Building A Shed

Being retired I find myself looking for things to do.I'd love to be doing all sorts of things for myself but that costs money so I try to find things to do for people around me using their money.It works for me . Keeps me busy and lets me keep my skills sharp  by using my tools and brain.So ,I took on a project building a shed for my neighbor .  Today after the rain stops I'm going to lay it out on the ground so her 22 year old son can dig the holes for the posts the deck will be sitting on. My digging days are over for the most part.I save that for my own projects like the outhouse I am still building up at my camp. I still have to break thru that layer of hard pan so I never finished the inside in order to have access to the hole.The last time I worked on it was 2017 ! Yeah ,I hate digging .Well,perhaps in the summer of 2021 I'll finish it so the place is saleable  .But, back to the shed job.It should be a fun project. You see,when I do it for someone else I have to finish it once I start it so the next few weeks I'll be working outside and having fun using my tools. First I have to solve the mystery of why I am getting gasoline fumes in the cab of my old 1971 Chevy C20 pick up. Need her to do this shed so yesterday I picked up a new tank sender gasket kit.I replaced the gas tank in 2015 with a new replacement tank so I know the tank is good. It's either the gasket on the sender unit or the joint at the delivery line at the bottom where I joined the two pieces of metal line with rubber fuel line. Got some new fuel line for that  as well so with any luck this should be fixed later on today after this rain stops .Made some new  8 foot long ramps so I can get the 7000 watt generator off the truck. Gotta clean out a space in the shop for it to reside and also find a place to put the table saw Pete gave me from his parents house.It's on the truck with the generator . This is retirement !  There is always stuff to do and I'm glad for that . Gotta keep going full steam or you turn to crap real fast. But I'd rather be RIDING !

Last Trip Up To Camp

 After riding home with a messed up back I got my wife's car all ready and six days after my return we were heading north again.It was nice to have my wife along for a change.The trip up was smooth and easy with two drivers and we arrived mid day .Got the place all set up and relaxed.Spent most of the trip just wandering about checking out the changing leaves.It was beautiful ! 

When we weren't out and about I was cutting firewood.Took down a couple large cherry trees that were dying or already dead. We needed firewood,it was cold and we needed to keep the woodstove going for heat. Managed to keep the place warn and get around a face cord of good wood stacked and sheltered for next season.There are still a couple trees I need to cut that are a threat to my buildings .I hate to take them but they are too close and can really hurt the buildings if bad weather brings them down .A couple maples,and a couple cherry so fire wood won't be a problem for a while.These are live healthy trees so they will need a year before I can start working off them. I'm at a crossroad again with my camp.I need to decide if I am going to go forward and finish the interior or just sell the place.I'm leaning towards finishing it because it's "Plan B " for retirement.If I can't get enough money together to buy a house out in Arizona I'll need to live up here for at least half the year . I could do that easily but my wife is a whole other story ! Boy,I sure do love Northern New York ,It's a really good "Plan B"

So,now I'm back in lala land .Went out riding on traffic choked roads yesterday on my Moto Guzzi. I'm fooling around with my 2 strokes some.Got the R5 and the DS6C up and running well but the 1966 YM1 and the 1965 YDS3 are fighting me every step of the way .As for the BMW K100, well , that needs money so I'm not even thinking about it for a while.The fuel pump circuit is still a problem and a new pump and temp coolant sensor  will set me back over 300 bucks so it sits until some money falls out of the sky and lands on me. I'm grateful I have other bikes to ride for sure !