We've been through three stages this year and now Gary is going into the planning stage. During the summer's camping, he made notes of things he would like done better. This usually means that UPS, Fed Ex, and the postal service will show up at our door regularly this winter with new, absolutely essential gadgets, many of them electronic.
One thing that he wanted to improve upon required only a trip to the Restore store, which is run by Habitat for Humanity. He needed wheels, piping and some lug nuts (whatever those are) to create this gadget.
Next summer, Gary will use this thing to pull his canoe to the lake. Other years, he had to pick the canoe up, hoist it over his head, balance it and carry it from the campground. This will be much, much easier on his back. He's not as strong as he was in his younger years, but his mind is still agile.
Over the cold months, he'll be making an improved television antenna, a wi fi system (so I can post these blogs), and many more gadgets to make it seem like we are back home with all the modern conveniences.
What he can't change are the hiking trails (though he sometimes tries to get me to take a walkie talkie along), the lake (though there will be new floatation devices) and the wild creatures (I don't think he can improve on those).
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