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Stripping the Deck

More progress on my pine strip microBootlegger Sport kayak construction project. After stripping the hull was complete (here), it was time to flip it over and start on the deck. After flipping it over, the first look comes with a bit of shock.  All that work that had been done disappeared and it looked like… [Read More]

Monsoon Season on the Continental Divide

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How about some views of the Continental Divide as it runs thru southwest New Mexico – but this time during monsoon season?!?!? Your wish is my command… This year we had a really fantastic monsoon season with lots of rain. That six weeks of rain really transforms the high desert!! I wish the video really… [Read More]

Kayak Hull Taking Shape

The strip built kayak that I previously mentioned here is taking shape.  As a reminder, it is a microBootlegger Sport designed by Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks. Actually, starting to look pretty good. At this stage, it is simply a process of adding strips.  As I mentioned in the last post, it’s pretty repetitive work. Each… [Read More]

New Project Revealed

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You guys had some excellent guesses about my next project (here)! Two of you guessed a balance beam – but only one of you took it to mean that I was making a run at an Olympic gold medal in women’s gymnastics!!  While that’s always been a dream… that’s not the direction I’m headed… yet…. [Read More]

The Next Project

I’ve started working on the next project! The following are a few photos.  What could it be?!?!

A Table with Coffee??

I needed a coffee table. Why?? Well… on which to put my coffee, of course.  That is what a coffee table is for, right? One can always buy a coffee table but I’m not really into that – at least at the moment. I wanted to build one – a DIY thing. My woodworking skills… [Read More]

Flying Utah – Spectacular!!

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It has been a windy spring this year so when a weather window opened up last weekend I was off to the Utah backcountry!! The goal was to enjoy the amazing sights that is southeast Utah. The backcountry flying there is spectacular!! Here is the first video of this trip – more to come!! https://youtu.be/FeWjuIimli8… [Read More]

Black Fire

The Black Fire is raging in the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Area. That is near the Gila Wilderness Area and not too awful far from my location. Before sunrise a couple days ago, we had some cloud cover and the sky was glowing because of the fire. I took a couple photos. My camera decided to… [Read More]

Shooting the stars!

There has been so much going on lately that I don’t know where to start… I’ll just share some recent results of something new that I’ve been working on – astrophotography! Otherwise known as shooting the stars or wandering around in the dark with a camera taking photographs! 🙂 Photography is certainly a very challenging… [Read More]