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    My Journey

    I was really grateful to Ram for my exhaust brake while towing our 40’ 5th wheel through Salt River Canyon. Set the cruise control and never touched the brakes all the way down.
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    My Journey

    I read that book, probably about 35 or so years ago. It’s where my internet handle comes from.
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    My Journey

    I’m always conservative going up, evaluating what it will be like going down. I tell my wife, people don’t fall up…they fall down.
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    My Journey

    I sure hope Tanners injury isn’t a torn CCL, Cranial Cruciate Ligament rupture (CCL) is one of the most common orthopedic injuries in dogs. This injury, similar to a torn ACL in humans, can come on suddenly or can appear gradually over a longer period. The cranial cruciate ligament helps the...
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    My Journey

    We’re not traveling by vehicle, yet. We’re using air, bus, train, and rental cars. So, I don’t feel that we qualify to post trip reports here. After Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Malaysia, & Borneo were hoping to be in Australia where we want to purchase a vehicle to travel for an extended...
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    My Journey

    I get the love / hate relationship. I lived in the Florida Keys for 25 years, and prior to that have been going there since I got my drivers license in the early 70s. The Keys have changed from a funky place where fishermen and drinkers hung out, to a place where the uber-wealthy have taken...
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    Our Round-the-World adventure

    Those Olukai’s are going to be hard to replace!
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    My Journey

    Your place looks idyllic, until that white stuff starts falling. Only one dog picture? You’ll have to do better! My wife and I are In Turkey now, lots of strays. They all look in pretty good shape. The restaurants put out their leftover food at the end of the night for them. You also see lots of...
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    Our Round-the-World adventure

    My wife an I spent a month in SA in 2011 and would love to return for a longer visit. The country does seem to be backsliding politically into more corruption. We spent time in Cape Town, Hermanus, Franschouk, and 12 days in The Kruger. It was all amazing.
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    Good article in Outside.

    That’s why I went big. I was worried about the legal, financial, and moral issues of causing an accident while overweight.
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    Good article in Outside.

    This is the reason I went with a Ram 3500! https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/cars-trucks/why-you-need-a-heavy-duty-pickup-truck/
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    Our Round-the-World adventure

    I follow a single girl YouTuber called “Itchy Boots” she is doing West Africa solo on a motorcycle. My wife and I watched her trip up from the tip of South America to Alaska. When she announced her plans for West Africa, the first thing I thought about was her crossing the DRC, pretty blond...
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    My Journey

    I’ve read all of Farley’s books, a great story teller. I really loved his tales of when he was a kid and had a pet owl named whol, I think, who rode around with him on his bicycle handlebars.
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    My Journey

    Is it the BLM posting that land “NO TRESPASSING”? If it’s BLM aren’t we all, as citizen, the property owners?
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    My Journey

    Caves? mines?. I would think a bit of explosive would collapse most of them.
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