Other things that aren’t part of a series
Where to begin? We Milddogs ordered our van in October of 2020 and took delivery April 13, 2021 (same day we got our first COVID vaccine). When borders opened up we embarked on a 6 week adventure down through the states with our destination being Arizona. We called this the AFY Tour. AFY is an…
Disclaimer: This is not an indepth review of the concert. There are thousands of those out there. There are just as many live streams you can watch. So put on your google gloves and type away if that is what you seek. Let’s go way back. Imagine it’s over a decade ago. Cellular data is…
You may have inferred by the way I clench my jaw as I type the “word” ebike, that I think they are and will be an important part of our human story to lessen our need for cars. Perhaps extend our ability to explore and slow down. But I don’t have an ebike, yet. When…
For the last 4 years I have walked (obsessively) for mental and physical health. This week I crossed 4 years without missing a day and surpassed 9000 total kilometres. You may remember that we had a COVID pandemic. For us, in this part of the world, things really changed in March of 2020. It was…
This post has nothing to do with #vanlife. TL;DR: You might not be saving money running your heat pump vs your Natural Gas furnace. You can calculate this, fairly easily. It would be nice if the Ecobee would allow you to set the crossover point based on the electricity TOU phase. Preamble The cost efficiency…
Yes, we went to Killarney Provincial Park in November. November 1st to be exact. This trip was to be the sequel to our canoe trip two years ago. But, this one was a bit different. First of all, Mr. Gossamer Gear could not attend due to illness. We were sad. Second difference was that we…
Yup, it happened. But how did it happen? Where did they go? What did they ride? Hasn’t been much of a riding year for me. I’ve only put about 2000 km on the Super Tenere. Mostly because I was commuting with another person to work for the summer. Weather didn’t help motivate us to plan…
Cousin Otis and I chose to ignore the world and go for a lovely ride May 31, 2014. Nope, we didn’t join the “Ride for Dad” (which is a great charity event), we went our own way. I’m not big on group rides. Nature gave us an absolutely wonderful day. Some background first Otis an…
Back when I went on the Wednesday night hang, Mr. Gossamer Gear was showing off his rolled aluminum alcohol stoves (BIOS) made by www.minibulldesign.com. They were pretty cool and I was fascinated by the rolled can. You can watch how they are made by looking at MBD’s YouTube channel. I watched a bunch of videos and…
There is nothing in this post about motorcycles (except that I didn’t ride mine on this adventure). The hammock guys had a plan: After work we drive up to a beautiful spot, hang the hammocks, tell some stories, enjoy the scenery, sleep and then head to work in the morning. A brief note about product…
