BBQ while the sun shines.

Once again, the view from our front window with summer in full swing.
For some reason my son doesn't want to learn to ride a bike, the height of his enthusiasm is to push his bike around town. The other day he stopped a girl riding her bike and told her she was doing it wrong, at which point he showed her how to effectively push her bike.
Only thing better than pushing your bike is to pose in front of a truck with your bike. This is the company truck that we use for cargo. Christopher is over 4 feet tall, so judge for yourself what type of truck you need to have all season access.
Ready for some real off road pushing?
Those training wheels have a habit of biting you in the butt when your not looking, as Christopher and the bike both take a off road adventure.

Hello Everyone,
Nothing much happening around town that I've seen. So far we've had a really bad summer, rain and fog almost everyday. Today we reached double digits for the first time in quite awhile so we had a BBQ.
Take Care
CG

Harry Potter

Hello Everyone,
Well, It seems the web is awash with Harry Potter and I have joined the fray. I received the book a couple of days ago and while it seems to be a interesting read I wonder at what point the focus of the book changed from her young readers, to the darker incarnation her writing now takes. I remember the first book with rewards being given for performing well in school with stories of games and interesting characters, this latest effort can be regarded as a bloodbath. I realize that her audience has aged with the characters of her books but the new books fail to realize that children will read the books at a different rate than they have been released through their first printing, thus the 8 year olds who start reading her books now can be exposed to the last books at a much earlier age than the first generation did. JKR also seems to have taken a fancy to herself being a writer than a storyteller. Her latest effort seems to have implemented many writing techniques that seem to detract from the telling of the story (it actually seemed to remind me of Morality plays of the 18th century), while her characters are lost and uncertain her writing is unfocused and wandering, while her story is impassioned the writing is brief and direct. While this may not seem to be a bad thing I wonder what would have changed if the focus remained on the story rather than the technique. I wonder if ultimately the cause of these changes was the fact that adult readers seem to outnumber the number of child readers she now holds in her spell. Its a shame because it was the spell that caused children to fall in love with the characters of her first book that introduced adults to the phenomena.
It's a good read, but I'm glad the series is over before the remaining characters have lost their remaining innocence and likability.
Take Care
CG

Moon rise on Thursday.
The final load of our ship.
Hello Everyone,
Recovery from the sealift is finally over, back seems to be fine and the ship has finally left town. Something appeared to have wrong with our ship as it was in town for 5 days, usually they are in and out ASAP but this ship seemed to be lingering. Also rather than loading over the railing like most ships I've seen, it loaded out the back door leading to allot of extra work for the crew. She also appeared to be listing a little bit to port ( yeah, love that naval speak).

People ask me what I miss about the south and today I got a reminder of one of the things I miss, Thunder Storms. we had a small thunder storm today and I realized that was the first time in the last 2 years I had heard the "delicate sound of thunder" and I miss it.
Things are moving ahead and Melissa and I expect to hear about the next stage of our journey in the middle of August, So we'll probably be returning to a different place than we're leaving during vacation.
Take Care'
CG

Today was our day.

Hello everyone,
We recieved sealift today and I personally lifted every pound of the 62,000 kgs of product and I can tell you I feel 40. I am going to have a hot bath and go to bed. Talk to you later.
Take Care
CG