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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Searching for Mormon Grove

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I've felt very strongly that I need to teach my children the stories of their ancestors as a way to develop their character and resil...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

The Atchison Visitor Center and Rail Museum

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In November we visited Atchison.  We stopped by their Historical Society Museum and Rail Museum, located conveniently in town along with t...
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Friday, March 4, 2016

The Remington Nature Center

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After visiting the Pony Express Museum , we went to the Remington Nature Center.  The Remington Nature Center is a mile or two northwes...

The Pony Express Starting Point in St Joseph, MO

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In late October, we took a short trip up the Missouri River to St Joseph.  We stopped by the Pony Express Statue on the north side of down...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Canoe Building: Installing the Seats and Thwart

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On New Years Eve I installed the seats and thwart.   Canoe finished.  Woot Woot!  Technically there's still the brass stem band to ins...

Canoe Building: Making the Seats

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After I installed the outwales, but before I varnished the canoe, I started making the seats.  I used cherry wood, built so that the seats...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Canoe Building: Varnishing!

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One of the most harmful things to a cedar strip canoe is ultraviolet light breaking down and discoloring the epoxy.  A good UV blocking va...

Canoe Building: Plugging the Holes

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A few days after I installed my outwales, I went back to fill the countersunk holes with plugs.  I used cherry, the same wood the outwales...

Canoe Building: Installing the Decks and Outwales

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While I was waiting for the inwales to cure, I prepared the outwales and decks.  I had 8' cherry boards that I made my inwales and out...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Canoe Building: Installing the Inwales

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Now it's time to install the inwales!  I cut mine several months prior to this and they've been collecting dust in the meantime.  ...