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Bike Trunk
I have had a few questions around campus and on the road about my “bike trunk.” So here are a few photos and a brief description. Why? I’ve had one of those soft side trunks that straps to a bike … Continue reading
The Road Less Traveled … Spring 2011
We are doing a multi-week camping trip out west in Evie, our VW poptop van. I’m not blogging about the trip because Gwyneth does plenty of that on a daily basis on her blog. However, I’m writing this post to … Continue reading
Kayaking is risky … but not necessarily on the river!
Day 2 of solo cabin weekend. I had decided to paddle the Toccoa, a local class II creek. It is normally a sleepy trout stream and summer tubing run, but after a good rain it can be a lot of … Continue reading
Maintaining the land in the mountains …
A tree fell at the in-law’s cabin a few weeks ago. Thankfully, it missed the house (though it was close). A great neighbor came by with his chain saw last month and got a good start – he cut all … Continue reading
Mote Marine Aquarium
With Camile sick, Chloe and I headed to the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota. I love this place — it is a research facility and rehab hospital for injured dolphins and whales. So while smaller than other aquariums, … Continue reading
I saw Jupiter!
For Christmas I got “the kids” a telescope. This was largely motivated by our home schooling, since the kids both have an astronomy component. But it was equally motivated by my desire to learn my way around the night sky. … Continue reading
The coming end of the optical disk?
I have been wondering for years when this would start. USB “drives” have become ubiquitous. 8 Gb models now retail as cheap as $10, and cost much less than that to produce. Read-only (ROM) style memory requires even fewer transistors, … Continue reading
Visiting Mary Alice
An off-hand comment on a whitewater email list a few weeks ago started a conversation of “do you tree climb?” It resulted in an invitation for Chloe and I to visit Mary Alice, a willow oak maintained and groomed for … Continue reading
Hiking and Climbing Free Knob
I have not done any “wilderness” climbs – hiking in the woods just looking for a tree to climb. I have always wanted to climb to the top of Free Knob. Free Knob is a local peak located near the … Continue reading
Climbing “Pinky”
Today I gave Chloe her own tree climbing harness – I could not wait until Christmas! After a few hours of practice practice on a climbing rig that I setup on the porch at the cabin, Chloe was set to … Continue reading