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Longing...always longing. Longing and sacrifice do go hand in hand but you kind of knew that. Congrats on the cabin I hope it is and becomes everything you want it to be. I think the boys are realy wondering how in the heck would I get beck out of there regardless luv the look on their faces.

I love Eddie!!!! He could sell me anything, even at lowes. which I dislike to be nice.. Sherwin Williams bought Valspar which was Lowes store brand. So yea Lowes now carries Sherwin Williams. There is some dicusion whether there is a diference between what is sold at lowes vs SW other than...

I have never seen a black house. Mine is a very dark brown though. lol I watered the house down during the recent 111 degree day, they do absorb heat. Looks great from my house doing a great job! Ninety is my cut off here for working outside too hard. It got to 111 degrees in the big city of...

A few years ago I dumped my big smart phone for and old fashined flip phone . it hurt for awhile but now I hate "smart phones". I do not know what is worse, Heroin or smart phones for society. I do have and android tablet with wi fi only in my rig for nav and vehicle diag and internet when in...

Purpose. Something both dog and man need and can only do with out just so long before we get frustrated. This is why i smartassly teased you about getting a job. Having lived like you are now I can sense your itchy frustration.

Covid has turned things beyond upside down. The amount of people out these days is largely because of covid and there being less to do in town and people not wanting to be in denser populations where the Rona is Lurking. Here on the olympic penninsula the mountains have become a mad house. I...

I guess this problem is big with everybody staying home and working from home the demand for semi conductors for home schooling, work and entertainment has gone through the roof. I do not believe anybody really understands how this covid crap is changing the world. Today's chore is to diag my...

I have spent a lifetime drinking water unfiltered or treated for giardia in the Olympic mountains. a few years ago I came apon a young lady pooping in the Duckabush river upstream from where I had just spent my Birthday. I actually let her have it not so nicely explaining why you do not do that...

Been cleaning up after others for decades. Geting really tiresome actually. This year was the worst I have ever seen it with everything here shut down. The woods got hit hard and I mean hard. There is nothing else for people to do and law enforcement has been told to keep interaction to a...

I love fishing but hate trebble hooks. have since Bear found me. Ironicaly the only injury she ever had that required veterinarian care was when she found a foot hold trap set illegally on the Sol Duc river. I too was certain she was tangled up in fish hooks.The TRAPPER set the trap at the...

I ran the olympic mountains for 13 years with a black lab named Bear. We were coming down the Greywolf river trail when down the trail Bear spotted a guy taking a nap on the side of the trail. She was young back then and took off full throttle to go investigate. I, like you imagined, starting...

When I was in high school I lived at the base of Chinook pass and had the central cascades literally right out my back door. I loved to disappear up there on the week ends during the winter as work was slow at whistlen jacks lodge and I could get out of washing dishes. I built a rock shelter a...

Awesome! Your story of rescuing her from the famous big city pretty girl life rings true with me and my standard poodle. People do not know what to think when she hops out of my work van and wanders into Home depot to fetch some materials. Women sometimes look at me like I do not deserve the...

A couple of months back Melinda got seven chicks or chickens. She kept them in her craftroom for a bit untill they overstayed there welcome and she moved them out onto the covered back porch. Two days after the eviction I let the poodle out into the front yard early in the morning and she lit up...

Yaaayyy. Its pouring out here on the Olympic peninsula. I could and should go to work butttt........ I could stay home and catch up on Tanners adventures. I have a new buddy in life begging me to stay home. Here name is Ava the Parti poodle Alas off to build a garage for the crazy cat guy who...

Awe shucks..... going to miss ya, Tanner. Bout time you got a job. LOL

I have been using this one daily for a year now and have no complaints. I take my 10.1 Samsung out a couple of times a day and the spring has held up great. plenty of dirt road time. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PZZYR4K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I hear ya on weeding through info on forums. I have subbed this young man on Youtube for a while and love his content here is a link to his book...

my tab a 10.1 worked with the free version

I just poked my nose into Gaia online and have to correct my two prior posts. It has been a couple maybe three years since I did my comparison and made my decision and since then they have updated the maps and I would use them all day long and may give them a try.. So unless having private...