July 2014: I returned home after 39 years. Samwise & I lived for a year and a half in Satellite Beach before buying Valhalla in early 2016. I was glad (and fucking relieved) to be back home.
The Dude returns ~ Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Free at Last, Free at Last!
Gateway Arch ~ St. Louis, MO ~ Excellent Adventure 2024
Two Dudes at Rest ~ North Carolina Mountains ~ October 2024
Pizza in Big Stone Gap on the Dead Hortons Tour in June 2025
Clan Tubridy at the Highland Motoring Festival parade near Lisa and Dave’s Ranch in North Carolina.
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The Dude at 70
Mother Ocean 2025
M Coupe 2025 ~ Major work done this year: Suspension, brakes, tires, fixed valve cover and power sterring leaks, new radiator. After the new clutch 5 years ago the car finally drives like new!
Flattening sled: I made this as a cheaper alternstive to a metal sled. I flattened the hickory slab I got from Myhr’s broither Richard on Excellent Adventure 2024. Worked like a charm!
Tree of Life inlay on finished live edge slab.
My incredibly photogenic grand niece Georgie and nephew Theo! Clan Tubridy Treasures!
Not-So-Sweet Melisa clobbers Jamaica. Here one day, gone the next, major damage, but hey, what climate change? Despite this, there were no direct hits on the mainland USA this year. Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster in all its Noodly Goodness!
Second New Glenn launch from Pad 46 at the Cape. This is where Dad worked in the 1950s on the first Atlas launches. The roar of this large rocket comes close to what I remember from the Saturn V days.
