At the beginning of the Eagles’ Hell Freezes over album, Glenn Frey announces: “For the record, we never broke up; we just took a 14-year vacation”.

Almost 16 years ago, I started building an RV-7 by buying the preview plans. I built the kit for a few years, sold the kit, bought back my same kit, then reluctantly sold it again. As it does, life just kept getting in the way.

So in Glenn’s spirit, “I didn’t quit building, I just took a 16-year vacation.”

Tonight, I went ahead and ordered the RV-8 Preview Plans. And about 100 clecos so I could meet the $200 free-shipping minimum.

I’m back to being motivated to build again, this time a tandem taildragger RV-8.

I know I’m a few days late from the actual 16-year anniversary, but it’s close enough to celebrate. How do you celebrate a late return to building?