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    Bear safety in RTT's and soft sided campers/tents

    If you plan on driving to Alaska Canadian Customs will not normally allow you to take a firearm into Canada. Pepper spray you can buy once you are in AK. Bells and whistles sound too natural to be a deterrent to grizzly bears. The human voice is unique to them so your loud voice is the best...
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    California State Park Closures

    My point is that I don’t think Californians realized that true closures would actually happen or what affect this has long term for parks. Cal. State parks are second only to the public school system in providing education programs for their children. Imagine what the California Coast would look...
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    California State Park Closures

    You never hear that CHP or Cal Trans. are having funding issues because they are not funded out of the general fund and have a dedicated funding source. Imagine if interstate 5 closed down because the legislature decided not to fund its maintenance. At some point we figured out it would be a...
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    California State Park Closures

    The parks are closing simply because the public wants them closed. The proposition to fund state parks did not pass. This is a reality check for voters to decide if they want state parks are not. The public did not think this would happen or do not care. The parks need their own funding source...
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    Found Camera Butte Valley-Death Valley National Park

    I work for Nps. Call the dispatch or visitor center for Death Valley NP. They will fill out a found property report. Give them the licence plate number. They'll run it and contact the owner. They may also have a lost property report already filed.
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    STOLEN: BJ71 w/ Maggiolina Roof top tent

    I would talk to Gary Kardum in Sonoma.http://www.mudrak.com/ He is the best in Norcal
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    White Pelicans

    Those are great photos. Have you heard of http://ebird.org/content/ebird/. It is a citizen science program that enables you to submit your observations into an data base that tracks the abundance and frequency of birds species . The information is used by Cornell Labs to study populations...
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    Wildlife Photography

    E seal with an itch
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    Someone design a shelf for the Maggiolina tents

    Yes ,he had his mag on a trailer, the mag was older with blue fabric.
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    Someone design a shelf for the Maggiolina tents

    When I was at Overland Expo last year I camped with all the Mag owners. One guy had made a folding shelf made out of aluminum that was similar to the breakfast table. It was approx.15 in. tall,12 in. deep & covered the width of the mattress with the legs fitting between the mattress and the...
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    Classic awful mechanic making it hard for the good ones

    If you are moving to Oregon you could also go to http://www.mudrak.com/ in Sonoma California or http://www.eco-offroad.com/ in Bend Oregon. Two very good shops.
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    Engel 45 User Experiences...

    On the second day during high heat is when I noticed the drop in voltage after 30 + hours. On one camping trip the temperature was in the 90+ degrees. On third day is when the temp in the fridge shot up. So now I know I can go one full day during most in any condtion. On the second day I now...
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    Engel 45 User Experiences...

    I have a yellow top optima dedicated to my engel 45. I have always had it in a transit bag also in some real heat. It works fine. But in high temps I would only count on one full day before chargeing the battery back up. Equipt has a battery voltage moniter that I'm thinking about getting to...
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    Does this look like a fj60 throw out retainer?

    I would call Advance Adapters and see if they can help you out. A friend of mine Matt Jackson works there in R&D. He has a FJ60. See if you can talk to him.
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    California State Park Closures

    Maybe the governor has it in for state parks. I know he has received a few citatons from state park rangers.
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    Ian, The tent is working out great. My wife would like it a bit wider though. I just got back...

    Ian, The tent is working out great. My wife would like it a bit wider though. I just got back from Overland Expo and Zion. The combination of the hannibal awning with the rtt is the way to go. I was ready to buy the 8ft hannibal awning with sides from Atlantic Pacific but they sold the last...
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    What to do with an old FJ40 engine?

    Mark Agazy of http://www.marksoffroad.net/ could use those parts. Give him a call.
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    Kitchen Kit/Chuck Box

    Kurt, I'll pm you.
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    Kitchen Kit/Chuck Box

    One more
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    Kitchen Kit/Chuck Box

    Here are a couple of pictures of my campers kitchen. I bought it about 1984 so the towel and utensil racks are metal.
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