Obsessions

[affreca]

 My obsessions are spinning and travel, with sides of knitting and reading.

I finally started one large spinning project (combo spin with combo draft) and started second guessing myself halfway through the first bobbin.  I'm not sure if I want to change my plan or keep on.   On the other hand, I've got so many other spinning projects planned with supplies bought, I decided to just put that project on hold.  So this evening I started on of the other planned projects.  It's also a combo spin, but with tonals.  It will be a two ply, with one being a combo draft of tonal dark brown rambouillet and blue-purple merino silk flax blend (from Nest) and the second one is combo drafted tonal dark purple (from the same dyer as the brown) rambouillet and purple/tan/grey polwarth silk flax blend (from Hipstrings bought at my last class at PlyAway 2019).  I made a small sample to make sure the colors worked, then started on the first bobbin.  It ends u p being a variable muted purple.  Which is on brand for me.  

As for travel, I am totally lost in googling around on things to see on my next trip, a road trip through the northwest with Lawnchair.  I have route basically planned and stuff I want to stop and see every day.  Lots of geology and landscape, very little cultural.  I've reached out to a high school friend to hopefully get coffee.  Haven't decided if I want to out to random uncle and do dinner.  

Comments

[tbutler]

Sounds like a cool trip!

How far does 'northwest' range? Far enough east to get into Idaho? I have fond memories of visiting Craters of the Moon and the Snake River area when I was a little kid... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craters_of_the_Moon_National_Monument_and_Preserve

I'm also interested in seeing EBR-I, but I'm not sure how far I'd go out of my way for it:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60781-d2202898-Reviews-Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_No_1_EBR_I_Atomic_Museum-Arco_Idaho.html

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/ebr-1-atomic-museum-nuclear-power/

[affreca]

We're flying into Boise and driving to Yellowstone, so I already have Craters of the Moon on my list for the first day. Because rocks! And I've loved the geomorphology of the Snake River Plain for years. It always catches my attention in topographic maps of the US, it is so distinctive.

As for EBR-I, thanks for pointing it out. We'll be driving down Highway 20, so it's not more than a mile out of our way. Sadly, according to their website they're only open Memorial to Labor Day. I do have a tour scheduled for B Reactor at Hanford because nuclear power is fascinating. (Sadly, we won't be around for the monthly tours of LIGO at Hanford).

[tbutler]

Ooh, if you're going to the Yellowstone/Tetons area, be sure to catch the Gros Ventre landslide! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Ventre_landslide

I was sick and stuck behind in the camper the year the family was in that area, but I still remember the talk about 'the mountain where the top came off' decades later...

It's a pity you won't be there before they close for the year. ;_; The Roadtrippers website does say that group tours can be scheduled year-round... maybe if you called ahead?

At least you'll get to see the prototype nuclear jet engines out in the parking lot... (I am Not Joking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion#Heat_Transfer_Reactor_Experiments )

[affreca]

I'm pretty sure Gros Ventre was part of my Geology 360 class (2 week road trip/field trip). I'm still bitter that we didn't get to Yellowstone on that trip.

After Russia's nuclear powered missile made the news again, I fell back into the hole of crazy nuke ideas (Project Plowshare - because nukes+fracking will win over the environmentalists).