I know! I know! I have been falling down on my Blog writing. Has it really been a month?

As all our local friends know, we are back in Oregon and hanging out in Hillsboro near Renee and Neil’s place. We have been quite busy this spring. First we attended the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge over Memorial Day Weekend. This is an annual get-together and race conducted at Portland International Raceway. We raced against other laid-back, recumbent bicycles in ten mile, one hour and 200 meter races. We were consistent in that we placed second in our class in every race.

While we were there we met folks who had added electrical boost power to their bicycles. They had their own races, but just the idea of having an extra boost up the hills got my creative juices stirring. I have been very busy designing the Son-Of-Path, a new electric boost bicycle. I am adding lots of new ideas to the new bicycle. So far everything is on “paper.” That is a bit of a misnomer, for actually the drawings are all in the computer in a CAD drawing. That is good, because just about every day I change things around. I will put a photo of my doodles on the web page. The drawings do not include the seats just yet, but I will probably buy the seats from the Rans Corporation. I really only have to draw the attachment points for the seats.

We are part of a very creative family. Our daughter, Renee, has just come to market with a new pull-up diaper product. Up until now it has all been manufactured in their home. Judy and I have been helping. Renee and Judy sew the diapers and I come over in the afternoon and set snaps and take a load to the post office. You can read all about it at Antsy Pants but don’t order any, please! Also check below for photos.

For excitement this week, we broke the toilet. It has a spring loaded foot pedal to flush the toilet. Judy broke it on Sunday. I was able to find a parts list on the internet and order parts from the local RV store on Monday. These came in on Tuesday and it took me about an hour to replace the broken spring. I also replaced the seals just for good measure. It should be good for another 75,000 miles.

We will close now with greetings from Hillsboro Oregon. Yes, it is true, it rains a lot here in western Oregon. We have had some nice days, but this week has been drizzly.

Gary and Judy