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The time has come for an improvement in our toilet set up. Over the past few years our camping toilet has been a simple bucket rig. This system works pretty well overall. It consists of a plastic 5 gallon bucket and a simple Reliance brand snap on toilet seat, the original bucket snap on lid...

In early November 2023 I saw a wonderful mild long-range weather forecast for the mid-Atlantic area combined with a bit of a gap in my "retirement" calendar. I try never to waste a great opportunity for a chance to get a quick trip in our Four Wheel Camper which was already on the truck and...

This was NOT part of my fall plans: We had a severe storm in No. Virginia and a large tree limb fell onto my house and the parked FWC Hawk camper. The limb put a palm sized hole through the roof shingles and underlayment and ripped up two sections of vinyl wall siding on the house. The...

Another Transition: EBIKES! A decent while back I posted a trip report that dealt with a great trip and some transitions: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/va-to-ut-co-back-with-a-new-rig-a-daughter-and-a-dog.227519/ In summary we sold our “RV family camper” a BlueBird Wanderlodge...

In early May of 2023 I made plans to run down from Northern Virginia to the Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina. My primary destination was to explore the Cape Lookout National Seashore (CLNS). I've been a frequent visitor to the general OBX area over the years but never visited the CLNS. This...

The hot and muggy dog days of August in Northern Virginia had me dreaming of cooler areas up North. Time had come to do some vehicle based roaming & exploring and enjoy vast forested areas, logging roads, cool clear rivers and of course Lobster Rolls! The basic plan would be a loop routing up...

Over the years I've always liked to bring along a portable AM/FM radio on my travels. Hammock hanging or tenting off a motorcycle or roaming around in a van or RV having a source of news & music that was not based on having cellular service and/or power from a vehicle often filled a need during...

In January 2022 I decided to make a run out to West Texas from my home in Virginia. I wanted to re-visit Big Bend NP and the interesting areas nearby (“nearby” may be a somewhat optimistic term in the context of far west Texas). The total trip lasted 4 weeks. I had a bit over 2 full weeks in...

Recently changed vehicles and got around to reinstalling my 2m/70cm radio. I liked my set up in my old Tacoma and mirrored the same installation in my new to me Ram truck. This is a pretty simplistic set up that I think works very well in a modern vehicle if you don't want to drill holes and...

The theme of this trip is transitions. I'll try to provide some enjoyable reading that summarizes my three week journey from Virginia to Utah, Colorado and back. Let's start with the transitions: First: there is the transition to what seems to be the new normal. Primarily dealing with Covid...

This past March (2017) I had some opportunities line up nicely and made a trip from Northern Virginia down to Big Bend National Park, Tx. My 21 Y/O daughter was on spring break from college and she wanted to travel. I wanted to roam a bit as we were still getting occasional snow at home and I...

I've got a chance to score a lightly used LiquidLogic VersaBoard which is a sort of a hybird sit on top/stand up board. Makers site: http://liquidlogickayaks.com/versa.cfm In deciding over a standard SUP AND factoring in my teen kids using it: I see the plusses as the versatility of the...

I just bought a nice used '09 Tacoma 4 door long bed with a color matched fiberglass cap. I need to get some ideas as to mounting a roof rack that would support a 16' canoe and at other times a 12' kayak. Looking at the options...I don't like the idea of a simple two bar mount on the cap as...

Saw on Craigslist...sorta hard to find on the east end of the US...no affiliation: http://easternshore.craigslist.org/spo/4035547158.html

I have an existing truck cap and it has a old weathered center high mounted brake light...it's time to replace this light. Option 1: Just to replace light...likely I'll go with a recessed LED unit. Easy and quick. Option 2: Based on my use of a rear receiver motorcycle carrier at...

New to this section of Expo...mainly because until today I did not have a trailer. I stumbled across a oddly worded listing on Craigslist for an "old army trailer" earlier this week...and well...now I have one. Got it home and cleaned it up a bit. Title and name plate indicate a Bantam...

Yesterday we had a break in our weather, no ice/snow on the roads so I thought I would ride the KLR into work...still a bit of a chill in the am with temps of 22-25F in the am but 45+F for the ride home. This got me thinking about my poor old knees hanging out in the wind (my boots, jacket...

When camping out of the truck/car...always used hard plastic water storage cans, either the blue round ones with the white spigot or US military cans. Recently for canoe camping where we needed a soft bag type that also was easy to tie in...so...I bought off of ebay a pair of water bags...

At times, it can be a bit of a challenge to steer kids away from the IPOD and such....on a whim, we bought a simple field microscope before a recent camping trip. We got this: http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Micro-Brite-Pocket-Microscope/dp/B000Z3A8UY/ref=pd_sbs_sg_5 It is a simple, cheep kids...