Fun in Denver!

It got cold this year and people started posting how terrible it was in West Virginia, so I took some pictures of the backyard. Looking pretty good! … [Read more...] about 2024 Polar Freeze

Christmas 2023 started rough when the tree came crashing down and destroyed most of the ornaments and jewels; along with one of the rings. I'd been meaning to add some kind of winch system for years, but I was finally motivated to get one installed. Then the Modern … [Read more...] about Christmas 2023

After the travel-heavy schedule of 2023, we decided to stay home for Lina's birthday, which means Friendsgiving. We didn't want to get out of control like the year we had 20+ people over, so we kept it intimate this year. But we did have enough food for 30 people, of course. We … [Read more...] about Friendsgiving 2023

I bought a foldable kayak on Kickstarter before COVID and they ran into a lot of problems in their supply chain, which delayed the kayak's delivery by a year, or so and they had hacked together a seat with the parts they could get in order to keep shipping. It arrived too late … [Read more...] about The Pre-COVID Foldable Kayak Actually Floats

We needed a truck to pull the Airstream. The Airstream is far from ready, but we also might be spending a good chunk of the winter in Palm Springs, so more storage for those trips would help as well. I've been periodically looking at truck ads to get a feel for pricing and see … [Read more...] about Lina Bought a New Truck