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“We got up early in the morning so we could get back to town, have ...”

“Day 7 we headed out to see more otherworldy hydrothermal features. Heading out earliesh ...”

“Today the goal was to visit Mammoth Hot Springs. Being the fifth day in ...”

“Wanting to beat some of the crowds, we headed straight out after getting up. (Thank ...”

“We couldn't stay in Yellowstone too long without seeing a Old Faithful. Wanting to avoid ...”

“Waking at 8:30, we were happy that the Keurig in our room made something resembling ...”

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“PORTLAND, Ore. — In celebration of The Allure of the Automobile, the Portland Art Museum ...”

“To celebrate our 22 Anniversary, we took a roadtrip First stop was Jacksonville for lunch and ...”

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“My first trackday of the year and the weather cooperated. A very fun day was ...”

“We have lived in Portland for more than 15 years and have never been to ...”

“On the way back from Sisters, Nadya and I stopped by the Woodburn Tulip Festival. ...”

“Over the weekend Nadya, Laura and I went to Cocktail Camp. We had a ...”

“A gallery: A walk in Portland ”

“This year I am trying to become a better photographer and one of the ways ...”

“Here's a good way to make a weekend trip feel like a real vacation : ...”

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“Unibrain (Overland) Ordered: August 30th Status: D1 09-16-2010 Built - Pending Inspection (I) 10-05-2010 09:36 PM EDT Detroit ...”

“Sitting in a bar in Bend watching the lightning. I miss lightning in the desert”

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“I recently purchased a GoPro Hero HD for using at trackdays. The camera is ...”

“I adapted this recipe to make two dinners for us. The first night is chicken ...”

“We had a couple of friends over for dinner yesterday. Jim is just getting over ...”

“We are off to the Canadian Grand Prix. As a gauge to our excitement, we ...”

“This morning was the second race of the America's Cup. Nadya and I were on ...”

“I had a busy week last week with with four new recipes. This week it's ...”

“"Alternately, the random appearance of capitals in inappropriate places makes us wonder if you don’t ...”

“We just got back from our mostly-annual trip to Ashland for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. ...”

“One of the blogs I read posted this recipe, with credits to Mark Bittman, he ...”

“For my mother's 70th birthday we went to New York City. How do you ...”

“The last morning of our weekend trip to Southern Oregon,  Jim told that me while ...”

“One of the places in the area that I've been meaning to visit is Antique ...”

“Nadya and I just returned from a trip to Crater Lake.  More writing to follow ...”

“Portland, Oregon, USA.   Today, the Motorsports Division of the Unibrain Trust announced its plans ...”

“I grabbed this recipe from the Rachael Ray magazine and served it with some Carlton ...”

“Saturday I went to the best Chemistry Lab ever.  It included bunnies,  yarn, and a ...”

“Movies on the roof on a warm summer night sponsored by the NW Film Center. ...”

“Went for the first time today, with a friend and had a great time.  Three ...”

“Twenty years and counting.  We took a few days off and went to the most ...”

“Our Christmas kitty who the neighbors loved, who terrified beagles and taught us how to ...”

“On the first sunny Saturday in what seems like a long time, Nadya and I ...”

“For starters we had Manchego, Edam & Rosemary Tumalo and Melon Cubes.  For the meal, ...”

“Nadya and I went over to the Pearl on one of the first sunny days ...”

“This recipe tastes like Spring, yet really the ingrediants are such you could make it ...”

“I read about this recipe on egullet - someone said it was one of their favorites ...”

“Last April I wrote about a green chile pheasant stew I'd made.  Today, inspired by ...”

“I pulled a number of images from the past year into a gallery of my ...”

“Continuing our desert national park tour we took an hour drive over to Joshua Tree ...”

“When we left Portland this morning there was still snow on the ground.  After a ...”

“With the weather still dicey, we canceled dinner reservations and stayed in.  After a four ...”

“Fat City is open so Nadya and I walked uphill in the snow to have ...”

“It is 26 outside and snowing. The weather guessers are saying it will snow the ...”

