Missed a week....

 Hello everyone,

Yep, missed a week. My wife and I had rented a cabin in the mountains of Tennessee to have a small special gathering for Christmas with just our family. We left last Monday and drove down there, it was beautiful. On Tuesday the oldest boy called and said him and his family had the “cooties”. So they weren’t coming, which was fine, we didn’t want to get sick. Wednesday we played around, went to town, came back to the cabin still beautiful. The youngest son came on Thursday and it had rained all day. Right after he got there the rain turned to snow. Spent Christmas Eve talking and eating and having a good time, went to bed about 10:30 or so. About 1:30 there was a huge bang followed by a blue fireball outside the window and the power went out! By the time we got up in the morning the temperature had dropped into the teens and still no power. We made the best of it, Cooked burgers on the grill outside, boiled water for coffee etc.. But, by afternoon the temp still in the low 20’s we decided it was time to go. So, we packed up and got to the bottom of our mountain and started up the next mountain and ...... stuck. Couldn’t get out, so Friday night we camped in the new van. Got up on Saturday and spent the whole day waiting and trying to get out, still couldn’t. Spent that night in the van as well. Got up Sunday and finally made it back over the mountain about 1:30 in the afternoon. It was quite an adventure! Stopped at a hotel near Lexington Kentucky on Sunday and came home on Monday.

Finally got the alternator for the Harley and put it aside. After spending nights in the van, we decided to start planning and building the bed and stuff for that project. In between, I’m going to start working on the Harley. I have a small frame modification to do and then I can start cleaning, sanding and painting or powder coating, whichever I decide on as I go.

So, today is a clean up day in the shop. I moved firewood yesterday and the Gator wouldn’t stay running, so I need to look at that because I don’t have the four wheeler back yet. That I should get back next week.

And so it’s back to the grind, a few old projects and a few new projects. Should be interesting!

I think that’s all for now.

Talk to you soon,

         TVI