I got tools from Rio Grande this afternoon. Clockwise from the top. Ring mandrel — very pleased with the quality and heft. Parallel pliers — thank you Sarah L. for getting me addicted to those expensive little dears. Raw hide mallet for banging on …
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Garden Report
The peonies are almost ready to bloom. How odd that I saw my sister’s peonies in full bloom in Pittsburgh more than 2 weeks ago.
Read MoreFeeling Nesty — Part I
Today we declared a scavenger hunt day. We have a list of things we’d like to have for the house but haven’t found just the right one yet. We were wildly successful. Our last gazebo was destroyed by the snow last …
Read MoreChicken Report
Mz. Frizzle and her brood of 10 are out and about every day now.
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Final
Some interesting numbers and random observations: Total miles: 6804 Gallons of gas: 257 Average price/gallon: $2.69 Average MPG: 26.47 (i’m skeptical but considering the cruise control was in use for most of the non-photo-op driving it could be possible.) Hotels: 14 …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 24
Not so much a trip report as a weather report. There’s weather approaching from the northwest (hello canada, hello snow) and I’m heading, um, northwest. Somewhere the snow and I are going to meet. I was just hoping to pick …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 23
From Minot, ND to Glasgow, MT. Cool, overcast. It didn’t actually rain but it was very threatening. Hwy 2 is often an interesting road in that it varies between two-lane and newly divided four-lane. This occasionally leads to confusing lane …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 22
Oh my, it’s a windy damn country. Blowing hard enough that the upwind car door is almost too heavy to open. Yipes. I was planning on two dams today but only made one. Saw a lot of other stuff instead. All …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 21
Spent much of today vacillating between ‘I want to be home right now — how fast can i get there?’ and ‘the interstate is killing me — how much extra time will it take?’ Somewhere around Sergeant’s Bluff IA I had the motorists’ equivalent of …
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