Rant - Camping, New Patio, WoW Status

Camping Weekend: We went to Terra Nova park this weekend for some camping. We found a beautiful place on the white sandy beach of fresh water Terra Nova Lake. Thx to the absolutely amazing new Google maps you can see our exact camping spot (just to the right of that point on the south side of the lake). Nine of us drove our four vehicles (we mostly own 4x4s, but one car made it in just fine) across the beach right to the spot we chose as our campsite. I took my quad which made for a few fun little excursions (Nicole was quite covered in mud after one, I'm very sorry I have no picture of that because it was priceless ... with that said I think I may buy a digital camera soon so I can take my own pictures for a change) and we played a good deal of horseshoes. At one point in one game there were 3 ringers at the same time! Probably common among professionals, but we are just hacks so that was quite the spectacle for us. :)

New Patio: Why stop at just a new office? My patio has been falling apart (in some cases quite literally) for about a year. This year one of the rotting steps leading to the upper deck cracked clear in half -- quite dangerous. So at my request my brother Tom ripped it down about 3 weeks ago. I roughly designed a new one on paper and my dad, the eternal carpenter by trade, has already framed it out. Last night Nicole and I stained what was done already, mostly frame. Dad will be dropping of the boards for the flooring today so tonight we get to stain all those in preparation for their laying. Pictures will come soon.

World of Warcraft: I haven't played the game in over a week. Friends still paste me links to new WoW information, but I find I am losing interest quite rapidly. If you've read my previous posts you know I have no desire to regain that interest.

So overall things are postive. As of writing this I've made plans with Nicole to buy a small digital camera on our lunch break. I'll use it tonight to take some deck pictures for tomorrow's post.

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