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I have toyed with the idea of making and playing with one of these diy shoulder mounts for astronomical viewing. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-equipment/image-stabilize-your-binoculars/

Yeah, I never actually paddle with mine unless the reason for the trip is specifically something where they are needed (birdwatching, hunting, ...). That is kind of a shame because I fairly often wish I had them along. I really need to at least start putting the compact ones in the dry bag. My...

I went inexpensive and was surprised with the quality. It was much better than I expected at the price point. I bought pair of compact 10x32 and a bigger pair of 10x50. Both are REI house brand and were the XR 10x32 and XR 10x50 respectively. I think the price was about $140 for the 10x32...

I always worried about mine sticking in the "run" mode and catching fire. Never occurred to me to worry about it exploding. Anyway mine is inside and is set up to only run when I am in the shop. The noise is annoying though. I check the pop off valve when I drain the condensate.

Do you all flip flop on you plans as much as me? I am now back to a project that I was planning a few years ago, a pirogue. I went as far as buying glass and resin from Raka a couple years ago. I corresponded with my brother in Alabama who had built a few pirogues and jon boats from Uncle...

We haven't even had frost lately, but we did have a tornado roll through a couple miles away yesterday.

No choice for screws and glue? I voted screws, but could go either way.

They are calling for 71 F and rain here tomorrow, 74 F and rain here Wednesday. They backed off from an earlier prediction of 80 F for tomorrow.

That made me think of my many night time trail runs in the Maryland woods. I loved the snow even though we didn't get all that much. Most of the time I just ran with running shoes since the snow wasn't often deep enough to require snowshoes. I love the quiet and the ability to see at night...

Well, I was in Maryland before I moved to Florida so I only got limited use from them even then, but it was a treat when we got 8-12" or more of snow, The year before I move there was snow in the woods all winter. Most of the time it wasn't anywhere near deep enough to require snowshoes.

I miss the snow! My snowshoes languish in the shed here in Tallahassee.

It was fun to watch and remember the times I was in Maine. I have not run the Allagash, but did run the St John. We didn't see as many moose and didn't see the Northern lights (it was cloudy pretty much the whole trip). I did see the Northern lights on another Maine trip (on the drive to run...

I am not a fan of fancy options for coffee drinks No flavored creamers or any of that sort of stuff for me. That said, coffee and swiss miss sounds pretty good. I bet a 50/50 mix would be a good camp treat.

I never acquired a taste for tea. I will rarely will have some, but usually if I do it is so loaded with sugar and lemon that a tea drinker would not even call it tea. I did find that I liked the canned stuff with lemon and sugar when it was crazy hot and I was in the sun all day on my...

The fire itself may have recreational value and if you are having one any way I can see it being the way to make some coffee.. From a purely practical point of view it would for me at least be more trouble than just firing up my little alcohol burner unless I was having a fire any way. Heck, I...

It says on the site "Each box comes with 6 individual packs, makes 6 cups of coffee." Am I reading that correctly 6 cups of coffee are $21? That is $3.50 per cup. Sounds really expensive for instant coffee to me. I guess I am a cheapskate. I tend to balk at Via and wouldn't have it unless...

I guess I am a peasant as well. When ordering a coffee if I go to the counter and say I'd like a cup of coffee (and specify any cream or sugar requirements) they should bring you a cup of regular coffee without any stupid lingo or a ton of choices. If I get "Do you mean tall, grande, venti, or...

In that case keeping it really simple is the way to go. The best instant you can find or maybe liquid concentrate probably make the most sense if you must avoid a thermos, but really a thermos is hard to beat for a day trip. I have a 32 oz camelback one that I like. The worry was a heavy...

I have tried a couple things. On bicycle tours I have often just done without unless there was some place to buy coffee. That often meant that I might not get my coffee until after I had 30 miles in and some days not at all. In the backcountry I have used: An old aluminum 4 cup percolator It...

Maybe we can mock up something to see how good/bad it is for her. The seat will be lower in something like the Fox or Mill Creek which will make it harder, but watching her in the Escapade it seemed like part of her trouble was the lack of room given how small and narrow the area she had to...