Part of the job!

Part of my job at school is teaching kids how to mountain bike. Yes, it is fun and yes it is scarey! Middle school kids have minds of their own and when you let them loose on a bike you never know what could happen. Put those same kids on a singletrack trail in the woods and safety must become prioity #1 from the teacher stand point. When Dave C. and I built the trail two years ago we thought the kids would like it and we would have a place "close" to work to ride singletrack. The kids love it and it is nice having sweet singletrack at work! The part of "the trail" that I never expected to love is the maintance and building of new trail. It is just so rewarding to create a new section of trail that really flows and works well. The following pictures are my latest work to re-route and create a safer riding trail.

Really Superfly

This just looks fast! Charlie you said you wanted a singlespeed 29er!

April Fools

This is my first political post. Andy this is for you. I watched some of these guys on C-SPAN last night. What a bunch of you know what! When asked what they needed to lower the price of gas they all said they need to drill in new areas in and around the U.S. Why not just lower the amount of profits by a few BILLION! They stink! Ride you bike, you may need to soon!

Dream Yeti

I wish I would have purchused one of these back in the early 90's.

My Mini White Clay

I created a new section of trail at school that really does look like white clay. Pictures will come soon. I don't have the camera.

3 Hour Flow Ride

Charlie this is what you missed! I wish I could put into words how great it is to ride White Clay. The pictures only do it some justice.

Green

Some of the memories of my childhood that I love the most are when my parents would take me to Green Lane Park. I remember the drive up and the drive over an old metal bridge when we got there. Throwing and skimming rocks was also a favorite adventure at the park. There are also big boulders that are located in the shallow, fast flowing waters. My brother and I used to climb from rock to rock to see how far out in the water we could get.
Now I hope I am creating those same great memories for my kids at Valley Green. Over the past two years we have spent hours exploring, riding, throwing, skimming, and climbing. I look forward to creating many memories in the future.
The Greens are both special places to me. Thanks mom and dad for showing me how parenting is supposed to be done. I only hope Luke and Meg love their Green time as much as I did! They look like they are having FUN!

Easter Riding

Tools

Carpet In

Wood

Check this out!

"Mud" Room

Becki picked a great color and I have the best help in the world. No offense to you, PawPaw. Notice the skill Luke has with the roller. Good Myers/Wendler genes!

New Workers

Luke and Meg came home to lend a helping hand! We are now moving on to the finishing parts of the job! What fun home ownership is! It will be great when it is done. Chek back on wens. for the paint color!

20 Hours Sunday, 13 Hours Monday

To tired to write. More to come! Enjoy the pictures. I don't remember what day it is!

14 Hour Day

What a day! We took out the wall between the garage and the family room to create a larger area and a mud room. The day started well. We went through the wall with no major problems. Cleaned that up and we were on to the framing. With one wall framed we moved to the wall with an old door that we would have to make wider. This would mean cutting the cinder block wall. Lets just say that is HARD work! Very dirty work as well! We had a good day and will hit it hard on Sunday! Check out the pic's!

Construction

Big home project starting Sat. Check back for updates!

Fresh Dirt Pics

These pics go with the previous post. This is the new trail!