“I was scanning some photos over the weekend and found some pictures from the 1989 ...”

“The weekend before Thanksgiving has turning into a Wine Weekend in the Willamette Valley.  We ...”

“I made this one up tonight to take advantage of leftover roast chicken and gorgeous ...”

“I made this Gratin last night.  It looks like a sweet potato casserole with marshmallows, ...”

“We have a new member of the house, Henry. 7908 Henry was adopted from another family and ...”

“Last month we managed to both be in town when Domaine Drouhin Oregon celebrated the release of ...”

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“T-7 Start obsessively checking the weather forecast. T-6 Check weather forecast. Spend 4 hours in garage listening to classic ...”

“Not really but we have declared it done. There is a stainless door that ...”

“I unvented this today.  I wanted a steak salad that would work well with red ...”

“Lamont loved to play fetch, chase the cat dancer, eat and sit in Nadya's lap. ...”

“Need to park a modern truck on a narrow Norwegian street? No problem: 7036”

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“Since folks have told us they really don't have time to check the gallery AND ...”

“Today for a few hours the three sweetest words in the English language were "End ...”

“It has been 28 days since the remodel began. Without being too optimistic, we ...”

“6773 It's really prettier here in this corner of Norway than the pictures do justice. That ...”

“The light switches are right side up Unlike the British, the Norwegians trust me with a ...”

“May 17 is Constitution Day in Norway. It's the essential National day holiday, like ...”

“One of the many joys of spending three weeks in a little flat on a ...”

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“6454The long awaited kitchen remodel starts today.  I'm not sure what will happen except we ...”

“After a couple of days being sick, I finally got back out in the garage ...”

“I received the engine back from Loynings Engine Service earlier in the week and had ...”

“I made this recipe tonight with one of the pheasants Jim brought home in February. ...”

“Death Valley only lives up to its name in the summer. In the winter ...”

“While in Death Valley we took our trusty GPS. Downloading the track data and ...”

“It was a beautiful day and being a holiday I went for a drive towards ...”

“I'm claiming my feed!  What does this mean?  I have know idea but someone at bloglines does.  ”

“After trying everthing I could to make the Elan engine stop smoking I've admitted that ...”

“Because they are entertaining ”

“That is the round trip from our house to Seatac airport. I know this ...”

“We went and had a great time.  More Blagh entries when Nadya gets back.  For ...”

“So after declaring a sea day for our last day on Wight, and then returning ...”

“17.07 km today 108865 steps to date. 44594462Each day has some especially pretty part.  Today's was the ...”

“The three and a half best things ever: Flat beds for sleeping Hot showers Moleskin 3.5 Real Ale These things ...”

“So my notes for this date were on a receipt, but I'm not sure where ...”

“34313 Steps 20.58 km (but Nadya insists the pedometer is shortchanging us) 5 hours 29 minutes 7 ...”

“Overheard in a pub while in Cowes: "What kind of crisps would you like?  Yellow, blue, ...”

“ If you go to Portsmouth (which we recommend), and spend some time there, you will ...”

“After a couple of years of trying, I finally spent got a chance to drive ...”

“We have a chandelier over the bathtub - a whimsical piece that gives the bathroom ...”

“The Hero Shots from the racing school are in the gallery 3801”

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“After many years of waiting, I finally went to the Bondurant Racing School 3812 3814 3807 3820”

“My Amazon recommendations are heavily skewed right now because of the number of technical books ...”

“What can I say. I have a strange feeling both happy and sad. ...”

“Combine a kitten, a shredder, and a video camera, and this is what you get: ”

“A trip to the San Juan Islands for our anniversary 1695|400”

“1670 The local Ferrari dealer invited us to a cocktail party that involved food, a Red ...”

“Last night I dreamt I ran into a guy who looked familiar. He rminded ...”

“Today was the first trackday of the year. It was threatening rain for most ...”

“One of our Christmas presents was a GPS. After we recovered from the holidays, ...”

“The new entertainment center was just begging for one of these: (a big screen tv ”

“David came to visit, and we had a lovely weekend. It was clear and ...”

