Sneaking back here for an update…
Posted by Sandra in Community, Earthship on 04. May, 2012 | 0 Comments
We’ve both been ignoring the blog for a while. Every free moment for the last few weeks has been dedicated to wall packout. We are currently on the fourth of five rooms and hope to be done this layer in a few days (we are on our third layer of packout). We do have to complete a … Read More →
The Soap Dispensary
Posted by Sandra in Earthship on 13. Apr, 2012 | 2 Comments
I’ve been questioning a lot of things about Facebook lately, but I’ll admit it’s responsible for me finding a wonderful little store on Main Street in Vancouver called The Soap Dispensary.
Jenny and Grant from The Clean Bin Project posted it on their Facebook page and from there I made my way all the way to … Read More →
Back in business
Posted by Sandra in Wood gasification, WVO vehicle on 10. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
On Thursday evening we finally got the van running again. We put the engine back in and carefully retraced the steps that we had religiously recorded while removing the engine. When we were ready to try and turn the engine over, I took one last look under the hood and saw an electrical connection that hadn’t been rejoined. … Read More →
The Delica engine debacle…
Posted by Sandra in Earthship on 31. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
If you’ve landed here recently without benefit of Facebook re-routing, you probably went “gack?” when you saw Chris post about taking the Delica apart to release the engine.
We (I) tend to post more to Facebook these days…life is busy and Facebook is usually the quickest way to get information out there.
A bit of background for … Read More →
The Adventure continued…
Posted by Sandra in Earthship on 02. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
In Orlando we found a three bedroom condominium just outside of all the theme parks for about $46 per night. The housing crisis has hit Florida hard; there are unfinished developments EVERYWHERE in Orlando. It was somewhat eerie the look of abandonment they all sported.
We had a ball at Harry Potter World and after a … Read More →
Less waste challenge and travelling
Posted by Sandra in Earthship on 23. Jan, 2012 | 2 Comments
I left Darfield with great intentions and a slew of items designed to help us minimize our waste on the road. I packed two tiffins for leftovers and packing lunches. We all had re-useable mugs and I also packed utensils and a few plates.
The trip across Canada was not too bad. When … Read More →
