Sunday, July 10, 2011

Never Weaken!!

That’s my Motto,"Never Weaken"! We have so much going on all the time that people have asked me if we ever slow down.  I always answer “Heck NO!  If I slowed down, I would probably die”! I’m not ready to cash in just yet, so I want to keep going and “Never Weaken”.

I do wish we could get this floor done in our Cabin though, and the kitchen cabinets in. Ms. Pat keeps calling and pushing but delays keep happening. If it's not done by the end of this month, I’m going to SHOOT somebody!! Probably myself!! LOL  I'm getting tired of all these excuses and procrastination.
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For the 4TH of July celebration, Crazy Horse Memorial had a special BLAST. It was at 11:00am and we happened to find ourselves right out in front along the highway at that time so we stopped to watch. Well, I guess we kind of planned it that way.  :-)  Here we are posing for a picture just before the BIG BLAST!
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Here is the BIG BOOM…..It shook the ground!
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For those of you that haven’t seen the monument lately, here is a close-up right after this latest blast. This will bring you up to date on how it continues to develop. It is really taking form now and we enjoy having this outstanding Monument just 7 miles from our house.  Here's another link to the Night Blast a few weeks ago in celebration of Ruth Ziolkowski's 85th birthday.  She is President and wife of Sculptor Korczak Zioldowski.
June 26th, 2011 Crazy Horse Memorial Night Blast Video  There were 85 big booms and we could hear them from our place.

In our spare time :-),  we have been shipping out a bunch of PressurePro systems and accessories. I also sold the Motorcycle lift I purchased last year (and never used) and prepared it for shipment. 
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Here it is all strapped to a pallet and ready to go to a gentleman way back East to Connecticut. This thing is HEAVY!! I’m thankful JRoger was here to help me haul it up to the local lumber yard and strap it down. Rollie picked this up for me while he was in Montana, back when I thought I was going to haul my Harley around with me. I later decided I would just have to leave the bike here in the Black Hills. Rollie manhandled it into his truck and knows just how heavy it is. Thanks again Rollie, lots of IRON.
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JRoger and Susan wanted to do a little Varmint shooting while they were here. So I got in touch of my X-boss and Game Warden Ron and he arranged for a place for us to shoot. Here we are visiting with him out in the Park while he was working. Ron is one of our best friends and we think an awful lot of him. When I took this picture, I told Ms. Pat that I was going to tell everyone that she was using some of her southern sweet talk trying to get this Ranger not to write her a ticket. LOL
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Soon I had JRoger about 20 miles out in a Federal Grassland management area with lot’s of "Varmints" and he gets zeroed in with one of his superb rifles.
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This was a beautiful area and we were all alone,but due to all the heavy rains this year I couldn’t get my truck back in there. So we will return tomorrow with the 4 wheelers. It will be a piece of cake with them.  Thanks to our photographer Susan, I have zillions more pictures I would love to show you. However, again this Blog is getting way longer than I wanted it and you're probably all bored by now anyhow.

We are looking forward to coming back to this area Monday with the Polaris’s and get farther back into this beautiful wilderness. Thanks Ron for your expert directions.

It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!  I must pause for a moment and Praise our Father and Almighty God for all this and everything else he provides for us.

Thanks for stopping by……..wish you were here!

Travel Safe  and Never Weaken!

Mike

This Blog is published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

There is Plenty of Excitement Around Here!

What a wonderful 4TH of July weekend we had up here in the beautiful Black Hills.  Sunday, we rode our motorcycles down to Hot Springs to see our friends Bob and Cindy. The weather was just perfect. Before we left on our trip,  JRoger told me I could ride his 2008 Harley Road King with a side Car.
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Here is a picture of us on his Bike after our ride. I enjoyed riding JRoger's Bike and he had his first ride as a "Monkey" in the Sidecar. It’s a nice ride!
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Ms. Pat and I are ready to roll.  Here we come Bob and Cindy…..
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Here we are out in the Park with our picnic lunch strapped on the luggage carrier in an insulated bag.
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We visited Bob and Cindy at the KOA in Hot Springs where we had our picnic lunch in their beautiful new motorhome along with some additional side dishes by Cindy. Then we all decide to take off on a ride. Above is Jrogers Bike and Cindy’s Honda Gold Wing Trike. Bob has a Trike almost identical to Hers.
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 As we were getting ready to leave, Bob told me I could ride his Honda Trike if I would like to. Sure...I jumped at the chance, so we switched Trikes. Bob was quite excited, too, as this would be his first ride on a Harley!
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Here is Bob on my Harley at about 55 mph. Susan riding in the Sidecar was the Photographer. Good Job Susan!!
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Here we are cruising at about 55 mph on Bob’s Honda.  Ms. Pat gives the “Thumbs up”.   She likes the comfort of the plush passenger's seating with arm rests and all.


