Well if Arcturus had a “tummy tuck” when his brake and drive line were repaired earlier this month, today he is getting a “face lift.” In June as we started our trip to Alaska, Arcturus caught a fair sized rock in the passenger side windshield. We hadn’t even gotten to the gravel roads yet. Continue reading Face Lift:
Category Archives: Travels
Ripping:
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Little things are always failing in our home. This time it was the CD changer in our music system. The changer suddenly became spastic and would continually shuffle one disk in and out of the player. I couldn’t get it to eject the eight CD clip to retrieve my CD’s. Continue reading Ripping:
Tummy Tuck
Arcturus, our home and transportation as we travel around North America was feeling somewhat neglected after carrying us safely to Alaska and back. The parking brake was getting a little wimpy so we made him an appointment at Pacific Power Products in Ridgefield Washington. They also replaced some universal joint bearings and tightened a few loose bits and pieces while they were looking under Arcturus’s tummy. I guess that makes it a tummy tuck.
On Turning One
Everyone should get a chance to have a first birthday party. You should get to have everyone dote over you; cheering over even a baby step. You should get to have lots of other babies your age around to play with your new toys while you have fun bopping the helium balloons around. You should get to have your own special birthday cake all to yourself. Continue reading On Turning One
The ‘Bent Tour
‘Bent as in recumbent, meaning a laid back bicycle. We have been trying for a couple of years to get together with Bob Bryant and his platoon of recumbent cyclists in Port Townsend, Washington. Today we made the connection. The first thing we found out was that Port Townsend is built on a series of hills. Continue reading The ‘Bent Tour