Fred came in last night (aka: Dr. Dyno) and so today we had to take the DRZ’s out. Finally drove to Lake Pend Orielle, the 3rd largest lake in the Northeast, around 1,150 feet deep and 45 miles long. Riding through the woods, we did single track, double track and gravel roads, from 5,100 feet to just over 2,000, for a total of about 75 miles of riding. Good times, and a great day off! Just what the Dr. ordered : )

Sorry for the cheezy cell phone video—couldn’t find the helmet cam!!

I’ve been learning about people who spam on our main website. They log in as a member, then fill their bio with links back to their websites, to gain a bigger rank in the search engines. One problem with that, is all the extra links down-grades our site in the search engines, which hurts our rank overall. Mostly it’s links to hand bags and other things, but get some trash in there too.

Yesterday I deleted about 7,000 such entries, and found a way to weed most of them out. However, it appears it’s going to be a daily thing to go in, look at who signed up, and delete those who are abusing their privileges.

Borrow to be debt free

Today, I was able to borrow enough money to pay off my house. From 6% to 4.25% and 30 to 15 years so it was. Very thankful for the opportunity before the rates go up! 15 more years (or more than likely less) and should be debt free!

Barney and I drove down to Dallas to cut trees / split firewood for his step Mom. White oak trees were around 90 feet high, which was rather fun / nerve-wracking to work with. It was a great 3 days of work and did some other things on the side (water trees, fix doors, hang a mirror over the fireplace, and eat.) On the way home, we stopped at many of the falls in the Colombia River and visited the Bonneville Lock and Dam. Great trip.

Today Russ and I cut down a tree for an older widow who had one to come down. I expected it to take about 4 hours, but ended being around 8. Took three trips to the dump, each of which took around 45 min or so. But in the end, it was down and cleaned up, and we all were happy with how things turned out!