It's been exactly one year since we sold the "Bohemian Gypsy", our 22 foot sport cruiser. Now that we're in our new home a mile from Prior Lake, we got the "new boat itch"! Just like when we bought the Bohemian Gypsy, we knew what we wanted and sought out to find it. This time it was to be a much smaller runabout that would fit in the garage and wa...

So, one of my customers said they were going to the Tractor Pull Nationals in Hutchinson, MN. I thought to myself, "who on earth goes to a tractor pull"? What the heck, its a Friday night and something neither Danny or I have done. We took the hour drive to Hutchinson and mingled with some VERY INTERESTING country folk! It turned out to be a pretty...

June 14th and 15th was the 2019 Joyful Noise music event in Blaine, Mn featuring a variety of Christian speakers and performers, We attended all day Saturday which features some of the best Christian Rock performers I've ever heard. Hearing and feeling Christian music live while surrounded by thousands of people who believe can be a pretty emotiona...

2019 Grand Old Days June 2nd 2019, back by popular demand the city of St. Paul, Minnesota brought back the 45 year old traditional. It was a perfect day for a walk down Grand Avenue in celebration of Grand Old Days. Not sure how many people were there but they expected over 200,000. It had been quite a few years since we took the Grand Avenue walk...

The Witches Hat Water Tower Traveling down I94, I've passed the Witches Hat Water Tower for years. Friday was the one night of the year that you can see the view of the Twin Cities from inside a massive Witch’s Hat Tower in Minneapolis. Apparently its a pretty big event in the Prospect Park neighborhood. We got there around 7pm and the line to tour...

My New Home After 23 year at my home in Eden Prairie, it was time for a change. I woke up one morning and the words came out of my mouth "We're going to move". We were driving south of the river daily for school, work and friends. The Eden Prairie house was the place of literally thousands of memories with hundreds of peoples. It seemed like multip...

Prior Lake High School Homecoming Dance A new school, a new town and a new girlfriend. Let's Party!

Vintage Ludwig Hybrids 1971 Ludwig Rock-Duo Hybrids I custom ordered my Ludwig Rock-Duo drums direct from Ludwig Drums out of Chicago back in the spring of 1971. Sometime in the 1980's, I tucked away the second kick drum and converted my double kick over to a single bass set. I have loved and played these drums professionally for almost five decade...

If I would have had my choice a hundred years ago, I would have been a rock star traveling the world living the life that many dream of. Fortunately or unfortunately, I didn't have my choice and I'm not a rock star! I do still play drums though and sometimes even with a rock band but that doesn't make me a rock star. Drum covers seem to be the thin...

Its pretty much a tradition that we get together on a fall Sunday and go pick apples and take a wagon ride around the orchard. This year was no exception and we had fun as usual doing it!

Danny had his 13th birthday and is now officially a teen! We did a birthday shoot again this year like we always do just to document the changes from year to year- Oh, and we did have a great time... See what ya think...

One For The Money- Two For The Show... We tried to duplicate an Elvis Presley picture that hands on our wall. Danny crawled out of bed with a new haircut from the night before. I asked him to throw on a white T and a pair of jeans. Add a leather jacket and away we go...