I live in the Iowa Great Lakes region and spent most of my life working residential construction. 6 years ago, I started a small kitchen and bath retail store, and havent looked back. Shouldve done it many years sooner. I do small remodeling jobs and high end kitchen remodeling.
Being my own boss (one horse operation) allows me to follow my hobbies when the work is done.
Been married for 32 years, and have one daughter who recently graduated from college. We live on a small ten acre acreage and are in the middle of remodeling the house, and restoring 5 acres of native prairie grasses and forbs.
Ive owned a Humminbird 997 since March of 08, and cannot tell you the enjoyment it has brought into the boat, let alone fish.
I used to have severe envy of those large screens from the other brand.... but not anymore!
My hobby seasons start out in Thanksgiving, when I take the boat out to our fishing cabin in Chamberlain South Dakota. This is the view from the deck:
We fish walleyes below the dam at Ft Thompson from Nov-March:
And then switch to Lake Sharpe and fish Smallmouths:
Needless to say, its colder than heck at that time, but theres not much pressure!
Somewhere in May, We tansfer from fishing to racing. We go to several tracks each week and our preference is Sprint cars:
which amount to Go Karts on steriods.
Racing season ends about the time hunting season starts. I mostly pursue pheasants
and deer
with a few predators mixed in.
and that leads me back to Thanksgiving, when I go fishing again. Its a viscous cycle.
Most of my pictures are stored online here:
http://imageevent.com/okoboji_images. Feel free to look around, but be sure to check out the Humminbird album.