House & Garage Update or ( What We Have Been Doing In Our Spare Time)

Eileen got the wood on the back porch stained on Fri with the second coat on Sat. We still have the steps to do. The yellow thing by the hose is a squeaky toy of Rocky's. It was so annoying, it got banned from inside the house. Rocky just loves things that make noise!
Got the paint for the doors Friday evening and Rick got the well room door painted. Still has 2 more doors to go. The door on the left is to the bathroom and it's next. This kind of makes a before and after picture.
Reid has been wanting pictures of the jeep showing the things Rick has been doing to it. Here is the new back bumper, spare tire and gate. The tire cover still has to be put on. We put the top back on and windows in yesterday as we wanted the A/C. He had to grind the hitch off the old bumper to get that bumper off. The people had welded it on! What a "fun" job that was. Eileen got to stand there with the fire extinguisher, just in case.
Flickr didn't put these in the order I had them. This should have been before the jeep. Oh well, this is Eileen's sewing room. We got the blind put up and Rick finished putting the baseboard in Thurs. night. Eileen painted it on Sat. morning. She really loves the yellow color (called Scrimshaw). With the white accents it really looks great. The left wall (without baseboard) is where her cabinets are going. They are white. After they are in, Rick will put baseboard where needed. Rick did a really great job of installing the tile floor. Eileen can hardly wait to start putting things in here to use it.

This is the new front bumper with the winch. Rick was really glad he had this when he went 4-wheeling on the "Top of the World" trail and had to use the winch to get out of a bad spot.

The insulation came Friday for the rest of the garage so after painting, that's Rick's next project. It gets really hot in there now. The sewing is insulated and what a difference.

Capitol Reef - Day Two (Mother's Day)

One of the things Eileen has wanted to do since we moved here was to go to Capitol Reef and walk down the Grand Wash. Since it was Mother's Day we decided to to this. Neal and Annette had never done it so it was lots of fun. We didn't make it all the way to the end of the wash (maybe next time) but since going back to the parking area was uphill we turned around just as we were starting to get tired. It is a gentle slope up and we took our time.
There are so many sites to see with all the different formations it can be overwhelming. These photos are just a small sample. You can see more on our flickr under the group called Capitol Reef. Be sure to check it out.
As you can see, most of the way is very wide and easy going. There were only a couple of places it gets rocky and you have to watch your footing. But boy is the walk worth going on.

We are standing under an overhang and looking up. It was starting to get warm and the shade felt really good.

Eileen really enjoyed her Mother's Day walk.

Castle Valley Home Update

This is what our place looked like last fall. You can see extra shingles on the roof for the porch that was to be added. Also, notice the cars are parked in front as no garage yet.
Finally, they got the porch finished last month. It is wonderful. We really enjoy sitting out there. Really changed the look of the place.
Also, the garage in pretty much done. We have blinds to hang at the windows and the floor in the sewing room to grout. Then the cabinets can go in and the baseboard. We are loving it.
We think the porch really changed the look and the garage adds so much. The driveway is almost completed. They will spread gravel after this road base is firmed up. Notice the parking areaa in front of the house. That's for all our guests. We can park 2 or 3 vehicles there and we can put one in the garage. Hope to see you all soon.

Rick's "Baby" Is Finally Home!

Yesterday, we finally got the '56 Chevy home. What an adventure. The local U-Haul didn't have a car carrier. And Monticello never called us back. So we ended up driving to Grand Junction to pick up the carrier. Then back to Moab to put the car on it. That was fun pushing it. Then home to the garage. Had to get the neighbor to help get it off and pushed into the garage. Then back to Moab to return the car hauler. Finally got lunch while there (4:00pm). Then home again. Got the car onto these rollers Rick had gotten and pushed it to the side so we could get the FJ back into the garage as well. We were really tired when all this was done. Plus, it got up to 90 in Moab yesterday. We had left the house closed up and it was only 75 inside. Never had to turn the air conditioner on. When it cooled off, we went and sat on the porch for a while.