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Anyone ever spend any time in the Taos, NM area? We're headed there in Sept to check it out as a possible retirement location. The Earthship community/building methodology looks quite interesting. Have heard both good and bad about the community, but can't argue with the sustainability of that...

For those who have ever spent time deployed on a ship or submarine, you know that there is a finite quantity of happiness in the captive population. Said happiness can be transferred from one to another, or stolen, but the quantity never changes! Some of you will get that, others not.

But you could jump in the Firehole for a bit while she explores the geyser area......

Don't forget to repack the trailer wheel bearings every so often! Just had my trailer in for new tires and they broke a stud when removing the tire. New stud required a bearing repack and the deterioration they found shocked me. This in spite of the bearing buddies and pumping in some new grease...

Thanks for all the input so far. Keep the thoughts coming. Yeah, it is going to be a big change living together for the first time in 10 years. Fortunately, we're both pretty independent. She escapes to Tucson each winter for 3 months or so, and I escape to fish and camp for a week or two here...

I know we had a thread in the old place concerning retirement, but thought I'd resurrect it here if you're willing to contribute your thoughts and experience. The wife and I are two years out from departing the workforce, Me at 60, her at 55. Looking to relocate from the hellscape of eastern WA...

Purchase Founder's Club membership in Whaler's Cove Lodge, House overlooking the water on Whidbey/Fidalgo, boat to go with, Retire tomorrow, set up the ultimate woodworking workshop, and spend my days puttering in the shop, enjoying the view, and fishing when I wanted to.

Can't wait to see the rest of your report. Tentatively planning something down that way instead of the AK trip next year. Any specifics on outfitters/guides/locales appreciated.

The compressive forces at work at 10K ft are simply immense. Imagine a 440 lb gorilla sitting on your chest and trying to breathe. I'm sure there are other past submariners here, the Navy having been a good way to get an education and skill that's still useful today. And I can say that in 12...

At least all the way to the forks. Never been up beyond that, but I've seen some mighty big fish up that far.

Trail access on the northern side of that drainage is damn near gone at this point. Trails are semi-maintained by the folks that ride horses, but only up to the point where you begin to drop 3000 ft down to the river. Brush more than head high, discernible trail in the woods sections...

Beware....Rattlesnake Creek is aptly named!

carbon fiber shatters, steel cracks. UT/MT/RT testing can pick those things up in steel. the only one that'll pick up defects in carbon fiber is RT. and this company sure wasn't subjecting their vessel to any imaging test. safety costs money. 100% true in any endeavor. and as risk increases, so...

Mind telling us where you were? Friends and I have been looking at a multiday charter in the Gulf of California, but haven't picked a place or guide yet.

12.5K feet is an incredible depth. Yet only half as deep as the world's deepest depths. Modern navies don't even come close to operating in depths more than 3000 ft. Only painstakingly designed and built submersibles in spherical design can reach the depths we're talking about. Steel vessels can...

Sailors surviving the initial blast aboard K-141, the Kursk, could have been rescued had the Russian's opted to ask for help, and that vessel was only 350 ft deep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster#References On the brighter note, sailors aboard the USS Squalus were rescued...

As a former submariner, carbon fiber composite has no business in deep ocean exploration. Anyone who thought these guys could have been rescued had the submersible not imploded and been sitting on the ocean floor doesn't understand the immense pressure (44 lbs/100 ft) or difficulty of working 2...

Well, for the second time I have broken the tip section on my LOOP OptiStream 5wt. First time was repaired by LOOP USA in ID. Apparently COVID killed that operation. So now, the only option is shipping to Sweden for repair or warranty work. The OptiStream is an older rod and no longer under...

Most likely a fisher cat. Makes a scream like a woman being murdered. First time I heard it in Acton, ME I was convinced there was someone outside who needed help, dashed outside with the flashlight only to find nothing. Happened again and again for several hours.