“726 "Please steady the Death Star." Words I never thought to hear. This year, Jeannine, ...”

“We named him Norman. He loves to clean and does what Mother says.”

“Our dreams have come true and a robot has joined our family to do our ...”

“Kato died this afternoon. He developed a tumor under his tongue and was no ...”

“Kato has tumor in his tongue. All we can do now is try ...”

“3735373837503756Saturday was the All British Field Meet in Portland. Nadya drove the Elan and ...”

“Another trackday for the Elise this time with the local Lotus Club As usual, there ...”

“2477I thought about pulling the picture, because it's just so sad, and I am such ...”

“It is unfortunate that the first post about the Miata is not a happy occasion. ...”

“So who was that man? He was a photographer from the Oregonian taking pictures for ...”

“I wouldn't know. Because me, in Denver? I work. I go to meetings, ...”

“342 And why is he taking Jim's picture? Stay tuned .....”

“It was bound to happen. One of the common problems with the Elise is ...”

“As recommended on Elistalk in the thread Spent $120 and now I can ROCK! I ...”

“I hadn't driven the Seven to work in over 6 months and really hadn’t driven ...”

“1593|200 1599|200 A quick trip to Cannon Beach for our 16th annicersary. Not much writing.”

“Today is the first trackday for the Elise. I'm going to run it with ...”

“I went over to a friends house yesterday to help him put the body back ...”

“On Friday night, after 3 years, I picked up my Elise. It (or should ...”

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“My car is in Portland!  I'm in Las Vegas. I won’t be able to pick ...”

“This week I got my VIN number from Arun at Motocorsa. It has been ...”

“I stopped by Motocorsa earlier in the week and found out my car has arrived ...”

“What has happened to coffee pots. It use to be that a coffee pot ...”

“Study: Homeless, unemployed favor malt liquor If we'd realized academia was in need of this unique ...”

“Rain unlike anything in Oregon or the PNW.  The true meaning of “raining in buckets” ...”

“339 Yesterday, through the generosity of a friend, we attended the Doc Martens Warehouse Sale. It's ...”

“Well I finally bit the bullet and upgraded moveable type. I hope everything still ...”

“3591 I was cleaning out my stack of magazines and realized the car I drove at ...”

“1486 We went to the Tournament of Roses Parade, and a very fine parade it was. The ...”

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“Jim bought me a fabulous little digital camera for my birthday, one I can carry ...”

“As I was walking to work this morning, I heard an approaching MAX train. ...”

“Wow, we've done it again. Don and Anita had a couple of friends, Steve and ...”

“Over the weekend was my 40th birthday. A few friends joined me for a night ...”

“If you haven't already heard, Mount Saint Helens is erupting. Last Friday steam and ...”

“We saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow this weekend. The movie started ...”

“After 18 months of being a house husband, Jim went out and got a job. ...”

“This was the first year I let the apple tree grow a bunch of apples. ...”

“During the last track day I had a bit of oil, well a lot, dripping ...”

“1378 We've been playing ping pong. Jim is noticeably better than I am. So I've decided ...”

“On the trip we stopped for lunch and found the exception to the rule that ...”

“1229 1235 1238 1244 1247 1250 1265 1271 1274 Butchart Gardens. Much more beautiful than the pictures. A very nice garden although there are ...”

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“It has been a long time since Nadya and I had to pack for a ...”

“I won first place in the peoples choice awards at the ABFM. I kept telling ...”

“Today was the end of summer Lotus Club trackday. As always a great turnout. ...”

“Well not really a new leak but another fight with an old leak. I ...”

“We hosted a cribbage party last night. Six people playing cribbage while one ...”

“First oil change today with about 500 miles since the restoration. I must remember ...”

“We went to most of these - a few names were just so good we ...”

“After breakfast we stopped by a coin dealer located near the Museum. Nadya found a ...”

“1187 1190 On the tour at Bletchley we got to go in the room with the rebuilt ...”

“1184 Off to the V&A, Victoria and Albert museum, today. Nadya found this museum much more ...”

