At last, a valid reason for making no progress on the RV-12

All of my other lame excuses pale compared with this one.  On September 27th, while riding my bicycle in the rain (first act of stupidity for that day), I fell while crossing a railroad track and broke my femur into three pieces.  The railroad track runs at about a 45 degree angle to the road, simply requiring that I slow down and steer the bike so that I'm crossing the rails at a 90 degree angle.  Cycling 101, right?

Instead, as is my usual habit (second act of stupidity), I attempted to bunny hop over the track and fell as if smacked down by the hand of god (I said smacked, not shmacked -- even if I do spend part of the year in Boulder). This resulted in a new titanium rod in my leg, extending from my knee to my hip.  The titanium structure below the knee is a result of a car wreck in 2005, and extends from ankle to knee.  In all future bike crashes, I'll try to fall on that side since it would be difficult to break it again with all the titanium in there.  I suggested to the Spousal Unit (my beautiful Ironman wife, Karen) that when she has me cremated she should retrieve all the titanium and put it on the mantle over the fireplace.  She didn't see the humor in that.

The good news is that after going from a walker to two crutches to one crutch, I'm now able to stand long enough to actually make progress on the airplane.  I still can't stand for long periods, but it's a start.

I ordered the finishing kit (a deceptive name since when it's finished I'm nowhere near finished with the airplane). The kit arrives in one month, which means the wings have to be finished and on the wing stand before the finishing kit arrives.  The right wing requires only that I finish the wing tip, then I have to repeat the entire skinning process for the left wing (except for the landing light, thankfully -- anyone who installs a landing light in both wings is a glutton for punishment).  Looking ahead, it seems that money will be the limiting factor in the completion of the project.  When I look at what I've built, it seems that I'm way more than half way done.  From a cost standpoint, however, I'm not.  The engine kit and avionics kit are horrendously expensive.