Been sheltered in place in Santa Clara County, California, USA, to date a total of 14 weeks; family continues to be well and safe, lots of victory gardening in our edibles plot, and grinding away at projects that didn’t get purged before the Grand Canyon. Casa de Lance has been sold, as has Mirthmaker theContinue reading “COVID-19 and Trip Reset”
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Soquel Demonstration State Forest Flow Trail
Earning those turns mountain biking in Soquel Demo Forest, deep in the Santa Cruz mountains of California. The flow trail is a network of spectacular descent sections, in what feels like an endless carve into the forest; the trail just keeps going and yet another berm beckons. POV shot with a GoPro7 chesty on aContinue reading “Soquel Demonstration State Forest Flow Trail”
Mirthmaker is Sold!
The adventure continues for a pair of east bay brothers. Mirthmaker’s original port of registry is Berkeley, CA where she’ll eventually make her homecoming voyage. 1979 J/24 manufactured in San Rafael, CA USA by Performance Sailcraft (Don Trask) Learning to sail on the SF Bay was a handful of logistics and effort, and my keyContinue reading “Mirthmaker is Sold!”
OBS F350 front leaf spring | Reverse Shackle Kit (RSK)
Installing Sky’s Off-road front RSK kit, while reusing factory front leaf springs. RSK for reverse shackle kit, moves the shackle from the original front hanger position, to the rear of the leaf spring. The kit includes a new crossmember that ties the frame to the new front spring hangers. It mounts uses existing frame holesContinue reading “OBS F350 front leaf spring | Reverse Shackle Kit (RSK)”
Casa de Lance is Sold!
adios Casa de Lance! Muchas gracias por todas las adventuras. Vaya con el proximo 7.3L PSD, y cuida a este muchacho.
Truck Camper Utility Hookups at RV Site
Explaining RV site hook-ups for Casa de Lance utilities at a site in Loreto, Baja California Sur. Filmed by a campgroundmate from Quebec City, Montreal Canada. Cleaning solar panels; hooking up shore power on site, fresh water hose inlet (also known as city water inlet), and sewer hose drain out and explanation of holding tanksContinue reading “Truck Camper Utility Hookups at RV Site”
Casa de Lance | Truck Camper Propane
Manchester tank with OPD (overfill prevention device), manufactured in 2000, 1#/5gal LPG tank. Recertified in Aug 2019 (after acquiring camper, indicating that the propane tank was never refilled/used for at least the 9 years prior to taking delivery) Jan 11, 2020 – CaliGas (La Paz, BCS MX) – 8kg @ = $160MX Feb 26, 2020Continue reading “Casa de Lance | Truck Camper Propane”
OBS 7.3L Powerstroke Water Pump replacement
Water pump blew up in Death Valley on the eastbound climb up Towne Pass, shortly after taking off and not getting far from Panamint Springs up the 3500′ ascent. The bearings went out, nearly completely apart, but wonky enough the shaft slung coolant all up under the hood by the engine fan draft. Before theContinue reading “OBS 7.3L Powerstroke Water Pump replacement”
Overlander Series #1
Featuring Marcos and Natacha’s unimog rig. Macros, a firefighter and supertanker pilot, possess a incredible amount of charisma and energy, as we met on Superbowl Sunday at a campground in Loreto, BCS. The following day, he took me up on introducing and walking through his rig to feature on my YouTube Channel and Overlander Series.Continue reading “Overlander Series #1”
Baja California Surf Missions
El Conejo Beach for Christmas 2019. Spent the week at this Pacific break with a community of gringo surfers that have been coming on an annual basis for dozens of years. One afternoon, received a knock on the door of Casa de Lance, to greet some of the kids at camp that crafted a hilariousContinue reading “Baja California Surf Missions”
