Update!

The coffee shack in Rickreall built a pizza oven. 6/10 pizza but that instantly puts them at #1 in the Rickreall restaurant rankings.

 Jefe's 50th was a fun time.

 Tough to get people motivated for events these days but there was some spirited whiffle ball action.

I'm trying a rotating paddock thing with the chickens, planting things they like (and things they won't eat but I like) and moving fences every few weeks.

Should have named him Dusty. I guess he'll be muddy if it ever rains again.

The 4th annual 1899 Expedition

Being a photographic record of the transport of 10 cases of premium pinot noir from a hilltop vineyard near Dallas to a warehouse in Milwaukee by mule drawn stagecoach, canoe and bicycle.

The stagecoach had four mules to start but one came up lame on Hoffman Road and had to be extracted. We were an hour behind schedule casting off but it worked out fine.

Howie attempts to open a $65 bottle with the old "put it in a shoe and bang it on a bridge support" method. It didn't work but we found a corkscrew eventually.

This random kayak lady on the beach turned out to be pretty cool. A professor and member of a few wine clubs, she was happy to join our circle passing around a bottle of 1899 at lunch.

The Willamette Queen

Leaving Champoeg

#riverpeople

 Classic Litke.

Triple jump at Little Rock Island, always my favorite part of the trip. Thanks, Nature Conservancy!

Leaving Little Rock, such a beautiful passage between the islands and a great feeling knowing we're almost there.

This was a steep hill. In past years we've employed Magpie Messenger for the portage but this year we did it in house, with three trailers and bikes. We had a support car (thanks Bethany!) and traded off on the bikes.

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 Sparkles and the new succulent beds.

 Sunset through the agave.

 Villa Rat, Michoacan style.

The Kid got married! It was a lovely wedding, one of the best I've attended, good job guys!

I will be attending this event.

Wishbones. I worked for T. Danger for a few days and stayed at his and Claire's new apartment. Pretty nice! White carpets, I felt like I was there at the birth of the Congress House, heady stuff.

If you only have room for eight cassettes in your kitchen this is not a bad lineup.

This picture got no love on r/bikeporn but it's foxy to me. 

#rarepuppers