2011-07-03 115 As we continued on through Custer State Park, Susan took this picture from her seat in the sidecar with Bob ahead, then Cindy and us in the lead.  We headed on to our place after traveling over 100 fun miles for our traditional “Happy Hour”.  WOW!! What a trip!!  This would be our last visit with Bob & Cindy for a while.  They were leaving to return home on Monday because Bob had to go back to work on Tuesday.  They are looking forward to becoming "full-timers" soon.

The next day was the 4TH of JULY. We decided on another bike ride up to Hill City to the Prairie Berry Winery, home of the famous “Red Ass Rhubarb Wine”. Then on over the mountain past Mt. Rushmore, down Iron Mountain Road, through Custer State Park and back home.  Another 70 mile ride!
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Here we are standing under the sign, just for proof that such a place really exists.  JRoger is the photographer this time.   Hey!! The Wine isn’t bad either!!


We had a very, enjoyable ride and almost got wet as it started lightly raining as we pulled into the Barn...just in time.   Many, more pictures but this Blog is way longer than I like them so it will wait for another day. But, we are having a ball!

It is a GREAT WEEK!!!!

It seems the Flooring people have a problem.  They can’t find the special kind of adhesive needed to glue it down..  Even the factory was completely out……supposed to be here on the 14TH and we hope installation will be shortly thereafter.  Shucks......always something.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you all had a SUPER Holiday.  God Bless AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME !!

Mike

This Blog is Published every Wednesday and Sunday..

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Our Great Friends are here!

When I got up yesterday the "Hills" looked kinda neat, so I tried to capture some of the beauty,
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I took these from our front door facing East.  It looks as if it could be smoke but it isn’t. Thankfully fire conditions are very low here this year, with everything so green. This is morning fog and it soon burned off when the sun came up over the horizon.
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Friday our good friends Roger and Susan from Florida arrived about 3pm. We had been expecting them and couldn’t wait for them to get here. It was so good to see them again.  We always keep in close contact by phone and email but we hadn’t seen them for about 3 years. We got them all set up in Site #1 just in time for Happy Hour! We had a lot of catching up to do…


Roger is my Gun Man....he knows guns inside and out. I wish I had just a fraction of his knowledge about guns because I love handguns and have a few. Roger is one neat guy, a retired Marine, and a retired Police officer. Roger spent some time as a Vice Officer with the Miami Vice. Not the TV show but the "real McCoy"! He and Susan are real fun people to be around and we have a lot of old times to reminisce. Laughing is good for the soul and Roger and I do a lot of it when we are together.
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Roger has a Large Volvo 610 Semi Tractor converted to pull his 38’ Mobile Suites 5th wheel.  In fact, we both converted our Volvo Trucks at the same time back in 2004. Actually, that's how we met.....studying and searching for information on converting one of these big rigs. We both agree that they are mighty fine "towing machines". They are by far the best truck either of us ever had for safely towing a 5th wheel. I will always cherish the time I spent building it and towing my Teton with it.

Yesterday we went up town to Custer where they are having a Country Fair. We walked around many of the vendor's booths where they were displaying their beautiful wares.
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General Custer and his wife were there, so I had to have a picture of Roger and Susan with them. Gee, I’d say old General Custer is holding his age better than my buddy Roger. Just kidding Roger, you're looking GOOD! Not as good as Susan of course!! Smile
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My "Idol", John Wayne was there too! Gosh, it looks like ole John has grown himself a mustache...but even so he always was a darn good looking fella!!
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Roger caught a picture of me and the "Girls" walking right by all the food concession stands!
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There were a few old classic cars and one of them even had Susan’s name on it!! A 1926 Model “T”. “Original”
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Smokey Bear was even there! Oh, it's going to be a SUPER 4TH of July Celebration here in Custer, South Dakota in the Black Hills.

