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Exploring the Superior National Forest

What a nice series of rambles- enjoyed all your recent trip reports. Good diversion for those of us stuck at home. Fun to see the pic of prairie smoke- one of our favorite native plants here. Also- nothing better than an empty campground. Thanks for writing up your travels. :)

Thanks everyone for your suggestions- keep them coming. We know it is likely to be crowded. We may defer our trip to September to increase our chances of seeing fewer people, plus it's hard to coordinate schedules with everyone. Don't want to get shut out of the mountains by snow though.

Finally got the camper out of the garage and loaded on the truck- a record late date for that milestone by a couple of months! It's a crazy year but the kids are after us to visit them. They live in Denver. We are thinking of meeting up somewhere in the Colorado back country where we can social...

Sorry to hear this. Cayuse gave us good tips for our trip through Utah and the North Rim a few years ago and was always helpful to others. RIP.

Vic, don't have close ups handy but here are 3 photos- one without flaps, one with flaps on and rolled up and one secured for rain. It is a bit of work to put them on using our step stool but we like how secure the windows are from driving rain when they are on and closed- we have been through...

Enjoyed your video. Looks like a nice coupla days. The little one is growing fast!

x2 on the rubber door seal. Was the fix for us.

x2 on the payload difference- it's a wash. We have a shell camper and the access cab with a rear seat area platform and find it is plenty of room. We use a trailer when we need more gear space. I like the longer bed (and camper) and shorter wheel base. Also, the truck is more useful for hauling...

There are storm flaps that attach to the velcro on the outside to cover the windows in driving rain. We remove them in nice weather. Some have turned them into little awnings and leave them on all the time. If you don't have them I'm sure you can get them from ATC. Here's one thread on them-...

Nice canoe. I have paddled on Lake Umbagog- great place. My brother uses these to tie down his boat- also short. They fit under the hood or trunk lid to provide tie down points. Would work well for a bow tie...

We have a Bobcat shell and like it. You can see our camper in our blog linked in the signature. As others have said, i would be sure to get upgraded wiring to the solar panel- 10 ga. min. We have 160 watts on the roof which is sufficient but bigger wiring would improve it. Don't have the small...

Declination is not the only possible problem with compasses. Foy (and Magellan) in particular will appreciate this: somewhere I have a photo of my brother and I in the woods of northern Minnesota with our compasses pointing north at each other either side of a large boulder full of magnetite- a...

Thanks for springing loose an old memory- loved doing that with my Dad.

Here is an interesting article which sheds light on the flu to Covid-19 comparisons. It is dangerous to just read headlines without understanding the underlying information: "In the last 6 flu seasons, ...counting flu deaths the way we are currently counting deaths from the coronavirus—has...

It was fun following along while it lasted. There's been a few cool composite panel projects I've seen since your experiment.

Hey Pods, good to see you posting again. I'm looking forward to watching your project.

Might have been related to the border restrictions placed a few days later? https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/pm-covid19-eng.html

Vic, checking in late and catching up on your build- very nice!

Best wishes to the ATC crew. Take care and stay healthy!

Yes, a trip report to bring back good memories. Great you and the Teds get to camp together. Happy retirement to them!

Yes, glad to hear good news on the vision front! I've enjoyed all your recent trip reports- fun to see you guys enjoying your free time.

Nice rig! Happy camping :)

I agree with the comments above. Thermal bridging through the aluminum framing is a problem but most noticeable to us on the ceiling. Maybe some foam tape applied to the framing would help with that but probably marginal. Using full thickness foam sealed to the framing seems the best compromise...

Bill, that's a good one. Maybe this is the year! :lol: