy about it. The burgers have a different texture to them. The sweet potato fries were very good.

The taps were $2.50. I'm not sure if it was the normal price or a special

Park Fun!

Took Jo's nephews to the park on Mothers Day. I think they had fun.

Not the right way to go down.

The right way to go down.

Whee!!!

Brothers.

Brothers.

Giddy up.

How did he get up there?

The dragon park.

More Wheee!

Look like fun?

Backyard Ball Game

Jo's nephews had a game of whiffleball on Mothers Day in her Mom's backyard.

Who's on first?

Check out the bat.

The outfield.

Horsing around.

Want my autograph?

Looks like the knuckle ball is coming.

The relief pitcher.

The crew.

Tire Trouble

When we were up in Langdon, Jo's brother made a comment (make that a jinx) about her needing new tires. She knew that new tires were needed, but was holding off trying to find a new car that she liked. On our way out of town at loud noise came from under the car. Jo pulled over and I looked at the tires. Took a look and could see no flats, so I got down and felt the tires, Och!, my finger got pricked by some steel, Oops! Looks like a trip back into town. Good thing we were only 2 miles out.



We saw Jo's brother on the way in and gave him a call. He said that he would make a call and to see if anyone would come in and fix it for us. He called back and said that Rhonda would meet us at Universal Parts in 5 minutes. We pulled into the shop and met Rhonda. She pulled the tire off and holy cow! Yes indeedy we sure in needy of a some new tires. I knew they were getting worn, but did not realize they were this bad. They only have 45,000 miles on them. I suppose that 6 years of North Dakota weather did them in.

It's a good thing they did not blow on the interstate at 75mph. Since Rhonda happened to have a set of 4 new tires the correct size, Jo decided to get them all replaced. Funny thing is that the car no longer makes that strange noise anymore. This was probably not what Rhonda thought that she would be doing on mothers day, but we were very grateful to her for helping us out.

If you ever find yourself in need of a tire in Langdon stop by Universal Parts. If it's after hours the contact number is on the front door.

Check out the missing rubber.


Another bad tire.


Universal Parts.

UFO over Langdon!

I took Jo's nephews over to the city park when we were up in Langdon on Sunday. I heard a noise and looked up in the sky and saw a UFO. It was about 200-300 feet in the air and was flapping around like a giant bat. I clicked off a quick photo and turned on the cameras video.


This is the first photo.

This is the video. Instead of running away in fear every kid in the park ran right towards the UFO and were ready to take on the Aliens.




It ended up being identified as a IFT (identified flying tarp). I think it came from about 6 blocks away. It was not windy out, but it managed to get several hundred feet into the air.

The kids looking for the Alien.

Looks just like a tarp.

Some of the kids getting eaten by the tarp.

After about 10 minutes the owner of the tarp drove up and reclaimed the tarp. She said it had sat in the yard all winter and she just put it on the driveway to clean it up. She went inside and the tarp just disappeared. Jo was at her folks and said that they saw it flying over some houses and were wondering what it was.

Saturday Walk in the Greenway.

Went for a walk on Saturday along the Greenway. The bike path is mostly open and dried out so I replaced some of my geocaches that were pulled due to the high water. The Red River is still out of the banks.

The mark on the tree is from ice. (Olson-Elmwood Greenway Trail Access)

Debris from the flood hanging in a tree.

How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

Big old cottonwood tree. Between Lincoln Park and Central park (behind Reeves Drive).

The Grand Forks dog park in Lincoln park which is still a bit muddy for the dogs.

Some ducks enjoying the water. (Lincoln Park)

Some shorebirds. (Lincoln Park)

Some Geese. (Lincoln Park)

This is one big piece of driftwood! (Lincoln Park)

Old farmstead across the Red River. (Near the Olson-Elmwood Trail Access)

Check out the missing bark (line halfway up the trees on the west shore) from the ice moving up the river during the flood. (Looking northeast toward Lincoln Clubhouse)

Not much bark left on this tree.

Navy Days on the good ship Birmingham.

While cleaning off some old floppy discs I found some old scanned photos from my days in the Navy.

This is the USS Birmingham (SSN 695). The SSN stands for Submersible Ship Nuclear and the 695 is the hull number. The Bham was a LA Class 688 fast attack submarine.

This is me in the late 80's cleaning the Head and shower. Must of been a field day. A field day was a half day cleaning up of the ship by the crew. This was a once per week occurrence. For those non-navy folks the head is the toilet. Notice that the shower is a bit smaller than a phone booth. Like that nice facial hair?

The ships Skipper (Captain) Commander Paul Sullivan and Senior Chief Fisher. This was the 10 year anniversary of the ship (1988). Was commissioned in December 1978.

Lt. Miller standing watch as DOOW (Diving Officer of the Watch). This was during a one day family cruise.

ST3 Jon Pace in firefighting gear.

The CO's wife and son in the Wardroom during the family cruise.


The Skipper handing out an award.

The conning tower on a WWII sub located at Pearl Harbor Submarine Base.

MM2 Carpenter at our office door.

One of my shipmates YN3 Martin Humann. Three of us would work in this space.


Some of the crew.

The Hospital Corpsman Chief Goin in his space.

One day the ship's cooks wanted to have a burger cookout on the pier to boost moral. The ship was moored at the Pearl Harbor Shipyard and permission had to be obtained from the Shipyard Safety Officer to light a fire. The Safety Officer must have been one of those landlocked sailors who enjoyed exercising their control over a ship's Captain when he could.

Of course he said no. I suppose that we could have burned down the concrete pier. The Skipper said BS, it's my ship and we will have the cookout on the deck of my ship! So we pulled the grill onto the deck of the ship and held our BBQ. Those were some of the best sliders I've ever enjoyed.

MM3 Willie White cleaning out the SHT tank (it's where the head empties into). Not a fun job.

The Skipper giving the Executive Officer an award.

I'm not sure who's rack (bunk) this is. It was TP'd. Which means it was filled up with rolls of TP. I'm sure the assigned occupant was thrilled when he was ready to hit the rack.

Some of the crew in the Wardroom.