Paint

Here are the before and after shots of the house I painted. It took way too long to do this job, next time I would probably let the pros do it, they are much faster. Also note, it takes at least 2 coats and maybe more to change the dark trim to white.

Before.
After.

Barn

Spent a several days over the last two weeks working on a 13' x 36' loafing shed for my sister, Theresa, in Cheyenne. She is hoping to get some horses next spring for the family.

The barn will go just to the right of the Skid-Steer.

All the materials needed to build the barn and an 8' x 8' chicken coop.

All the holes dug and string layed out to tell me where the posts go. The holes are all 18" wide and 4' deep. Done with an auger on the Cat.

Posts all set and braced.

All the 2x4s and such set and ready for the metal.
Almost done, still needs some trim over the exposed wood on top.

Barn with her house in the back ground.
I also had to put up about 150' of fence. Here is the 9" auger. It truly makes life easy.

In all, the fence was under 5 hours to set and the barn was about 60 hours. Pretty much all by myself. I had about 4 hours of help from Theresa and 2 hours from Mike and a few hit and miss from the kids.

Finally...

Edit...as of 11PM Wednesday night, 17 inches and still falling. I took a tape measure out in the yard to check it. It has been real fun driving around in the truck.


We are finally getting some good snow here. There was at least 10" by lunch time and much more now. Over a foot at my house and it is suppose to keep snowing til thursday evening. Then 50 degrees on Sunday to take it all away.


White hat for my Truck.

Bed is full up to my 2x10 rails.

60 mph ice crystals on my hubs.

Dougie Fresh...

That's who's on page 57 of my new Bike mag!

Ohh, and I saw this on one of my excursions a while ago.

Where did September go?!

Well, it has been quite a while. I guess I can sum up September as another good month of getting around. I spent 15 of 30 days gone on the road. 10 of which were on a rode trip out to Oregon with Pam to visit her brother. I had 15 days on the bike, only one day moto, 2 days hiking, and 3 days of work. Here are just a few pics to sum it up.

Sold the Honda.
Sold the trailer.

House I am currently working on painting the exterior of.

Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs. Pretty cool hike just off of I-70. These falls come down into a pond in the middle of a huge canyon. You can see fish all over.

Walking out on a down tree on the lake.

Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.

Free ride stunts and trails at Black Rock in Oregon. Pretty fun stuff, but most of it was too big for my XC bike.

Sweet step up.

Tree too big to bunny hop on Mary's Peak outside Corvallis, OR. We also road in Bend, OR. We only had one evening there, but it was a fun trail that was cut short by sunset. But I didn't get any good pictures there.

Fat tree's. Skinny kids.

Pam wins the race at the Pacific Coast.

Pam's nephew, Josiah, showing off his new tricks while wearing blackberries on his face.

Bishop's Castle outside Colorado City. Hand build by one man over the past 40 years. It is quite the place to see. The sweetest part is that here I think he put safety third. Definitely no codes that he has to follow here.

BBQ!!

Steve, Melissa, and Banana in Fruita, CO.

Joe's Ridge.

High above Steve's loop. That loop you see below on the cliff line was a lot of fun. Good trials all over here.

Rainbow Trail in Grand Junction. There is lots of slick rock on this trail. I took a good tumble head of heals down a good steep rock face that I was trying to traverse. My bike came tumbling behind and ended up on my head. I wish I had a picture of that one.

That is a pretty good summary of my September. October may be a little slower with the cooler weather moving in. Plus, I have a few jobs to work on. Finish the paining, build a barn and chicken coop, kitchen remodel, and pour a back patio. I keep you posted.

Pam's Favorite Pictures...that she wishes didn't exist.

Pam was leading the way down one of the sections of the Deer Creek trail when she came upon this little water crossing. All the other crossings have been no big deal...until this one. Her front wheel got stuck in the muck and she went right down face first. It was pretty fun for us to see her all covered in it and listen to her go on about it, but I don't think she thought it was a funny as we did. At least we have these pics to help her find the humor in it now. Hope this helps heal the sting.

I wonder how many cows visited this place earlier in the day...mmm?!?

Crested Butte

I'm a little behind on posting up pics. I have been traveling almost every weekend and some weekdays too. On top of that, my camera zoom stopped working, then I lost my camera, now it is found and on its way back to me. I hope to ship it off to get fixed soon.

Drove out to Crested Butte a few weeks ago for 3 days of biking.

Taylor Park off in the distance from Cottonwood Pass.

The victims, Wayne, Christie Jo, Pam, me.
Lake on top of Kebler Pass. I took this pic while driving, causing some of my passengers to get all wide eyed and squirmy in their seats.

Christie, leading the charge on Trail 401.

Accidental picture while riding with my camera in my hand.

Wayne, Christie, Pam waayy off in the distance.

Late night Brats n Beans.

Breakfast time in the camp kitchen.

Christie, relaxing before the climb up Deer Creek.

Christie, relaxing at the top of Deer Creek.

Aspen trees everywhere.

Tight and twisty.

Cows! I think it is pretty fun to see cows on the trial, but not so sweet to ride thru their mess. I still have some of it on my shoes a month later. I suppose I could wash it off, but I figure it will come off by itself on the next ride, or the next ride, or...

They told us that after a real good lightning storm, you can come up here and find a lot of dead cows and see bears dragging them off into the trees for dinner. That would be pretty neat to see.

Huge milk shakes after a good ride. Nothing like it.

The twistiest river I have ever seen.

Wayne, leading the shuttle.

Dropping down the Dyke trail.

Wayne's peg leg.

The marker leading back to the truck at the bottom, parked at the "Jorse Ranch." Guess, the author was Mexican.