Life changes, home changes, hopefully older and wiser. Definitely happier. I’m in a different and much better place than I was the last time I posted. I doubt anyone is reading this as I’ve definitely neglected any semblance of keeping a journal or posting much other than on Farcebook. Figure Continue Reading
Dave Thomas
Time to venture out
It’s a bit nuts that the mundane act going outside to get some groceries and other sundries is causing me so much anxiety. In my mind I find myself planning my route, thinking about how many doors I have to touch, what to do to isolate each contact point and Continue Reading
March 23 2020
It’s a brave new, fucked up world out there. I have been procrastinating long enough and have decided to try my hand at this blogging thing again. Considering I don’t currently have a job due to the COVID19 monster, I might as well do something creative besides lurking on FB Continue Reading
Here Goes One More Time
Driven by a number of major events and personal life changes, my path has taken a radical departure from when I last posted. Separated from my wife, quit my job at Baldface and moved back to the West Coast. Just a few small changes. I’m not going to dwell on Continue Reading
Back in the Saddle Again
After a month away, it was an intense and satisfying return to the Lodge. Flipping the switch between winter and summer has never been as abrupt and defined as has happened this year. I started my first shift of the 2016-17 ski season in, appropriately, a snowcat. Plowing the remaining Continue Reading
Back for the Summer
To say I’d been pre-occupied with surviving the winter would not do the level of commitment required by the fun machine that is Baldface enough justice. Relentless is often the word I use to best describe the experience, a non stop roller coaster ride and a constant challenge. Thankfully, it’s Continue Reading
It’s Only A Flesh Wound
Today Was A Good Day… …if not for the whipper I took off the side of the excavator this morning it would have qualified as outstanding. I’ve been battling with the EX300 all summer but think I’ve finally gotten the upper hand. A couple of weeks ago I was ready Continue Reading
Deep Thoughts – Winter Is Coming
There has been a lot of chatter about the huge El Nino that has built in the Pacific Ocean and how it will affect our coming Winter. Global warming, climate change, bad juju or a figment of our collective imaginations, call it what you will. All I know, from living Continue Reading
Out of the Old, Into the New
After getting tied up in wire yesterday, today saw some actual progress. Aside from the fact that the Bus won’t be ready to go roadtripping on Wednesday, it is starting to look like I wasn’t completely insane when I started this project in the first place. Sometimes it’s better to Continue Reading
It’s Down To The Wire…
Saturday Sept 26th – Got back down to wrenching on the Bus this afternoon. Not the most productive day as I have run into some hurdles to overcome. Started by trying to adjust the timing with my whizzy chrome inductive timing light that arrived the other day courtesy of Ebay. Continue Reading