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I’ve had interest in the VW camper vans since 1970 or so but never pulled the trigger. I’ve recently seen snippets of new models coming out, one being called the California. I’m totally happy with my Tacoma with canopy, as it fits my lifestyle perfectly, but I’d be interested if anyone here has...

Just found this excellent thread, and I’ve always been a cloud fan. No pictures but some years back we were flying home from NY and I awoke over the Dakotas around midnight. We were well above this raging thunderstorm. For an hour or so it looked like the apocalypse, huge bombs going off under...

I failed as well. Neither here or there, but 15 months ago I was in Tanzania, and dreading the long flight, I broke out the globe. In ballpark terms (earth isn’t round like a globe, but an oblate spheroid) if you were to drive a rod from Seattle through the center of the earth it would exit just...

I had to look. The northern border of Montana is 545 miles.

Two users I keep coming back to, and booty from a trip to France. Two blade stockman from mid 70s and a large Copperlock.

I haven’t sifted through this entire thread, but enough to be happy….. that my collection of (ballpark) 60 is tame. I’m not a collector per se, but I seem to acquire at a steady rate. Very few outright hunting knives (as I’m not a harvester) but several Case and SAKs including 3 alox Soldiers...

TG-4 here too. Have also used it (and loaned it to daughters) for free diving in Hawaii, Sri Lanka.

Thanks, somehow I missed that thread. Will be camping on the Chewuch with pals that week. I will be making DO J. Poppers for late night snacks. Probably make them up here and keep them in the cooler until the coals are ready.

Where when izat?

More on the Torqeedo: I haven’t pushed the limits and run out of power. There is an easy to use battery life indicator, so my intent generally is to start heading back at around 60%. Also, and this is likely true with all similar electric outboards, running at top speed you’ll sap the battery...

As a tender motor it was fantastic. Quiet, good battery life, and enough power to anchor out and slow motor 4 plus dog for brews and chews. Haven’t fished it yet but at trolling speed it should last several miles and hours. I’m guessing top end is around 7 kts, so it’s not a speed boat. But it...

In the Fall I installed some Beachmaster launching wheels (fold up and/or removable for roll up storage) on the back of my Achilles dingy. We sold our big boat last year but still have the 10’8” Achilles with a Torqueedo motor. Also rigged up a slick battery powered air pump, in a carry tote...

Never met Tim personally but I’ve enjoyed his posts here for years. Condolences to his family and his buddies here. RIP good man.

Dad must have a new fangled chest mounted rod holder since he’s apparently holding an oar in right hand and scratching something with left. That’s a wide body fly reel I’ve never seen before.

Can you spot the discrepancy? OK then, I’ll start. They appear to be trolling forward into their lines.

It’s called patina, and if it was an original old Cheby (or similar) you might be ruining it. Subtle flavors from past sacrifices are coming through.

Smoking on a Weber isn’t very difficult, by reducing top vent and playing with the bottom vent. One tip from the experts I found was inserting a candy thermometer in one of the top 3 vent holes. More accurate than the built in thermometer (which fairly often stops working). It does require some...

I too am a knife guy all my life. Have a basket full. Many Case, Saks, Benchmades and a couple Spydercos. Recently I’ve turned back to SAKs though, particularly the 91mms. I have a dozen or so models, including 84mms and 93mms, but the Spartan is my favorite edc. The small blade is useful and...

Yes, all of us oldsters should embrace some level of exercise or stretching and balance routines. I hope to be active deep into my 80s and hope an hour, 3 to 4 days a week, is enough. Good luck. Back to regular programming…

Wait wait, I may be all in. The minor inconvenience has to help, right? Not like I’m sitting in front of FlyBill. Maybe it helps the baggy eyes, a deal breaker cruising chicks at Greenlake. Or, I catch a couple more fich.