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Team OYB: Home Again, Home Again!
August 11, 2010 - We've been gone over a month but now we're all home.
The grass is long.
I don't know much more than that yet.
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Martha has always wanted to live in a fieldstone house. She just found this: http://www.cbgreatlakes.com/Property/100811314/Showcase
Too bad it just got fixed up--that's what we need to do to a place if ... > Read
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Potential Up North Cottage?
August 08, 2010 - I keep wondering if this old trailer could be revived...
It's dry inside. All it needs is a little cleaning. Too bad there's no shade... We could erect a canvas post tent over it, fore'n'aft.
It has a swanky 70's style inside.
Solar cell, batteries... A propane pig... It has blue enamel appliances...
It's on our friend... > Read
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Favorite Time at the Beach...
August 07, 2010 - My favorite time at the beach so far was when I went out into the waves the other day to wash up. Of course, I used my biodegradable camp soap.
It was at the rocky Northport state park campground. I waded out into the pounding, huge waves with my water-booties on. It was in the evening. I was the only person out there. It's sh... > Read
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Team OYB: Coincidences Galore on the Road
August 02, 2010 - We've had a good dozen coincidences so far during our month abroad, up north living in our trailer.
We've also moved about 6 times now.
(A lovely wooden daysailor just drove past me as I type at a sidewalk cafe -- the Silvertree Deli, home of free wifi -- in Sutton's Bay.)
Yesterday I biked twice, swam twice, went sailin... > Read
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Team OYB: Our 4th Summer Home!
July 23, 2010 - We recently moved the Team OYB Vintage Travel Trailer over to near Lake Leelenau at our friends Sue and Gary's house. It's our fourth stop on the Summer Art Fair Tour. 3 more to go!
They have a buncha acres and down near the end of their long dirt driveway is an old abandoned trailer home. I explored it the other day. It's dry in... > Read
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Team OYB Up North! ...Week 1
July 13, 2010 - Well, we've been up north how long now? I can't remember! I guess it's been a week.
We've done two art fairs. Martha is having a great time selling her LazyGal fabric art goodies.
Our trailer life has been perfect so far. We arrived on Day One late at night in a crowded, quiet Petoskey State Park...and I backed the trailer in... > Read
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A New Rule for the Seat-of-the-Pants Gang...
July 02, 2010 - New rule:
"When you have neither time, money, skill nor help: wing it!"
(...If the odds aren't too bad. And you're not too high off the ground...)
(That's what we're doing with our upcoming travel trailer getaway. They say we should regrease our hubs. How? It's just too much. It's all worked great so far. ...So, we'll pla... > Read
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Searching for Their $500 Toilets
June 23, 2010 - I remember in the 1970's when there were news items about the military paying $500 for a toilet seat and maybe also $500 for a hammer.
Everyone seemed to me to be shocked by this and said "This kind of thing has to stop! It'll ruin the nation!"
Full stop. Period. (I'm old enough that I've received a telegram.)
It seems th... > Read
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QWS 2010 Pics and Report
May 24, 2010 - The Quietwater Symposium at MSU is Michigan's neatest -- and onliest -- general "quiet-type" outdoor sports event. It's also in March and is a fun cabin-fever prevention day. The next weekend always sees Madison, WI, host its mammoth biz-oriented Canoecopia. The MSU event is also unique in that it's the only university-hosted outdoor... > Read
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Heroes of Primitive Skills, Michigan-Style
March 29, 2010 - I'm sure there are plenty of great primitive skills instructors everywhere, but my hunch is that we're lucky here in Michigan to have the people we do.
I've just been impressed whenever I encounter them.
Their calling is a noble one. Kids and people's lives are surely changed.
Helpful contact with the Wild and with the Her... > Read
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Big Ski Getaway... turns into Bikes'n'Boats
March 23, 2010 - All winter long some pals and I planned on going up north to ski the challenging Jordan River Pathway come springtime conditions. It's usually an ideal time, with a big snow base yet a sunny corn topping, to make the technical hills enjoyable on the long Big Day trail.
Then the snow all melted.
And rain was forecast for our ... > Read
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Quietwater Symposium: Michigan's Indoor Outdoor Fest! 3/6
March 05, 2010 - It's tomorrow!
The 15th annual QWS will be a great way to spend the day learning new things, making new friends. Bust up that cabin fever!
(Spending the day XC skiing in a prime locale up north would have to come second to this, I'm afraid. Well, it might be a tie.)
The QWS sounds like it might be just boating, but it's no... > Read
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Nordic Skate Marathon Video in Slo-Mo with Music
February 23, 2010 - Here's a simple video, shot from the side in slow motion of the Vikingarannet Ice Skating Marathon. It has an atmospheric guitar soundtrack.
It's all about the skaters. So many kinds and styles!
Young and old, fast and slow. Solo and pack. With poles, or rucksacks, or tidy and aero.
To me it shows a diverse culture. ... > Read
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Safety on Ice!
February 03, 2010 - The rule of thumb is do not walk on ice if it's 3" or less.
4" of good, fresh ice is safe for one person.
When you go skating on wild ice, bring an ice spud or ax to test thickness before skating.
Now, according to Internet info, no ice is considered totally safe. It can vary a lot.
That's why we always have a Safe... > Read
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Cold, But Low Snow? ...Go for Wild Ice!
February 02, 2010 - OK, we're in the midst of our January Thaw right now. It's dragging out. We lost our sweet skiing snow. But now it's cold all over again. Yet we can't ski. Ugh. What to do?
GO WILD ICE SKATING!
The lake ice had gotten bad, what with the mixed weather of the last month, but after the big melt the lakes got all smooth. Now i... > Read
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