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Mountains & Crazy People

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This is a trailer of an excellent “mountain” documentary (and the crazy-people-who-climb-them-and-jump-off-of-them documentary), aptly named Mountain.

Beautiful filming!

As far as I know, if is only available on YouTube. And to see it in “HD” high resolution, it is apparently necessary to watch it on a TV via Roku, AppleTV, etc. For some reason, YouTube seems to cap the resolution at 480p on computer browsers. But why watch such spectacular filming on a computer screen anyway, right?

Here is the actual documentary link: https://youtu.be/E0Y-iMNmpAA

I found it on Roku YouTube by searching the words “mountain” and “dafoe” (the search word “mountain” alone is too ubiquitous). Actor William Dafoe is the narrator.

Glacier & Friends

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A visit from dear long-lost friends of yesteryear, prompted us back into Glacier National Park for a stunning fall day.

A Pirate Looks at Seventy-Seven

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As a billionaire master marketer, it is hard to believe Jimmy Buffett was the carefree, margarita sipping, sailing dude that he depicted — but, regardless, it was fun believing he was.

In our previous life as Florida sailors, his music was naturally often in the background. Such great memories.

Sail on Jimmy!

The Last Plank

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After a 10-month hiatus, we have resumed our wraparound deck renewal project. With its 10ish-feet height off of the ground, significant water structural damage, and very difficult to remove old planking, this has turned out to be a bigger project than we had imagined. It will be well worth it in the end, but I won’t want to do this twice.

Here I am removing the last old plank. Many of the plank screws were decayed and would strip out during the removal and many of the planks were screwed underneath the siding, making for slow, tough going.

The new lumber/new decking rebuilding phase will now be a relative pleasure.

We are really fortifying this new deck and taking measures to prevent future water damage. It is our hope that archeologists will one day dig it out and stand in awe!