It is an ongoing story... 2024 marked the 10th anniversary of my retirement and a fire that destroyed a huge shop behind my house. A shop packed with all kinds of implements of creation gone in an afternoon. I only learned recently that a great friend from my Air Force days passed away within a few days of both the 10th anniversary of the fire and a motorcycle wreck that nearly cost me my life...

All of these events were very transformative... and I'm still recovering from them all. I suppose I never really knew what I wanted to be when I grew up... becoming more political is the latest phase of both my transformation and recovery. This is my last creation from that shop and it went up in smoke as well. So I apologize for repeating myself — I will try to do better.

This built-from-scratch recumbent trike had a RC airplane motor on it that was about the size of a can of beans... serious acceleration and a top speed of about 30 mph and a range of about 30 miles... it would put a big grin on your face for sure.