Semi-Social Distance Saturday.

Semi-Social Distance Saturday.

We did pretty good today. Amy did have to take the dog to the vet this morning, but otherwise we stayed home, tried to stay clean and maintained some distance betwixt ourselves. Since I am still working at the Ortho Clinic, I've been sleeping in the back bedroom and...

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Fire & Adze

Fire & Adze

  https://vimeo.com/402266036 More work on the canoe. Using fire and an adze to hollow out the cottonwood log. Visit adventuresidecar.com for other adventures, poetry and even recipes. more information about the dugout canoe project can be found at:...

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Throwback Thursday – Big Red

Throwback Thursday – Big Red

I got a phone call the other night from Ike, the fellow who ended up with my big bore KLR rig. He had some questions about the tail-light wiring. Unfortunately, I couldn't help him; the tail-light was something Larryboy installed before I swapped bikes with him. It...

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Dugout Project Update

Dugout Project Update

             A long period of neglect followed Robert’s visit last August to help me start the canoe project. Mushrooms sprouted from the ends of the log (Pholiota populnea, pretty, but unfortunately inedible). I feared the log would turn out to be rotten.            ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/12/25 6:00 48F (8.8C) Moon waning gibbous, no wind, partial clouds. The waning moon looks like a punctured ball, bleeding puffs and streamers of silvery gas across the night, its soft light reflected in the water pooled on the deck.      ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    10/11/25 7:30 48F (8.8C) Overcast with blue patches showing behind the torn fabric of clouds. Still and quiet on the ground, west winds aloft. The morning is muted, the colors dull and soggy from last night's rain. Birds chirp and trill with hushed...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/10/25 7:30 50F.(10C) Broken overcast, heavy dew, light breeze. The clouds overhead seem to be coming from the south.                                        ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/9/25 6:30 51F (10.5C) No wind. Cloudy and raining lightly. It looks like we had a good soaking last night. I think I  got everything that would be a nuisance to get wet off the truck and put away yesterday,  but I still need  to unload the tipi poles.  ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/8/25 7:00 40F (4.4C) Blue sky with a light breeze coming up the canyon. It's Wednesday morning, the last day in camp. The creek is nattering on like a garrulous old man. Somewhere upstream a squirrel is chatting with the birds, who whistle incredulously at...

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