Keeping busy with

putting up the tent to air it out,  it's clean  and in good repair. Still.  Also looked over the tarps, then put it all away again. I will take it to my parents next week  and camp out in their yard.  My kids will come, grandgirls and my brother and family from Oklahoma.  I am excited.  Seeing my brother is an every 2 or 3 year event.

Last week I made some bike panniers for my son for the front.  They hang from the center of the bike on a front rack.  He modified a rear rack and had a buddy weld a bar on both side.  After constructing the bag, he put together a rigid insert for the pocket on the inside to hold it away from the tire, modified some metal supports that reinforce corners in construction into hooks.  He is pleased with them.  He also made 5 gallon bucket panniers for the back.  After the first caping trip, I had to modify them a bit and now he is off again.