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AbleGuy, my brother and i visited the John Day fossil beds and the Ochoco mtns two years ago last May. I'd love to revisit both! We found a disbursed campsite in the Ochoco's where we had the place to ourselves for several nights. Mature Ponderosa forest. I'll make sure to check out the...

Dang! That is what I thought. I think it was back in 1976 both the US and Canada officially converted to metric. You Canadians did a much better job in the conversion effort. As a field geologist for the federal gov't, we spent a number of years doing all our reports using the metric system...

I had been driving a 5th gen 4Runner for the past 11 years. Sold that to granddaughter. Now own an American/Canadian built truck for the first time in three decades. Here is a Noobie question; what type sockets and wrenches to I need to carry, metric or imperial to work on the Sierra? Sure wish...

Many years ago, I did a small project down around the Jordan Valley. I haven't been to the Steens, the Alvord Desert, etc., YET. Thanks so much for the reminder.

Let's try a little humor: Happy New Year friends!

It is a rainy Christmas Eve day here. So have been playing around in the truck, learning all the new to me buttons and knobs. Having finished that, I decided to photograph the Raven symbols I've stuck to the sides of the vehicle on the front doors. I mentioned earlier that the Raven is my...

I've been looking for info on camping sites in Oregon. I found this and think it's pretty interesting! It has made me change my plans to visit the coast in the fall instead of this coming spring. Stay away from heavy winds and rain...

Frank, Thank you for all the great ideas! These are a great Christmas present to Nanc and me. I agree with everything you've posted. Do you know if Correlle makes/made square plates and bowls. I have some Tupperware ones and love them 'cuz they store so well. When going out for a weekly...

When I removed the camper from the truck we found that the camper had been raised up ~2" through the use of six 2 x 8's running east/west with styrofoam blanks cut to fit in between the wood. This was done at the Alaskan Camper factory when the camper was first installed. After 11+ years...

Finally decided to take the AC off the truck until late March or April. So drove the truck home and left the camper in the garage for the winter. Wow, this puppy is long! The bullbar on front is aluminum and has two Hella fog light installed, along with parking sensor front and rear. I'll be...

Well, the AC is still patiently waiting for me in the owner's garage. Which actually is a good thing. Her son is flying up from Florida to spend the holidays up here with her. I have numerous questions about completely draining the fresh water tank, etc. He also know how to remove the camper...

Imagine that! And I just received my new ULine catalog the other day. (y)

You know, that makes perfect sense. The destroyer of these campers is. moisture. I didn't even think of that. My truck has a sprayed in bedliner direct from the factory. Thanks for the input! Dale

Well, everyone knows the saying about the "Best laid Plans", right? In the past two weeks my 3 y.o. Boykin Spaniel injested things she shouldn't have twice, in an apparently attempted suicide. Maybe not suicide, but the cost so far has been over $4K in vet bills !!! That has put a pretty big...

Thank you! I am familiar with the old Ioverlander, but when it opens up now I'm informed that I need to download the newer IOverlander 2 by the end of December. Guess I'll have to bite the bullet and get the pay app. IOverlander is built into my Garmin Overlander, wonder if they will update...