Roger carries a nice Harley Road King equipped with a side car on the back of his Volvo. I failed to get a picture of it before we put it in the garage but by Wednesday I’ll have one because today we are planning on a nice Bike ride through Hills.  We don’t have many days this time of the year without afternoon thunders storms but today is supposed to be sunny all day. I’m a little skeptical about that as I’ve heard it before and found it not always as predicted.  But, we are going to take off in a few minutes and ride down to Hot Springs through Wind Cave National Park and over to visit our friends Bob and Cindy from Nebraska at the KOA. They both have Trikes and are spending their 4th of July vacation touring the Hills. Plus, they have a new to them 41’ Travel Supreme Motorhome we are just dying to see.

It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

The Lord is in our hearts as we continue to praise him for all he has provided…

Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

They got me!

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We went out in the Park for a little jaunt on the Trike and we came upon an accident. They were stopping traffic when this Park Ranger (retired FBI agent) recognized me from a mug shot he had seen on a poster somewhere. Thank goodness Ms. Pat didn’t take a picture of them putting me on the ground and cuffing my hands behind my back..  It wasn’t a pretty picture!!
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Since I was locked in the “paddy wagon”, Ms. Pat had to ride the trike home.  Looks pretty sharp on there doesn’t she?

Well, that was not a true story, just a joke. We had a great ride on a very, nice day and saw some of our old friends that work in the Park.
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Here is the reason for the road being blocked. A horse trailer, loaded with horses, was headed down off Mt. Coolidge to French Creek Horse Camp and got a little too close to the edge of the road.  His little Medium Duty Freightliner didn’t have enough power to pull it back up on the road. The horses didn’t like to be all slanted like that and were becoming quite restless. They were afraid they were going to tip the trailer over and roll it down into the ditch.  I used to love to help solve "messes" like this when I worked in the Park. However, it was kinda nice to just think, "OK.  I don’t work here anymore. I’m retired!" Let the new guys worry about it and we just turned around and took another route.
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I offered to let Ms Pat have the front seat and drive but she said she likes her back seat.  She sits up pretty high and can see better. She had her little camera and was getting lots of pictures as I drove.
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Here is one of her shots of the Cathedral Spires taken as we drove up the Needles Highway. Everything sure is nice and green!

It is a GREAT WEEK!!!!

It is great to have two more new followers:

The Good Luck Duck
Jim and Sandie

Welcome aboard!!!!  That puts us up to 191.  WOW, it wasn’t long ago that I didn’t think I would ever get to 50!!! God Bless you all and thank you so much for you comments and support. It is you all that keep me going.

Yesterday was my son Scott's Birthday. He would have been 50.  I sure wish he could have been here so we could celebrate this Big “0” with him but I know he was close by.  I spent most of the day talking to him and mainly just thinking about him.   I love this poem that is on my Blog everyday.

Those we love don't go away
They walk beside us everyday
In our hearts forever more
We just can't see them like before



Mike

Sunday, June 26, 2011

My TRIKE

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Here it is! I finally got it home. The mechanic that installed it was very thorough and meticulous. He has installed quite a few of these and stated that the final adjustments were extremely important and if not done properly, it would vibrate and/or pull to one side. After measuring and re-adjusting several times, he took it out for a spin. When he came back he said that with just a slight correction, it will be perfect.  He told me I could take it for a spin if I wanted to but it was already 5:30.   We had to load it and drive 70+ miles back home to Custer and all I wanted to do was get home. It was after 7pm when we arrived home and we were both worn out.  I didn’t even unload it. It was threatening rain and I left it all sealed up inside the cargo trailer.
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Here I am all mounted on my new ride. We had just been out for a short spin in Custer State Park. It rode smooth and tracked as straight as a string. I am happy with it and I know Ms. Pat feels much safer. But it is different! I took it slow and easy on my first trip out.  I’ll ease into this thing and I believe it will be OK. You don’t lean to turn, you have to push and pull on the handle bars. It was a little hard on my shoulders but I will get used to it and maybe toughened up a bit.

Between both of us having our teeth checked and cleaned, along with getting our eyes tested and Ms. Pat having several Dr. appointments and my having some blood work done, we've been running like crazy. Then added to that, we've been checking out more flooring, kitchen cabinets, sinks, faucet's, table top stoves and microwaves and working on installation of everything. Whew, I wasn’t this busy back when I was working for a living!

