October 02, 2011
Pick a color, any color.
September 19, 2011
Dain and Olivia backpacking in RMNP
Olivia's first backpacking trip. Dain did a great job showing her the ropes.
September 13, 2011
MYOG Down Quilt
August 31, 2011
The boys backpacking in RMNP
First backpacking trip with the boys to the Old Forest Inn backcountry site in Rocky Mountain National Park. Easy first trip, they had a blast. The only question they had was "When can we go again?".
July 19, 2011
July 04, 2011
July 03, 2011
May 12, 2011
Repairing silnylon on Golite SL-3
Shangri-La 3 Silnylon repair with embroidery hoop to stabilize fabric while patching.
I picked up a clearance sample Shangri-La 3 at the Golite sale in Boulder on Saturday. When I got it home and set it up for the first time, I found that it had 4-5 half moon cuts from the center pole being jammed in the stuff sack after the SL-3. All samples are sold as-is and they got me on this one, fortunately it was cheap.
My first repair attempt failed using Permatex flowable silicone. I had a tube of it left over from seam sealing the SL-2 last week. For some reason it just didn't have the right consistency, and combined with my inexperience, led to a patch that peeled the first time I put tension on it. After reading up on patching silnylon on http://www.backpackinglight.com I went to Home Depot and bought a tube of GE Silicone II. While doing the first repair I had trouble with the material wrinkling and sliding around and came up with the idea of using an embroidery hoop to make it easier to squeegee the patch with a putty knife. I put the hoop on with just enough tension to hold the material without wrinkles. Once I smoothed out the air bubbles it looked perfect. I'll have to see how it works after curing, but I think I have a successful repair.
May 11, 2011
Im in the Red.
Bailed on the tent leak test to the comfort of the house. I don't like Lightning especially with a 5 foot metal pole holding the tent up.
Being pounded in the Red Zone. Golite SL-5 leaks a lot.
I woke up sleeping in a puddle inside the SL-5 with 39mph wind gusts and horizontal rain. I should have seam sealed it first even though Golite tapes all the seams. A perfect example where new and improved=Fail!
April 08, 2011
December 31, 2010
November 24, 2010
September 02, 2010
August 09, 2010
July 18, 2010
Dain's First Backcountry Permit!
The little man gets his first backcountry permit. He's ready to pop from excitement!
July 13, 2010
Long Lake
Dain, working for his dinner.
Olivia Flips!
Olivia's first day as camp cook! The pancakes were perfect.
July 02, 2010
June 03, 2010
April 24, 2010
April 11, 2010
March 21, 2010
March 20, 2010
March 19, 2010
Flat tire, Rats!
Lucky guy that I am, it was in the Wal-Mart parking lot,
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March 12, 2010
March 11, 2010
March 04, 2010
December 08, 2009
Today's Bike Ride: Macintosh Lake
7F with 10-12mph winds. Wind chill at -10F. Fracking cold ride today. Spent an hour on the bike to go a whopping 9 miles in 5 inches of new snow mixed with chocolate mousse and oatmeal snow from Monday's storm. Great day to be outside!
November 12, 2009
Riding Fall Fields
I love watching the cycle of fields through the seasons. When the combines make the last pass it means cold bike rides are coming.
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October 03, 2009
At Bat
Waiting for the ball !!!!!!!!!!!
August 27, 2009
August 02, 2009
August 01, 2009
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