Back in civilization today, at least from an internet perspective. I found a coffee shop in town to get my internet chores done. Saturdays are our day off. Sadly, not for the Hindu worship service at the temple a couple of hundred feet from our front foor. Or maybe it’s a Bollywood music festival that kicked off at 5:30 this…
This is the project overview information that All Hands And Hearts sends out to prepare the volunteers for what to expect: MAKWANPUR, NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY Volunteer Information Packet Location: Hetauda, Makwanpur District. We recommend you fly into Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) in Kathmandu, located 87.4 km from Hetauda (4hrs by Sumo vehicle) Cost: Free to stay on base and meals…
Last winter, I hooked up (not the way kids today use the term) with a volunteer organization called “All Hands and Hearts” They do post disaster cleanup all over the world. I was thinking I would spend the winter doing hurricane cleanup work. Other than Hurricane Dorian, it was a pretty light year when it comes to storm damage. There…
Off the MountainI must be getting old because all my Nieces and Nephews are graduating college and even getting married. I RSVP’d yes to the next one in Ohio at the end of October. So I’ve had to wrap up this year’s work and hit the road. I have to drive the 2200 miles to Ohio, find a suit…
I started the process to get a well dug on my property back in May. It started with an application to the county along with a $2000 check for them to see if I am worthy of running water. Although I have visited them a couple of times and my obvious need for a hot shower hasn’t swayed them yet.…
This post has no pictures to prove it really happened due to my thinking ahead that any electronics were gong to mix with water. So you’ll have to take my word for it that this is all true, give or take…… It was the annual boy’s campout weekend at my friend’s property down the mountain from me. By boys,…
Since I have been obviously remiss in getting updates posted on this blog, I thought that some photos that I have posted to my google account would suffice until I can get time to drop some updates. The link is https://photos.app.goo.gl/27Wbzppcw5eqJtfU8 There is always the Instagram account that can be accessed via a link somewhere on this page. It…
Time is flying up on the mountainside. I have already been up here for almost three months. It feels like I should be further along. I spent the first couple of months combining a lot of the junk into one, give or take, big pile of junk. I was originally going to sort everything into piles destined for Goodwill, the…
I am slowly moving into the 20th century here. Yes, I meant 20th Century. Like when electricity and indoor plumbing started taking off. I have the electricity finally taken care of (at least in a limited way). My main source of big power to charge batteries and run power tools is from my brand new Gas and LP powered generator…
Been breaking and burning things as I hop into this project. If you didn’t know already, it turns out that I am pretty good a breaking things. The cleaning up part not so much. There are piles and piles of stuff everywhere now. The dry weather comes to the East side of the Cascade Mountains earlier when compared to Seattle.…