I Got…"Just Desserts"

The Camp Cook Forum is having a little competition making dutch oven desserts (see the thread here).  I haven’t made a dessert in the Dutch ovens yet so I thought I’d toss my hat in the ring.  It seems pretty obvious that I don’t stand a chance though. I also thought this would be a […]

Forget Meth…I have a trailer.

Recently, I have been manifesting addictive behavior with regard to teardrop & tiny trailers. I was driving home from work one day and shot a picture -with my cell phone- out my window of a 1960’s Chevy pulling a new small Airstream. I think a teardrop trailer cereal for kids would be awesome.  The marshmallow […]

A"door"ed

Progress on the jPod has been slow since summer & it is tempting to be depressed about that.  The only difference is that I am trying to keep up with teaching in addition to daily life.  Yet, I am happy to have a job even if it distracts me from the build. A while back, […]

Boards

You may think that the title of this page has something to do with the jPod.  Well, you’re somewhat right.  It is that time of year when a teacher gets a few days off for spring break.  Of course, as it is with most teachers, I have a lot of work to do on my […]

jPodBuild Website Changes

Well it is about time I got around to this.  I have been meaning to add features to this website for some time.  Here are the newest additions/changes to www.overlandtrailer.com: New Header Image – I needed an image that actually had a picture of the jPod in it.  When I started, it was only an […]

Spring Arts Propoganda

The high school that I teach at has an annual Spring Arts Festival.  For the evening, the student’s creativity is put on display.  There is quite a list: welding, photography, quilting, cooking, pottery, painting, gymnastics, instrumental numbers, singing, and much more.  This even pulls in about 500-700 people. For this year’s festival some co-workers & […]

Power to the People

Last Friday night was stuffed food night made with power tools that I usually use on my jPod trailer build. Senior Management & I made stuffed peppers.  Here is the recipe: Stuffed peppers: 4-6 Red or Yellow Bell peppers 1 cup of rice (dry) 10-12 mushrooms 1 tsp. Mongolian Fire Oil Smoked Gouda Cheese A […]

Practice for "THE Project"

My father-in-law just had a birthday.  For his 60th, the family celebrated by hanging out with 50 or so of his friends.  He is one of those people that I hope I can be when I’m 60.  He is an Ironman triathlete and plans to do the Coeur d’Alene Ironman again this coming June, 2009. […]

Curves

The glue dried on the galley hatch & I opened things up this morning.  It looks really nice.  It fits the curve of the trailer perfectly.  I also did some sanding and other fine adjustments.  I am pleased with the outcome.  As far as this blog is concerned, visual impact is minimal (See: galley).  However, […]

Bent & Not Broken

My latest work on the jPod occurred last weekend.  I decided to rework the galley hatch a bit.  I felt that the skin could work better for the shape of the trailer & line up on the hinge better than I had it.  In the end, I strapped everything down, shimmed the entire inside of […]