Finally Some New Home Shots

Finally got some time late Friday evening to take some pics of the new house. The sun was just setting and the weather was in the 80's so it was a gorgeous evening. I tried to include some shots to show the views from the windows and what not. Also, some dopey shots of debra and I hanging out the master window. The garage shot is to show people what a tandem garage is. One car has to park in front of the other but we'll probably make that area an extra work room. Our view was a little blocked by the house behind us but we can still easily see Mt. Rose (in one of the pics) from several of the windows. The house is coming right along and is looking good. Debra and I are pretty happy with all the work they've been doing.

New Job

Sorry I've been so slow in getting new updates onto the blog. I started a new job that has a lot more responsibility and almost no time to do any blogging during the week. I'll post this weekend and try to get some new pics up.

More House Pics 1 Week of Progess

Here's some more house pics. These were taken on Wednesday afternoon (3 days since the previous posting). They've completed the framing and have the roof base up. Everything is going smoother and faster than the previous model that we decided not to purchase. They told us they have a new construction manager and it shows. We're hoping it continues as well as it has started. Probably about 90 days out from completion at this point.

Pics of the New Place

They are moving much quicker on the new home than they did on the previous singlestory that we decided not to go with. Here's some photos of the new 2 story. It's got a larger lot and better views, although one of the views is going to be blocked somewhat by a two story across the street (the pic of Mt. Rose and the snow covered Sierras shows the view that will be mostly wiped out. Oh well.).

The WildFlower Century

Debra and I rode the Wildflower Century on Sunday, April 30th. Originally the idea had been to ride with four other people from our spin class, but one of the riders came down with food poisoning, one decided to not do the ride, and the other two got disoriented by the complete lack of route markers and was unable to complete the course. The Wildflower Century is a 100 mile ride starting in Chico, CA riding up to Paradise and then back through Oroville after swinging around Table Mountain. It has three very steep climbs and the temps were above average nearing 85 degrees this year. Over 4500 riders participate in this ride and it is crowded to the max. The one lane roads are often packed with riders and sometimes it seems you cannot manuever without hitting someone. The ride was pretty good overall with some issues on the way. The lack of route markers was a real problem and caused many people to get lost or disoriented during the ride. Some of the so called helpers at the reststops were downright nasty and in one case rude enough to a woman that if it had been Debra the dude was treating that way I would have knocked his filthy beard off. We lost a lot of time due to helping one gentleman repair a flat tire and had to perform EMS duties on a woman who had crashed down in a peloton (large group) of bikers and really tore herself up. Lots of cool blood. We got back so late that we missed the majority of dinner, and as you can see in the last picture we pretty much were the last to leave the parking lot. Anyway, here are some pics of the ride.