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Visiting the Home Towns

This summer I have spent a considerable amount of time exploring some of the areas in which I lived as a child – my home towns.  We moved around a fair amount when I was young but I consider Livingston, Montana my childhood home and Helena, Montana my ‘teenage years’ home. This week, I am… [Read More]

Mystic Lake Montana

This past weekend, I was at Mystic Lake which is south of Columbus and near Fishtail, Montana. I camped at Emerald Lake campground, a forest service site on the edge of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness area, with several friends from high school and their families. Getting into this location is a task and a half!  The pavement ends some… [Read More]

Fly Fishing Waders

My first few fly fishing trips were with boots and neoprene stockings. That felt just fine. The days were hot and getting into that cool water felt great. However; my mentor went and ruined it for me. He talked me into trying a pair of his waders one day… Yup, we both know what happens… [Read More]

Still more 5 volt USB charging sockets

I am firmly in the “can’t have enough USB charging sockets” camp.  As previously noted (here), I’ve added several throughout my Newmar Dutch Star. The other day, I was sitting staring at the “solar charging light” on my dash.  This light is originally connected to the tiny little solar panel on the roof that barely… [Read More]

Quadcopter Maintenance

My little remote control UDI U818A quadcopter has provided a lot of fun over the last few weeks.  I feel like I’m starting to get a bit of a handle on it.  It no longer feels totally out of control.  That said, I still have to be careful to keep it facing away from me… [Read More]

Fly Fishing Access via Private Land

I learned something this past weekend that I already knew. For some reason, my brain just switched off and I committed a serious goof. I targeted the Prickly Pear creek near Helena for a bit of early morning fishing.  I used Google Earth to spot a couple of access points and took off in my… [Read More]

Yakima Kayak Rack

I’ve been hauling my Necky Manitou kayak on top of my Jeep Wrangler for the last couple years.  My method has been very simple, or crude, depending on your view.  I cut up a swimming pool noodle to fit around the front of the cockpit and one strip across the rear access hatch (held on… [Read More]

Fly Fishing

I am not a fisherman.  I tried spin/cast fishing many times when I was young – I didn’t catch much and I didn’t find it interesting.  That said; fly fishing has always interested me.  I assume that was because I had never tried it (the allure of the unknown) but it seemed to have aspects that… [Read More]

Passenger Window Sun Cover

A sun cover for my passenger side window/door was the final item on the ‘windshield sun cover’ list (for the time being). Note from JD: The windshield cover portion of this project is here. All of my front windows have quarter turn fasteners installed but I elected to only use the ones on the passenger window/door…. [Read More]

Review: BearExtender PC Wifi Booster

There are several wifi booster options available of enhancing your wifi signal range.  Keep in mind I am discussing wifi here and not cellular data. I purchased a Wirie several years ago for my sailboat but that unit is not compatible with my current MS-Windows 8.1 computer (at least I could not make it work)… [Read More]