planning a solo ride from Fallon to Mammoth. Just in case anyone needs to find me...

Vina Del Mar, Chile

Just a few pictures from Vina Del Mar, Chile.  The night shots are from the balcony of my hotel room, and the view is about all it has going for it.  The old pier is pretty cool, the crane dates back to the 30's.  It was a tourist attraction for a while, but was shut down a while back.

Raised Bed Garden

Here we are building a raised bed garden from alfalfa bales we bought from a local farmer.  They were $7.50 ea for first cut hay, and each bed uses 8.  We built one today, and have enough materials for one more.  The soil is a mix of aged cow and horse manure, and kitchen scrap compost.  In the background is the frame of our hoophouse, which has been in the making for quite some time.

Panamanian Indian

I returned from Panama last night after spending 4 days down there working for the First Lady. I picked up a few Christmas presents from this native indian who told me proudly that she made everything by hand. This trip really got my travel bug going again. Now if I can just convince Kori to start riding.....

Brandon grubbing down on the largest corn dog either of us have ever seen!

This is similar in concept to Kori's fingerpaint Jeep, except this one is a Lego Jeep.

Here is some inspiriation for Kori and all the dead pens we seem to collect.

Life size moustrap game, complete with a full size safe. You have to feel the ground shake when it falls to believe it!

The Governator as an earth hugging solar powered walking robot cart thing...