Careful about inviting your Wyoming in-laws out...You never know what they'll bring!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
June 16, 2011
Full spectrum of Hales' IPA's: Super Goose, Mongoose, Mongoose on cask, and something else, like the obliterator? Not sure, but above 8%.
Bought a keg of the Supergoose, 7%, much to my boyfriend's chagrin.
June 11, 2011
A Prarie Home Companion, live in Woodinville (yuppy eastside suburbia).
Garrison Keillor with Sarah Jarosz
June 10, 2011
Methow Valley, hike up Lookout Mountain trail, Twisp, WA
Fire watch tower at the summit
Scenes from North Cascade Highway:
June 9, 2011
Backroad to Lake Chelan
Moving campsites, tent, sleeping bags, and all.
Sunset view of Lake Chelan, Cascades at 25-mile State Park
June 6, 2011
Last of the concrete, still a big pile, but it's out of the yard!
This is what happens when you abandon your boat for 6 months.
Did we buckle down and clean it?
Absolutely not! Let's go sailing.
Ok, we had to clean it a little when we got back, but not before a nice afternoon washed down with some cold beers. A hard but noble way to sober up.
June 4, 2011
Progress on the concrete pile
Start of a bike race at the Second Ascent Twighlight Crit, Ballard
Here's to a swift recovery!
June 3, 2011
Post-op recovery room. Percoset must be kicking in. Excisional biopsy of breast lump, aka "breast reduction surgery" :)
Free Concrete! No refunds.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
May 31, 2011
Finally finished my backyard garden bed. Planted different summer and winter squashes. Dirt was free off Craigslist. Should have gotten free wood, but broke down and bought lumber. Lumber:$16, Dirt: $0, Compost:$10 (of which 1/3 of the bag was used), Seeds: $10 (plenty more for next year), Gas: $5 Total Cost:about $41. Those better be awesome patty-pans!
May 29, 2011
Brewing Beer with the Neighbors!
Grinding the grain (barley, malt, etc...)
Spent Grain - Grain was boiled, sugars extracted into a "wort"
Adding hops to the wort
HOPS!
Taste testing the product before pitching the yeast - It is very sweet.
Also, this test tube was used to test the Original (specific) gravity to later determine the alcohol content. Our guess is it will be around 8%
Pitching Yeast.
Yeast adds to the flavor but more importantly it eats the sugar
and poops out alcohol. Yummy.
Now we wait.
May 23, 2011
The Golden Garden Stairs Hike
About 300 stairs plus trails, = 7 minutes down - 10 min up
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