I'm ashamed to say that I forsook the assembly this morning, but I had a strong urge to get some fence building done and I did it.  All that's left now is to put in the last gate brace, mount the gate, and drive in a few steel t-posts to tighten things up.  I'll probably put a strand of electric wire around the bottom later to prevent the dogs from digging out, but that's no big deal.

Dad has a spare fence charger.  I'll have to get the last bit of equipment sometime this week.

And boy am I wiped out.

I also put on two batches of jerky this morning.  One that I call Sweet Hickory, and the other my Original Recipe, which I haven't made in several years.  It's only a little spicy, with garlic and onion, some black pepper and cayenne, and just a pinch of sage.

I have a spreadsheet with a bunch of my recipes on it.  There are actually four versions of the Original, each a little spicier than the last, because people where I used to work were so picky about how much heat they could handle.