At most of Ms. Pat’s Dr. appointments, they just referred her to another Dr. So next week is more Dr. appointments, I don’t know if we are gaining ground or not! At least, we finally have the floor installers scheduled to start on the floor installation next Wednesday or Thursday. We want to get that in before the cabinets are installed. It will be so good to get this floor and cabinets done. Then we can move in and make a “home” out of it. We have also been looking at all the furniture stores for mattresses, couches and chairs, etc. We really don’t want to get any furniture until all the floor is in.

I guess as they say, “it will all come out in the wash” but I am ready! Will there ever be a day we can sit back and say “we are all done”? I sure hope so!  But gosh, what would we do then? LOL. Oh, I’m sure we’ll find something.


It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Thanks for stopping by...drop in again anytime.

God Bless you all as we continue to give praise to our Father and almighty God for all he provides us and for looking over our daily activities.

Travel safe….

Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Well....It Happened Again!

YES, I thank God it happened again. Just like every June 22nd for the last 3/4 of a century, I turned a year older. Thanks so much to everyone for the calls, emails, facebook, ecards, messages and for those that just thought of me.  I am a very lucky guy, in so many ways. When I think back over the past, I am in total awe. What a “past” it has been.  So many memories, it would take me a lifetime to tell you about them all. I do want to tell everyone that I am so blessed to have each and every one of you in my life…. THANK YOU !!!

I am happy to report that after a "looong" day in Rapid City yesterday, the Floor Covering and the Kitchen Cabinets have been ordered….plus we picked out the Sink, Stove Top and the Convection Microwave. The flooring is scheduled to start next week. Hopefully, by this time next week, it will be completed.  However the Kitchen Cabinets are a different story. It will be 4-6 weeks before they arrive. So, maybe with a little luck they will be installed by the end of July.


I can’t wait to get all this completed.  Will it ever be over?  We have accomplished so much it is unbelievable. Just to think that at this time last year, it was all just a dream. Now it is almost a Dream come true!!  However, in the future if I ever mention remodeling or building anything, will you please have a serious talk with me?,,,,Please!

We took the Harley into a Motorcycle shop in Spearfish for installation of the Voyage Trike Kit yesterday. It is supposed to be installed today. This Shop is a Voyager Trike Kit dealer and has experience installing them. So I am hoping it gets done today and I can go get it.  Maybe I’ll be "Triking" this afternoon...that would be a GREAT birthday present.  I’m anxious to see how this new adventure goes…. Wish me luck!

Welcome to our latest Followers:

Jeannie
Ain’t for city gals
Mark and Chris

Very glad to have you folks join us…the total is nearing 190!  WOW, God Bless all you wonderful people!!

Fellow RV'ers, Ed and Marilyn, lost their beautiful Mobile Suites in a fire a couple of days ago while they were traveling to St. Joe, Mo.  They managed to save their truck and they weren't injured so it could have been a lot worse.  They definitely had  "God's Angels" traveling with them.  Take a look at their BLOG for more details and pictures.  Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they try to get their lives back in order.


Thanks for stopping by….

Mike

This Blog is Published every Wednesday and Sunday..

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Happy Fathers Day........Dad’s!!

On this one day set aside especially for Fathers, I would like to wish you all a very pleasant, happy day! My Dad has been gone now for almost 10 years and I think I miss him more every year. Oh, how I wish I could give him a big hug. I didn’t do it enough when he was around. I love ya Pop’s and I know you're up there smiling down at us……I sure miss you and Mom.

I’m not "triking" yet! I took the Harley into the Harley dealer in Rapid City Wednesday for a 10K inspection. What a grand experience! All these Harley dealers I’ve been to across the country are so great to deal with. They treat you like you're someone special, like royalty. They did a super job and even washed it all up pretty.

While they were working on the Harley, Ms. Pat took me to all kinds of neat places. First she took me to Lowes where we looked at kitchen cabinets and more kitchen cabinets.  Then we sat down with Jack, one of their Kitchen specialists, and in a short time he had our kitchen all drawn out and copies printed.  Neat....you want a different color? Press a button on the computer and there you have a different color. Ms. Pat was having a ball but me, I was ready to GO!Surprised smile

We finally got out of Lowes and she said let's go to the Floor Covering store. Oh yes, just where I was wanting to go. Then we started looking at flooring and more flooring. Man there is a lot of different styles and colors of floor covering..whew!  The more we looked the more confused I got. So we went to another flooring store and looked at what they had.  Hmmm....looks the same as the last store to me. I was thinking,
Gee, I wish those Harley guys would call and say, "We need you to come over here, right now”!Smile

