The Adventures of Ron and Elsa: 2005

Monday, December 26, 2005

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Labor Day weekend brought our first houseguest since moving to Utah. Elsa's friend Linda came to visit from San Diego from the 3rd thru the 7th. We enjoyed hiking, shopping the local consignment stores, a long drive thru the mountains and a couple hours of pretending to be cowgirls - great fun!

Construction Update

The remodel is underway - here's our new bathroom and closet floor. It doesn't look like much yet so stay tuned...

A Visitor to our Deck

This little guy (gal) came to visit early one morning in late August. Its mother wasn't far away - just below the deck - they both bounded away when I tried to get closer for more pictures.

Balloon Festival

The weekend of August 20-21 brought the annual balloon festival to the Ogden Valley. We watched the launch early on the 20th, and then returned to the festival in the evening to hear the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Who knew they were still alive, much less still together?

Thursday, August 04, 2005

On the road again

Back in Denver for a day, on our way to Big Spring Texas for the annual Hang Gliding competion. Had to stop in at Lakeside and ride the Cyclone and Wild Chipmunk!

Demolition

Here's Ron, hard at work demo-ing the master bath and closet. It looked a lot easier (and faster) on HGTV!! Fortunately, we made it through demolition with only a couple of minor injuries.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Life at 5500 feet

We've been having a great time getting settled into our new home in Huntsville, Utah. We closed on the property at the end of May, drove our remaining stuff from storage in Denver in early June, and have been hard at work ever since! Ron's been working on refinishing the decks - all 1400 square feet of them! - and Elsa has been painting. So far the "gold" room has been transformed to a nice, mellow, sage green and the turquoise bathroom is well on its way to being neutralized as well! Both of us have been spending a lot of time doing weed control and clearing out what seems to be a few years of neglect on the property. Lots of sore muscles, but it's gratifying work!

There's a large flock of wild turkeys living in our little canyon. Several of them hang out on our deck in the early morning and evening hours - the cats are very curious about them.

Bernie is dreaming of a (wet) wild turkey dinner!

At Home in Huntsville, Utah

Well, we’ve been here for a month now, so it’s time for an update. Been so busy with yard clean-up, refinishing the decks, painting inside, and general maintenance that we haven’t taken time to keep the blog updated. Sorry to those of you who have actually checked for news!

Saturday, April 30, 2005

Competition results

We were able to fly 6 out of 9 days. I made goal 4 out of 6 days 8-(

It was a fun time, I made too many mistakes and the new glider I was flying took longer to adjust to then I hoped. The ATOS VR is a great glider.

The final results can be viewed at http://flytec.com/flytec_usn_05/scores/cumrigid.htm

Congratulations to all the winning pilots!

View looking west from the backyard

Friday, April 15, 2005

Finally!

Wow, almost 2 months and no entries, SORRY!!!

Major developemnt; we are buying a house in UT, along with land, and plan on closing by the end of May. We will post a few pictures in the next couple of posts.

The US Nationals of Hang Gliding are April 15-23 and you can review the results at

http://flytec.com/flytec_usn_05/index.html

Today was too windy and no flying, we are hoping for better weather starting on Saturday. This meet is a major step to qualifying for the US World team for 2006.

Friday, February 18, 2005

Back in FL

We are back in Florida for the next couple of months. We had a blast in UT and confirmed our feelings, the Ogden Valley is the place we want to live. We are working on acquiring a 2+ acre property on which to build our "dream home".

Stay tuned