Constructing the walls

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Night Training

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Men with a Plan

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for the first time perhaps...

Floorboards going down

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GK at Sea Otter

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38 mile mountain bike race to start our season.

Floor Boards

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Sea Otter Finish Line

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Pete and I just finished our first prep race: the 38 mile expert course at the Sea Otter in Monterey. We are beat and battered.

On the Fridge

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The boys did this self portrait and put an 8.5 x 11 on the Fridge

The Boys Having a Cuppa

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Hardtail Replacement

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The moots is cracked so I've bought a holder bike to get me through this period till I can get my primary MTB fixed.

Flowers Blooming at Colby Street

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Spring rose blooms

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At Colby Street

The rack is on

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Nani's Twins: River Norman and Owen Maximilian, 8/28/04 River's in orange and

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Smilie's Thursday Ride with Lost Rider on 9W in NYC

Smilie, my coach for the Transalp is out for a few days. We rode on Sunday. A butt kicking for me as we did Alpine in perfect weather (in reverse -- straight up 2000' and then down the beach and over the humps at Muir Beach). Along the way, he told me a good story.

On Thursday, he was out doing the usual escape from NYC ride over the George Washington Bridge and up 9w. All locals know this is the best escape route from the city and into the hills. En route, Smilie encountered a slightly disoriented rider in blue garb. Figuring this solo chap was a lost out of towner he offered (as a good Kiwi) to show the lad the way out to the hills. The lad turned out to be Lance Armstrong (in NYC to do a promo), just back from the Tour of Flanders and in preparation for the Tour of Georgia (that other little race he won last year). Smilie and Lance did the full ride up to Nyack and back -- just the two of them. I sure hope the Kiwi went easy on the Texan.....

Kiwis Have Arrived in the Country

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And they bought themselves a drop saw right off. Yes, Pete and Len are here (and Smilie is in town as well to kick my butt on the bike). Much buzz sawing to begin soon -- starting with the garage (so we'll have somewhere dry to put our gear).

Foundations are In

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We survived the pre-inspection

Smoothing Things Out

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Fill er Up

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Directing the flow

Pumping Truck Arrives

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Its gonna take two loads -- about 14 cubic yards of stuff at about $130 a cubic yard...

Sewer Line Goes In

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All that mucky muck has to go somewhere.

DJ Patrick and Singer Leah

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Do the honors at Chris's 35th B-Day. Both will be at the Barrel in the main house starting July 1.

Chris's 35th

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Birthday Shindig

Day 2 on the Foundation

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Trenches are in and now level wood is being set to get us ready to pour a foundation.

End of First Day

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Trenches for the foundation are in!

Loading up the Truck with Excess Dirt

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Brazilian Diggers are Here

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The Foundation Boyz

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At long last, the cottage permits are in. That means its time for the Foundation Boys to do their thing. Here they are marking out the lot. Tomorrow, the Brazillian diggers arrive to create the flat space for laying the foundation of the cottage.