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Chad had a great design and with his background in aerospace (he used to work at Boeing) he knew his materials and proper construction practices for a light weight roof tent. He is around 6'6" tall so he made tents he could fit in as well. Unfortunately between the covid panic and the flooding...

I went from a big Pelican case containing my six man ground tent on the roof rack to a Maggiolina roof tent which weighed about 130 lbs and stood almost 14" high. It was great but when a friend came along we still had to strap the Pelican case on top of the Maggiolina. So I went to a low profile...

We had a Chevy Step Van camper back in the early 1970's with a six cylinder inline engine - seriously under powered in the Rockies and definitely not much off road capability but it was still one of my favorite vehicles. My best friend and I set off on an epic voyage from Atlanta after he got...

I've had some great chairs over the years (including a Kermit which lives in my Defender 90 permanently) but the Australian Drifta Stockton has claimed top spot after lots of other chairs. If you've ever hung around Aussies you know they are serious about their camping gear. Folded in their bag...

In the Talladega National Forest last weekend - that washout is over six feet deep.

My Terrapod Solo weighs 85 lbs and is 5.25" tall - the full width version weighs around 115 lbs.

I also have a couple of old gold pocket watches from the late 1800's The Waltham dates from 1873 and the Elgin (which is missing the crystal) dates from 1884

This was in a batch of old stuff in my mother's house - may have been from my grandmother on my father's side but I have no idea for sure. Could be a fake that my mom picked up in her travels. My grandfather had a 1954 Rolex Turn-O-Graph that I inherited and will pass down to my nephew so his...

I was there in my D90 this year - was supposed to be in the Saturday Caffeine and Community show but it was canceled so they could move the Concours forward to Saturday

In the Uwharrie National Forest over Memorial Day

Ramblin Chet has hit the nail on the head with the Doxa - a dream watch for me - a friend of mine has one his father gave him many years ago and I remember drooling over a display case with a Doxa dive watch back in the late 1960's. I have a couple of gold pocket watches dating to 1873-1884 and...

Last weekend in the Big Frog Wilderness Loop

I use a Garmin GLO 2 GPS antennas to bluetooth to my Samsung tablet - works great - around $100 on Amazon

Last year I was introduced to a new chair by a friend at a Land Rover event - it looked comfortable and so I asked to try it out. It was very nice but then Jeff (with an evil glint in his eye) said - "It reclines!" I ordered one as soon as I got home - The Drifta Stockton camping chair beats...

Garmin has a long history of introducing new products and abandoning them a year or two later. I was suckered into buying a Monterra which they promptly discontinued less than a year later. The only Garmin product I use now is their GLO antenna which will connect via bluetooth to my Samsung tablet.

My Defender 90 was supposed to be part of the Cars and Community event on Saturday but since that event was canceled so they could move the Concours forward a day it didn't make it on the show field.

I've been using the 5 gallon Sceptre water can for years with great success but lots of times I have found for weekend trips I don't need to carry that much water. I ordered a Sceptre 2.5 gallon water can (green) from Amazon for $37 which will work out well for me since it will fit in exactly...

I went from an LR3 (great truck) to the D5 to the D110 which is our daily driver and all around transportation appliance. The thing that bugged me most about the D5 was the rear hatch - I much preferred the lift gate/tail gate of the LR3. I saw an artist rendering of a design study for the D5...

I had a 2017 D5 diesel with all of the off road goodies and it proved to be extremely capable off road and a great road trip car with great range. At one of our off road events in North Georgia there was a trail that approached a steep, rocky hill climb through a stream bed full of slick black...

A 1970 Porsche 911S had 180 HP and weighed around 2300 LBS - undisputed performance car - right? My 2019 Miata has 181 HP and weighs 2346 LBS - it has Brembo brakes and better suspension than the 911, really good air conditioning and heated seats so you can comfortably drive with the top down in...