I have been essentially storing the trike at the BTW clubhouse. The *intent* was to have it down there to work on it, but mundane life has ensured that I have had little time to pack up and head down there, compounded by the need to keep my footprint there at a minimum for the holidays. Now that our (probably) final holiday shindig there has concluded, perhaps I can make some progress working on it down there.

But first, I want to get some stuff done that is arguably easier to do at home, such as the welding I need to do to complete the adapter plate.

An acquaintance is building an airplane from a kit and whilst perusing the builder’s guide on their website, I stumbled upon a piece of advice that I had inadvertently ignored: “[your construction space] should be as close to home as possible. Driving any distance at all to work on the [airplane, trike, whatever] will drive the time to build up by unimaginable amounts. One [airplane kit] builder estimated that having to drive only four miles to work on his project doubled his construction time.”

It also says that “Good light, air conditioning or heat as the climate requires, good ventilation and good organization are essential. An uncomfortable place to work means hurried, often poor, work.”

In my case, those are almost exclusive of one another. The clubhouse is a fairly well lighted space that has a roof over it, a decent amount of work space and a few specialty tools that are absent at home. It is, however, 4-5 miles from home.

My driveway is covered but otherwise essentially outdoors, and crowded with stored tools and vehicles. It is, however, very close to home.