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Nice report - great area. Best of luck with the knee surgery. Five years post op on one replacement and we are fortunate to have this type of medical practice to keep us active and out there.

that is an interesting solution, thanks for the post

Wow! That will be a super nice rig to have. Congrats

On our 05 Tundra with an ATC Ocelot, there is plenty of braking power - given that I drive reasonably and anticipate backing off the throttle instead of charging to the point where I need to use heavy braking power. For almost 8 years, this truck has been driven over Teton Pass (10% grades) with...

As for the dust and grime - we have used a bike cover for the our hitch mount that was $60 on Amazon about 6 years ago. Need to keep the zipper clean, but it still works well. If you are handy with a sewing machine repair would be easy. I am continually amazed at how many people have bikes and...

wow! that looks great. My Grandma and Mom cooked with lard all the time (donuts fried in lard was a favorite). They lived to 92 and 96 respectively so it must be good for ya!

We have a Yakima Swingdaddy and Thule. Both work well with the custom step we had built using a hitch extender (had the shop cut off the step it came with and welded on a steel frame with expanded steel). Use both of them at different times depending on how many bikes we are carrying or I also...

Bad outcome is truly sad. I carry the usual and just added a bright orange windbreaker for visibility (either wearing or waving) but Jasan's idea with the space blanket and strobe is one I had not heard about. Thanks for the idea!

We have been running an ATC Ocelot on our 2005 Tundra AC for eight years. It is a bit of a light build, but drive on a regular basis over Teton Pass and have never felt underpowered or underbraked. Stock shocks, Hellwig sway bar and airbags. Have never weighed the whole unit, but almost 110K...

Right now it looks like rates in BC are climbing again, friends there say not seeing much for the border opening hope.

Hopefully they will figure our a way to recycle the batteries. As far as I know, they all go in the dump for the most part since companies do not have to disclose what their makeup is so most places will not take them.

We sew our own bags that are similar. You can make them custom and much cheaper (at least once you have a sewing machine).

Thanks for the replies, greatly appreciated. We will be camping for 1 - 3 months at a time (retirement looms!) in the west so sun should not be too much of an issue. I was trying to estimate power needs on the high side and can easily reduce the amp hours (computer/phone/camera batteries will...

Putting together a solar package for a new build. I have looked at many of the solar/battery posts and think I have it figured out but want to run it by the folks that know what they are talking about (I am definitely not an electrician and am surprised my wife is letting me even do this since I...

We have carried our wood kayak and rocket box that likely weigh in about 100 lbs or so and use the speaker stand to crank up the roof easily. to load the boat, I bought a regular boat roller (rubber roller with steel brace) mounted that to a piece of plywood and attached it with U bolts to the...

This winter there was quite of bit of salmonella poisoning reported in bird populations in the west. I believe transmitted through feces at feeder concentrations.

We just use our backpacking Thermarest pads on top - the thin ones and that helps with out 8 year old pad

I don't have bump stops on our Ocelot. I use minicell foam pads that I use sticky velcro to the top edge of the bed then the camper rests against them. Been that way for 100K+ miles and no issues. Also use a rubber mat and that helps keep the camper in place. Has been on the truck (05 Tundra)...

We are starting to melt out the snow here in the valley in east Idaho at 6200' - did fish the South Fork Snake yesterday and paddle the canoe upriver on the Teton today. Lot's of ice banks on the Teton, but plenty of open water. Glad to have the melt beginning!

For logging truck traffic (where that still occurs) having a handheld CB would be fine. Call in the blind with your mile mark and direction and listen to where others are and use pullouts early rather than later. Once in a while you may see a road system that is one way during certain hours and...

These folks were a help when I had some questions: http://www.canvasreplacements.com/index.php

I remember hearing to that some of the refineries go offline in the late winter/spring for maintenance which can give a bump in prices. Any price less than $3gallon is a great deal. I would bet prices would have to go to $4 or $5/gallon before we saw any drop on tourism in the the Greater...

Have had a rubber pad under our Ocelot that is on our 05 Tundra full time (110K miles now). Works fine and much cheaper than a spray in bed liner. I also use closed cell mini foam as "bumper" against the front wall of the bed to pad the outside camper wall from gettting to beat up by the top...

Lot's of old prototypes in the bone yard....

I think the west hit the carrying capacity I would like to see and live with about 1850.