“1169 The Tate Modern building is as fabulous as I had heard. Even Jim was impressed. ...”

“Somewhere between Carlsile and London. We were supposed to go to Bletchley Park today. ...”

“1013 1016 Nice walks today, more like what I expected the walk to be like, i.e. strolling ...”

“989 992 995 1001 1004 Fortunately English weather is variable. The rain came and went for awhile. We saw two ...”

“965 971 968 974 977 Today was our off day, one of David's more brilliant ideas. We ordered breakfast for ...”

“Long hard day. More to follow. Saughy Rigg 929 932 935 938 941 944 947 950 953 956 959 962”

“The walk to Chesters Fort was worth it. I'm a little frustrated that my ...”

“ To finish yesterday: We had a beer in our hotel bar, "The Dyvels Hotel", we ...”

“1019 The bridle path was a pretty walk under the cover of some trees and along ...”

“1124 1127 1133 1130 Walking through the British Museum I'm struck by the size of this place. The Egypt ...”

“The flight was surprisingly tolerable. The world traveler plus meant we had slightly fancier, ...”

“1120|200 We arrived at the airport at the crack of 11. No line to check in ...”

“Listening to disco and doing the night before packing and Nadya decides this is the ...”

“Nadya and I sat down a couple of months ago and wrote out our must ...”

“Our umpteenth preparatory trip to REI. I came away with a fabulous day pack ...”

“While Jim is obsessing over the size of his daypack and how many gigs of ...”

“The British weather is extremely variable. To ensure that you have a great ...”

“Now that I've been driving a bit it is time to get the car all ...”

“With the purchase of the Elise being delayed, I decided to buy a new camera for ...”

“I noticed the Elan was getting dirty(!) sitting in the garage and I didn't like ...”

“For a bunch of reasons I'm not going to be getting an Elise. I called ...”

“Things are getting exciting! Our BritRail passes arrived today. We got the four ...”

“Everytime I take the car out, I am surprised how nimble and delicate it feels. ...”

“1396 1402 1405 1411 1414 1417 1420 Breakfast. John spills, and spills and almost contaminates the coffee pot. Strange laws in Oregon. ...”

“1391|200First things first, we are off to Astoria this weekend with our friends Cat and ...”

“I went out today and drove the car a bit more aggressively than I have ...”

“During the last track day I was not too happy with the performance of the ...”

“Yea, I know I said I was done but there is still the punch list ...”

“You may recall I was not happy with the height of the brake pedal. To ...”

“I finally found the proper hose end that would allow clearance for the new throttle ...”

“A couple of days ago I posted I was done and a lot of people ...”

“On the way home from the local Lotus Club meeting I broke 100 miles of ...”

“It took about a half hour at the parts store searching through the various wiper ...”

“A Red Letter Day, for the chief financial backer, at least! Jim took me ...”

“The throttle cable was a little sticky so I decided to replace it with a ...”

“I made actual progress on the punch list over the last couple of days. The big ...”

“Another major milestone in the restoration project. I drove all the way to the ...”

“I've been doing the blog thing for a long time now and have never allowed ...”

“First real drive around the block today. Real drive means the doors and windows ...”

“3513The new clutch acuating rod arrived yesterday and took a grand total of 10 minutes ...”

“As you may recall, I've been having problems with a blown fuse. Well, I ...”

“In the midst of the last track day my tires went off. My preference ...”

“Some days are bad and others are worse. Yesterday was worse. It was ...”

“Well, we're off to go walk Hadrian's Wall in the summer of 2004. What is ...”

“3223Over the past week or so, I've been letting the headliner stretch in place in ...”

“Still trying to find that annoying oil leak. I drained the gearbox and refilled ...”

“The answer is yes, they will end. I finished up the carpet today. After ...”

“The carpet on the side panels of Elan have some rug binding or upholstery binding ...”

“3236 I'm almost done with the carpet installation. Nothing out of the ordinary, just very time ...”

“Thanks to the mind reading powers of Tivo we have a new science fiction ...”

“Like more and more of the restoration, order here is important. I'm spending some ...”

