Front wall and rafters and some river rock for the front. The river rock was free on next door.

I started a small shed for the backyard so I can put a bunch of the tools and Christmas tree out there and try and regain some of my floor space in the garage.

Price of lumber is so high and the veterans 10% off doesn’t apply to lumber or other building supplies… I did end up saving 29 bucks which isn’t too bad , but the bill was still over 600 bucks… uhg! I worked all Saturday from 8 AM until around 4:30, wasn’t too bad once I got shade. I got all four walls done and three of them up and anchored.

5th Annual Quail Creek Car Show

When: April 03, 2022 10:00 AM, MST
Where: Quail Creek Madera Clubhouse

Great weather and a beautiful day in Green Valley.

• There was no judging. There was no classifications. Each entrant was given a single ballot to vote for the best of show.
• What a great event, tons of great cars.
• There was music, auctions and prizes throughout the day.
• Food Service was be provided by Quail Creek Catering or Food Trucks. The peach beery cobbler was awesome!

Please feel free to down load and print any of the following pictures from the November 6th, 2021 Marine Corps Birthday, sponsored by the Green Valley Marine Corps League.

Thank you for all who attended and made this night so special.

Thanks to all of our friends making this a fun and special night! Here is some photos from our Halloween party 2021, decorations and our group photo!

Having a bunch of stuff all over the house, in drawers, closets and in the garage, I decided to get my bug out bag filled and finished for our next trip or camping event.

It is nice to have it all in one and looking at the list I did quite well without spending too much for the other odds and ends I did not have.

The truck tent, cots and sleeping bags did not get on this list because they are not in the bag. Below is my check off list… I also bought a very nice roller bag, military large. Tons of big pockets both inside and out.

• Drinking Water (3 Liters)  One liter minimum, per day, per person is highly recommended.
• Collapsible Water Bottle
• Hard Water Bottle
• Metal Water Bottle / Canteen
• Water Filters / Purification Systems
• Water Purification Tablets (Qty 3)

• Protein / Energy Bars (Qty 6)
• MREs / Dehydrated Meals (Qty 3)
• Spork
• P-38 Can Opener
• Metal Cooking Pot
• Metal Cup
• Pot Scrubber
• Portable Stove
• Stove Fuel (Qty 8 Tablets)

• Lightweight Long Sleeve Shirt
• Medium Weight Fleece
• Hat w/ Flex Brim
• Working Gloves
• Rain Poncho

• Tarp
• Ground Pad
• Wool Blanket

• Ignition Source (Qty 3)
• Tinder (Qty 3)
• Waterproof Storage

• First Aid Kit
• Insect Repellant
• Mylar Survival Blanket

• Wet Napkins
• Hand Sanitizer
• All-Purpose Camp Soap
• Hygiene/Signal Mirror
• Small Pack Towel
• Travel Toilet Paper (Qty 2)
• Travel Size Toothbrush & Toothpaste
• Other Personal Hygiene Necessities

• Survival Knife
• Multi-Tool
• Machete

• LED Headlamp
• Mini LED Keychain
• Light Glowstick
• Mini LED Light
• Candles
• Batteries (all types, 9V , 1.5V AAA, AA, C, D)

• Cell Phone (old one that can be used to connect to WIFI)
• Crank Power Charger
• Emergency Radio with Hand Crank
• or a solar panel capable of charging your comm (This is that I have, also charges a flash light , power supply)

• Dimes (one roll)
• Nickels (one roll)
• Quarters (one roll)
• Local Area Map
• Compass
• Small Note Pad / Pencil
• Emergency Whistle

• Pepper Spray ( I am using wasp spray)
• Handgun not in bag
• Takedown rifle not in bag
• Ammunition (Qty 25 rnds minimum) not in bag

• 550 Parachute Cord (50′)
• Cotton Bandana
• Duct Tape (25’)
• 55 Gal. Contractor Garbage Bag (Qty 2)
• Resealable Bags (Qty 5, Various Sizes)
• Sunglasses
• N95 Face Mask
• Sewing Kit
• Latex Tubing (3’)
• Survival Axe
• Fishing Kit
• Condoms (Non-lubricated) (water proofing small items, cell phone, etc.)
• Binoculars (Optional) I had mine first set from when I was a boy… still work great!
• Face Paint
• Military Surplus Survival / Snare Wire

The weather was perfect and I have enough of the items I wanted complete to be able and drive my BMW 1968 model 2002 ,,, so we went to dinner and enjoyed the drive. An older man in the parking lot ask while I was taking pictures what year it was and said it reminded him of his he bought in 1983, he said it was a 1976 BMW 2002tii.

It was nice to see everyone giving me the thumbs up as we drove.

Good dinner and a nice drive. I am glad it is running perfect again… even if it was after two and a half years!

Starting back in July 2020 I brought my BMW back from the body shop and started the process of putting all the components back into my car. The project was a major undertaking as I replaced the headliner, reupholster all the seats, new seals and gaskets for the windows, doors, and trunk.

I added speakers to the back seat tray and a tube sub woofer in the trunk for my sounds system. The chrome was polished and new mounting plastic clips were used. This next weekend I will place the wind shield and gasket and i will be able to take the Bimmer out for a test drive, get some new gas and a wash.

I also need to call my insurance and let them know I need to insure it for the new value… UHG! But I am glad to have it almost back on the road, as the weather is so nice out and I need to get some miles on those new tires!

As the dashboard gets closer to being installed I went a head and cleaned the instrument cluster from all the dust sanding paint and dirt… touched up the silver rings and cleaned inside gauges. What was really cool was I had picked up a box of 100 spade bulbs 14 volt, 24 watt lights. They are the same bulbs that are in my 1968 BMW, so all the cluster bulbs were replaced with new and I even fixed to of the holders so now all bulbs are back into the Gauge cluster.

Huntsville, Alabama in the summer is hot and humid, but i can remember the excitement driving on the bus from the airport in the small town of Huntsville… I was on my way to Space Camp! I had been wanting to go to Space Camp ever since i saw the NASA space shuttle take off and set the US into a space exploration frenzy, and I thought I too one day would be an astronaut! These 7 days at camp were filled with so much stuff that I could barely sleep at night because of the following days agenda… mostly IMAX movies, mission specialist training, rocket model building, fun space fact finding, and all out NASA geeking! I ran across my negatives from the over four rolls of photos I brought back… my mom asked why there was none of me in any of the pictures because mostly I was taking cool photos of rockets, space suits or the sort of engineering thing I would learn about later in life… but i did find a few that made the cut and wanted to share them again…

Now some of those kids in the foreground were part of my group and I had become friends with most of them… thus never having the photo, because i am sure i sent them the developed photo so they could remember their time at space camp…. as not a lot of kids had a camera… I was very lucky I guess.

My mom allowed me to take for ‘show and tell’… I was showing and telling even if they didn’t have that as part of space camp, my LEGO Brick Space shuttle to share with my fellow Young Astronauts… it was something I really felt a great deal of pride knowing I had the opportunity to be apart of this camp and the kids I was learning what we all thought would be our job one day… but of course most of us would never become astronauts, it was still nice to dream for those 7 days.

I even show and telled the LEGO space shuttle with my class at Lena Juniper

Here is to dreaming like a kid again… you can do whatever you put your mind to, so dream big!

Pretty official certificate, but it is still one of my favorite memories from when I was still a boy able to dream big and have fun telling people… ” Hi my name is William, and I am going to be a future astronaut!”.