Search results

I lived in the DC area, Germantown MD, for four years and was finally able to move away. My main complaint was the traffic and the huge crush of people. About 4 years later after living in the NC countryside, my ex and I split up because she took a job there and wanted to move back. None for me...

I switched to Samsung Active phones when they first came out years ago, I thought it would come in handy on my motorcycle and on the water to have an IP68 phone. I've never put them into any case on my kayaks or bikes, just tethered, and I've never had any problem at all. On my motorcycles...

Sorry, I forgot to tell you about the bus. It's a 2001 International 40' school bus with a DT466E/Allison 6 speed from Obin Tennessee school district. She runs and drives great. We bought it a few years back and are slowly but surely converting it to an off grid skoolie revolving around family...

You are most welcome Glenn, it was my pleasure, I actually enjoy that sort of thing. I don't have a lot of canoe experience, but I saw a place I could contribute and I believe that's what these communities are about. As a former forum moderator I enjoyed seeing people participate in whatever...

Thanks Gamma, I had originally thought about adding them to every tie out to form a kinda quonset hut effect for it, but after I built two I decided I didn't want the extra bulk of 3 more shock poles. It's proven to be a good decision, I've never felt like I needed them. They also work pretty...

So the last thing I'd like to share is a rather large DIY project that is part of my motorcycle camping set up. It afforded me an area to cook and store my bike out of the rain while I was riding without having to do it all crammed in next to my hammock. It breaks down to about the size of a...

I use the tree straps provided by Hennesy, a continuous loop at the hammock and carabiners in between to make set up and take down quick. If you're trying to cut weight, the carabiners can be dropped and everything just rigged by threading the fixed loop through the continuous loop on the...

Man, that's a shame. There's getting to be nowhere to hid from the modern world woes.

I had some interest in a post on Black Fly's thread about hammock camping and some of the DIY aspects of making your own gear. I have done a fair bit of DIY construction and also modifying my purchased hammocks to suit my needs. I promised I'd post up the procedure and pictures of the...

It seems to be a big problem in a lot of forums. I participate in two others and they both have had Ai and bot problems. The bots got so bad on one, that it had to be shut down and change the forum protocols.

I play around with scale RCs a little also, but my main distraction outside camping, hiking, and paddling is motorcycles. My dad was into dirt bikes and 3-wheelers when I was a little kid and bought me my first mini-bike for my 6th birthday, a Honda QA-50. I've had at least one motorcycle of...

As mentioned above, a lot of this sort of thing is regional, at least here it is. I've paddle all the ones I'm giving you the Lake Maurepas Swamp definition for, either in a pirogue, kayak or aluminum flat. (remember, I'm new to this canoe thing. ☺️) I'm going to throw in a few of the regional...

Do you know about how much that dropped your overall weight? That does seem like a reasonable list to cut, although, I'm not sure I could leave the salami at the house. I'd love to see your final list and cargo weight.

Nice job so far, I'll be following along.

Looks like he's going to finish up today. Wow what a trip, I can't wait to see the report!

I take (4) prescriptions and (1) OTC, I just drop the bottles in my first aid kit that's always with us on trips. You can (and will) get hassled down here if pulled over and they find anything out of the bottle.

You're welcome Gamma, it was a fun time and I enjoyed documenting it. Vibrio was not a thing 45 years ago when I was a kid. The massive rise in pollution has caused it in my opinion. The river that borders our property, the Natalbany River, was crystal clear and cold most of the year when I was...

I thought I'd try my hand at a trip report this will be the first one. It's just a little day trip a couple of weeks ago, but ya gotta start somewhere right? There's plenty of places to paddle around home, but it's all muddy and not moving at all and anything brackish/salty could possibly hold...

I don't want to hijack Black Fly's thread, but if anyone is interested, I'm about to build whoopie slings and ridge lines for the new hammocks I have coming out of 1/8" Amsteel. I love Hennessy hammocks, except for their suspension. If anyone is interested in the process just like this post and...

Thanks for the warm welcome Glenn. I'm really enjoying the site so far.