∞

Why hasn’t Games Workshop licensed out a mech warrior style Imperial Knights game? I want to start as a new pilot and build up to a titan.

∞

I took this photo of my dog about a year back when I first got my Ricoh GRiii. It was a test for a film recipe. I am surprised by how much I still like it.

The Ricoh is a near perfect adventure camera. I do miss having a viewfinder, though.

The dog is cool too. Her name is Hex.

#photography #ricoh

A dog is crouching in a fenced backyard area with a wooden gate. She is awaiting a ball that is unseen in the photo.
∞

While camping we met an old geologist who’d been living a super frugal #vanlife style for years and had so many practical tips for how he lived comfortably on the road. Man loved 5 gallon paint buckets as stools, toilets, water proof storage (not at the same time.)

I want to meet more folks like him

∞

One thing I’ve been thinking about is how amazing every NPS park ranger and FWL/NFS employee I’ve ever met is. Friendly, passionate and so excited about our excitement for the natural world. Truly some of America’s greatest public servants.

∞

I am not proud to admit I touched this to check. An outlet sticker in a pit toilet bathroom at the hot springs campground in Hart Wildlife Refuge.

A white electrical outlet sticker on the wall of a vault toilet.
∞

Spending the week wandering around Oregon again. Highlights so far include: Crack-in-the-Ground, a 2 mile canyon wrenched into the earth in the middle of the desert. Summer Lake Hot Springs and Wildlife Refuge. A neat floor lamp.

A woman surrounded by rocks, looks back towards the camera as she walks down the valley they create.A woman in a red jacket faces away from the camera, walking down a valley created by large jagged rocks.A person wearing a red jacket stands on a wooden fence overlooking a vast, open landscape during sunset.A rustic building with two dormer windows stands in an open field against a backdrop of a sunset sky and distant mountains.A photo of an unusual floor lamp taken from below as it sits infront of a window.A photo of the back of a HiAce van captures the sunset in it’s rear window.

∞

I also got to see local transportation hero and vigilante the Unipiper. Did not have an opportunity to ask him his thoughts on my bumper sticker.

A yellow bumpersticker with blue text saying THE UNIPIPER OWES ME CHILD SUPPORT followed by YOUR SON NEEDS BRACES NOT BAGPIPES.

∞

Went to “Zoo Brew” at the Portland Zoo last night. My primary take away is that some lions like to be squirted with a spray bottle full of milk.

∞

I’m looking for a new #browser. I was using Orion by Kagi but I kept running into snags that made my fall back into Safari. I’m interested in a browser this is fast, battery-efficient, and respects/protects my privacy. Zen looks interesting. What else is there?

∞

Mentally preparing myself for my 100 mile ride by reflecting on how my 65 mile ride didn’t kill me entirely. If I never post again it’s because I was wrong.

A bicycle handlebar with a round mirror reflects the sky, while its shadow is cast on a gravel path.A dirt road runs through a rural landscape with fields on either side under a cloudy sky.

∞

Yesterday’s rain and wind shook all the buds free from the tree in our backyard. Now everything is blanketed in a soothing and soft green blanket.

I dig it.

∞

My only form of sincere art is hyperlocal bumper stickers and it is the only pure art. #pdx

∞

My new escape is a digital road trip w/ friends, using a HiAce van converted to ‘play’ American Truck Simulator.

We take our seats and act out the ritual of a road trip: chatting, snacking, drifting from city to city in a version of America that demands nothing from us but smooth deliveries.

A dark photo from inside of the front seat of a HiAce van showing the three monitors that surround it to turn it into a simulator.