Author: luke

Off-Route

This is *not* the right route to go south of Ensenada de Muertos: Those squiggles? We were too worried our truck would fall off the edge of the cliff to get good photos, but here’s the best we got: All told, we’re over 4 hours to get Alexander from La Ventana to El Cardonal. Would… Continue reading Off-Route

Lotsa Water

We leave for island ~7:30am, back after 2:30. Slight break for ceviche plus call it half an hour transport each way translates to 5+ hours spearfishing. I continue to love it. No record-setting fish for any of us, but I learn a new and obvious-in-retrospect technique: hunting under shelves. Big-eyed fish that I think are… Continue reading Lotsa Water

RV Appliance Strategy

Propane 12V blah blah blah is almost never worth it. Here’s an example with the fridge in our RV, swapped out today. Existing fridge: Dometic something 12v + 120v + propane. When I turn it on, it drains my batteries overnight even with 9kWh storage and 2kW solar. I suspect it’s just heating the condensor(?)… Continue reading RV Appliance Strategy

Little Things

Sometimes, tiny construction hacks are the most satisfying. We had no running water in the fifth wheel (officially christened Ballena Blanca by Moana). Boiled down to one leaking valve on the plumbing system, and replacing this required getting a new 1/2″ PEX valve (or some combination equivalent). 3+ hardware stores here yielded 0 PEX things,… Continue reading Little Things

Kite Burrito

The day was spent in La Paz, worshipping at the church of Wal-Mart. We are officially over the sushi there. Here’s a kiteboarding burrito with one leg outside of Benson’s. Their bacon-wrapped burritos join mescagne (mescal + champage) on my list of things that seem good at the time but are actually horrible ideas upon… Continue reading Kite Burrito

Aerials

Finally got drone working, after the most complicated replacement of one cable I’ve seen. This is basically what we do all day: Moana dances, I play with toys:) Here are some of my other favorite shots:

A surreality of kites

Seriously: how are there this many kites? It looks crowded in the picture, but it’s pretty spacious when you’re out there. Or at least that’s what I remember from previous experiences: new-to-me 12m kite needs different length ropes for the bar, or something? At any rate, we try to launch twice before getting thoroughly scolded… Continue reading A surreality of kites

Rises

Look at this sunrise!! And look at these 3 new cement “risers!” Fireman’s pole on one end and stripper poles on the other, bondtainer isn’t going anywhere. With these added, we could probably remove the 4 cement piers beneath the 20′ and be fine… probably;)