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	<description>All of life is a grand adventure</description>
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		<title>New Truck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 10 great years with my SUV, we broke down and bought a new truck.  The SUV was/is a great vehicle, but really struggled to pull the pontoon boat.  We wanted to lock in payments on a vehicle before I retire so we can work down the principal a bit.  After looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coys come to visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My sister and her family came out to the house for a few days last weekend.  It was a wonderful time of catching up, playing games, and eating excellent meals.  

We broke out into an intense game of beanbag toss.  The girls really got into it, and really got good at scoring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greg and clan comes to town</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My brother and his family came to visit us in LaPine.  It was a wonderful time of catching up and hanging out with my big brother.  I miss the time we used to spend just talking about each other&#8217;s lives, and getting his input/advice.
We went to Sisters to attend the Quilt Show.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=143</link>
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		<title>Working on the truck kit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are buying a new truck to replace my 10-year old SUV.  The SUV still runs great, but we&#8217;d like to start making payments on a new vehicle when we still have the buying power of my military pay.
I made a kit for my old pickup (circa 1988) that really helped us travel with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=140</link>
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		<title>Bean Bag toss project complete</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Work on the bean bag toss game finished today.  Suprisingly to me, I squeezed this in during halts on the poker table.  Per my usual, I underestimated the time it would take.  I did have a good feel for project steps and it was well within my tool and skill level to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=134</link>
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		<title>And It&#8217;s Done</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The poker table project is done (see image below, with my &#8220;supervisor&#8221; approving of the work).  Considering I started just 3 weeks ago (and frittered away the first week really) not too bad.  Like any of my projects, there are things I&#8217;d do much differently the second time.  Before I forget, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=128</link>
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		<title>Work on the railing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Out of all the project steps, this one is most definitely a two person process.  Not understanding how much foam I&#8217;d truly need I bought a 1 inch High Density roll from Jo Ann&#8217;s.  One thing is certain&#8230;I had no clue how expensive foam is.  When it came time for this step [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=126</link>
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		<title>More project steps, and help from another friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Included below are images for the table top itself.  The red felt really looks nice, and is snug against the top.  Underneath there is some &#8220;headliner foam&#8221;.  In retrospect, I may have used thin bubble wrap stuff because the headliner foam was dang expensive.  But not as much as the whisper vinyl.
 
Here&#8217;s the felt mounted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=118</link>
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		<title>Table Project-Recap of First Steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The poker table project kicked off just before Shelley left for a &#8220;she-cation&#8221; to the NW.  As I posted before, I used Mark Junell&#8217;s approach as my starting point Link.  But I wanted to modify what he did a bit because he used 3 sheets of 3/4 plywood for his table.  3/4 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=115</link>
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		<title>Milestone + Starting Hands for Hold Em</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had my first Royal Flush.  I was only able to squeeze out .12 (it was a cash ring game) after hitting it from the guy that was heads up with me.  Still, to hit the highest hand type (odds of getting a Royal Flush are approximately 1 in 649,740) is cool nonetheless.
I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grandadventure.net/?p=109</link>
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