So recently my dad gave me this old motorcycle, a 1968 Honda Trail 90.

Around here it is hard to find a male over the age of 35 that has not ridden or owned a Honda 90 at some point. After a little restoration (new tail pipe, new headlight, replacement air filter hose, oil change, new battery, carb rebuild, valve adjustment, new rear shocks), it is back in good mechanical shape and is my new commuter bike to go to work and back and around town. Top speed? 48MPH… maybe 49 if you have a few miles to get up there. My dad bought it 20 years ago in 1993 and it has survived three boys and numerous hunting expeditions. It’s fun to ride around and has a certain classic appeal… at least to me.

Found a bunch of old ads from Field & Stream magazine thanks to the Google Books project.

Yesterday was a fun day. Jenn’s brother is in town and she wanted to visit with him and her grandma and do some things around the house. I wanted to go fly somewhere. Solution? Daddy Day.

I got the kids and their Kid Support Packs loaded up (swimsuit, sunscreen, towels, food, water, etc.) and we were wheels-up at around 9am. Since Mom wasn’t with us, Ava got her seat upgraded to first class (AKA co-pilot).

37 minutes later we landed at Cascade to a bustling airport. Two planes in the pattern ahead of us, we land and go check out the ag plane that was busy refueling with Jet-A. In the far back a Sky Crane crew is taking a break between fire fighting sorties.

The kids are busy catching grasshoppers so I walk over to the parking lot to get the amazing $700 Astrovan. This van has served us faithfully now for 3 years. We drive up to the plane to unload our gear.

First objective is to get the lawn mowed while it is still cool. The girls play while I am busy doing that.

Then is it time to go to the lake. Ava has turned in to a pretty strong swimmer and was loving the waves.

Annalise had a band-aid on her foot so did not want to get in the water. So we built lots of sand castles.

After a few hours at the lake we go grab ice cream cones and head back to the cabin to relax and watch a movie and Annalise took a nap.
We head for home around 6pm. Flight was bumpy with light turbulence and poor visibility due to smoke the whole way home. Yuck. I’ll be glad when fire season is over. A small price to pay for a fun day with the girls.

We had a great flight this morning. Jenn, Erica, and I left Nampa early this morning for a quick trip into Garden Valley. Took a quick tour around the campground and river, then headed back in. Will have to do some camping there in the future.