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Crop sensor Sony! You get the 1.5 effective advantage of focal length with the full dynamic range of the Sony sensor, as mentioned by Wandering Sage. Sweet! Your 55-210mm reach is equivalent to 82-315mm on full frame. You can also play with single shot focus vs continuous (blowing flowers...

This is one of my worst fears on an extended desert trip. The nylon draincock seems fragile, and UV degrades the material. If the valve snaps badly, I worry about losing our tank of water. I unscrewed the factory OEM valve and confirmed it's just a barb fitting to tubing. I bought a spare...

We are seeing the same in the TNF with hoards of tourists blocking roads and the instagram nation has moved in. It's why I've become very careful about naming places in my TR's or photos. Every cool place gets overrun by publicity seekers on the internets. Thankfully, we've still got a few...

I've been noticing the native dogwoods are beginning to turn their beautiful red colors driving back from Downieville and in the TNF around 4-6k feet. I went out yesterday afternoon with Callie to scout a few locations. These hot, dry winds aren't helping.

If it's any help, I accessed the gas system under the stove cooktop where there's a "cross" aka 4-way fitting. If I recall, the fridge had one link, the stove had another, and the tank input took the third position. The fourth port was capped with an acorn nut (or whatever plumbers call it)...

You managed to avoid the smoke! Congrats! Blue skies are desperately needed.

Immature, selfish behavior has become rampant recently and has been increasing for years. Let's hope justice will teach these cretins a lesson.

Either tough or stupid, and most likely a mixture of both, we finally reached flatter terrain. That sounds familiar. I enjoyed your breakdown of the mapping. I've read surveyor descriptions on title reports to decipher property easements and it's a tough translation.

We use the Klean-waste tripod commode for our needs. It folds up and fits under the dog platform in our back area where I removed the AC Tundra rear seat. While dispersed camping, we'll find a spot a ways out of camp to set up the unit. Sometimes, there's even a nice view to admire! In...

We've used a 08 Hawk for twelve years now, and the space behind the rollover couch is one of our favorite storage areas! It's all purpose storage with down parkas stuffed back there, over our rollup table riding on the bottom, popup shower tent on edge, oval basket in front corner for dry...

Teledork, thank you for sharing your harrowing experience(s). It's a GD shame there's a sharp increase in ill behaved visitors to our backroads. We see it here north of Tahoe too, where there are hoards of idjits in places that used to be lightly used. We can hope the colder weather will...

Great trip report of top notch river time.

"I watched the little bastards swimming around" :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: The older we get, a bit of salt and pepper comes out when appropriate. :P Seriously, glad to see you, and have you see too, along with the Lady and the Teds out and about. All is well with a bit of our world.

Great shot. Looks like Shiprock, NM of Ansel Adams fame, and many a climbing lore.

We're about two weeks behind you at 3350' in NorCal, but have been eating salad greens from the garden with big handfuls of basil every day. Fresh basil goes well with sourdough pizza and porcini mushrooms! I started everything from seed this year in our laundry room and later garden shed with...

Super petro tour! And that stone corral with the lichen on the rock, looks old

But... did you and the Lady dance the Fandango?

Those climbers had old school trad gear, not much different than I used too long ago. We need to get ourselves over to that area again. The edges of the Tablelands seem to have their share of petroglyphs and signs of habitation. Your keen eyes spot things I might stroll right past.

I was fortunate to be at Bodie last week during the early days to the rising comet. I'm still working on my images, and haven't been successful blending different exposures, but here's a single shot.

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Glad you got out. And congrats on your Trout trophy.

I removed our metal lid on our two burner Suburban cooktop years ago without issues.

I think you might have tricolored blackbirds on your farm, WjColdWater! Nice shots with your new setup

ntsqd is correct. There is a cross under the gas stove. If I remember correctly, I capped the gas line there when I replaced our Norcold and went Dometic compressor on our '08 Hawk. Also agree to add insulation when you swap refrigerators.

This is a good reminder for me to treat our tank this weekend. A full tank seems to make the most sense, to fully treat the tank.