June Highlights

We've been keeping busy, trying to get stuff done before our trip but also get out and have some fun - gotta keep moving! We went up to Bethany, DE where our friend's Roy & Yoli have a house. Here's Bob and Roy planting a dogwood tree.


Anna had a chance to try her hand at turning a big ol' chunk of cherry wood into a rough bowl. It was very green (soft and wet) so relatively easy to turn. The rough bowl is now in a paper bag for 6 months drying itself out. Next fall she'll try to fine tune it.


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Bob has been sewing up a sil-nylon storm these past few weeks. He ordered a bunch of silicon impregnated rip-stop nylon and other supplies from Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics and has sewn like 10 stuff sacks/ditty bags, 2 backpack covers, and the two big projects pictured: awning extenders for the van (for shade or rain protection) and a lightweight 8x10 emergency tarp.

Here's a detail of the sewing on the tarp - a reinforcement patch with the tab pull-out sewn in and rigged with a trekking pole. The store bought version of this (which we examined at REI the other day and Bob's is virtually identical) costs $145. I think we saved money, even with the 4 hours of Bob's time to make it.


Bob is smiling because he FINALLY got to go sailing this year. We rented a Flying Scot from Belle Haven Marina and zipped around the Potomac for a few hours. It was breezy, and Anna was her usual squealing self! We both had fun.

The yard is in full late June bloom and looking quite nice...