Getting the workshop organized

Tonight I took some time to organize my workshop. This allowed me some room to lay out my Wicked Witch planes. Here you can see the WW5 aerial photography glider and the three WW3 RC Tornado Jets. Everything is ready for storm season!

70 degrees in TX

This is why we bought a place in Amarillo! 70 degrees in January made for a great weekend of mountain biking and hiking!

Storm Shelters

We must be in tornado alley. Storm shelters are for sale at the furniture store.

Carlson Chasers Promo!

Here it is:



*Stayed up late and updated the narration*

View out the backyard

Here's the view out the backyard looking west.

Master bedroom

Here's the master bedroom.

Guest bedroom

Here's the guest bedroom.

Bathroom

Here's the bathroom all completely remodeled.

Livingroom and diningroom

Here's the view from the front door looking over to the diningroom.

New kitchen

Here's the kitchen, all new cabinets, appliances and tile.

We have our Amarillo house!

We have gone under contract on this house in the southwest neighborhoods of Amarillo. This house is very nice! It has been completely remodelled from the frame out with all new drywall, carpet, ceramic tile and new appliances! We wanted a place that is within walking distance of shops and minimarts and also close to I40 for easy access.

Piggin' out

Glad I'm not these guys! they will never finish their 72 oz staeks!

Big Texan Steak House

okay so we didn't get any tornadoes but Amanda and I are still treating ourselves to a steak at the Big Texan!

Palo Duro Canyon

Over lunch we took a drive out to Palo Duro Canyon State Park where I got video of the WW3 flying in the canyon. Its beautiful here with over 11 miles or running and biking trails.

Heading to Amarillo, TX

Amanda and I are passing through Colo Spgs on our way to Amarillo to look for a vacation home. Homes are under 30k down there and we hope to put an offer on one by the end of the weekend. This will become Caprock Chase Base 1!

Tahoe Queen

We are in south lake tahoe checking out the river boat. its unreal to see all the deep snow next to a boat like this.

Tahoe snow

The snow here is measured in feet today!

Tree limb down

This tree limb fell and narrowly missed a car in our parking lot!

Tahoe Snowstorm

Snow up and over the top of the kitchen window at our friends house in the Sierra Madre mountains ot Tahoe, CA. A major winter storm is hitting the area this weekend and we are under a blizzard warning!

Amarillo, TX Chase Base

Amanda and I have been talking for sometime about getting a vacation home somewhere warm in the winter where she can train for triathlons and ride her bikes. So this weekend we decided Amarillo, TX was the perfect place. With the Palo Duro Canyon State park just southeast of the city and Caprock State Park beyond that it is much like Moab, UT with beautiful canyon scenery and miles of on and off-road riding.

Now the part for me! This will allow me to establish Caprocks Chase Base 1! A place where we can all stay without worrying about hotel costs or vacancies. A place that is in arguably the best severe weather hotspot in the world. We will now be within 6 hours of all the places on the map above. Besides being in the middle of the Texas panhandle, we have easy access to western Oklahoma, central Texas and eastern New Mexico all prime chase country. More details to follow as we start to take house hunting trips and hook up with realtors in the next month. The goal is to have a place by the end of Feb '08!