I’ve had a couple of friends and blog readers ask how the frame is coming along.

Right now it’s on hold. This has been an extraoridinarily nice summer for Seattle (it’s hardly rained since the first week of May) and I haven’t felt inclined to spend time in the basement. Christine also lost her job, so when I’m home I like to spend time with her (where before I had a lot of workshop time when she was off at work).

I’m not a very good relaxer (you know, where you sit around doing nothing and not working with your hands), but I’m trying to get better. Maybe by the end of the summer I’ll even be capable of napping!

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I really can’t get down to 0 projects, and some minor things have been going on. In particular I’ve been fixing up our kayak (new seats, rudder lines, rudder control pedals, hatch gaskets). I’ve also been experimenting with stuff related to the Hennessey Hammock, which I’ll report back on once I’ve had some camping time in it. My goal is to make the Hennessey Hammock as fast to deploy as a tent, eliminating my only real complaint with it. I’m not inventing anything new here, I’m just copying ideas from http://www.hammockforums.net.

The photo above is from last week’s point83 ride where around 60 of us dressed up like revelers from the Running of the Bulls, and 2 people dressed up as bulls. We also had a Lego Minifig,a Ronald McDonald,and a few other characters for good fun.

Check back in September or October for some more bike and metal projects. In the meantime it might be quiet around here, with just an occasional trip report.