Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
In my quest for a radio, there was the non-productive trip to HRO in Portland on Friday, where the entire point was for me to look at radios in person and buy one. During the drive down on Friday, I was still rather torn between the virtues of a handheld versus the mobile install in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2007 No Comments »
It was decided over the course of about 15 minutes that we’d go to Burning Man 07. Bryan will bring the Airstream over to the desert, and we’ll make do with what we’ve got for the week, and then bring it back to Seattle. Jenn also made a bold spur of the moment decision to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
Photos I should always remember to make a plan and stick to the plan. The plan was originally was to take the day off, go down to Portland at a decent time, have a look around HRO, find a radio, buy it and have it to install on Sunday. Aaron and Amanda we originally going [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2007 1 Comment »
Photos Victoria and I have been talking about cloning Aaron’s dog Sam since we met him, and had the good fortune to be able to acquire a 4 month old puppy yesterday that appears virtually identically (uncannily identical). They could be twins. They are both Lab / Border Collie crosses. We’ve named her Lux, a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2007 4 Comments »
Betty needs a new and improved winch compatible bumper. I’ve narrowed it down to 2 contenders: The first bumper is made locally in Washington State by Steve’s Jeep Fab and is close enough I can drive to pick it up and pretty much half the cost of the other contender. It’s lighter, and due to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Our overland trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (22°52’51.35″N 109°54’51.12″W) will run from 11/3/07 through 11/11. Driving distance from Tijuana to San Lucas is said to be about 1623km.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Dates for the overland trip via Alaska to the Arctic Ocean (70°11’16.55″N 148°26’12.65″W) are: 7/26/08 through 8/3.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Photos Meanwhile as I was pondering how to build brackets, Aaron gave Victoria a welding 101 course. She took to it pretty quickly, I was impressed.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Photos I need to fabricate some Jerry Can brackets for my roof rack, and I keep looking at the design on the Unimog. I really like the way they work, although I can’t straight out copy them. These are a bunch of pictures I took mostly to get inspiration to come up with a new [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Photos The dark midnight blue color just had to go! I was concerned for the psychological development of Aaron & Amanda’s kid after he pointed out the wall sort of looked like an attitude indicator. We mixed up a custom color and got the first coat done in record time.