I have high hopes of doing some camping from my mountain bike in 2013. In some circles, this is called BikePacking. It’s similar to the long existing form of bike touring and carrying all your gear except this done on a mountain bike and is done off the beaten path (mostly). I’m spending some time… [Read More]
Archives for December 2012
In search of Christmas Dinner
Filling Christmas day with activities was priority numero uno for me. The day was not forecast to be great with some wind all day but doing some flying was important so I disregarded that little issue. Finding Christmas Dinner was high on the list of priorities! I had the engine heater setup the night before… [Read More]
Aviators Night Before Christmas
The Aviators Night Before Christmas. Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore – author of this version unknown but I’d be happy to give credit… T’was the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp, Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ. The aircraft were fastened to tie downs with care, In hopes that — come… [Read More]
End of the World
I am stoked!! Today is the end of the world!! I know where I’m going and I am ready – let’s get this show on the road! Hopefully this will be my last post. If not, then things didn’t work out with the whole Mayan calendar and end of the world thing.
Solar Hot Tub Heater Part 2
Note from JD: This is a continuation of the previous post titled Solar Hot Tub Heater. The fourth day of testing the solar water heater (continued from above post): At noon, the outside temperature was 41 degrees when the system was first checked. The water that had been in the collector overnight was pumped into… [Read More]
Engine Power ROT
ROT – Rule of Thumb. In the world of experimental aviation, it seems that there are a never ending supply of people that believe that they can make an internal combustion engine produce a great deal of power while using a very little fuel. This is nothing new – it’s been going on for as… [Read More]
Solar Hot Tub Heater
As part of our new “Homemade Money” plan – also known as the energy usage reduction plan, green plan, greenback plan, and ‘we wanna pay lower utility bills’ plan; it is time to get started on a solar collector to heat hot tub water. The goal of this is for us to spend less money… [Read More]
Ski Truck Epilogue
In initial post on this topic (here), I warned you what was coming. In this post, I show the results!! The scenario: Wake up in my own bed, notice that the skies are clear, the ski resort has fresh snow, and the forecast is for no wind all day. The goal: Load my ski equipment… [Read More]
Not Pumping
Remember all that cash I invested in my septic system earlier this year? If not, it is chronicled here. In short, my lift station had collapsed and a whole new lift station was needed along with the lift pump, wiring, risers, pump out, etc… Interestingly enough, the system started backing up again the other day. … [Read More]
PVC Bike Stand
I have found that I MUST stay busy. If I don’t, bad things start to happen (as in depression and all that it does to a person) – particularly at this time of year. Winter is an easy time for me to lay around and feel lousy, throw Christmas on top of it, and… well…… [Read More]