“The carpet kit arrived at the house today. This is going to be fun. ...”

“The Lotus Elan internet mailing list and forum has been aching for a place to ...”

“It seems the interior is taking forever and the more progress I make, the more ...”

“3199I finished recovering the door panels with new vinyl. If I don't say so myself, ...”

“With the help of SHMBO, I installed the right hand window frame and window motor ...”

“I tracked down my elctric short. It looks like the fuel sending unit went ...”

“Today I was going to continue to install the under carpet padding. It is ...”

“I took the left window frame to the chrome shop I used for the first ...”

“Of the two door windows, the left was badly damaged but had an operable winding ...”

“Today was the day to start recovering the non-seating surface vinyl. Never having ...”

“We had the most fabulous New Year's Day: it snowed from 6:30 in the morning ...”

“It is cold again in the garage and things are slowing down. After ordering the window ...”

“I've updated the log entries to the new format using movabletype. This should make ...”

“Starting the Log for the Miata.”

“Fabulous Sys Admin Jim has even let me post. Woo hoo- I'm blogging now!”

“I moved the website from using my ISP to Total Choice Hosting provider. ...”

“Tonight we're off to an OED party. What is an OED party you ask? ...”

“I think I finished with the basic site formating. The archives have nice forward ...”

“I found a three column MT template at http://blogstyles.com/styles/3col/free.php After make a couple of modifications to ...”

“Yipee! At 12:30 this afternoon I started the car for the first time. She ran ...”

“The wiring checked out with only a couple small problems One switch with high resistance which ...”

“ I "powered up" the car today using a small 12 volt power supply with ...”

“ Only a couple things left to do before I try and start the ...”

“ I've been spending a lot of time today figuring out exactly where to install ...”

“Added all the new wires to the wiring harness. (See Aug 11)While it doesn't sound ...”

“Installed the new pinion seal over the weekend. Removed the differential, replaced the seal and ...”

“Progress since the last update The first batch of chrome pieces came back from ...”

“I came home from a drive and found a small pool of oil under the ...”

“I need to look this up every now and then so I might as well ...”

“3591 Lotus Cars brought a UK spec Elise 111s to the Lotus Club Track day / ...”

“The first system in the car is complete with the last of the brake lines ...”

“The first system in the car is complete with the last of the brake lines being ...”

“A big day in the restoration. I invited some friends over to the house and ...”

“Temporarily installed the header to check for clearance. Everything clears, so now I'll send it ...”

“Brought the engine home and put it in the garage. My wife made the observation ...”

“I've been trying to track down a small oil leak and I think Ifinally found ...”

“The body came home from the paintshop yesterday. The color is exactly what I ...”

“More engine work. The bottom end is together and I've put the head together long ...”

“I just got back from a trip to see the car all painted. The color ...”

“Casting of the door handle escutcheon was a success. Now to try and make the ...”

“Some of the plastics parts in the Elan are near impossible to findnew or used ...”

“Just got the wiper motor and the door winder motors back from the re builder. The ...”

“All the engine parts have arrived and I'm trying to schedule some time for the assembly. The ...”

“Last September at the Lotus Club track day I threw the fan belt going down the ...”

“Not much real work on the car this week since the local Lotus Club is ...”

“Complete new website design to make it easier to update the photo gallery.The machine work ...”

“Nut and bolt check for Friday track day. Replaced the electric temp gauge with a mechanical ...”

“Paul Zimmerman from the Lotus Elan Mailing list wrote this photo description of how tore-key ...”

“Swapped the cable actuated clutch to a hydraulically actuated clutch. 3524”

“ Had a Petronix ignitor installed in the distributor ...”

“The search for yellow. Lotus UK says the numbers I have are correct for a 1966 ...”

“The search for yellow. Since posting my color choice earlier this year I've had LOTS of ...”

“I've been spending a lot of time figuring out the newwiring harness. The old harness ...”

“The winter weather has slowed things down. Last October I was waiting for an estimate to ...”

“The major fiberglass work on the body is done, although the original estimate was way ...”

