It has been an experience that gave me more than a couple of sleepless nights and was something that for awhile I thought might go on forever - but the good news is that we completed the sale of our house and finally moved into the new home we have owned since July. We actually had the offer five days before the Maine to Florida ride and I spent the better part of a couple of rest days sitting at my computer communicating with our lawyer over the issues of inspection items, price, and all the other details that go into selling a house in this market (which stinks in case anyone wants to know). When I got home I dusted off my project manager's hat and started the process of getting everything fixed that either the township or the buyer's inspector found. Funny how we lived in complete contentment for years and years without ever once thinking that we needed a new door from the garage to the house. In any case we did in fact get everything done and we have now been in the new house about ten days. The photo is taken from our back deck and shows some of our new neighbors who gathered the first morning we were here to welcome us to the neighborhood. The main point of moving was to downsize - from two-story, four bedroom to all on one floor, no yard work - so now we are still trying to find places for everything that we kept. Still lots of boxes to unpack (although we do have the major stuff done), the garage is sheer chaos but its all to the good. One of the casualties of the move was my usual cycling. I finally got out again yesterday and when I entered my mileage in my log I was shocked to realize that I had missed almost exactly a month. The only time I've missed that much time on the bike was my recovery time from the motorcycle. Needless to say it felt good to get out again but I learned how quickly you can lose your edge. I did 40 miles and averaged 16 mph but my legs were not happy for the last couple of miles and every hill over a 3% grade felt like I was climbing Everest....Only answer to that is get out more often I guess. And a quick P.S. - sorry about the absence of the photo...for some strange reason Google will not let me upload the chosen picture. For those who are interested it was a picture of a couple of hundred Canada geese taking their ease on the small lake/pond that we look out at from our deck and back windows. Maybe tomorrow Google will get it's act together and I'll try again for the photo. P.S. 2nd try and I got the photo...the digital gods were smiling I guess.
