All washed up

Now I'm getting closer to having a complete Man's Cave. I can wash up after working and cleanup when cooking. Also, water the dog.

Idea

Good start...

organized

Finally able to get everything off the floor.

Used wood and cabinetry from the Methodist

Parsonage in Miami.

Becki's flowerbed.

Trees finally

The snow finally melted enough to get busy around here. Even better Alan and Andy came home to help and the weather was perfect. We were able to plant 6 trees, work on the roof of the barn and installed tin around the inside walls. After cleaning up Andy cooked some awsome steaks. We made a good dent in it today!

Wood

After today I will be able to finally put my workbench in place and start organizing my tools.

My Castle

Sexy Tractor

Looking forward to all the upcoming projects. The "Kubota" and I will be good friends.

Elk Hunt

BIG Black Bear. Will make a nice Bear Rug.

This was one of the three bunk houses at camp. Very nice accomodations!

Sharp knife makes a big difference! Working on my elk while the other guys were finishing the Bull Elk.

Nice to have heavy machinery to pick these guys up. The work continues.

Got em loaded and off the mountain. Celebration! Now it's on to camp with lot's of work to do.

It was 80 degrees on Tuesday- rained all night and was snowing Wednesday morning. We shot the Elk Wednesday morning. It was cold and wet! As you can see it was a good thing we had a winch on the Polaris.

It was quite a job getting these guys loaded up.

These are the other two Elk shot. All three were shot at the same time.

This was a BIG COW! It was no small feat getting the 3 Elk off the mountain and loaded up.

The shot.

This picture gives you some feel for the country
we were hunting.

Leaving out...looking back at camp.

STEAK Night

Steak Night at Pops and ______'s (Still working on Becki's name), Andy was taking a "Fall Break" from Texas Tech this week. Andy did an excellent job on the steaks. Must be all that time spent at Cagel's.

Pedal Power

Ok...I've decided that 50+ is going to get ugly if I don't get into shape. I twisted off and purchased a new bike today. I think it is going to look cool on the back of the jeep. Next stop biking shorts.

Saturday night

Headed to "Zen 721" for dinner

RED RAIDER

There is a new Red Raider Graduate in the house. This weekend we attended and enjoyed Andy's Graduation at Texas Tech University. This weekend was a milestone for Andy that Becki and I are very proud to be part of. It was wonderful to have our Families in Lubbock to help celebrate the occasion. I know Andy appreciated all the support yesterday and over the years leading up to this event. We are looking forward to see where it leads and to many more good memories.

If anyone has additional pictures we would love to see them.

Poole Party

I'm a little slow with this posting, but thats the way it is. Last weekend Vicki, Claire and Clint Poole flew into Amarillo to spend a weekend wih us. The weather was perfect which allowed us to enjoy all the outdoor activities. These included shopping for the girls, Gun Range and Golf for Clint and I as well as plenty of Jeeping for Clint and Claire. Everyone enjoyed the swimming pool, nice meals together and church.

I've attached a view pictures. Sorry about the quality, but they were taken with my phone.

Dash Splash

Took a break from painting and worked on my Jeep a little this weekend. I decided to shine up the Dash. Used a littel rubbing compound and it came to life. Really looks nice. The speedometer is not accurate because of the oversized tire so I decided to take the GPS with me to figure this out. (speedometer is 10 miles an hour slow) I was going to remove an old braket off the dash, but decided to use it. I had to do a little welding and fabrication, but now the GPS is mounted. It is neat because it has a compass and shows your speed both at the same time - not to mention a road map when needed. Also did some welding on the spare tire rack which solved a couple of little issues.