We got pulled over because the cop thought we were talking on the cel phone while driving. He didn’t realize it was a right hand steer!!
“No hard feelings sir….and yes of course you can take a picture to show your family.”
The event is Stowe went richter thanks to Umiak Outfitters:)
FROM UMIAK:)
Umiak was very excited to have the Seth & Tyler visit Stowe, VT with their bio-diesel vehicle.A few people were able to stop by the store to see how it works and they really generated enthusiasm among the school kids they visited. Their visit created a buzz not only among paddlers but with the general public as well. The owner of Umiak, Steve Brownlee, has started to research converting his diesel shuttle bus to bio-diesel as a result of the visit. He will promote bio-diesel through the graphics on the bus when the installation is complete. Everyone here will be keeping track of Seth and Tyler on their Web blog as they continue their journey. Thanks for coming to visit us in Vermont! - Mike Strojny, Program Director, Umiak Outdoor Outfitters, Stowe, VT
Thanks to the 7th graders at Stowe Middle School for participating in our curriculum. Still waiting for your poster entries!!!
We just filled up with Biodiesel for the third time of the trip. We have gone 12,000 kilometers on 470 gallons of Biodiesel and Waste Vegetable Oil!
Thanks everyone for the great posters.
We attended one of many stops on the Campus Conscousness Tour Hosted by Reverb
We rallyed with the folks from Clifbar/Lunabar for some good fun.
Guster rocked the house
Our boy Tom did his best to help us fix the vegetable oil system.
O+WP was set up in down town New York City at 42nd and Vanderbilt. As part of Earthday NY and Green Apple Music Festival, the rig was on display in front of tens of thousands.
We were sandwiched between sponsors Keen and Clifbar.
Crystal, Carrie, Angie, Dunbar, Julia, Alex Nicks and KT Selby were all scene lounging on our deck underneath our newest addition: the upper canopy.
8 year old Henri Reiss NaVarre will be hopping on a pogo stick across the entire length of Manhattan soon in an effort to promote alternative energy. Stay tuned on our kids site for updates.
On our way from N. Carolina we stopped off to paddle the New River near Fayetteville. After running into the frenchies from team adrenergie/Quebec city, they convinced us to go hit up the Upper Blackwater in West Virgina.
This proved to be a good call because the next day Red Creek, one of the best rivers in the Southeast ran. It runs so infrequently that we had never even heard of it. Once we dropped into Super slide, (a 1/2 mile long steep, clean slide) we knew this was no ordinary run. It was a day to remember, thanks to Adam Johnson for getting us out there.
The day was perfect, and we were on the road to PA in no time……. except another double rear tire blow out left us stranded in the middle of the road in po-dunk West Virgina. AAA couldn’t even locate us, so we set up camp.
The next morning, we hooked up with the local boys to help us get back on the road and on our way!
We hadn’t used anything but Waste Vegetable Oil since North Carolina and to continue the trend, John Weld of Immersion
Research helped fill us up with 40 more gallons!!
He also showed us how he makes Biodiesel right at the Immersion Research Warehouse. He uses it to heat his house!!
The event at Wilderness Voyageurs was fun, thanks to Kasia, Roger, John and Kara for helping us create a great night to rally for the cause!
Of course we got swarmed with Local Media, so it is safe to say that Somerset will be switching over to Biofuels soon.
Getting this project underway has definitely taken a big chunk of the time that we used to spend kayaking everyday. We are slowly starting to get it back. We had a great time paddling with some of the local legends in Ashville like, Toby Mcdermot, Andrew Holcombe, Meford, ShaneB, John Grace, Woody, and about a thousand others:
This is Shane’s new Diesel truck, and we are confident we have him sold on Bio after an afternoon of terrorizing.
YEAH Meford—Nice paddlin w/ ya buddy, see ya soon….
Love it when the “Sunshines”
Oh yeah, the LVM premier WENT OFF!! Of course the rig was the center of the after-party—-
Thanks Ashley, Meford, Alison and John for letting us be involved!
Stay tuned for pics of the upper blackwater, and N. fork of the blackwater in West Virginia…
Wow, we had our hands full at the Randolph Learning Center. After our presentation with the 6,7 and 8 graders, we set out to the river. It was their last day before spring break, and we all had some fun as we demonstrated kayaking on the river. The RLC is an alternative school for kids that need extra attention:)
Poster of the day: Greasel the Biodiesel Weasel
