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Bird Island II
I really wanted to get in one more sail boat outing before winter set in. And so when the opportunity to go sailing presented itself on Saturday I jumped at the chance. Even better, most of the Earl crew decided that they wanted to go with me. KaeLynn (my wife) doesn’t like small boats. Of…
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Scofield Reservoir Scout Campout (Wed Aug 29 to Sat Sept 1, 2015)
I had some camera issues this trip, so this post will be mostly text. That is unfortunate, because there were a lot of really cool memories that probably need a picture. First of all, some background. I had been planning a trip this particular weekend for over a year. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised…
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My Phone Walked the Plank
OK, the title of this post is perhaps a little misleading. My phone did not actually walk the plank. It just got a little wet. Perhaps an explanation is in order.
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Deer Creek Reservoir
Yesterday (July 1, 2015) we took the young men and young women of our ward to Deer Creek Reservoir to goof around in the lake there. We borrowed a three small plastic kayaks from Brother Barsdorf and I took my mouse boat and PDRacer. We threw all of this gear in the back of the…
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About Time — Sail Report June 23 2015
I had mentioned before (in passing) that my wife was pregnant. Well, now she isn’t pregnant. Samuel Hyrum Earl was born just before midnight on May 20th. It was a pretty exciting day. KaeLynn had an emergency C-section and everything. On the bright side Sam is here now, and everyone is safe, and I have…
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Bird Island
Even before I started building my first boat my girls were fascinated about the stories I told about visiting the various islands of Moses Lake, Washington, where I grew up. Some of my fondest childhood memories revolve around paddling, rowing, or sailing to Goat Herd Island or Marsh Island, and my girls were intrigued by…
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Utah Lake State Park
For the second weekend in a row I was able to get my boats out on the lake. Like last week all three of my littlest girls came along. This time my son Zachary was able to come with us as well. It was a lot of people for two small boats, but we made…
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First Boat Outing 2015
The stars finally aligned, and I got my boats out on the water for the first time this year. The day got off to an inauspicious start. Eliza had a bad cough, Abby wasn’t feeling well, and Stella, well Stella is always a little difficult. However, Eliza and Abby have been dying to try the…
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Nephi’s Courage
In October of 2013 I started building an 8 foot sail boat. Or, at least that was when I made the first cut in the wood that I purchased. I had decided to build a boat after spending some time looking at the prices of new sail boats. I now think that if I had…