Free for all!

After some consideration I decided to put the full length version (40 min) of my Jan Mayen movie on the web for all to see. It was starting to decompose in my computer and really needed some fresh air so here you go, free for all! Please share the link to anyone who is curious too see it, you never know if I decide to pull it down from the web so hurry up and watch it :) I also just had it published in the news on two Swedish websites, Utsidan.se, and Freeride.se. Any other suggestions? The more the merrier.  To warm up, watch the Trailer if you have not already seen it. Then make sure to snuggle up with a warm drink and some seasickness pills readily available before you press play!



While on the topic of planting seeds, I have been busy lately - I present Gustav Garden Project 2.0! And just as last time when I started out putting a few plants to the ground it has quickly gone out of control. Why not make it just a little bit bigger? The bottom line is that I am probably quite bored at the moment and therefore have been putting the left over energy into gardening and mindless workout. But whatever it is I am having a good time. Next winter though - I hope I get out for some more adventures Jan Mayen Style. Minus the puking part.

A neighbor decided to take down his deck.
I capitalized on the free wood.

Raised Garden Beds
Vola! 

Not to happy that my avalanche showel
has turned into a useful garden device

Boom!
Including BMore Rat protection fence

My little darlings. One day they will grow up to become tasty veggies,
but for now I am tendering to their every need

Has this turned into a Gardening blog? Yes, most likely. Expect plenty of plant growing bigger pictures next time around. If you are reading this for the adventure part, next planned happening will be free-diving (and working) in Puerto Rico in the end of June.

The Wire Tour

Martin checking the action at the "low rises"

Back in Baltimore again. The Caribbean cruise came to an end after 1 month at sea, well 21 days if you count the sea days themselves. I was kind of dreading it before we started out, but it is funny how fast the time goes by and it really was a good time. If you are interested in more of the science we did, check out the NOAA Science Blog where Tim Battista wrote a more in depth story on what we did. 

Nancy Foster heading back to shore in full moon light,
with a successful mission behind her

With my feet firmly planted on land again I had a pleasent suprise this week. My friend Martin Edvall came to visit from rather cold Sweden. You might ask yourself why on earth Martin would be interested in coming all the way to Baltimore (surely it can´t only be my great baking skills, and spring has not quite yet come into full forse here to help warm up his cold winter bones). But then you don't know that Martin has not only watched every episode of "The Wire" Season 1-5 once, he has done it twice. Also I lured him here with the promise of some great canoeing. I took half friday off and we set out to follow a google map guide on my phone of must see places from the Wire Series. We had a great day exploring the less fortunate side of this town, but it is quite apparent that part of the real Baltimore is in an even worse state then what the series shows.

the real Baltimore, blocks after blocks with uninhabited houses
just a few hundred meters from Johns Hopkins Medical Campus.
Its somewhat hard to believe that we are still in the US.

Marios Court. Possibly not a place to dwell at night, but today
there was not much going on except for some Swedish tourist action

On Saturday we packed the canoe and headed for Potomac. I forgot to tell Anna there was going to be some rapids. She got wet, and somewhat upset. But then we had a great day in the blasing spring sun. I promised her I would inform her a bit more precisely what it would be like next time I took her in an open canoe through class 2 rapids... No camera out so you will only get the before and after pictures. 

Martin Anna, Austin and Laura getting ready for a ride on the river

Anna taking over the steering on her first, hopefully not last,  journey in the canoe

Campfire, chilled white whine and freshly baked bread.
The Caribbean in all honor but I  almost prefere a warming spring sun.  

No, it is not the caribbean. But it brought me pleasure to see how cold Austin and Martin were...

Yes. Freezing. 

The Great Falls, only 20 km from downtown DC. Pretty awesome place.
No we did not canoe here (last 20 years 53 pp have died trying)

Thanks for a great time Martin! Now back to the DC commute and a big pile of work at my desk. With spring around the corner I think there will be some good canoeing and fishing in the weekends up a head to keep it real. It's nice to be back, believe it or not.