First leg of the journey…

First leg of the journey…

Posted by in Arduino, Technology, WVO vehicle on 11. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment

Since leaving Darfield on December 16th we have been SO busy!  It is now January 10th and we are in Orlando and I’m just finding time to think about posting.  Part of it was the novelty of being on a true “vacation” again and not wanting to do much else. Another part of our slowness … Read More →

Transportation revisited…

Posted by in Energy Solutions, WVO vehicle on 13. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments

In all the excitement of getting the Delica outfitted to run on WVO, I completely forgot that we have had some discussion on this blog about transportation and the environment.  It is with some smugness that I direct anybody who  missed it the first time, here.  Back in June 2010 I was lambasted in our … Read More →

Delica Conversion

Posted by in Energy Solutions, WVO vehicle on 21. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments

I see in this blog’s “draft” section, the start of a post from Chris.  I know we have both been feeling the pressure to post about this project in roughly the same way we posted about the Rocket Mass Heater. 

Time has been….at a premium. If it wasn’t enough that we didn’t feel we had enough … Read More →

Ready, set, go!  But where’s my conversion kit???/

Ready, set, go! But where’s my conversion kit???/

Posted by in Energy Solutions, WVO vehicle on 11. Nov, 2011 | 2 Comments

Ed Beggs of Plant Drive sent us our WVO conversion kit last week.  Kind of. The Greyhound depot in Barriere called to let us know it arrived so I drove into Barriere to pick it up. After signing for it, the gas station attendant couldn’t find it.  I went into the back room and looked … Read More →

Veggie Delite

Veggie Delite

Posted by in Earthship, WVO vehicle on 02. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments

 

Yup, this is the name of the Subway sandwich our vegetarian daughter favours…but it seemed appropriate to how we are all feeling today.  We are so pleased to have finally made the leap into our waste veggie oil vehicle, a 1994 Mitsubishi Delica 4WD Van.

The kids have been pestering Chris about our once every three … Read More →

Re-post…Christmas 2010

Posted by in Community, Crafts, Family on 10. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments

I found our Christmas post from last year.  After reading it, I think we will change things a little.  Not sure how yet, but it’s obvious to me wit how busy we’ve been that I need to start getting busy on finding baskets again.  None of my baskets came back (I didn’t ask for them … Read More →

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