Patio Cover Update

I know you've been waiting with bated (baited ? ) breath. The exterior of the patio cover is completed, along with a new roof on the entire house. I still need to install the soffits, ceiling, lights and ceiling fan, and do the painting and trimming. But it's usable now, and it's really nice here in what is normally sunny (but recently rainy) SW Oklahoma.

One of the fun things about building projects is that they sometimes provide justification for new toys ... er, I mean tools. Today I used my new Dewalt reciprocating saw for the first time. It's really nice. Didn't take long for me to become comfortable with it.

Here's a pic of how nicely it works. You can see a row of rafters, the ends of which I needed to cut off. It was the perfect tool for the job.

Freewheel 07 is History

Freewheel 2007 is over. We had 8 good days of riding, camping, cold showers, small town atmosphere, friendly folks, and guilt-free food. The bike is still in its box, and the camping gear is still in the bag, but I did get the grass mowed before returning to work. It'll take a few days to get the pictures and notes sorted out. I'll not bore you with a daily journal of the trip like I did last year, but I may post a few pics this week.

Freewheel 2007 Begins

Tomorrow morning I'll head off to Comanche, Oklahoma to start this years Freewheel Oklahoma cross-the-state bicycle ride. We'll ride from Comanche to the Texas border and back tomorrow, then Sunday morning we'll start for the Kansas border, which we're planning to reach next Saturday about noon.

If you care to know where we'll be each day, you can check out the Freewheel website at http://www.okfreewheel.com/.

I plan to be back online around June 18. See you then with a report of the trip.