I have been having problems in the garden with slugs eating my seedlings. They destroyed my green beans, broccoli, and pepper plants. I read online that you could put copper tape around the planter boxes and the slugs would not want to cross it. After reading some reviews on Amazon […]
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Goldstrike Hot Springs, Angel’s Landing, and East Rim Hike
Spent New Year’s at Zion National Park! We started the trip by flying into Vegas. While we waited for the rest of our group to meet in Vegas we did the Goldstrike Hot Springs trail. Here we are at the trailhead!
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Hanging up Morgan’s Christmas present! We wanted to mount the hangboard on plywood and then have some extra T-nuts for random holds. Since the T-nuts need some space on the back, we added some 2x4s behind the plywood.
Read MoreLeague Themed Cards
Two of my brother’s favorite things are magic tricks and league of legends. So this year for Christmas, I made him some league of legends themed cards! First step was to make the suits. I made vectors for baron, a poro, urf, and a teemo shroom. Then in Photoshop, made […]
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This is the first time I have been to a live league game. Although there wasn’t a big audience, it was still exciting. Actually, it was nice because our assigned seats were at a pretty bad angle so it was good that we were able to find new ones. I […]
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First Christmas tree in the new house!
Read MoreAcquired Mountain Bike!
After searching for months on Craigslist, I finally found a mountain bike! It’s a Specialized Myka 2008 with full suspension and disc brakes. It needed a little work – I took it over to my favorite store Sports Basement. After getting new back wheel brakes and a tune up, she […]
Read MoreHoney Porter Brew
Mash 1hr @ ~160? I lost my worksheet D: Boil 1hr -Realized pot didn’t have spigot so bring back to boil ~5 min? to sterilize the chill coil Cooled to ~68 Pitched yeast (Safale 05) OG:1.066 Update: Constant 68-70 degrees -Fermentation seemed slow and finished after 2-3 days. Very slow […]
Read MoreCrabbing at Pier 7 and Fort Mason
We used raw chicken as bait and caught a ton of crabs. Lots of them were too small and we had to throw them back, but there were some keepers. At Fort Mason there was a sea lion that stole our bait 🙁 . We even knew ahead of time […]
Read MoreNight Hike to Cloud’s Rest
Last minute camping in October in Yosemite means limited options for campsites. Since upper & lower pines were full and white wolf & porcupine were both closed for the season, we ended up camping at Hodgdon Meadows right at the west entrance to the park. I called ahead to make […]
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