Yaks – Page 2 – Dio's Workshop

Still paying the bill

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 by diogenesoftherifle, posted in Uncategorized

All of that is now this. I won't try to emulate the Late Great Remus, but thats my woodpile report for now. Three more loads like that last and I will be full up for the winter. I still had half a row left from last year, but this one is looking to be a … Continue reading Still paying the bill

The beginning of fall

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 by diogenesoftherifle, posted in Uncategorized

Quiet swishing from my PFD as the paddle passes left and right, biting the water, pushing towards any random destination today. Rain pattering all around me, washing sweat from my face leaving a salty taste on the edge of my lips. The rain helps now, knocking the heat down. We round a bend and there … Continue reading The beginning of fall

Wudooyadoo?!?!

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 by diogenesoftherifle, posted in Uncategorized

When the world is topseyturvey and normality is asleep in the trunk of an old lead sled careening out of control without brakes? Build a flippin paddle. Thats my answer anyways. Weather is just as crazy as the rest of the world right now with the remnants of a hurricane breaking over us, so paddling … Continue reading Wudooyadoo?!?!

Somedays, the bear gets you

August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 by diogenesoftherifle, posted in Uncategorized

This 'bear' has been creeping up on me for awhile. Not real certain how it came to be, or if there is even a 'fix'. But the problem is very obvious now. The gunwales in Serena have warped and the entire boat now has a noticable twist from bow to stern. Seen on deck the … Continue reading Somedays, the bear gets you

A strange thing

August 23, 2020 by diogenesoftherifle, posted in Uncategorized

Went out today with Serena and Shorty (nickname of the new to me Pirouette). Scouted 5 places to put in and not one "inspired" me. The water at Laurel Lake was down 4' from when I was last there and wave action was abrupt and short lived. A river put in below the dam was … Continue reading A strange thing

Gah! I’m impossible

August 18, 2018 by diogenesoftherifle, posted in Uncategorized

I get frustrated with myself at times. Seriously, FRUSTRATED. Why? 'Cus I am perpetually driven in the quest to KNOW THINGS. Not anything in particular, but EVERYTHING I come into contact with. I have just spent DAYS and an unknown amount of data researching building, floating paddling all sorts of DIY kayaks, canoes and rowers. … Continue reading Gah! I’m impossible

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WINGS OF CHANGE

What happens when a wounded veteran, a computer genius, and a handful of fiercely independent misfits decide that the best way to change the world is to stop waiting for someone else to do it?

G has spent years flying from a wheelchair, learning to make the sky obey him even when his body won’t. T is a computer wizard with a mysterious past, an enormous extended family, and a talent for turning impossible ideas into working machines.

Together, they build things that shouldn’t exist.

Aircraft that push the limits of what remote flight can do. Technology born in garages and workshops instead of corporate boardrooms. And a community of people who have decided that family isn’t necessarily something you’re born into.

But building extraordinary machines attracts attention.

Soon G, T, and their growing family find themselves caught between government agencies, competing agendas, and people who would very much like to know exactly what they’re capable of. What began as tinkering and experimentation is becoming something far more consequential.

Because when you build something powerful enough to change the rules, eventually somebody comes looking for the keys.