Mother's Day Weekend

We were able to get out to the property this weekend to try out my Mother's Day gift...a new trailer! We are now able to haul all of our toys inside the unit, instead of taking a separate vehicle to bring the motorcycles. It is also a better layout inside for us, as well. Needless to say, we had a great time. Steve managed to smooth out the "motorcycle track" for the boys by pulling an I-beam behind his quad. He also burned most of 1 pile of debris left over from the initial clearing process (4 more piles to go!)

Since we just got the trailer, we are still figuring out the batteries/tank capacity/water issues, and managed to depelete the batteries entirely on Saturday night. So much so, that the on-board genererator would not start. Unfortunately, Stevie forgot to throw in some jumper cables...bottom line - we would not have a furnace, lights, radio, or running water for the evening. Fortunately, I am married to the "part-time McGyver"(sp.?) and he fashioned some jumper cables out of an old extension cord. Hurray!!

1st Camping Trip at Our Property!

Michelle was able to get last Friday off, and we had an AWESOME camping trip at our property! The weather was great - 80 degrees on Saturday...unfortunatey, we did not pack any shorts. Steve "made" some for each of us out of our sweatpants (and his buck knife). The boys rode their motorcycles, mom mt. biked, we all hiked and enjoyed s'mores.

We spent some time planning the location of the well, septic, and future cabin. We also met some of our neighbors up the hill - nice people.

We all can't wait to go back!

The Family Ride

On Sunday, we decided to take a "road ride" to the meat/produce market to get supplies for our pizza dinner. It was cold, windy and rainy, but the Moye family pedalled on!

2 weekends in one post

Due to a heavy brewing schedule, I didn't have time to post last weekend. Rex had a playdate at Cameron's, so Steve and Max went trail riding at Mission Creek Trail. Max did great on all of the roots and rocks! The ride seemed to wear him out, as he did not make a peep the rest of the day. This is pretty remarkable for our usually chatty little guy!

This weekend brought unseasonable weather conditions...3" of snow! The boys got up this morning, threw their snow gear on over their pajamas, and got down to business!

Chilly Sunday

Moye's Brewhouse is getting really stocked up...I brewed a Pilsener on Saturday, a Dunkelweisen and an Alt on Sunday. Thank goodness Steve and the boys got home in time to help me, as they spent the morning with Uncle Dennis at Mud Mountain Dam. They found 2 caches, and dropped off Rex's special coin that he received from Molly and Amy. A yummy dinner of "spent grain" pizza was a great ending to a clammy, cold Sunday.

Motorcycles and Brewing

After a 1.5 year hiatus, Steve and I managed to get my brewery back up and running! I stopped by Larry's Brewing on Saturday to pick up supplies - and I must say, the "hop shortage" that we have been reading about is true...there were slim pickings! I mangaged to find some adequate substitutes for my award-winning Stevie's Oatmeal Stout recipe, which was brewed up on Sunday.

Rex and Max got in a couple of motorcycle rides while the weather was dry. Stevie spent some time on Craig's List looking for a new (old) ride. He also cleaned George's cage (yay!) so, he will be handsomely rewarded with a delectable pint of S.O.S.....in about 8 weeks. It will be worth the wait.

Geocaching on Taylor Mountain

Steve and Rex met up with Bill and his son, Anthony for some mountain biking and geocaching on Taylor Mountain. They rode some of the new trails up there - some good stuff! I haven't ridden Taylor for about a year, so it sounds like it's time to revisit these trails. Steve said that Rex out-cranked him up the hills - he is getting to be such a strong rider!