Welcome to yet another person's build blog!
I'm a few bricks short of being a bricks and mortar tinyhouse builder.
In fact it's JUST ME so don't expect much progress right now.
September brings back camping weather so check back in a couple of weeks.
Cambodia
Diane is down in Cambodia with Michael and is reporting back with news of her visit. Blog
Note to myself
“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.” -Swedish proverb
The Story of Stuff
This is so well done that I have to pass it on. I have been processing my “stuff” for so many years. I hope to figure out a way to be very comfortable without all the crapola have I accumulated. Check this out if you want. http://www.storyofstuff.org/
Arrived in Pensacola
It took me 10-1/2 hours to do the 7 hour drive because I took the scenic route. The part I wanted to photograph was fogged in but I will take some shots on the first return trip to check on the boat. The southeastern panhandle is pretty but the locals…
From the Lois Joke Collection
Tarp bailout
The first sound I heard this morning was rain beating on the parking lot. The weather station projected all day and got it right this time. I wanted to stay on US17 but Savannah routes you to I95 and that is where the trouble began. Going fast was going to…
Singing in the rain
Charleston has a great radio station. I could only last until midnight so I am in a Days Inn somewhere north of Savannah. The weather may be culling my stuff which could be a good thing. All is well.
MESSAGE REMOVED
Yesterday’s post was found to be in violation of this websites policies against free speech so let’s just get back to talking about the weather and pretend nothing has happened. Hot enough for you?
Oriental moving and storage
It looks like I need to re-purchase all my stuff in a freeze dried form because it is not going to fit on the truck. Plus, I still have to empty the boat when I get back to Palatka and where is all that going to go I wonder. Maybe…
All aboard
I just arrived in Raleigh. I couldn’t afford a sleeper car so I assumed I wasn’t allowed to sleep and that worked out well. As soon as the clock struck 6 I was sucking down coffee. Plenty of people were sick. I can do the math. Sleep deprived me surrounded…
Boats,trains, cars and no planes
Today started out at Memaws Restaurant putting on an eating exhibition for the local folks. Eggs,bacon,grits,toast and a couple of pancakes. Lloyd bought me a couple of 10′ lengths of 1″ pvc pipe. The gift that keeps on giving. We tied one end of one section to the bow cleat…
The other Meadowlark
It turns out there is another boat like mine here in Palatka and the owner introduced me to a neighbor of his who can watch Spark for a few months. I may try to move there today and start stripping sails and canvas because she will be under the trees…
Palatka until Thursday
I will be headed to the boat for a couple of days and will be without a connection. Stay tuned.
Living small
A good friend pointed out this very nice “Park Model”.
Teardrop Trailers
These little jewels were popular about 50 years ago and now are available as plans or from the companies that build them today. You can click on most of the pictures I show and a larger version will pop up. Click on the bigger pictures and they will close.
Omar the Tentmaker
They changed our forecast where the lower 20’s will continue into Monday but all is well because I am in a fancy motorhome cover tent that will capture the heat from the wall unit.
I got the music in me
Maybe some people are not supposed to be alone. As soon as I wake up in the morning I start humming something or other. It might not even be a song. I have never really ever been a big music person like some of you. I had a couple of…
Palatka
My enclosures are 3-sided. Port, starboard and front. Not much help when the wind is behind you but this was a shorter day. I used four of those heat packets. One in each shoe and one in each glove. Palatka looked really good on arrival and it was great to…
Pine Island to Julington Creek
It was so cold pouring in that jug of fuel this morning. An Albin 28 had come in just after dark and they waved on the way out the creek. The name of the boat was “Slow Motion” and I was to see them twice more with both of us…
Leaving St. Augustine
I spent the night on shore at Ashton Whipple’s house. Some of you in Oriental know and love Ashton. He didn’t get serious about art until he was 60 years old but his work is beautiful and I got to hear the stories behind some of the paintings. His daughter…