I don’t know how Ms. Pat keeps all this stuff straight but by now she had about a dozen brochures and an armful of samples.  One of her favorite samples was so big I almost needed help carrying it to the truck.
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This is the flooring she is very interested in. This big sample gives a pretty good idea of how it will look in our “cabin”. This picture is the doorway to the bedroom. We were thinking about putting carpet in the bedroom but she is leaning more and more towards wood flooring throughout.  That means we'll be looking for "area rugs" soon. :-)
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This is how the sample looks in the Bathroom….(above)
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Here it is in the kitchen.(above).........
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and the living room.  We'll be needing lots of those "area rugs".

I spent almost a full day helping the Culligan  guy install a water treatment system in the barn. We put it up above the cabin, right close to the water heater.   It was a lot of hauling stuff up the ladder..
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There it is up there. The brine tank was the heaviest. The salt we brought up in 50# bags.
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Wow, what a mass of plumbing connections. A lot of them were installed so we could winterize the system as simply as possible. So now we are all set, nice soft “conditioned” water. I’m ready for a shower!

I wanted some of this conditioned water out in the Motorhome so the next day I plumbed a faucet out the side wall from under the kitchen sink. So now I can hook up a hose to the RV……….or wash my pickup, etc.
 
That’s about all we accomplished this week but we sure are enjoying this beautiful Black Hills weather...... 40’s every morning when we get up and 70’s during the day. Highest temperature all week was 76*. I love it!!

It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Thanks for stopping by. We continue to give thanks to our Father for all he provides us……….

Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

OK, Here’s The Deal

I told you that I was excited about a project involving my Harley Softail Motorcycle and that I would tell you all about it soon.  I’m not finished with the project yet but I just have to tell you about what I’m doing.  I’m turning my Harley into a TRIKE. Yep, my two wheeling day's may soon end. I’ve been thinking about a Trike for several years, especially since they have gotten so popular. You see more and more of them all over the country. They tell me something about the “Baby Boomers” coming of age.  Well, that puts me quite a few years OVER the age!  LOL!

It took me a while to convince myself that I wanted (needed) a Trike. I thought, "now that’s not Bike riding….they can’t steer that good because they can’t lean".  But as I continue to get older, I’m smart enough to realize that my balance is not going anywhere but downhill from here on.  These bigger bikes are somewhat hard to balance , especially at slow turns and especially when you have a passenger.  I have tipped over a couple times with Ms. Pat on the back. It was always when I was stopped or nearly stopped and didn’t hurt either of us or damage anything. However, it has made Ms. Pat a little reluctant to ride.  My son let me know that he felt it would be a good idea for us to get a trike. Sometimes you just have to listen to those young folks, especially when they are 54 years old….Smile 

Anyhow, after a lot of research and looking at Trikes, I came to the conclusion that I didn’t want a full-blown trike. Number 1, they are quite expensive and Number 2, I don’t ride that much anymore. The "not riding much" is a stickler. You get out of practice and along with getting older every year, that makes it even tougher to control a Motorcycle. I have had to make a few decisions lately that I really didn’t want to make. One of those is I’m leaving my Bike here in SD when I go South because I don’t want the hassle of hauling it around anymore and this is where I enjoy riding the most. So, hard as it was, I bit the bullet and decided to leave the motorcycle here.


As they say, this getting old isn’t for "sissies".   Well, it's true and I’m not kidding and it's not easy either. This last year has really been tough on me. I have had to realize I just can’t do a lot of stuff I used to do and I’m going to have to plan on less and less.  I know a lot of you say, "OH, you're not old" or "you're only as old as you think you are", etc., etc.  Let me say this, your age in number of years may be irrelevant but one day you're going to have to come to grips with it. That time has come for me. I’m not giving up, not by a long shot. But I am slowing down, LIKE IT OR NOT!  I've still got a little get up and go in me, how much is the question. I’m going to go as long as I can but I hope I can recognize that I have to do what I HAVE to do when the time comes. Like I heard an old guy say the other day “I was taught to respect my elders but lately I’m having trouble finding any”!  That’s me!!!

