So here's the progress thus far. Bad motor out, with the other on schedule to be in tomorrow, then I'll be left with the nonsense that is 'rewiring' my '81 previously carborated van for the '89 fuel injected motor I'm putting in. Fingers crossed that once I transfer the 'brain' into my van, everything should work out just perfectly. . .

Last night, I came across an offer I couldn't refuse...


And she purrs like a kitten!




Engine swap time...

Lately, when not searching for jobs, showers, parking places, tools, food and a chevy 350 5.7L engine that runs, I've been playing around with photoshop, actually using it for what it's meant to be used for; graphics! Here's my first project (from an online tutorial)...

I took these pictures....



And made this!


Photoshop is fun!

I've got a surprise for you guys tomorrow. I bought something. . .

"Upon those travelers who make their way without maps or guides, there breaks a wave of exhilaration with each unexpected change of plans. This exhilaration is not a whore who can be bought with money nor a neighborhood beauty who may be wooed. She (to persist in personifying the sensation as female) is a wild and sea-eyed undine, the darling daughter of adventure, the sister of risk, and it is for her rare and always ephemeral embrace, the temporary pressure she exerts on the membrane of ecstasy, that many men leave home."

-Tom Robbins-

The arranged plan of driving to Bishop and working at an animal clinic for the holidays was completely blown apart, along with the lower end of my engine, ultimately leaving Joseph and I stranded in Arcata, but with time comes opportunity, and a free van may be falling into my lap soon. I'm still undecided on what to do with it, but I'm leaning towards selling the freebee and purchasing a rebuilt chevy 350 with the proceeds and dropping it into the motionless shell I'm not ready to stop calling 'home'. Is a day job at an auto shop and possibly night work at a restaurant in my near future? Only time will tell. . .

The past few days have been filled with hopes of work and selling of a van, with the purchase of a new van, hopefully in the near future. It would be just to perfect to move out of this one, and directly into another... Till all that happens, we've just kinda been enjoying some sunshine, which becomes a rarity in the pacific north west around this time of year.

So here's a photo of Moot running up and down the beach, enjoying himself to the fullest. He's a happy pup!


Lucky for Moot, it looks like we're going to be here a while, as I've managed to sling a rod in my van. With an engine rebuild in the back of my mind, I come looking for a job. . .

Haven't been doing to much productive in Cali yet, just kinda been monkeying around...