The voyage home
Reindeer Games
Century Ride
Alaskan Train
20W-50 Valvoline VR1
Toyota Family
Sunroof Deletion
Fastest Climbers on the Cruise

travel, food, culture, cars, and
mechanical life through an engineer's lens.

Notes from the road and the workshop. Observations on places, people, machines, and the details that make them worth remembering.
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travel
Journeys, landscapes, and the roads between.
food
Meals, markets, and the craft behind the plate.
places
Cities, architecture, and the character of a place.
cars
Design, engineering, and the stories they carry.
design
Projects, repairs, and lessons from the workshop.
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places

California

Before Spanish explorers ever mapped its coastline, California existed only as a myth in a 16th century romance novel, Las Sergas de…

Jun 10, 2026
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The voyage home
Reindeer Games
So. Much. Crab.
Century Ride
Hill of Buddha
Alaskan Train
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Japan 2026

Sapporo, Otaru, Biei, Furano, Osaka, Nara, Shinsekai, Namba, Umeda, Kyobashi

Jul 4, 2026

Alaska and British Columbia 2025

Spent some time in Anchorage before taking the Alaska Coastal Railway to Seward. Boarded the Radiance OTS and…

Jun 22, 2025

Northeastern Roadtrip 2024

Niagara Falls, Toronto, NYC, Hershey Park, Baltimore, Owings Mills, Delaware, Washington D.C.

Mar 13, 2025