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When I was in Namibia we stayed at a hotel on the Angolan border. There was a couple from South Africa there. I noticed that the man was wearing Crocs with leather uppers, like the Yukon. They work well in the desert Southwest as well. They have thick soles and will stop most thorns from...

I have a pair of Danner desert military boots. They are very comfortable. Fit my wide feet as well.

If you go to their webpage, you can download a PDF from their In-Stock & Sale Items page. Right now they have 4 Thula Thulas in varying sizes and 4 different types of PHs. https://www.russellmoccasin.com/content/Sales%20list.pdf That's where I got mine from. I guess they were a return.

I have a pair of Russell Minimalist Short Thula Thulas. They have no drop but also no support. They are great for walking on dirt and grass but not so great for walking on pavement. They are expensive but they also have returns and such for sale at much better prices. The biggest trouble it...

I used to have an Airguide compass mounted to my dash. It seemed to do a good job and showed the same direction as my GPS. Ritchey makes marine compasses that can also be used in cars.

I'm sort of thinking about going mobile HF. I'm sorry that I missed it tonight.

A fridge won't run all the time so there's a good chance it won't be running when you turn the car off. If you have a cover for the fridge it'll help keep it cool. I have a Yeti power station that I keep my fridge plugged into. If I'm going to be running the fridge for a long time, I have...

My Dometic can be tilted as well. Perhaps he's thinking of a regular fridge.

Like Prerunner said, it's that it's handheld in a car. Many years ago, I had two CB walkie talkies that we used on a move. Even though we were always in sight of each other we couldn't hear a thing due to the Faraday cage the cars made.

I just saw this post. I'll look into whether my Yeti has a charge controller. Thanks for the tip.

Just be aware that it's not a fridge. It cools down to 40 degrees below ambient temperature. So on a hundred degree day it'll get down to 60. I used to see the Coleman ones at thrift stores all the time so I guess people aren't that impressed with them. Alpicool used to make a 16 Qt fridge...

How is it done? I want to down load camping sites for when I'm out of cell phone range. You can do it for most countries, but the US isn't even listed.

Here's a thread from Expedition Portal about making your own dual battery setup. Read through it because the OP makes improvements as the thread goes along. I have most of the stuff to do this but haven't gotten around to it.

I have an older lead acid Goal Zero Yeti 400W. I also have a Renogy 100W solar suitcase. When I'm in the vehicle, I have the fridge (Dometic CF-050 with insulated cover) plugged into the Yeti and that plugged into the cigarette lighter. Once it's cooled the fridge doesn't take much power. I...

I have at least a dozen Coleman lanterns but have pretty much moved to LED. I have a couple small Snow Peak lights that take 2 AA batteries that I use in the tent. The last time we went camping, my daughter kept the light burning all night and it still was going in the morning. For around the...

When I was a kid we'd always see trucks mired in the Platte right off Hwy 75. Also every country road seemed to be fair game for people after it rained.

I just noticed that you asked me a question I never ordered. The cable I use is this one: It's the Btech APRS-K1 cable. It plugs into the headphone jack of my Android.

For all the Australians, it's a Gila Monster. The G is pronounced like an H.

In Japan some restaurants have plastic versions of the food in the window. If you have trouble making the waitress understand what you want, you can bring her outside and point at what you want.

I carry one of these in my glovebox: I don't think Benchmark makes them anymore and I don't know if they made them for other states but I have all 4 quadrants of AZ. Some are on plain paper and some are on coated paper. They take up a lot less space than the gazetteer (which I also have)...