Photos of French Carpenters' West Coast Trip

We are running photos of our French carpenter friends Menthe and Yogan documenting the trip they took this summer along the Northern Pacific Coast, exchanging their carpentry skills for room and board.

This is a tiny home they built in 10 days on an old Dodge flatbed truck in Humboldt County, California.

We are posting one of their projects each day for a week here: http://www.theshelterblog.com/

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Photos of French Carpenters' West Coast Trip

Innovative Airstream Trailer Design

The vintage Airstream is making a hip comeback everywhere across the U.S., and it’s no surprise why. The adorable, quintessentially-American mobile trailer that’s been “selling like gangbusters” has become much more than just a shiny head-turning symbol for the open road. These days the adorable silver camper is being revamped into food trucks, hair salons, and even retro-chic hotels by enterprising folks who love its durable and iconic silhouette. We’ve rounded up seven of our favorite Airstream renovations that might just get you dreaming of a polished aluminum camper for yourself.…"
Article by Lucy Wang
(No photo credit on Inhabitat)
http://inhabitat.com/7-amazing-airstream-renovations-with-stunning-retro-chic-flair/

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Innovative Airstream Trailer Design

French Carpenters Stop by Shelter On Their Way Home

Yogan and Menthé, carpenters from France, who have been featured in out last two books, stopped by here yesterday on their way home. They have spent the last 3 months hitchhiking and working on the west coast (Northern California up to Orcas Island). Kindred spirits, these two have had a wonderful time, working with a variety of people, trading work for room and board.

We'll be posting photos of their projects in the near future.

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French Carpenters Stop by Shelter On Their Way Home

Twin Victorian Homes in Fort Bragg

I was shooting photos of the old one and Louie said, Hey, the one across the street is identical. Sure enough. Twins. On the ocean side of the highway in Fort Bragg.

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Twin Victorian Homes in Fort Bragg

Coastal Panorama at Sunset

This morning I'm at Trink's, a fabulous breakfast/lunch/latte/homemade pies/good wi-fi cafe in the town of Gualala. Light blue sunny sky with wisps of high clouds. I sort of have roots on this part of the coast: my dad and his family used to camp at an abandoned lumber mill on the Gualala river in the early 1900s, and go fishing.
Yesterday Louie and I headed north to Queenie's for pumpkin/pecan waffles w/ whipped cream breakfast, then wandered around in Mendocino, then explored Fort Bragg, which hasn't yet succumbed to cloying cuteseyness (as has Mendocino).
I'm heading home now, just picked up a freshly-killed grey fox on the road, going to skin him, along with another fox (brought me by a friend) in my freezer. I end up with a beautiful skin, and a (usually) perfect skull.
I'll put up a few photos from this 3-day trip before heading south…

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Coastal Panorama at Sunset

On the Coast Today

Left at 5:30 AM, made about 12 photo stops, got to Gualala at 9 -- 3-1/2 hours travel time, from pitch black to blue-sky/blue ocean morning sun.
Three planets are lined up in pre-dawn skies right now, about 4-6:30 AM in these parts. Power girl Venus, Jupiter, Mars.
After breakfast, Louie and I took a long walk on the Guala beach.

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On the Coast Today

1952 Flxible (Sic) Clipper Bus

Spotted on the road last week by John Rainbow

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1952 Flxible (Sic) Clipper Bus

Breakfast This Morning With Louie, Titsch, and Kyle

I took off early Wednesday morning with Yogan, my carpenter friend from France. This is Friday morning, so I'm not posting chronologically, but this is hot off the press: at breakfast this morning with Louie and Titsch*, this little boy walked up holding one of our Tiny Homes mini books, showing it to me. "Where'd you get that," I asked.
"You gave it to me last year."

Earlier this morning, I'd given a Tiny Homes On the Move mini book to a 3-year-old girl sitting at our able and she started going through it page by page and then said, "This is really cool."

Made my day, to say the least.  Kids are with us.

Here's Kyle Radic, driving south to San Francisco with his mom and she said he'd brought along his favorite book:

Photo by Titsch Jones

*Titsch and I were born on the same day (not the same year), and my mother's maiden name was Jones, so I consider him my brother. He's from Wales.

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Breakfast This Morning With Louie, Titsch, and Kyle