The Rolling Steel Tent has no windows in the sliding side door, just recesses where windows would go on other models. When I prepared the va...

I dropped my passport renewal forms in the mail today. Of course, that means sending off my passport as well. Even though I won't be nee...

My sympathies go out to those who have been suffering through triple-digit heat this summer. Even though it's cooler up here at 7,000+...

The door is temporarily clamped in place for the purposes of contemplation, discussion and measurements. Oh, and that's a flooring sam...

The back interior wall, complete with window openings, is in place. The remaining wall will go up once some questions about the door are r...

I sleep under my summer-weight down quilt nearly every night. It's a king size even though by bed is a twin. I like to have its bulk a...

“What interesting places should I see?” Usually the people asking that question have innocent intentions, but it gets my cranky old man ha...

A Jungian archetypes quiz showed up on a friend’s Facebook feed. Here’s a heavy duty explanation of Jungian archetypes, and here’s a li...

I’m still reading about the Anasazi. Even though they built cities, they were primarily wanderers. “Tethered wanderers” as some archeologis...

It was a busy day at the shop. Forrest got an auxiliary gas tank installed on his project truck. More gasoline = more adventuring. Lou a...

The Rolling Steel Tent has modest power for its size and weight, so it needs to be in lower gears, revving like a maniac, to climb steep gra...

I woke up alone at the compound. Lou was off fishing and Forrest was somewhere else. So I took off, too, with no actual plan. That lack of i...

What looks like plywood Swiss cheese is actually the front panel of the Baultmobile kitchen cabinets.