Kayaking in Channel Islands National Park
Two Black women spend the day kayaking Anacapa Island at Channel Islands National Park.
Two Black women spend the day kayaking Anacapa Island at Channel Islands National Park.
Finally, finally, finally the septic system has been installed. Whoo! If I only knew then what I know now …. When we bought the land I dreamed of building an off-grid home with compost toilets (vericomposting would have been even better), a grey water system, and solar power. The first thing I did was send…
Welp, we finally did it! We paid for a percolation (perc) test and put in our permit application for a septic system. For the perc test, we were quoted: $300 for the engineer $200 for the tractor guy Once we knew we “passed” the perc test, the plumber that did the test quoted us $4,100…
We had the guy come out to create our road for us. He showed up on time with two helpers. They worked fast and made it look great! When we first bought the parcel, we couldn’t even drive out to it. We had to park and then walk through other parcels to reach ours. Well,…
Welp, we bought the land and now we’re planning on building our house. Since we got the 2.35 acres for a song, we were hoping that the building the house would be easy. We’d plan what we wanted, get the permits, buy some materials, hire some folks, and be ready to live in the house…
I found out that though we are allowed to have compost toilets in Mohave County, we will be required to install a septic system. Boooooo! They said that the septic system is still required because the kitchen sink also puts out black water (though the showers and laundry put out grey water) and it has…
Guess what? We bought some land! The goal is to build an EcoHouse (compost toilets, solar power, water hauling, everything completely off-grid) a little bit at a time so that we don’t have to get a loan. We’re at the beginning of the process so who knows there we’ll end up but the plan is…
I have to admit that I didn’t have high hopes for visited Boise but I was wrong. We really enjoyed our visit to Boise, Idaho. Here are our top reasons to visit: #1 Everything Basque Did you know that Boise has a HUGE Basque population? For those that aren’t aware, the Basque people…
We decided we’d drive up to Pendleton, Oregon. On the way from Sacramento to Pendleton I realized that if we made a small detour, we could visit Redwoods National Park! We decided to stay in Crescent City and it was the best decision we could have made. Crescent City is a small town right on…
The from the Department of Environmental Quality called me back and it’s a go! After him asking me why I wanted a composting toilet, and me explaining that section e was all I needed, he told me that I can have a composting toilet and that the $518 permit fee was per home, not per…
Today we’re out in Kingman, Az hoping to look at some land outside of the city to build an off-grid home on. Land is about $1,000 per acre and of course the more land you buy at one time, the cheaper those acres become. We’d like something between two and five acres. I don’t want…
During our travels we’ve gone up to Oregon, over to Maine, down to Georgia, and back to the west coast. We’ve gone from living in a four bedroom, two bath home to living in hotels, and motels, across the country. As this adventure winds up and we consider where we might like to lie to…
Call me Captain! Lol While we were in Big Bear, CA I decided to rent a pontoon boat. I asked in a travel group if I needed a license or something and the only response was a link to the licensing site. I found a course I could take online and got to it. I…
We took our oldest to Oahu, Hawai’i for their first birthday. We stayed in Waikiki, the north shore, and then ended up back in Waikiki. While there, we took a photo of the baby standing next to a surfboard. I always thought it would be cute to return every few years and take the same…
We drive by Tombstone, Arizona pretty often but we’ve never stopped. Actually, let me amend that, we’ve drive on the 10 and seen the exit sign for Tombstone. A client canceled so we had a week to kill. I originally wanted to go down to Puerto Penasco, Mexico but I realized that our dog’s health…