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Not so bad! Except for the uncertainty. Glad they are being treated very fairly as foreigners.

Dang. I hope our TNF won't outlaw boondocking. I promise to stay out of trouble... and there is the conundrum.

We took off Friday afternoon for Table Mountain. Parking lot was open, but we parked along the road, with a bit of room. There were a lot of college kids hiking in groups, and we quickly went on a diagonal, off trail across the table lands. Fields of flowers encircled volcanic rocks, while local...

Very helpful. You two have an excellent resume, and have inspired more than one of our misadventures!

I was invited to bid on improvements to the Kentucky Mine Museum up in Sierra City. It was great because I had full access to the stamp mill structure from top to bottom, all seven levels if I recall. It was a prevailing wage job, and I got beat by some locals that worked without workers comp...

Sorry to hear that teledork. Keep that sword and your phone ready. WTF was a dude going door to door in Walker, of all places?

What to do? Take the dog on a walk on nearby forest lands. Find a trash heap camp from last summer. Yuck. Clear fallen branches, organize the last burn pile of the season. (I prefer chipping). Install hoops and visqueen in the garden. Prepare to bring out squash, cukes and other starts from...

Like your style. Be prepared and hone your skills. I'm looking up at that local snow in the mountains too, but staying close to home and trying to keep a construction company afloat.

SmugMug user here too, but it's limited to full rez jpegs. I'm not aware of their storage plan for RAW files. That would require some massive uploads with 20-40 MP files off my Sony bodies. At home I'm like most of you with external HD storage, which I duplicate and rotate to my office...

Good to see you back. Congrats on the new rig, and yes! Pictures!

Have you tried putting a nylock wingnut on one side of your TB? That has worked pretty well for me.

Thanks Phil. The nose of my HLJ just fits inside the 2" receiver.

I've done it to stretch my suspension when pulling a blown airbag in the field. But I don't know the specs.

https://thesheetnews.com/2013/04/12/new-research-could-lead-to-discovery-of-lost-monoville-cemeteries/ Found this fascinating bit of Mono County history. This sort of sleuthing is something I know several of our members appreciate. Cough...cough..Ski! (not a Covid cough!)

We had reservations at Sonoma County CGs this weekend. They emailed to say they are closed as of 3/18, and would refund us, as limited staff could do so.

Big stuff in more ways than one. We had our power restored after five days of using generator. We only got 18" but it never stopped coming, and even snowed today. Both our jobs are adapting and I hope my contracting business won't contract too much. We're all healthy and practicing good...

Good one, getting another shooter! Churchill has been one of our "drive in after dark" safe spots. But, it's always good to boondock too. We need to see more speed goats.

Good advice here. We're onto our tenth year with 06 Access Cab Tundra/Hawk and love it. As suggested, we've got airbags, sway bar, upgraded shocks and E rated tires. Our single 100ah battery with 120 watt solar is marginal, with a Dometic compressor fridge. We swapped to LED lamps for all...

Spotted a trailer mounted FWC on Hwy 20 between Nevada City and Hwy 80 today. I was being followed closely, so didn't get a good look at the tow truck. Trailer-mounting your camper could offer options, if you were staying put for a few days and wanted to drive an unloaded truck.

Cool collection of bird shots, Ski. Love the coatamundi. Fun fact: They can articulate their nose sixty degrees up/down, side to side. We saw them in Costa Rica last year.

We installed the Dometic CRX1065 to replace our failed NorCold 3 way. It fits the cutout and I put some insulation and draft stop around the front perimeter. The access hatch and vent are still on the exterior siding. Our 100ah battery and 120 watt panel just keeps up. I don't have any...

We drop our Tundra/Hawk combo to 25 front and 35 rear for driving comfort and increased traction, especially on multi day trips. Sometimes the opposite question comes up. How far and at what speed can we safely travel without airing up? We carry a small compressor, but sometimes the gas...

We've certainly put our 2006 Tundra/Hawk through the paces, with air bags, swaybar and good shocks, running BFG KOs. We travel heavy, with cast iron skillet and a full kit. It's worked well for ten years. Handling and power are excellent. Mileage isn't great at 12-15mpg, and brakes lack...

I've got one, I think its the 1510, which meets airline requirements for carry on. Great way to bring cameras into the Wanderings of the west.

From our Christmas Trip to DV: We had camped the night before at 4,000' and woke up to half a foot of snow. We were headed over South Pass, 7593' with only a faint set of tracks from one vehicle to follow. For the first time in my life, I chained up in four wheel drive. We drove slowly...