“It has been a few months since the last posting mainly due to the sabbatical. ...”

“We ran out of Sunscreen so we decided to come home. Lizard-foo and the golden spike 4036 4042”

“Prairie Dogs Glenwood Canyon We both had $0.75 at the same time Dinosaur National Monument ...”

“Cave of the winds and an Edison Light Bulb 4239 Green Mountain Falls, Co - Completed Mission ...”

“Well biology took its course and now Jim is sick. We’re in a cabin with ...”

“Bryce Canyon 4159 4172 4176 Nadya is sick with a head cold. We managed to do the scenic drive ...”

“Our posts are getting briefer, but here's the basics: Flagstaff Lesson learned: never try to make reservations ...”

“Day 1No wind and 80 degrees, 20 below normal. A perfect day in Death Valley ...”

“4091 Monday, I think. Who really cares. The weather report for Sunday night in Lee Vining was ...”

“4061 After a fun day exploring Gold Hill (where N's great grandmother was born) and Virginia ...”

“Star Wars Episode 2 opening day We walked up ...”

“Beautiful drive down the coast. Stopped to play in the tide pools near ...”

“Left Portland at 10am. Rusty saw us off. Kato was hiding under the ...”

“While Jim is relaxed and giggling, I have two more days of work. But ...”

“Today I took the rear hubs to the machine shop to be reassembled. It appears the ...”

“I broke down and purchased a bubble flaring tool from MSC Direct. (KD Tools I.S.O Bubble Flaring ...”

“I've found the world's most frustrating task. I've been trying to install the brake lines. The ...”

“I don't actually have an Elise but I have put a deposit down on ...”

“The chassis finally arrived and is in the garage. I'll post details on the differences between ...”

“After much deliberation I've ordered a new chassis fromTonyThompson Racing. The current chassis has several ...”

“I've been spending lots of time sanding away the three coats of paint. Underneath each coat ...”

“Removed the body from the chassis. Very interesting. I now knowhow to remove the body ...”

“Preparing the body to be removed from the frame. The wiring is a nightmare. Why this ...”

“Just finished taking the engine out. There was oil coming from every possible place on the ...”

“Took a few picture of the car before starting the disassembly. Removed the radiator with ...”

“The transmission, differential and several ancillary parts arrived today. I'll start the upgrade this weekend”

“ Parts List Procedure Pictures How does it drive I decided to go with the SPComponents Ford type 9 gearbox with the ...”

“The engine is still at the Jay's but I've ordereda new transmission from SPComponents. ...”

“The Lotus Club Track day held at Portland International Raceway started as a very good day.  ...”

“Scholarship suspension finally installed. The front swaybar touches the nose. I needed to do a ...”

“New tires - Yokohama A032 175/60R-13 from Tire Rack. Align/reset toe  from "a lot of toe ...”

“Scholarship suspension ordered.”

“Track day yesterday: Car ran well. Still has stumble when secondary open. Not too bad. Brake peddle low. ...”

“ Seems rich at lower rpm. Change main jet   Settings   Weber Book    P S   P S  Idle  50 45   55 45  Air Corr 180 120   170 70  Emul F50 F50   F50 F6 Main  135 145   135 145   Wings still hit tire. Add washers (3/4"). Oil ...”

“ New airfilter (1 3/4" high). ”

“ Changed oil. Changed water - "oily feeling". Think it was goo left in block. Added fuel filter. Removed choke. Long ...”

“ Warmed for 1/2 hour. Removed choke from carb. Missing on #1. Removed plug and cleaned. Runs ok. Seems ...”

“ Startup and warm. Noticed very rich when revved. ”

“ Finally put on rear wheel arch welting. Alternator heat shield retaining bracket is broken. Need to find ...”

“Well in the last month or so I've put several hundred miles on the car. ...”

“I've been getting lots of mail asking how the build is going so I've finally gotten ...”

“Back from the trip and try to tune the car. One of the local club ...”

“Wow! That was fast! I drove around the block today, finished up a few last minute ...”

“Today everything has finally arrived at my house. There were a few days of holding ...”