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Katie and I said “FU” to oil this year and decided to get a woodstove. I guess that 15 years of bringing in firewood when I was kid wasnt enough. Just need to put a few finishing touches in, and we should be burning wood in a couple days.

For the past couple of years I have heard of people taking diesel cars/trucks and running the on Vegetable oil. So last month I decided to give it a try. I bought a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit with a 4-cyl diesel engine.

It is not the prettiest thing to look at, but with gas preices […]

Here is a photo of the Cape Able staff riding with the POTUS.
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As husband and wife, Katie and I attempted to grow our first garden. To put it gently, it sucked. Our soil is pretty dang sandy. We need to get a bunch of poop and compost in there. Attached is a pic of our BIGGEST cucumber. Weak at best.

We didn’t have a camera at the race … here is pic of Katie trying to get me to eat at about 20 hours into the race.  I still wasnt hungry.