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More Progress

TWo weekends ago I started demolition in the bedroom and last weekend I started demolition in the craft room. Lat last night I finished getting up the new insulation. One would think that insulation would be easy and straight forward; cut batts into 92" lengths and stick them inbetween the studs. That would not be so much the case. I had about 8 sections between the two rooms that I could do that to. The rest I had to cut the batts both lenghtwise and in width as they did such a crazy framing job. Most openings were 7 - 12" wide so it took quite a bit of cutting to get the job done right.

One more room to go in the demolition department then I need to hang plastic, then all will be ready for sheetrock.

Riding Off

One of the gals that I rode with several weeks ago recieved a video (sorry, can't seem to embed it in the post) from one of the passengers of the Essex Ferry we took from NY to VT. Comes with sound too! I am the 4th rider off the ramp (on the best looking bike of course - LOL)

Here is a slideshow of pictures that I and the rest of the queens took on the trip.

 

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Wednesday Happenings of Note

Two things of interest happened last night:

STBX is now the EX. I don't have the paperwork, but he texted saying he got the final paperwork from the courts.

Interesting phone call from a former co-worker and good friend. Things may be afoot, but too early to tell. I may have an opportunity to go to Isreal though. If it pans out, I'll have to get a passport.

Father's Day 2014

Wishing my Father, Cop Car's HH, a very happy Father's Day. Hope you get to do some golfing, reading, relaxing, or whatever you want to do today!

Rhodys in Bloom

When I got home from my bike trip, the rhodys out front were in full bloom - just gorgeous!

Last Sunday I got invited to ride with a bunch of other people that I didn't know. 20 bikes rode around the Big Lake. Okay, I only went for about 1/2 the ride because I needed to get home and do some chores, but still had a good time with this bunch of NH Riders.

Finished tearing out the rest of the rock wool in the living room, plugging the holes at the top of the plywood and installing real insulation during the evenings of last week. Next project - bedroom

And that is pretty much the news for the last week. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Americade 2014

Left 6 Am Wednesday morning to meet a bunch of gals I know on a motorcycle forum in Chatham, NY for breakfast. Met some Blue Knight riders there (retired police officers), and they bought us breakfast - great way to start a trip! 

Then we rode to Lake George, NY to experience a bit of Americade (a biker rally). Yes, I know I went backwards to get there - I could have gotten to Lake George in just a little over the time it took me to get to breakfast. We spent some time walking around and shopping before finding our hotel for the night.

Thursday we left to go riding thru VT, taking the Essex Ferry from NY to VT. We stopped at the Dutch Mill Restaurant in Shelbourne, VT where the owners took great care of us. Mary (owners wife and hostess) was great. She had a fantastic sense of humor and was very friendly. The owner ran out to move his van when we arrived so that all 10 bikes could sit on fairly level ground. The food was very good and I heartily suggest stopping by there if you are ever in the area! She took pics with us - and this one really captures her spirit and personality (she is in the dress and the cook is the guy in back):

 

We ended up in North Conway, NH about 8 PM to spend the night. Then on Friday we rode thru the White Mountains. Some of the gals braved the Mt. Washington auto road even thought the weather was sucky (very foggy and fairly cold). I didn't go, with my fear of heights (and no gaurd rails on the road), and opted to do an alternate ride on the Kanc and thru a few of the notches. We got to Bentley's in Maine about 6 PM, where we spent the night.

Yesterday morning we road to the beach to walk the sands, then we all started the trip home. Some of the gals came from TN and GA, so they still aren't home now. There were several NY gals, who made it home shortly after I did - about 3 PM. I had a great time with the gals - I had never even met 8 of the 9 women. The one I had met, it was just for a short time 2 years ago, so I was unsure how the personalities would work out. But we did great together and I look forward to another ride together - perhaps next year.

Here are  a few pics from the ride: Americade, ferry ride, VT, Kanc, Bentley's