Lake Griffin Camping

Laura and I went down to Lake Griffin to do some rain camping. However we seemed to have missed most of the rain. The alligators were kind enough to let us canoe down the Dead River into the lake. We also saw one of the biggest live oaks in the state, 10 feet in diameter. You know you're a redneck if you get excited about oak tree diameter.

Dining Room Remodel

Cody came to visit and only after one day decided he could no longer stand the flower wallpaper. So we decided to help him tear it down. Check out the slide show for the after pics.

Catalina Restoration

Bathroom Remodel

Laura has had it with the flowered wall paper in our bathroom. Laura and her Mom completed the remodel in one day! Wow! Check out the before and after pictures. Too bad they could not make it any bigger.

Mr. T and Turbo

Mr. T on the top and Turbo on the Bottom playing hide and go seek. Just seconds before I had my camera ready Mr. T was fully inside the drawer. Turbo likes sleeping in small areas. He is also a huge fan of the shower and bathroom sinks. Cats are freaks!

Can't we all just get along.

Shady is being a super trooper considering our two new friends do not have any concept of personal space. Try typing while your cat is laying on the keyboard.

Patrick's Birthday Weekend

Yeah yeah it's my birthday. At least I am that much closer to retirement. Really though, besides just going completely out of her way to make this weekend all about me, Laura gave me the best surprise ever: My friend Cody will be coming to visit the last week of February. I can't wait. We decided to go out of town for the weekend and went up north to Savannah, Georgia. It is a really beautiful city where more than 70% of the buildings and homes are historic sites. You can really get a feel for what it was like to walk the neighborhoods in the early 19th century. We do not have many photos because it was raining real bad and we did not spend as much time there as we would have liked. We will definitely be going back.

Then we headed off to Brian and Tina's in Atlanta, which I must say reminds me a lot of Portland. Looks like a great city to explore. We were only there for one night but had a great visit. Young Rohan is getting so much bigger. It is really cool to see. I think he remembered us this time. Brain and Tina are expecting their second later this year. We are really excited because it is a girl!! How lucky for them. Laura and I are sure to get twin redheaded boys. Someday.



Old Car City, USA. Even if you are not a car guy it is amazing to see cars that have been there so long that trees are growing out of them. This was my heaven. There over 4000 old cars here from the early 1940's and up. The only way to see any of it is to pay for the tour. Our guide was great. He loved the Oldsmobile's like I like Chevy's. We drove around the lot in a busted caddy. Some times getting so close to the trees you could hear the paint coming off as we slid by. The tour took about two hours. We found many 67's for my Caprice, including a SS convertible that we managed to get a complete AC system out of, which took another couple of hours. All in all, Laura was stuck deep in the woods surrounded by 4000 dying cars and two car guys for like 5 hours. Needless to say she had a blast. She gets all the awards for making this trip so much fun. Baby, I love you.

This car here is a 1969 Plymouth Fury 3 two door hardtop. This is the same car that I bought for $900.00 in Roseburg, OR with $400 dollars down and a promise to bring the rest of the money in a few weeks. The guy signed the title over to a 18 year old and let me go. I did go back and pay him. It was my first muscle car. Metallic blue with a white vinyl top. Blue interior with 318 V8. It is what started my love of these big cars. When I traded it straight across for a 1980 Volvo station wagon I was going to use to go snowboarding. My Dad came over to me and simply said "You do not want to do that. You will regret it." Dad was right. Probably one of my top 5 regrets. That wagon never went snowboarding once.