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Hi, I'm up here in BC planning a trip that only involves destinations with more than one way out and have a body of water close by. Water bombers have had to stop at a few locations because of drones flying in the area. In other places they have had to send out police in boats to clear boats...

I was home on Thursday, stuck between doctor and lawyer appointments.  It's usually very quiet.  There's a, usually empty, soccer field across the street.  There's another one behind the house with a school yard and several multiuse fields.  Beyond that its mostly potatoes, blueberries, corn...

Every time I return from a trip I have a list of things to move, adjust, modify or rebuild. Sometimes I take tools and material with me so I can work on things in the middle of nowhere. I just rebuilt the top and mattress of my bed to facilitate better access to the space underneath where I...

You can read the article without a 6 month subscription to The Boston Globe. MG

The following is a link to an article about finding places to camp for free and some of the resources available to help with the task.  Seems to me it will be very helpful to people starting out or making a summertime test trip.  There is probably something useful for most other people as well. ...

Most of my projects have been in my head so far, but there have been many of them. Here are two thoughts that seem to survive. To go from low or travel height to high or living height, build it like a banana box. You can lift the top of the box almost to its top height and it is still...

What I've been trying to say about them is that for someone who is new and doesn't know all the technology and terms and what works with what, they might be a MUCH BETTER option than the pretty boxes. MG

As I said in the beginning, the "solar generators" may be more than enough for some people.  My problem is the deception and the probable confusion they add to people who are just getting started and trying to figure things out.  I think we owe it to people to be clear about what they do and...

I just finished reading all 23 pages of the first thread in this section; (How much solar do I need?"  I don't have any questions.  I do, however,  have some observations that might be helpful. There were several mentions of the devices often referred to as solar generators.  The ads for these...

Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel *, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees Put 'em in a...

When you get all the numbers right, you have a better chance of avoiding something like this.  It was a busy highway on a holiday and the fact that I was the first one there can only imply that it happened just seconds before I rounded the curve in the road.  I helped get out 4 people and 3 dogs...

NOT EVEN WITH DUCT TAPE? MG

A few decades ago I was looking for a scythe. I tried all the huge garden and landscape type places and ran into lots of blank looks. I was moving from west to east. Finally I had a chance to go to the same old hardware store where I bought wicks for my 3 different types of kerosene heaters...

During the heat wave in BC the coroner reported that the number of unexpected deaths was three time the average for the period. Most were elderly people who died in their homes. MG

Well, here's my tangent. I still live in a house most of the time and I haven't used the stove in more than 4 years. If it gets cooked, it gets cooked in the rice cooker. On the road I have a small single burner propane stove that I only use for one cup of coffee each day. I ask myself...

Trying to imagine explaining to a 19 year old in Home Depot that I'm looking for something sort of like a carriage bolt but with a thin, wide, flat head. Meanwhile, I replaced a rear seat with a wooden storage box that is also part of my bed.  It is bolted down with 2 of the original seat...

In British Columbia we've just been through a severe heat wave.  Lytton, BC broke the all time national high temperature record for 3 days in a row then burned to the ground.  After the heat wave there were 79,000 lightening strikes in a 24 hour period.  Fires are large and plentiful, even in...

At least you can still see the crate and remember you have a dog if it is in the back of your truck. People might also not assume that you are going hundreds of miles to the next camp sight in temps that stayed above 100 for days in a row. The owner is no longer the owner. MG

In BC we've just gone through a heat wave that has broken all high temperature records for the whole country.  The community that broke ALL records for the whole country ever, 3 days in a row, was then engulfed in a wildfire an the third day.  There have been about 700 deaths attributed to the...

In British Columbia we've just been through a heat wave.  The small community that broke the all time Canadian high temperature record three days in a row was engulfed in a wildfire and burned to the ground on the third day.  I don't like heat.  I ran away.  Altitude and forest.   The Province...