My friend Art came over from his mountain early Friday so we could drown some worms and toss some lures in my lake. No much luck but he had three strikes from what were probably pretty nice size bass. The fire chief and a couple of his friends fished from my boat last week and caught -- among other things -- a 36-inch muskie. The guy at the bait store has a picture of a 42-pound muskie he says came out of our lake on June 1. It would have weighed more -- and maybe have been a state record -- but the guy waited too long to weigh it.
We've been having a series of summer thunderstorms the past couple of days -- bringing some rain to a very parched Polk County. One night the thunder was so strong our log cabin shook a couple of times.
Another Journey
We are back at home once again after a journey to Michigan, where we watched grandson Peter graduate from high school. He is also set for Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he has an academic scholarship. Peter is a top-quality lacrosse player -- one of all-state caliber -- but when we last talked he wasn't sure he would play college lacrosse.
His older brother Paul is captain of the lacrosse team at Queens University of Charlotte, where he is a junior.
Bobby, the oldest, is about to graduate from the University of Michigan before he sets off on a stage and/or screen career that will make good use of his musical and acting talent.
A magazine in Greenville, SC, down the road about 50 miles, had a article about living in the mountains, on a lake, or both. The article doesn't mention Lake Adger although it does say, “While the surrounding counties have seen a steady rate of development, Polk County has remained fairly untouched"
We have a great home here in Polk County. But some of the places on the lake are just amazing in their size. This is one of my favorites: 
It has a great lake view and a mountain view from that amazing porch.
Property values around here seem to keep climbing. After we moved in this house was sold for $1.1 million. It is on the market again --less than 18 month later -- for almost $600,000 more!
Rough Religion
In April, Bishop Michael Babin, for 25 years a leader of Genesis Ministries International in Oceanside, Calif., was charged (along with his son) with beating a golfer unconscious after accusing the man of stealing his ball at a local course. (Two years ago, Babin was nominated for a Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Award.) [San Diego Union-Tribune, 4-3-07]
