On The Road Again

 The first leg is done.  1700 miles.  Two days.  I had intentions of a hotel in Billings.  That didn't happen.  How the heck is a Motel 6 completely full on a Sunday night? And the other one was $120 for a night.  At a Motel 6.  I was rather shocked.  So, I kept driving until I hit a rest area and took a good rest.  

I saw one live deer and three antelope this trip.  It's the first time in my cross-country trips of late that I saw live wildlife in the wild.  

Arrived at my cousin's house just as they returned from work.  Great timing.  It was a long drive, but not as long as driving to Indiana.  Happy to split it up.  

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 I have managed to complete one of my projects.  And it isn't really completed.  Just the stage I wanted to get completed. I have primed the patio cover.  And it is a job.  When the roof was replaced all of the plywood on the patio covered was replaced.  The old stuff had rotted well.  

Part of my patio conversion is painting.  And I had looked at all that nice raw plywood and knew it needed primer before paint.  Hence, my priming project.  Painting above your head is harder work than a wall.  Painting over nails (from the shingle placements) is annoying and drippy.  

I had painted in sections.  Discovered quickly that a new brush works better.  That helped and it went quicker after that.  Felt a sense of accomplishment.  

And when I told my friend about it, he said...."you should have painted the plywood first before it was installed".  Oy.  That would have been freaking awesome.  Wish I had had that great advice before the fact.  Guess I will store it away, but I doubt I am ever doing a patio cover again in my life.