Palapas & Hot Springs :: San Felipe to Puertecitos

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Looking Back at San Felipe

Although we love the privacy that a hotel room offers us we left San Felipe with anticipation rising.  Adventure lay before us.  Over the next week we would be riding through some of the most remote and least traveled areas of Baja California, on some of the roughest roads.  Besides travelling through a couple of small fishing villages that had little in way of supplies, we would [Read More...]

Gear Shakedown :: Water Storage Choices

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At six months in to cycle touring we’ve had some experience using our equipment.  Months ago we posted a three part series on how we were going to handle water storage and transportation while travelling.  Here’s a quick shakedown on how our choices have fared so far:

 

Klean Kanteen Bottles

After 4 months of continuous use the “patent pending” screw top on one [Read More...]

Palms & Petroleum :: Lompoc to Refugio State Beach

Eating lots of oranges helped us get our work done faster!

We ate lots of oranges while working in Lompoc!

We left Lompoc, California, with peace of mind, knowing we had tackled many large ‘to-do’ items on our year-end lists.  Well rested and feeling ready to get back on our bicycles and the road, we made a quick side trip to a post office to send home our third box of gear deemed ‘unnecessary’, then we set our eyes on [Read More...]

Wood Heat & Hot Water: The flue-mounted water heater

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I have a neat story to tell about the tiny wood stove we purchased to go in our tiny house and the system we have been devising to heat our living space and make hot water at the same time.  It’s a tale that relies on characters from four countries and three separate continents, the internet, and the generosity of someone we’ve never met.  It is rooted in innovation [Read More...]

Wood Heat & Hot Water: The story behind our Little Cod

I have a neat story to tell about the tiny wood stove we purchased to go in our tiny house and the system we have been devising to heat our living space and make hot water at the same time.  It’s a tale that relies on characters from four countries and three separate continents, the internet, and the generosity of someone we’ve never met.  It [Read More...]

Nature's Head

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I recently tracked down a brand new, never installed, Nature’s Headdesiccating toilet with solar fan on Craigslist. The previous owner purchased it to install on his boat but then realized it was too big so had to give it up.  We were only too happy to [Read More...]

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