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Archive for November, 2004

Remington Works in the Snow

About a day before Victoria and I were supposed to leave
for Thanksgiving, 986km away, NOAA suddeny decided
that it “might” snow “an inch or less”.
We woke up that morning to the power flickering
on and off as huge green sparks lit up the sky,
and all the snow. I’m not sure if it was transformers
blowing up or electrical [...]

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KS Rocks Photos

Steve has a roll of film developed from the trip to KS Rocks.

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Deer Damage Report

I have decided that deer are not my friend. I’ve also decided that I think
since the state of Kansas goes to the trouble to tell me when and when
I cannot kill deer, and charges me for the privilege, that clearly they
are exerting property ownership over deer.
In other words, a piece of state property wandered into [...]

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KS Rocks Park

It seemed assured that I’d break something at KS Rocks, and I had decided that ripping a sidewall was the best bet. The previous owner had street tires and they looked pretty tired to begin with. Sure enough, I did, at Brady’s suggestion more ‘mo getting up a steep inclined would do the trick.
We had [...]

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Discovery Recovery Points

While you may feel that you will never get stuck personally,
you may consider that another reason to have sound recovery points
on your vehicle isn’t to be recovered but rather to do the recovering.
Handling a winch takes time, and in many cases a quick snatch with another
vehicle is all that is required for basic extraction. No [...]

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