Hadn't even noticed nor payed any attention to it.

Perhaps it means the Warden will let me buy a new rifle?

 

All the stars are lining up that way Jim....lol

 

We're probably talking about different stars here...…..

 

Kinda wet first 2 days but Sunday was clear and sunny Got our bike ride to the beach in sunday and watched all of the people on the beach. Wife wasn't feeling too well so didn't do as much as we had planned but we were away and it was relaxing. The best part was the campground wasn't very busy which was really nice. Last year we did this trip we got 1 of the last 2 spots available and ended up in a site right next to the trail to the crapper so always people walking by. We walked around a lot and have list of all of the nice "private" sites on the north end of the park.

 

Your wife must have a different astrology text book and a rather heavy one at that...lol

 

Good evening Oregon and Visiting Ford Fans.
Work has been a lot of fun!

 

Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Home from my meeting.

We do that with camp grounds we frequent. Walk around, make note of the good sites and then take a pic. I keep a file on the computer. I was thinking it was time for us to get out for a weekend, but I've got an Range Safety Officer refresher course coming up Saturday and then we also have some storage units that we need to get to work on. The last part of my MIL's estate we have to finish getting taken care of. The camper and boat are both still winterized and I'm not ready to unwinterized them until March. Getting close.

It's been a while since we stayed up there. We usually hit the historical sites and the museums in the area. Years ago when I was still doing a lot of Firearms instruction, competition shooting and playing with army stuff at Camp Rilea myself and a couple of other guys would stay there quite a bit, at least until they got the cabins spruced up and equipped with electric heat for E-6 and above.

 

Evening Jim.
It's been a long time since I have been to Fort Stevens.

 

Good morning Oregon and Visiting Ford Fans.
Getting closer to the weekend.

 

 

Our trailer is super easy to winterize since it has lowpoint drains. Just open the sinks/shower and pull the plugs on our way home. Only other thing I do is pour a little antifreeze in the p-traps. Not all rigs are equal and one of the things we learned when we were looking. Most 4-season campers have the lowpoint drains but not all so you really have to pay attention to those little details.

I'm a little old school and I print out a map/brochure to keep in a 3-ring binder then mark up the maps. I do have a google earth file with dispersed spots marked and I have them on a gps file on my ipad.

 

Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Cabela's day. Have my shopping list made up!

The Lance that got burned up was super easy and had the winterization valve. Low point drains, etc.! The camper we have now has low point drains, but did not 'low' point the water heater for some reason. Only way to drain it is to pull a drawer under the sink, reach in and shut off the supply valve and then pull the anode from the tank on the outside. The new Lance will be back to easy drain and a winterization valve. Just stick the tube in the RV antifreeze jug, flip the handle and turn the water pump on. In two minutes pink is coming from the sinks, shower heads, shut those off and flush the toilet and you are done. Our old Lance took one gallon. With the current camper I have to put it in the water tank, jack the front up then turn the pump on.
Great minds think alike! I did have a notebook, but started keeping the stuff on the lap top and DVD's I burn for backups. (My note book got wet when elk hunting one year and some of the printed pages & pics turned into modern art.)
I was using and still use Topo USA for denoting GPS location of campsites, elk, deer, bear and cougar spots and I can bring them up in Layers. That way I can show you our camping holes without giving away my hunting hole.
Garmin bought out Delorme and have discontinued all the Delorme products so I do have all of the waypoints backed up and can / have upload them to Google Earth or just about any other mapping program. I hate to think about using a mapping program from Garmin, but I may end up having to as Toppo USA ages and becomes unsupportable.

 

I use a free map app on the ipad when in the field. I also still use paper maps. I have hunting unit maps, FS maps, and I really like the Bench Mark atlas. I've got a couple Delorme atlases as well. One is pretty worn out but I've got notes in it. Always have been a map junkie since I was a kid. Wife looks at me like I'm crazy when I break out my maps for trip planning or when we are in the middle of the forest or out east. Paper maps and map reading is becoming one of those lost skills in the electronic age...

 

 

Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Just got home from Cabela's with a stop for dinner. Got the bad dehydrator swapped out for a new one. Took the new one out to the car then went back in to look around. That's when things kind of went sideways.
Warden found chicken and fish rub and some fish bait she couldn't live without. What a combination.. I kept it practical with a cover for the 15hp kicker motor. However, when we got to the check out stand a 7' Fenwick ultra light pole and Pro Qualifier reel wound with 165 yards of 4# test line seemed to be in the cart along with the other items.....

I've got the paper maps from a number of sources as well. With the Topo computer program I have, I can print out 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 military topo quadrangles for the specific area I'm going to be in. Also have a US Military issue lensatic compass.
GPS's are neat, but its hard to get an over all terrain view and orientation on a 2" or 3" screen. Had a 'hands on' introduction to land nav in the Navy along with some hefty practical application and practice during DWEST and SERE. Later in the Army I taught land nav...always had a lot of fun with it.