September was a busy fun month. Went to a demo day at BMW and met a 75 year old former bike racer from the UK who lives 2 hours north of Kelowna and came down on his 199? K100 Factory Custom in its original and pristine condition.

Had a road trip to Rossland and enjoyed slope-side accommodation in the slow season, toured their excellent museum, strolled around Trail and ate very well. Rossland transitioned from a mining town to a ski / mountain bike resort. Coop and I squeezed in a 3 delightful days of motorbike camping at Box Lake in the West Kootenays and had 1 of 12 very quiet sites on the lake.

We got new ski boots formed for our feet and are quite excited about the season – I am buying a seniors season pass at Big White! Spent a full day with 6 others helping a neighbor harvest his pinot noir with the chardonnay, pinot gris and gewürztraminer scheduled for next weekend. Had a sore thigh for 3 days afterwards.

Tried to flood coat a trial piece of door with epoxy before doing it on the door that will become our dining room table. Decided I need to dado out each edge and inset some straight-grained fir and will likely have someone more experienced do the epoxy work. Built 4 drawers for the closet and will install soon (drawer fronts and handles to come in the fullness of time). Worked on the site prep for the dining pavilion / cedar ofuro tub and created a drainage ditch at the top part of the driveway. New recycled asphalt is working well so far.