living in a tee-pee

what are we talkin here? i dont got alot but ,... whatchya needin?

 

You may be sorry you asked...

I need one of these with a diesel engine (for conversion to waste vegetable oil):



I never thought I live to actually ASK for a minivan...

Anyhoos, they are really hard to find in the US. They're everywhere in Australia, but don't meet DOT regs. I would be forever indebted to anyone who could even find one for me to buy...

 

Found some old photos, please enjoy!

Ripping poplar for the khana:


Jig drilling the khana:

 

Building the compression ring (I used scrap plywood and scrap pine and Gorilla glue for strength but it was overkill):







Finished Ring:

 

Finished frame (16x9; for scale, the canoe is 18' and the green stepladder to the right is 6'):




With door opening (Pressure treated to be changed to handcarved hardwood):



Our yurt in the Dalhraidia camp at Pennsic 34 (brown roof):

 

i live in a tipi most of the year, bought it from reese in colorado. As long as you stay on top of the smoke flaps if a really heavy rain comes, it's watertight, and the fire heats it up really nicely. At night, with the fire going inside, it glows a beautiful orange color and steppin' inside is like going back in time. I can't imagine livin' full time in a "regular" house now....

 

oh, and zoomie...your yurt is really awesome lookin'. where is that camp that the last picture was taken?

 

That would be the annual Pennsic War at Cooper's Lake in Pennsylvania. Here's another view of our camp from the gate:

 

never heard of that, is it a reenactment deal?

 

Yes.

http://http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn36/index.html

Two weeks of fun, fighting and living as a 6th Century Celt.

 

great looking yurt zoomie

 

Thanks!

 

very cool, thanks for the link...my backround is Celtic, first generation born in the U.S.

 

Celtic or Irish?

 

family is from Ireland

 

Mine too, 4th generation out of Dublin.

 

nice, my is from Belfast, and Kerry, have you ever been there? I unfortunately have not.

 

i was living in a tent for a month jejeje

 

i choose yurt over tee-pee anytime