A good day in Duluth

[Steve Foss]

I trailered a boat down to Twig today so Surface Tension could put his repair/rejuvenation brand on it.

And, well, you have a hard time going from Ely to Twig without ending up in Duluth.

So I made my way to my old haunts at Marine General (downrigger cable terminal tackle and a couple of Finn spoons) and Northwest Outlet in Superior (BIG clearance on lots of stuff, including Daiwa downrigger rods).

In the afternoon, saw a white Chev pickup outside Northwest Outlet with a Fishing Minnesota sticker on the back. Thought I recognized a coupla guys in N.O., but couldn't place them. Hmmmm.

[Surface Tension]

All roads to Duluth lead through Twig.

I hope you didn't hit too much road construction in town.

Buying fishing gear is always a good thing.

Boat, what boat?

[Steve Foss]

Yeah, road construction. We wanted to park in front of the Lester with our lunch, which we used to do when we both worked in Downtown Duluth. Nope! So we headed over to Superior and took the Bong on the way back, planning to hit 53 at Can o Worms. Nope!

Detours are a part of life.

[Gordie]

I thought the cities were bad with road construction but Duluth is something else as I found out last weekend.

To go from point A to point B you have to go thru the rest of the alphabet to get there

[Steve Foss]

To go from point A to point B you have to go thru the rest of the alphabet to get there

Now that's just darn funny!

It's always been a little hard to get there from here in Duluth. Widespread road construction turns life there into a Zen thing.

[caseymcq]

Yeah, road construction. ...

It has made my commute interesting this summer. At times it has added an hour to it I have listened to a lot of talk radio and 94X and worn out a few CD's

[Northlander]

So did you guys get that $800 gem runnin or what?

[Steve Foss]

It was running before I dropped it off.

It's in good hands.

[Gordie]

So I was lookingh in the classifieds and saw that Franks got a boat for sale

couldn't resist Steve

[Northlander]

Ya what was it at $500 now?

[Surface Tension]

I've been up the Gunflint scouting our moose hunting area and doing a little trout fishing. Fishing wasn't so good but we did find moose.

So I haven't had time other then a couple hours on the boat same day Steve dropped it off.

[reinhard1]

did you notice any fall colors yet? some maples are turning down here. thanks and good luck.

[Surface Tension]

Same as around here. Some maples showing a little color. Looking at the stands of birch from the lake you could see the chloroform is starting to go as leaves had a tint of yellow.

The starter has a direct sort and when I pulled it apart smells burnt.

Because of the heat, prolly not wroth rebuilding.

[reinhard1]

thank you, a appretiate that. good luck.

[Steve Foss]

Frank, can you get a price for a reman and give me a phone call or e-mail? I can't price it out up here without the actual number off the housing, so if I can get that number from you I can call around a get one tracked down myself.

My assumption is it's a marine grade starter (sealed against spark/arcing) rather than an automotive grade one, but the Napa guys in Ely said an auto grade one probably would be fine, since the boat has a bilge blower.