Jul 28, 2020 - Work continues

Evening all. Been awhile but work continues. Was a bit of delay with drywallers/painter but we're back. Floors going down, cabinets arrived today. Finish siding tomorrow, soffits/fascias after that. We are enjoying progress and pleased with our selections to date. Sorry for quality of pixs i must have had a shake or 2 going on, better ones to follow. Hope all are well and staying safe, it's ugly out there if you're not careful.

Jul 9, 2020 - Paint/siding

Hello all. As we are enduring this stretch of blistering hot weather work continues on new home. Drywallers done sanding, prime coat on tomorrow. Siding going on, layout for sun room and front porch concrete almost complete. Flooring, lighting, cabinets, counter tops, tile, utilities here and waiting so progress should speed up in next few weeks. shooting for mid aug move in or earlier. Hope all are well and staying safe.

Jun 6, 2020 - Work continues

Hello all, sorry for long delay between posts, bt here we are. Work continues on house, roof complete, electrical and plumbing done, walls insulated, gyproc going up as we speak. Weather has been perfect for tradesmen. Randi'w recovery continues well, none of us are 30 anymore either eh lol. We may not meet our July 1 date but that's ok. Hot tub ordered, floors, tiles, cabinets ordered so all goes well. Nascar racing has returned so all is well with me. Take care all and talk again soon. Ken and Randi send

May 8, 2020 - Work continues

Hello all. As you can see the steel for the roof is going on, doors and windows are in place and the rear sun room is roofed. We hoped to have roof finished this week but unfortunately the wind and COLD weather has slowed the pace today. Roofing acts like a huge sail in the wind so that's why the slowdown. Watching final virtual race this weekend from N Wilksboro NC then its back to real racing next weekend from Darlington SC. They are planning 7 races in 11 days so should be interesting. As well no practicing or qualifying, just unload off...

Apr 24, 2020 - Trusses up, taking shape

Afternoon all. We hope everyone is coping well with the new normal. I believe we will be here for awhile yet no matter what DT says, thank god he provides us with a daily dose of head scratching and belly laughs. Home build continues well. Trusses are up except for screened in rear porch. Sheeting next then the metal roof. I f you want to see what the finished product should look like you can use the link below to have a close look. We have made a few minor changes but this is what we are shooting for. Like most i imagine, getting lots of...

Apr 12, 2020 - Here we go stage 1

Happy Easter to all. The build continues well with outside done, most interior walls up(we only made a couple of amendments) and awaiting arrival of roof trusses on tuesday. Was good to talk to all this week and hear how we are handling this new way of everyday life. I believe we are in it for the long haul on this one. We did have one emergency this week, our television packed it so off i went to get a new one. Smart TV let me tell you, hard to believe what they can do. We are both good here, do a daily check to watch new house and stay...

Apr 5, 2020 - We made the cut

Happy Easter all. Hope this finds you all safe and healthy with what is happening around us today. Just a few pictures of work to date on new house. We had luck on our side this week as we were able to continue work as our job was already in progress. Pixs of forms, footings, insulation, plumbing, heating prior to concrete covering it all. Walls start tomorrow then roof trusses next week. Randi's surgery has been delayed due to what's happening, not for too long we hope. Watching Nascar virtual race from Bristol this PM, if you didn't know...

Mar 25, 2020 - Scary Time

What a week it has been. Glenna and I continued our trip north keeping as isolated as possible. After leaving South Carolina we only had two interactions with the public. We met the manager at the KOA in Washington,Pennsylvania to pay for our night’s stay and we handed our passports to border security to enter Canada at Fort Erie. We were really cutting it close as RV parks were forced to close to all new entrants the next day in Pennsylvania In the south the public was relatively casual about social distancing. As we moved north we noticed...

Mar 21, 2020 - March 21, 2020 - Guardalavaca to Toronto

It was a sad day to leave our little apartment and say goodbye to all of our friends (without the traditional hugging and kiss on the cheek). And a little nerve wracking to wonder if we would be exposed to the virus on our flights, as they were all guaranteed to be full capacity. We left Guardalavaca at 10am for the Holguin airport and were well ahead of the charter buses from the all-inclusive. We had booked our seats and got in line early so we were checked in and through immigration & security quickly - took us forever last year! We were...

Feb 15, 2020 - Feb 15, 2020 - Toronto to Holguin

We arrived at the Holguin airport on time at 1:30 and by 2:30pm we were through customs with bikes in our possession. Lily & Miguel (our apartment owners) were waiting for us with a huge taxi. My bike box fit, however we had to dismantle the boa with Fero’s bike. All had arrived safely & soundly. I must say, it is always nice to be greeted in a foreign country by friends! Within minutes of coming through we were loaded in the taxi and on our way to Guardalavaca. We stopped at several veggie & fruit stands enroute and Lily & Miguel...

Jan 14, 2020 - Frozen departure

January 14 We woke to a radio programme asking listeners to take a picture of the temperature displayed in their car, but only if it were below -30. I think the winner was one showing -43.5. Needless to say, we were not relishing the prospect of the trip out to the airport, but that was overshadowed by the prospect of Toronto being just below freezing and Florida being in the mid to high 20s. We did the last minute things around the house, turned off the water, set the thermostat to hold the same temperature 24 hours a day, unplug the water...

Oct 31, 2019 - Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont

We left Wells, Maine to drive # a along the seashore as far north as Portland, Maine. Trees were all shades of red, yellows and green. They had not lost their leaves. In many places houses lined the shore. A pparently Canadians make this area their summer home particularly those from Quebec. We had awakened to cloud that soon lifted. The majority of the day was spent in sunshine. Today we both drove. I had not driven since Nashville. At Portland we turned inland to drive through the Appalachians. They are not as high as the Rockies. Still...