Keevin and Sylvia are leaving for Kentucky for medical school. They will be missed, and they will be back.

More deck work this weekend. We have the framing in for the deck, now it's time to put in joists. Someday in the far future we will get the decking itself put on.

Ingrid and I went for a ride to the Gorge with my new saddle bags - no more backpack. I rode her moto from Larch Mountain back down to Crown Point. It's about the fastest thing I've ever driven, maybe not the van, but very fast.

The deck work has continued. Last weekend we got all of the old porch out and this weekend we staked out the new posts and put them in. 40 bags of concrete later we are now ready for the joists.

For the 4th of July we all went down to Gearhart to play with the dogs and snag candy in the parade. I rode down on the moto for my first freeway drive, which was on the scary side. Ingrid and her mom came down on Friday with the dogs. They got along with Simone's dog Hazel after a break in period. We all went to sleep before the fireworks started as we are old.

Ingrid and Matt raced this Monday at the Mountain Bike Short Track Series. I will be racing next week to give others a much needed boost in the overall standings.

We started on the new front porch by ripping out 6500 pounds of concrete that was the old one.

After taking the motorcycle class last weekend I went out and snagged a 2008 Triumph Bonneville.

We had a lamb roast to celebrate Dan & Kate coming back home and to mourn Keevin & Sylvia going to the midwest for medical school. And to drink beer and eat lamb. My buddy John from Brown came up from SF and helped try and melt rock for roasting. I decided we could sleep in until 3am and then start the fire so the meat would be ready by 5. We had the beast in the ground at 9:30, and by 11 it was done. Next time we'll have to get a later start or a larger beast.

The lamb turned out perfect, especially if you like a hint of dirt in your food. It fell apart as we transfered it to the table, which the dogs loved. After we were full of lamb we moved onto contests of who could eat 6 saltines in one minute without water. We all failed at 3.