August 2019 After 11 trips to Burning Man, I have my camping system down. Other than a few tweaks each year, I take the same gear. I have found it’s a lot easier and less stressful when I use gear dedicated to the event, even when it means having duplicate…
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Sunday, May 24, 2020 I had planned to head out to River Song last night after our kayak trip, but I got home after 10:00 p.m. It just didn’t make sense to leave that late and arrive around midnight; I might as well get a good night’s sleep at home…
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 Fred and I planned to meet up Saturday for some kayaking. We wanted to go some place new, so we had decided on Olympia’s Boston Harbor. However, he texted me Wednesday night: there was a change of plans. We were going to meet up with a…
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May 15 to 17, 2020 The weather forecast promised a stormy weekend. Sweet! I love hearing rain pound the roof of my cozy little cabin. It was one of the reasons I chose a corrugated metal roof! But first, a beautiful Friday afternoon. Twelve minutes after the workday ended, I…
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May 8 to 10, 2020 I needed a break from peopling, so took Friday off work and headed out to River Song. My plans included installing the new emergency exit upstairs, , rebuilding the mudroom roof, laying laminate flooring downstairs, building a compost bin, and attacking that fallen red alder…
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May 2 & 3, 2020 My first night in my new cabin! I said last week I was finished with Phase I, which to me is the cabin’s shell. The foundation, frame, walls, and roof are all in. (Almost! The mud room/loo still has a “redneck roof,” but I’m in…
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