It’s finally here!! People often ask me, “What do you pack when you go on one of your cross-continent adventures?” Sometimes I can share with them the list that I use. But it’s a little bit outdated. So I’ve put…
DIY Bug Screens for a Ford E150 Van
Bug screens are one thing we always take with us on trips to the wilderness. Because we sleep in the van, it’s very helpful not to be eaten alive while we try to sleep (I’m thinking of one New Years…
How to Fix the Internal Battery on a Canon PowerShot SX150 Camera
Early this year, my Canon PowerShot SX150 camera wouldn’t keep the date and time stamp. Whenever I turned on the camera, I had to reset the date and time if I wanted it to be right. I ignored…
How to Sleep 10 People in a Full Size Van
Or, how to transport 10 people in a full size van and still sleep in the van at night It was spring of the year 2001, and we had just upgraded from a 1989 Chevy Caprice Station Wagon to…
Epic Hiking Fail to Epic Hiking Success
Or, How to Save the Day when Everything Goes Wrong on the Trail You all see the pictures on the blog. They’re beautiful, sunny, spectacular. Some of you might even read the write up, usually a rather blissful account of…