Anyhow, I have decided to put a “real simple” Trike Kit on my Harley. One that I can take off quickly if I want to and ride without it or leave it on.   It's called a Voyager Kit…..
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This is a picture of a Heritage Softail just like mine with the Voyager kit installed. Mine won’t look this fancy but it sold me on the Voyager. If I want to spend the money for all the accessories on this one, I can but I wanted to start simple.
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It came in this big crate.  It took me an hour to get it out of the crate and although It was used, it was like new.  I bought it from a Harley dealer in California.   It was shipped by truck to Custer.   OK, lets see, where do I start? I better read the instructions again……
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Here I have my bike blocked up, so this is close to how it will fit on my bike.  Hmmm.....that doesn’t look so bad. I decided to hold off on starting the installation and first take the Bike into the Harley dealer in Rapid City for it’s 10,000 mile inspection.
 
So in the not too distant future, I may have a Trike to ride.  It will be interesting to ride up to a stop sign and not even have to put your foot down.

It is a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Mike

This Blog is Published every Wednesday and Sunday..

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Getting Back in the Groove….

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Ms. Pat is putting the final touches on a towel ring in our bathroom. With the horrendous amount that was accomplished on our “Cabin” last year by Rollie and Gina, Rocky and Sheri, and multitudes of friends and neighbors, it's surprising we still have so much left do do. With the building of our place at Retama Village in Mission, TX, then the remodeling of the house and yard at North Ranch in Arizona, along with building the "Cabin" here in Custer, it has all about overwhelmed us! Especially ME! I do not care for this kind of work AT ALL!  I have never ever cared for any kind of carpenter work. I’m a mechanical type guy. I can cut a board half a dozen times and it will still be too short! But here we go again... we still have all the floor covering, the kitchen cabinets, sink, lots of trim work and getting some furniture to finish the project.
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We’ll take on these jobs one by one and someday, we may be finished. It's hard to find any contractors to work up here in the Summer.  It's their busy time of year so we'll just have to do what we can.  Meanwhile, the first project of the Summer is to get these towel bars installed. Ms. Pat says they MUST be perfectly level!
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There right on, perfect!!

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Ah, the last one…….Ms. Pat approves.....I’m outta here. I have to work on my Motorcycle..Smile
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Well, she had one more very important job for me……..last but not least. Now we are all set. We have sure been enjoying this fine bathroom and the Shower is SUPERB!!

Now on to my Motorcycle.  I have an extremely exciting project going on right now with my Harley Softail Classic motorcycle, but I will wait until another time to tell you all about it. To say I am excited about it is an understatement.

Meanwhile, Ms. Pat has had some Flooring installers come out and measure up the entire “Cabin” floor and she is in the process of looking at floor covering and making a decision on what she wants, type, color, etc. More stuff that I don’t want any part of……Gina and Dale, Ms Pat really wishes you were here for support. :-)
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Ms. Pat wanted a burner set up so she could pre-cook several "slabs" of baby back ribs she bought at Sams Club before freezing them. Now that interests me! We sure miss Rollie and all his great cookers and burners and especially his delicious cooking. Soon we had her all fixed up and she had a big pot of ribs and the Toy Barn was smelling GOOD!
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Now don’t these baby backs look good? I can assure you they were GOOD!  Ms Pat says they weren't as good as Rollie's but I though they were DELICIOUS!!
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We had the pleasure of having our friends Barbara and Tom stop by yesterday evening to say howdy and pick up some PressurePro supplies. It was great to see these fine folks way up here in the Black Hills. They were establishing residency in Rapid City and we hope we’ll see more of them. They have always been extremely helpful at the Gypsy Journal Rallies we have attended in Arizona. They handle all the Seminar sound and projection equipment and they do an excellent job!! Enjoy the Hills guys and stop on back….

One last item before I close
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I have a “Brake Buddy” toad vehicle braking system For Sale in case any one has a need for one. It is in excellent shape and I would make some one a good deal on it or trade for ?  Give me a holler.

I want to extend a Big WELCOME to our latest followers:

Doyle and Terri Johnson
Sara

Welcome to our Blog Folks, I am so happy to have you stop by. Please feel free to comment at any time. Most of us Bloggers cherish any and all comments.....it means a lot to us. If I have missed any followers, I am truly sorry. We do appreciate you very much. It is all of our followers that keep me going! God Bless you all!!

It was a GREAT WEEK !!!! As we continue to Praise God for giving us the strength to keep going and providing us with such a beautiful life.  Thank you for stopping by!

Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..