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Category: camping

  • the camping thing – progress 5/6/23

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    Every day I try to do at least one thing to make continual progress getting The Camping Thing ready for the season. Some days it doesn’t seem like much, but on a day like today when I can see what the end product is going to look like, the feeling of satisfaction is pretty great.… Read.

  • progress – the camping thing – 043023

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    Ah yes, the now-familiar photo of a nondescript plywood box propped on sawhorses in a spectacularly filthy garage. How predictable am I? Today’s goal was to unship the battery box from its position in the back of the van where it was bolted down; give the outside front and back a quick but reasonably good… Read.

  • camping thing progress 4/29/23

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    It’s all little steps these days. I had just two goals yesterday after work: put the bottoms in the two boxes I built last week, and cut a lid for the battery box. They weren’t big goals, so it’s no big surprise I managed to reach them both. That’s how I keep projects moving: break… Read.

  • progress 4/23/23

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    It looks like it’s just photos of boxes, one after the other, but honestly I’m making real progress now. Five out of five boxes built; two completed (although I might slap another coat of poly on them); two nearly completed (slapped a coat of poly on them today & will attach the lids on hinges… Read.

  • progress 4/19/23

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    The improvements I’m making to The Camping Thing are starting to look like real usable working stuff, as opposed to looking like lumber. Read.

  • boxing

    The Camping Thing will eventually be a cluster of five boxes with hinged lids and a flat bridge piece that will double as a table, but right now it’s just one box and I’m still trying to figure out how to fit it into the back of the van. It’s forty-eight inches wide, as wide… Read.

  • fridged

    We had some good weather today, so I spent some time outside trying to get The Camping Thing ready for the season. “Do you know how long you were out there?” My Darling B asked me, after I finally came in later in the afternoon. “Long enough for me to finish the last 15% of… Read.

  • The Camping Thing: The Rebirth

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    The Camping Thing needs a complete do-over. Time to get started on that. Read.

  • little boxes

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    I have spent another weekend cutting up lumber to make what I hope will be improvements to the camping thing. I’m still blinking sawdust out of my eyes this Monday morning. When I built the first iteration of the camping thing, I was inspired by a design I saw in a video on YouTube. I… Read.

  • A Weekend at North Trout Lake, Sep 30 – Oct 2

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    I spent the weekend at the state park campground on North Trout Lake and it was glorious! Last time I was here it was, ah, not so glorious. It started raining shortly after I arrived, kept raining all night and all the next morning. It was still raining when I packed up and left. But… Read.

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