Jenn

A screen-shot of the short feature video about the Dingos at the Mint 400 that aired on German TV! Here's the link if you want to watch the whole thing (including Crusty yelling at me to get a hammer): http://www.rtl2.de/sendung/grip-das-motormagazin/video/1650-reportagen/23892-die-mint-400/

Romy

Romy's putting up the roof! I wanted a shaker roof to keep it traditional and old looking, but we finally went with the cheaper and simpler option.

Romy

Romy's checking if the flashing I bought for the roof will work.

Jenn & Romy

Getting progress done on the board and batton shed for all the pool equipment! Nicole and Marcel came over to help build most of the framing and siding.

Romy

Romy is measuring out some trim for the new door we installed to the laundry room and half-bath. It didn't have a door before.

Jenn

Today I FINALLY made the continous-brew kambucha set up. Its fermented black sweet tea. We got the culture from Jonathan, a guy that Romy works and carpools with. I can't wait to drink the kambucha!

Jenn

Back home, doing chores like vacuuming. Boo.

Romy

On the ride today we went to Black Rock Point. We rode through a nice lawn of salt grass on the edge of the dry, desert playa. It was cool!

Romy

Today we went on a motorcycle ride to find the mysterious Quinn River. It's a river that flows into the Black Rock Desert playa and disappears into the dry lake bed (playa). We were riding and all of a sudden found it. You can't see it until you are right up on it. I was riding and then all of a sudden had to slam on the brakes or I would've fell in!

Romy

We went to the Black Rock Desert near Frog Pond to spend the 4th of July weekend at "4th of Ju-Playa." We've been having crazy weather for the past few weeks, with insane thunderstorms almost every afternoon. One of them hit us this evening and we had to hold the shade structure down so it wouldn't fly away!

Jenn

At Crusty's 10th Anniversary Party for the stroke he suffered, near Santa Cruz, CA.

Jenn

Nicole's goat, Tulip, had two babies and they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!! I love this guy, his name is Marlin (named by Nicole's neighbor, who gave birth to him and said that the male goats in this line had to have majestic fish names. Marlin's father is named Tuna LOL!).

Jenn & Romy

Carson City's very own, once-a-year, "Blinky Man!" Where you dress up like a weirdo and put a bunch of lights on your bike, and then go on a pub crawl all around Carson City. This is a picture of us in front of the capital building in Carson City (the capital of Nevada, for those who didn't know). (We later sold these bikes for $250 each to four gay guys who live in LA before Burning Man.)

Romy

I am back home in the U S of A, and we are beginning the crazy laundry room work-a-thon! Romy is installing the copper water pipe that will go to the in-wall toilet tank for the wall hung toilet.

Romy

The wall hung toilet came today but it was busted! The porcelain was cracked. The company will send a new one, for free.

Jenn

Coffee at Starbucks! I really like the Starbucks in Trondheim. The barista makes a heart in the froth.

Jenn

I took a walk around the very old cathedral and the cemetery that is behind it. Its still raining! Non stop everyday!

Jenn

I took a walk around town in Trondheim, Norway.

Jenn

Arriving in Trondheim, Norway! I am staying at the hostel while attending the 7th International Conference on Arctic Margins, where I am giving a talk on gas hydrates.

Romy

The ReMax balloon was flying near the airport by our house before Romy went to work this morning! It landed for a while too.