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Southwest road trip with my wife. 5 days of not parenting, not managing a house, not balancing a marriage with kid sport...
05/23/2026

Southwest road trip with my wife. 5 days of not parenting, not managing a house, not balancing a marriage with kid sports, work, and all the details that fill a family calendar.

We ate organic tacos in Sedona, saw the Grand Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, hiked into the Bryce Canyon hoodoos, and soaked in hot springs in southern Utah.

All told, we covered around 3 thousand miles between Arizona and Washington as I worked my way back from a work trip in Flagstaff. Truly one of those trips that stick with you.

Sedona is very nice.
05/19/2026

Sedona is very nice.

04/02/2026

First update on the 1986 Willie Drift Boat project:

For a forty year old boat it’s in surprisingly good shape, which is one of the main reasons for choosing an aluminum boat over fiberglass. These boats just plain last. I’ve removed the 3 bench seats, along with the old wooden floor.

With the hull bare I gave it a good cleaning with a shop vac work and pressure washer. It was tedious but satisfying work going through all the boats’s nooks and crannies and clearing out a few decades of grime, but after a few days of work I’ve decided that I don’t need to paint and that I’ll keep the interior as it is with some foam decking placed in key spots.

Next up, installing a new diamond plate floor.

Sneak peek of recent work with and . Awesome time on the Oregon coast with .rutledge_ and
03/14/2026

Sneak peek of recent work with and . Awesome time on the Oregon coast with .rutledge_ and

Willie with on the JD last summer. 📷 by
02/13/2026

Willie with on the JD last summer. 📷 by

Last April I had the opportunity to buy a Lowe 1448MT from a friend’s dad. He hadn’t had it on the water for a few years...
01/02/2026

Last April I had the opportunity to buy a Lowe 1448MT from a friend’s dad. He hadn’t had it on the water for a few years and he let it go for a couple hundred bucks. It didn’t have a motor or much else, but it came a decent trailer and all in all, it was a solid base to start work on for a boat that I could use on lakes and Puget Sound.

I’ve always enjoyed rigging up boats and this project was of the high points of 2025. So for much of April and May I worked on the boat and trailer, replacing bunks, putting down flooring and decking, even installing bow and stern lights.

The inspiration for this project was from jonboats you’d see up in Alaska: simple, utilitarian rigs with outboards and oars.

By summer it was ready for some solid lake adventures around the state. I got it out to Okanogan County on some of my favorite lakes and mainly explored local waters like the Snohomish River and local bass lakes.

Right now it’s gray and rainy and I am day dreaming about 9pm sunsets and tossing senkos up into lily pads from the bow. It’ll be here soon enough.

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