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Am I going loony?

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There are some places around SE Michigan that is less then hospitable to canoeing due to motorboat traffic. I love canoeing some of these places, but it is really only worth doing outside of the Memorial-Labor Days window. A couple weekends ago Bridgit, Eli, and I paddled Highland and Halfmoon lakes in the Pinckney area. We were paddling along the north end of Halfmoon and I saw a bird dive under the surface. It came up behind us and it was a Loon. I have never seen one this far south, but I am certain that it was a loon. I must have caught it on it's way south.

I took it as a good sign. Too bad Eli was asleep.

Sleep

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So I really haven't mentioned it to anyone because I was afraid of jinxing it, but Eli has been sleeping through the night. When I say thought the night I mean we put him to sleep at 8:30ish and he doesn't get up until 5:30ish. Bridgit is still waking up a few times a night, and I still get up for the 3:30am pat him pack to sleep routine. The nice thing is all I have to do is go back to sleep.

One night this week we got 11.5 hours of him sleeping. This has only been for 3 or 4 nights and I realize that now that I have told people he isn't going to do it anymore.

A Walk in the Woods

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It seems like all of a sudden in the past few months I have had way more time to read. The Kid is older now and we are all sleeping more. Plus we moved the TV upstairs so we watch much less TV.

Anna passed this book along to me. It was good, the book kept me going along as they went along the trail.

The Baconator is actually the suckinator

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Sure, I like bacon as much as the next guy but the Baconator from Wendys is really, really bad. Worse yet it replaced the Big Bacon Classic.

We went there for lunch a few weeks ago and I thought I would give it a chance. What I got was two patties, a bunch of Wendy's lame excuse for bacon and melted cheese. There was no lettuce or tomato or onion. It was not pleasant to eat this sandwich because it was so heavy.

The BBC was a nice blend of veggies and meat which combined to form a great sandwich. I looked up the nutrition info and the Baconator is almost twice as bad for you as the BBC.

Baconator
Calories 830
Total fat 51g

Big Bacon Classic
Calories 580
Total fat 29g

There is a petition to save the BBC here.

NOTE: some people have reported that the BBC is still available in the speciality sandwiches section of the menu.

Dam Removal

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So there has been talk of removing a couple of the dams in the Huron River Watershed. The dams in question are Argo Dam at the north end of Ann Arbor and the Mill Creek Dam in Dexter. I think it would be great. The Dams on the Huron do provide nice flatwater sections, but this part of the state has plenty of that nearby. The Argo Dam is 18 feet above the previous rapids that once existed there. I would love to see some good whitewater in downtown Ann Arbor. It would also serve as a good excuse to let Bridgit let me get a whitewater canoe. The only thing nearby are the Delhi rapids which are ok, but get crowded sometimes.

Here is a study by the Huron River Watershed Council, and another done by the School of Natural Resources (where my Mother did her undergrad BTW)