Here’s our riff on an aged eggnog. We were inspired by the Death & Co. Vintage Eggnog. Please note that the ingredients below are per drink and you should batch these out in bulk to fit the glass bottles you have on hand.
Aged Eggnog
Lake Sylvia Gravel Grinding
Four of us headed west on a beautiful fall day (sunny, mid-to-upper-60s) to ride the gravel roads inside the Ouachita National Forest.
Bed height crossbars
With the new bike, I needed a better way to transport it since I’ve just been strapping it in to the bed of the truck. I didn’t want a hitch rack, or a roof rack, nor did I want to put it up on top of my existing rack.
Recumbent in da house (again)
I made the mistake of riding my friends trike recently and remembered things like: how much fun they are, how your neck doesn’t hurt, and how much better the view is.
Trip Planning: GAP and C&O Canal Trails
Repository of maps, trip reports, and other planning information for a possible future 330-mile bikepacking trip from Pittsburgh to DC.
Maps and Planning
Bikepacking the GAP Trail and C&O Canal Trail
Bike About: GAP and C&O Trails
C&O Canal Trail / Great Allegheny Passage Trip Planner
5 Books To Read Before Bike Touring From Pittsburgh To Washington D.C
Pittsburgh To DC: GAP And C&O Canal Trip Elevation Profile
Bikepacking the Great Allegheny Passage / C & O Canal
Trip Reports
Solo on the GAP Trail: Forest Bathing, Stories, and Delights
The UncoveringPA Guide to Biking the Great Allegheny Passage: Pittsburgh to Connellsville
The UncoveringPA Guide to Biking the Great Allegheny Passage: Connellsville to Confluence
The UncoveringPA Guide to Biking the Great Allegheny Passage: Confluence to Cumberland, Maryland
Trail Conditions
Paul
OT2020: OT Sec 10 (again)
After last weekend, some of our party skipped out on Mondays day hike so a few of us got back together and knocked out the 7.7 miles they missed. 
This means our little group of hikers is close to completing Section 10. 
The toe socks worked well to eliminate the toe problems I encountered on last weeks hike. I think part of the problem may be boots that are too loose due to weight loss. More investigation is needed.
OT2020: Section 10, MLK backpacking weekend
The forecast looked nice so six of us headed out to take advantage of the three-day holiday weekend. Section 10 of the Ouachita Trail was the target and, since this is an odd section with camping restrictions, a different approach was called for. Continue reading “OT2020: Section 10, MLK backpacking weekend”
Construction of a steady rest
For the vase I recently completed, I needed to use a steady rest to support the end of the vase and keep it from vibrating. As you can see in the photo below, at this stage the vase is connected to the lathe by the 2″ diameter neck and I needed to finish turning the inside of this piece. So I made arrangements to go to a friends house to use his steady rest.
Continue reading “Construction of a steady rest”The Little Vase That Was
It’s been a quiet six years on this blog! We’re quite alive although life, as it’s prone to do, got in the way of posting about our adventures. This post isn’t intended to catch the reader up on happenings but rather to test out our continued ability to post.
It’s finished! This was my first time turning an open segmented piece in two parts and then glueing them together. This made it easier to access the inside but it complicated the overall process and made it more like making two pieces simultaneously. 
The finished piece consists of maple and walnut, 12 segments/row, approximately 15 inches tall by 8 inches wide (37cm x 21cm). Continue reading “The Little Vase That Was”