The Mad Red Motherf**ker World Tour.
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Most of those are outstandingly great images, the last one is really really sad and upsetting.
When I was last in Portland and Austin and LA, I was appalled by the number of homeless people/camps I saw. I don't want to sound preachy or judgemental (because we have our fair share of homeless in UK too), but to my mind, this simply should not happen on this scale in a first-world country….
I don't profess to know the complex reasons behind homelessness, but I am sure a contributory factor is that we gear young guys up to go to war, they do really nasty stuff, see really nasty stuff and then we provide no real support, counselling or help to reintegrate to "normal" society upon their return.
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I agree 100% it is very sad and upsetting! And also getting much worse unfortunately.
Portland just recently passed a measure decriminalizing all illegal drugs, dropping all possession fines to $100. Which will undoubtedly and unfortunately attract all the surrounding people who ‘seek out’ that lifestyle… the city is making efforts to supply somewhat decent “camps” but it’s attempts are futile at best..
On a more cheerful note: I picked up a few pieces of camping gear and we are going to clean up my dads old Airstream this weekend and planning on taking it out next weekend.. so looking forward to that!
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The homeless situation gets worse every year, but you only notice it semi-slowly when its one or two tents going up a day at a time.
But can you imagine if you were asleep or in a coma for the last ten years and then woke up to this?
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This weekend was spent working on plumbing, cleaning and restoring parts of my parents old 1966 Airstream. I’ll get some pictures of it later when it’s a bit put back together…
Today, Daniel and I finished flashing the skylights for the Asylum Spirits.
Working in the Mad Red
Here’s a couple shots of Dan in the Jacket
these are the re purposed sky lights that we picked up from our friends mansion…
A look at the food cart fire pit
Mad Red muggin
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So cool Brock - love to keep seeing the vision from a few years ago keep coming to life!
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Thanks Adam! Don’t remind me how long it has been! [emoji85]
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@Brock - the important thing to ask… do you enjoy it more than the railroad life?
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@Brock those are some of the best pics on this thread. I love the angle grinder shot… I love that you working in the thing.
Not sure if that’s true but thank you. I like the flying metal in the first angle grinder shot..
Why wouldn’t I work in it??[mention]Appfaff [/mention] I definitely do enjoy it more than the Railroad. Although there are a few small things that I miss about the railroad too. All in all it was a great trade off for family time.
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The Jacket smells like Fir now… [emoji319]
We cut a pretty large tree for the food cart Pod.
I’ll post pictures after it’s decorated…Also spotted these festive little Amanita Muscaria while searching for the tree.
There’s some good Santa Clause folklore surrounding these curious Fungi.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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It’s been a busy week! Turns out the Airstream needs a lot more work after digging into it so we weren’t able to camp. Hopefully soon. I’m currently restoring the old Herh vent LaDaue cylinder lifters. A good vent seal is necessary for winter camping… especially when you can’t get the central heater functioning properly...
My wife’s birthday was on the 10th
We drove the town Ace through this very festive private driveway
I built out a new closet for the boys room with reclaimed wood from a building my dad owns. It was fun and challenging. You can see the mad red making an appearance.
We’re currently staying the night at Timberline Lodge for my dads birthday. Hope everyone is happy and healthy and enjoying the holiday season as best as they can!
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Some more Timberline pics.
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That post is doing wonders for my festive spirit @Brock Great stuff…. also I may need some tips on closet building in the near future.
thanks Reuben. It’s definitely festive around here. As for the closet tips I’m not sure I’m you’re guy… I’ve never been the best finish Carpenter. My only advice would be to use a table saw and chop saw when necessary.. ripping things and getting straight cuts with a skill saw isn’t the easiest or most practical..
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Sorry for the lack of updates in this thread!! I’ve been out of town for the last two weeks in the North Eastern corner of Oregon.
My dad and I built a cabin (that is still in progress) on some land that his dad bought back in the 50’s.
There was plenty of snow and unfortunately too cold for the jacket most days but I will post some pictures from the trip soon.
As for now, who is next in line!? I’d like to get this thing in the post soon.
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[mention]Matty123 [/mention] send me your info
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We spotted quite a few elk on the drive in
And found some mountain lion tracks right outside the front door. They are getting quite comfortable on our property and last year we shot two big cats near our cabin.
We sat by the fire a lot and played our butts off at the Joseph city park.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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My dad and I bought 2020 Honda/yeti snow bikes and had them built by Dustin at Outlaw Motorsports in Enterprise (one town north of Joseph) just up the road from our property is Salt Creek Summit snow park that boasts world class snowmobiling and ski touring… we had some serious fun to say the least!! [emoji3587]
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