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• Ryan Austin Downing

• Neil Jehan Downing

• Cooper Nathan Sprocket Downing

• Trenton Axel Downing

Happenings

• 2007
  • Rehab
  • Oops, Crash Eddy on the road again ... literally
  • 70
  • Legacy Injuries Haunt
  
  
• 2006
  • Diwali
  • RAID 5 Rework
  • Hutchins' 50th
  • Home Entertainment Center - Redux
  • AVP at Seaside Heights NJ
  • Biennial Hip Joint Examination
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  
  
• 2005
  • Jeanne visits India
  
  
• 2004
  • New road sign
  • Replace the roof
  • Felled dead red oak
  
  
• 2003
  • Home Entertainment Center
  • High school 50th reunion
  • Repair lightning strike damage
  • A new door for the Trooper
  • Eric weds Christine
  • Going Timeshare !NOT!
  • Pisces Party
  • New wheels
  • Going geothermal
  • Wood Stove Alcove
  
  
• 2002
  • December Ice Storm
  • August 15, 7 PM at REI - Long Distance Solo Touring
  • July 6 - Neil's first birthday party
  • National Trails Day
  • Pisces Party
  • January Winter Wonderland

Bicycling

• 2008
  • Bike Virginia
  • Oh Melo Velo
• 2007
  • Oh Melo Velo
• 2006
  • Cycle NC
  • Oh Melo Velo
  • Tour de Florida
• 2005
  • Bike Virginia
  • Governor Morehead School Summer Camp
  • US Pro Road Race
  • Oh Melo Velo
  
  
• 2004
  • Bike Virginia
  • Oh Melo Velo
  • Tour de Florida
  • New Year's Day
  
  
• 2003
  • Labor Day with the Tarpits
  • Bike Virginia
  • Tandem Rallies
  • Oh Melo Velo
  • Charlotte Sports Cycling
  
  
• 2002, mostly solo on my 'dale
  • Oct 10: Cycle North Carolina
  • June 19: Oh Melo Velo 75 KM Time Trial
  • Fast Eddy's birthday party rides to HLCP
  • Oh Melo Velo rides again in 2002
  • A proposal for South Wake riders
  • First ride since the crash
  
  
• 2001, mostly on our tandem "Maizey"
  • Wilmington Tandem Rally (Fall)
  • Cycle North Carolina
  • First Annual Meadows of Dan Tandem Rally (Fall)
  • Smith and Claude's "Chicken" Ride
  • BRB100
  • MOOSA
  • Bike Virginia
  • The Assault on Marion
  • Tour de Lakes
  • California Tour (February)
  
  
• 2000
  • Tour de Lakes

Homemade Tools and Adaptations, mostly Bicycle

• RealLITE on BoB YAK Trailer
• Tandem Topper for Camry
• Small Engine Flywheel Puller
• Power Sprayer Wand Extension
• Timing Chain Puller
• Hypercracker
• Cateye Astrale Splice
• Redefining the term "Half Bike"
• Speedplay Greaser Enhancement
• Presta Stem Enhancement
• HiTech Tire Boot
• Work Stand - Single Bike Model
• Work Stand - Tandem Model

Fishing

• 2002
  • November 1-4: Hatteras
• 2006
  • October 29-November 1: Hatteras

Wildlife around us in 2006-2001

• Barred Owl (Strix varia)
• Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)
• Bluegill/Bream (Lepomis macrochirus)
• Broadheaded Skink (Eumeces laticeps)
• Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
• Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludoviciantus)
• Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata)
• Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
• Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus)
• Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
• Five-lined Skink (Eumeces faciatus)
• Funnel Weaver (Agelenidae)
• Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
• Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus))
• Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea)
• Imperial moth larva (Eacles imperialis)
• Kommon House Kat (Kipper wanteous supper)
• Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma Americanum)
• Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
• Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
• Northern Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)
• Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
• Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)
• Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
• Preying Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
• Red Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
• Red-bellied Woodpecker (Centurus carolinus)
• Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae)
• Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
• Spotted Garden Slug (Limax maxumus)
• Terrestrial Snails (unknown)
• White Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus macroura)
• White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
• White-spotted Slimy Salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus)
• Wolf Spider (Lycosa sp.)
• Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
• Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta)

Sierra Club Service Outings

OMV DVD Lending Library

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Family Archive

• 2005 May - Cooper's first birthday party
• 2005 March - FastEddy's new teeth
• 2002 July 6 - Neil's first birthday party
• 2002 May 27 - Brian at VIR
• 2002 January 1 - FastEddy's new T
• 2001 December - FastEddy's loose screw
• 2001 Halloween - our USA flag spotlighted
• 2000 Summer - The Raised Beds Project
• 1998 August 29 - Brian and Meher's wedding
• 1996-7 FastEddy's fixated clavicle bends
• 1995 Summer - Colorado Springs
• circa 1940/1 - Thelma, Edward, Dennis, and SusieQ - Harrisville MI