I'm feeling the Cruiser love.

Just hosted Bob Bancroft, from Oregon for a little while and while he was here he helped me fix the radiator on the 60 (which is for sale. pics here) He also helped me fix my wheel bearings when they loosened up at nearly midnight 2 hours from home. I'm fortunate to have had his help. Oh, he also did about 90% of the work on getting 90% of the dent out of the driver's door. Big improvement. Did I mention that my 1988 HJ60 Land Cruiser is for sale? It is. Buy it. You'll like it.

Bob's visit also instigated a trip down to Nosara to visit my friend Rick, also a cruiserhead. I look forward to some more visits down there as Rick is a great guy to hang out with and I can learn a lot from him. Also he surfs. Bonus. The surf in Nosara that day was a little disorganized, but it added another positive to an otherwise great day. Of course, the road from Nosara is what helped us discover the loose wheel bearing. It would sure have been nice to have found that closer to home!

The bearings are fine, but the adjusting nuts are worn out. Jocelyn is only in Atlanta another day or so, so I was pressed to find the parts I need to effect a better repair. I contacted a shop there called ACC (Atlanta Custom Creations) and they turned out to be the nicest strangers I've met all week. They helped me with the parts, in a hurry, and threw in a sweatshirt and some beer coozies. I have a little bit of a collection of coozies, so I'm doubly stoked!

As much as the vehicle itself is an impressive adventure machine, owning a Land Cruiser is also about the community. The only other vehicle that seems to compare in terms of international esprit d'corps is probably Land Rover (maybe Porche?). It is impressive how many people in the world are willing to help out other people, simply because you both own a 'Cruiser.

Labels: atlanta, land cruiser

I haven't downloaded the other pictures from our Atlanta vacation, but clearly the most important part of our journey was enjoying the marriage of Katie and Brad. You couldn't have asked for a better day w/regards to weather. It was a perfect day to hang out by the lake. Both Katie and Brad looked great and were full of smiles, which is always a pleasure to see. I wasn't feeling very much the photographer, but took some shots. If you want good pictures, it is probably worth talking to Katie or Michael Pisarri (the photog) as he got some wonderful images of the day.

Jocelyn actually likes to iron clothes, who am I to argue?	View from the wedding party house, where we were lucky enough to snag a bed.	Retreivers at the lake. Happy retrievers.
Hugs for the bride ("Careful with the hair!")	then off to the dock to stay out of the way	Pisarri did the photography
Beautiful girls, beautiful setting, beautiful weather...	Kissing the Bride	Great setting
Steve and Vanessa	Sweetest wedding cake- very non-traditional (and delicious)	Jocelyn being beautiful
The dock was an idyllic place to sip wine and watch the sunset	First Dance	What fun!
Brad played some music	Coming home	Carrying Katie across the threshold

Labels: atlanta, photo, weather, wedding

I'm back! Jocelyn is still in Atlanta, doing some jewelry shows and trying to keep a positive attitude despite all the dire economic predictions that we are hearing.

Lots to tell.... but no time to do it right now. Stay tuned.

Labels: atlanta, tamarindo

We attended a lovely wedding this weekend, in Georgia about an hour east of Atlanta on Lake Oconee. The weather simply could not have been better- right down to the high cloud that moved in to block just enough sun so that we weren't roasting during the ceremony (but that moved back out for us to enjoy the evening sunlight on the water).

Congratulations Brad and Katie Thomas! Thanks for inviting us!

Labels: atlanta, travel, wedding