It has come to that time of the year again. The days are getting short. The temps are getting low and I am getting tired. No more new projects. Just scrambling to finish what I have started. And being realistic, that’s not going to happen. I am just focused on protecting what I have done from the wet winter ahead.…
Early apologies for any typos on this entry. The batteries didn’t charge under the cloudy skies yesterday. I am typing this pre-sunup with fat thumbs in just above freezing temps on my phone keyboard. Definitely winding down the building season here. Fall arrived last week and kicked sunny dry weather to the curb almost immediately. The short wet cloudy days…
It is convenient and inconvenient that I am on a wind hold at the moment. Convenient in that it is the end of the month and I need to get a post uploaded and inconvenient in that I still have a lot of work to do before the real wet fall weather settles in. Every day counts at this point.…
I have some new neighbors up here. They bought 20 acres with a little one room cabin a couple of properties closer to the main road then mine. They have high hopes of building a nice Log cabin soon and being able to stay for all but the worst of winter. This summer has been prep work for them. Getting…
Building season is here!!! Time to move past the travel fluff pieces and put my back into it. It was a long time coming. I got back to town in early March and immediately hiked a mile through the snow to see how my little slice of heaven held up through the winter. I reviewed the security cameras SD cards…
This is part 2 of my Winter 2022/23 travel review. The European side. My travel itinerary was decided by my Frequent Flyer numbers. I have been considering getting rid of my Frequent Flyer credit card for years now. The add-on fees for a ‘free Ticket”were usually in the hundreds of dollars. I was surprised when I was looking for the…
Heading Out: Well, Summer made a valiant attempt with a few sunny 80 degree days all in a row. That is just about perfect weather up here. But what fun is perfect? It has slipped back into the chilly wet spring that has long since worn out its welcome. There have been a few days where there was enough rain…
Even though it was still cold and snowy back on the property, I only spent a day in Texas before starting making my way back. Don’t get me wrong, it was definitely tempting to stick around and enjoy the balmy 80 degree days. I just had an itch to get moving. That and my car tags expired while I was…
I dropped my rental car off in Caen with 5 hours before my ferry to England left. Plenty of time for lunch. I had been in France for over a month and couldn’t be bothered to put an effort in to have a French meal other than the ham and cheese sandwich on my first morning, I think French food…
I have come to realize that I have about 3 months of travel in me before I get restless and want to get back to normal. I have been gone since early November and the 3 month mark has come and gone and I have lost a good bit of motivation to get out and about. Luckily, I still didn’t…