Mountain Bikes for Sale!

One of the things that keeps Shaun very busy during the fall and winter is selling all of the mountain bikes from the summer. Each year we purchase between 30 and 40 new mountain bikes for Eagle Lake Camp. The bikes only get used for the summer and then our goal is to sell all of them at about half the retail price. This enables us to again buy brand new bikes in the Spring.

This is Shaun's third season taking charge of the sale of mountain bikes and through his experience he has learned a lot about bike maintenance and care. Those skills have come in handy as he's had to maintenance his own bike too! Right now he and his assistant, David, are spending several hours each day working on selling the bikes and maintenancing the ones that need minor repairs.

We wanted to let you know about the bikes because they really are a great deal: they have only been used for about 3 months and then sold for half of what you could get it for in the store!

We can even ship to you if you don't live near Colorado Springs. Let me know if you are interested!

Here is a link to the info and pictures of the bikes: http://www.navigators.org/us/ministries/eaglelake/Bikes

A visit to Miller Farms!

One thing that I (Larae) strive for in our lives is to eat a diet of healthy, real foods. This can be tricky when trying to live on a budget! When we moved into our home in January, one of the first items that we purchased with our first time home buyers tax credit was a deep freezer that sits in our basement. That has enabled us to stock up on things like fruit, cheese and meat when they are on sale and we also purchased a quarter cow (grass fed) from a local farmer.

Yesterday I went with my friend Beth, who is also an Eagle Lake wife, to a local produce farm where we had the opportunity to pick up to 240 lbs of produce for only 40 dollars! I'm not sure if we got all the way up to 240 lbs, but I think it was close. We also had the help of Beth's 3 kids and another little boy she was taking care of for the day. Everything is more complicated when kids are along, but it's always more fun!

Here is what we picked: 4 bags of carrots, 4 bags of onions, about 50 ears of corn, 1 bag of potatoes, 4 pumpkins, winter squash, 2 bags of beets, 4 bags tomatoes, and 1 huge head of cabbage

We're giving some of that bounty to friends and the rest I will be freezing and canning. Today I plan on freezing corn and carrots and canning tomatoes. Then I'll have these delicious local foods to enjoy all winter long.

Here we all are with just some of our pickings

New to the Blogging Community

Well folks, we've done it. We've joined the blogging community in hopes that it will keep us more connected with the people in our lives who no longer live nearby. I (Larae) will probably be doing most of the posting for both of us, and I know the format of the blog is going to need some work so be patient with me:-) I've never done this before!