False deadlines and launch parties

The craziness continues…  The weekend saw us at exactly 29 days since we first stepped foot back into this creepy house and started knocking out walls in an attempt to make it somehow better.  Not long after, we had set the date as a false deadline for ourselves to be …

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Cleaning Up

and it’s so rewarding…  Wow, the last few weeks have been such a whirlwind.  We’ve been pushed to our limits physically, mentally and emotionally.  We’ve each had our days where we’ve reached our wits end and broke down and we’ve each helped the other find solid ground again…and that may …

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Introducing MakerFlat

If we can ever get the doors put back in…It hit me like a ton of bricks earlier this week that i’m horrible at saying no.  It just doesn’t seem to be in my vocabulary.  Here we are, in the middle of what is turning into maybe the fastest remodel …

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NOLA 2015

Our second visit during French Quarter Fest.  As with last year, the french quarter fest certainly didn’t disappoint.  We had a slightly bigger group with us than last year and rented a house via AirBnB that that we could all stay together.  The accommodations ended up being a hair smaller …

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Time flies when…

pretty much always   Our attention has been focused primarily on landscaping the last few weeks.  Trying to find a dry window for our concrete guy (hopefully we still want to call him that after the forms come off) to build the frames for, and pour our concrete wall and …

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E…2.0

and better than ever?…  A few calls while waiting on the tow proved there were very few options around in terms of vw experts.  Luckily, the one that is nearby seems to be well known and highly recommended from everyone I call.  We have the truck drive us to Latenight …

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SoCal Coast

and elephant seals… We finally get the bus back together after a new clutch, a new brake line and other bits and pieces and we pull out of the mechanic sounding not much better than we started.  That said…the bus stops when we hit the brakes, which is a win.  …

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Orizaba to Cholula

Traffic jams and shipping containers… We stop in Orizaba for the night and sleep at the Grand Hotel de France.  Makes sense in the middle of mexico, so we made sure to eat a few slices of the italian pizza in the courtyard.  The hotel is beautiful and was built …

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Stuck on Cozumel

“stuck” because we have no desire to leave…  We continue to have a great time soaking up friends on cozumel.  We spend most of our time talking and relaxing, and living the life of kent and lynn here on the island.   Somehow, we also found time in our busy …

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Cozumel, Mexico

what an amazing time…  We met Kent and Lynn during our trip south while in playa cerritos on baja and knew that we had made lifelong friends.  Later that year when we heard they were driving their RV through mexico, we couldn’t help but drive back from belize to see …

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Xpu Ha

We drove north past tulum and into the heart of the mayan riviera.  This section of mexico is always a pro and con battle for our psyches.  It’s always been among our favorite places in the world.  The people are fantastic, the food amazing, the sand impossible soft and white. …

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Orange Walk, Belize

We left san ignacio on a football fueled high…Stopped at the first roadside stand we saw for some veggies and a bbq chicken.  A few miles down the road we get gas and buy some habanero hot sauce off a guy out front.  We can just feel ourselves getting back …

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unBelizeAble

we made our way straight for belize….The rain started in just as we were pulling out of our camping spot, but we were trying to get some distance between us and the tempting sailboats of rio dulce as quickly as we could.  We made our way as far north as …

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El Cuco, still…

Well, so much for plans…Our eternal intent to leave this place seems flawed.  We got up this morning and packed up camp fully intending to leave Cuco.  We drove north to the local point break on our way out of town, figuring it was worth a look before leaving.  We …

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Playa el Cuco

we left playa colorado and headed north.   We made it to northern nica and decided to stop for the night.  The only hotel/hostel in the area didn’t allow dogs, but didn’t mind us sleeping in the parking lot for $20.  Seemed steep since full rooms (with breakfast) were only twice …

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2014, Year in Review

Looking back so we can look ahead… Last year we stumbled over the “year in review” and learned a great deal in the process while looking back at 2013.  We thought we’d give it another shot this year before we look forward to goals and aspirations for next year.  After …

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Crossing into San Juan del Sur

Onward to Nicaragua!  We left the morning after our pool day and drove for the border to nicaragua.  Not exactly the part of the trip that we’ve been longing for but we entered with high energy and expectations. At the end of our last time in central america, we felt …

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On the road again, Costa Rica

Finally reunited with the bus.  E seems to be in pretty decent shape considering the year and a half spent sitting in storage…at least now that we’ve broken through the crusty layer of dirt.  The guys at the storage facility thought they were helping to protect it when they threw …

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costa rica. waiting…

we are bad at many things…but among them waiting may be the worst It’s a funny thing, perspective.  Here we are sitting in a perfectly beautiful hotel in the mountains of costa rica.  We have a comfortable room, a delightful breakfast each morning, a swimming pool (even though its a …

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On the road again!

sometimes we just couldn’t make this shit up!  Spent our last few days in portland finishing furniture orders, watching the fab team get make jigs and get underway on the 85 stool order and securing a storage facility for delivery upon completion, tidying up our space at the shop, getting …

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