Every time we go to Home Depot, we buy another lamp.
East Burke October 04, 2004
Mike and I spent 3 days in East Burke, which is a mountain-biking mecca of sorts. It's like a ski resort, there are lots of trails, and you buy a pass and then you follow a map and ride on trails. Some of them were very hard.
We wore matching outfits. Here we are in front of a Vermont barn!
East Burke October 04, 2004
A Vermont hay bale! I used my mini-tripod and attached the camera to my bike handle. Then I set the timer and ran. It was further than I expected, but I just managed to hop on the hay before the camera took the picture. That's why my legs are flying in the air.
East Burke October 04, 2004
Mike took an action photo of me. This was typical of some of the trails, lots of leaves on the ground and pretty trees. Also note that this was considered a wide, easy trail. And there's a lot of forest. Once I thought I took a wrong turn and Mike was way ahead of me and I thought I was lost in the woods and the sun was setting and the murderers who live in the forest were getting ready to kill me. So I stopped, and a minute later Mike found me. Luckily I was still alive.
East Burke October 04, 2004
There was also some farmland where you could see some good distances, with pretty trees.
East Burke October 04, 2004
This part of the trail went around a little hotel/farmhouse. Vermont horses!
East Burke October 04, 2004
What are you pointing at, Mike? Cows? No! Vermont Cows!
East Burke October 05, 2004
On a meandering road there was a nice view of the rolling hills and fall colors.
East Burke October 05, 2004
"Look at my outfit," I am saying.
House October 08, 2004
My parents came to visit us for 5 days. Dad brought lots of tools, and we put them to work. This is mom being handy with a screwdriver and covering a hole in the wall (a phone mount) with a large blank plate.
House October 08, 2004
See that grin? Dad is thrilled because we found a 5-foot drill bit on our 8th trip to Home Depot that could drill a hole behind that cupboard all the way up to the ceiling. He is showing off his pile of sawdust.
House October 08, 2004
Amidst the mess, mom managed to make some eggbread. I needed her to make it to test out our original oven. The bread was perfect, so the oven works.
House October 08, 2004
Using magical tools and a wire hanger, dad found an electrical box in the dining room ceiling. He and Mike installed a ceiling fixture that Mike and I had bought earlier. Then we decided that it wasn't bright enough, so back to the hardware store to find fixtures that used energy efficient flourescent bulbs. Mike was on the stool to remove the glass bowl of the other fixture, and it broke on him and gashed his finger wide open. Mom and I ran to see, and the first thing I said was "Honey, move your hand, you're dripping blood on the carpet." Since he wasn't working that week, he didn't bother going to the hospital for stitches. Luckily his finger is healing okay. It's not pretty, but he's not bleeding.
House October 09, 2004
This is the last morning the parents were there. Did they get to cruise the lake, or see the bike path? No. Because they were working. Dad is by the new motion sensor light on the side of the garage, and mom holds up the paint brush used to varnish the piece of wood that we used to frame the big light over the kitchen sink. Later that day we were able to see some leaves and load them up with maple syrup.
New York October 16, 2004
Then Mike's mom and sister Robin stayed with us for a week. The week that I started working, so they were left on their own a lot. Their last Saturday we took a ferry over to New York and drove up along the lake. There were lots of old cemetaries, so we stopped to walk through one.
New York October 16, 2004
Vermont cemetary! Oh, wait, that's New York. It just doesn't have the same ring to it.
New York October 16, 2004
This is part of Ausable Chasm, what you can see without going in and paying. It's a neat river/gorge that turned into one of the first 50's tourist destinations. There are little old motels along the road. You can float down the river on a raft or innertube. I wanted to go all summer, just from seeing an ad in the paper, but it looked a little cheesy. Now it looks pretty, so I want to go next summer.
New York October 16, 2004
Also part of Ausable Chasm. This picture was taken from a bridge that had a big "closed" sign across it.
