It’s been a bit since I added a post to this blog. Thought it was a good time to catch up on what’s been going on and house progress.
First the house. Lots of progress since the last post. Our framers have gotten all the interior load bearing walls up and started with the roof panels.
Roof panels for the 9′ section are on the load bearing walls. Hopefully the 10′ section roof will be on later today. We’re supposed to have 40mph winds today, so we’ll see if they can put on the panel sections today. Then they start framing out the rooms which should be crazy. We need to get going on cabinets, kitchen stuff and plumbing fixtures. Then the garage should get built and we can move some of our stuff from the shop to the garage. Figuring out the driveway will be fun…
Saturday, we did an off-road ride with a group of people (8 vehicles) through the Manzano mountains and logging roads. It was a ton of fun. The organizers were our plumbers from Classic Plumbing in Mountainaire. The ride was 57 miles, but lots of trees, rocky climbs and crazy trails. We stopped a lot to keep the group together. We were the only Can-Am in a group of Polaris Rzrs. We got a lot of questions about the Can-Am. Frankly we were much quicker than the Rzrs and could climb all the hills in 2-wheel drive which the Rzrs couldn’t. Our Can-Am is lower to the ground and I put on more aggressive tires for desert and rock riding, so we had great traction and power. Tons of fun though. Pizza, beer and nachos afterward. Yesterday was spent washing the dust off and making sure all the bolts were still tight. It was a workout for our buggie!
Today will be an avoid the wind day. I might go ride later in the desert. I need to fill up the gas cans as I refilled the Can-Am yesterday and it took 5 gallons plus a little. So, I’m outta gas. I’ll get it done. And this week is getting ready to travel to Seattle for the weekend. We’re boarding the dogs, then flying out on Thursday and home of Tuesday. Hoping to see the grandkids on Thursday!
Time to get ready for the day. It’s Monday, so laundry day. Need to wash out all the dirt from Saturday. And I need to smooth out the driveway today also. Got all rutted out from the cable laying and burying the cable for my brother-in-laws cable installation.
Take care.
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