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Great idea! Bet your Granddad is loving the time and experiences with you. Welcome on board

Burr! Looks cold but the smiles and warm fire do look inviting. Thanks from all of us in the SE USA for posting the pics.

Love me some Trooper!! great looking vehicle IMHO

1Louder makes an excellent point about relative humidity reducing efficiency when using the set up I was thinking of. Of course I'm sitting inside my house this morning with a sweatshirt on, socks, and a gas log burning close by! LOL I completely disregarded the "Florida" source of this...

Can only speak to my personal experience on this. In past life when doing loads of backpacking I too have had some ground tent fails. Waking up at 2:00 - 3:00 AM wih the tent collapsing in my face from either wind, tree limbs, snow load, etc. (I wonder why MotherNature always seems to send...

One of my personal favorite sections for cruising and camping without large crowds is the loop around the Cohutta Wilderness and thru Big Frog Mountain Wilderness area. All this is closer to you which would allow a more leisurely drive and trip and would allow you to explore side roads and...

Have to agree with McDowra. I'd start in the same place but also regret not being able to run Dicks Creek and Trey Mtn. Personally I prefer Blairsville or Ellijay to Helen. Reason? Too many ppl in Helen and really poor service combined with frequent long waits for seating, food, and more...

What about making a "swamp cooler" out of a 5 gal bucket or old cooler. Just do a google search for "diy air conditioner". Basically a container, block of ice and a small fan (a PC size cpu fan would be fine). Plug that into your cig lighter or use a back-up motorcycle battery to save...

Seems that the vehicles most of us like, at least in the US, correspond to what everyone else, including thieves, likes; i.e. older Landrovers, a wide variety of Jeeps, Toyotas (including the ever popular Land Cruisers) and so on. With that in mind I opted for something not so common, not so...

I'll be following along by watching your updates!

My go-to tool bag behind my driver seat is a waxed canvas roll made by ATC (Adventure Tool Co.). Also have 3 waxed canvas envelopes (think pencil pouch from old school) that hold my screwdrivers, another for pliers, another for electrical "stuff". Love them, easy to stuff in my pickup cab, and...

Man, I need to do that (swap out a windshield) on my rig... driving into the sunshine invites a huge leap of faith regarding traffic, turns, etc. My '02 windshield is so pitted that I think it's dangerous during those rare times when the alignment with road and sun are "perfect".

Welcome to the madness! LOL There is a pretty active group up in N. GA but not certain about your area. I guess i should say "not now" since my youngest went to GA Southern in Statesboro and I knew many of her friends went out into the woods a lot but it seemed much of thier fun was mudding...

Opened up my RTT to dry out after travelling & camping along the Georgia Taverse with my new buddy from Louisiana. During the traverse it rained or was so socked in with fog (think "Smokey Mountains"!!) Nothing was dry. Not an exciting upgrade, critical maintenace item, nor new purchase BUT a...

Hey Jeff, are you planning to run the GA traverse West to East? If driving up from Louisiana, what date do you expect to be in GA? I could make a break next week to ride along but need to be back in Atlanta on Friday afternoon. Much of the traverse is within 2-3 hours of my home so meeting up...

I must be unaware of something about eggs that you guys know. I quit carrying eggs in shell years ago.

Boort, I wouldn't want to wake up eye-to-eye with a sheep either! Funny, when I was a kid I just "loved" surprises. Now?? Not so much LOL

Pat... a week!?? I'm going to now assume your plan, so far, is to camp a night in a NP/SP then hop onto an interstate highway and burn up concrete until you get to the next NP/SP, repeat. If that is the thought, then scrap my earlier comment about camping near Tallulah Gorge - I'd now...

That is so cool! For most folks, I think, its just, "go buy a saw from Home Depot or Local hardware store and read the instructions..." That isn't really enough! One of my dear friends had the great misfortune to have a saw kick-back on him when the tip caught in a bind and he had his...

Hey Pat! Just wondering what, if any, theme you are looking for? With Cumberland and Mammoth Caves I was thinking, "this guy must be a spelunker" but then you threw a curve with Congaree NP. I'll say this, in May - in the south - with all that water at Congaree... bring LOTS of bug spray...