Day 532: Hill Climb of the Day

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Ben

John and I rode up to the top of Yaqui Pass this morning. I broke a spoke, but otherwise everything went well. I’m not used to riding more than once a week, so I was struggling to keep up with John during the climb. He tried to drop me in the last hundred feet, but I managed to stick with him:

Endomondo only captured the ride from the beginning to the top of Yaqui Pass, where we turned around. Total ride length was 34 miles:

This afternoon, Trish and B went into town to scope out the Wednesday knitting circle at the knitting store. They didn’t stay, but they did visit the library and the ridiculously overpriced grocery store.

Day 531: A Beautiful Sunset

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Ben

Here’s a view from the roof of the RV of the path the kids built:

After homeschool we set out for a sunset walk around the “neighborhood”:

The skies did not disappoint:

The kids also spelled out our blog name:

Our yard, complete with paper flowers at the beginning of the path:

Day 530: Another school day

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Ben

This morning I went for a ride with John and Karen, who rode their tandem. They set a brisk pace and it was a great ride:

M did a science experiment involving saturation of salts in water:

B made another skirt for herself:

Day 529: Desert Homeschool

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Ben

Shabbos was nice and relaxing. I went for a walk and met Kelly and Mike (FollowTheTumbleweed) and Hector and Brenda (IslandGirlWalkabout) They left Shabbos afternoon, and were part of a much larger group of folks our age, some with kids, who were here for a while and for the most part left last week.

Today we got off to a bit of a late start. We did a full day of homeschool with the kids, including their class on Stencyl programming:

Another beautiful sunset:

B did a bit of ocotillo photography:

I went up and sat on the roof of the RV and thought about how incredibly fortunate we are to be able to do what we’re doing:

Today we started using the 200 in 1 electronic project lab. Other than cosmetic changes to the front grill, it’s exactly the same as the kit I had as a kid:

B did project 1, which was quite complicated to wire up. When completed, it did a simulated roulette wheel on the bottom half of the 7-segment LED:

Day 527: Biking and Sewing

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Ben

This morning I went for a ride with John, whom I met here last year on Day 175. We rode around town and then up to the overlook halfway up Montezuma Grade: