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Yes - I forgot Wegmans - an amazing family-owned business story for sure and an amazing shopping experience. I'm a 1971 Gates-Chili grad and Linda is "Miss Eastridge" -1971. I went to college in Potsdam for a few years - awesome country. Anyone remember a Campi's "Bomber"? Would love to take...

Kelly and Ruger - Linda and I are originally from Rochester. We miss Zwigles White Hots, Don and Bobs, and the famous garbage plate at Nick Tahoe's. We both grew up with family spots on the finger lakes. Glad you have joined the CI family. We moved to the West Coast after college - most...

I wanted to jump in on the HiCamp discussion. We have been to exactly two. My son got us a gift certificate for Christmas last year so we had to try. Our friends booked the first one near Mt Rainier, basically a farm/ranch near Randle, WA - it was strategically located on a huge oxbow like...

Hi Kevin - this guy at Weaver has a ton of videos and he is a great instructor - step by step.

Agreed - I watched some youtube videos and made some leather sheaths. Everything back there gets banged around a lot.

We are the same - we move the TD around often - especially for pointing the noise into the wind for the stove. Also some campsites are crazy unlevel - where you might have one wheel off the ground and the front jack extended a bit. Its fun watching the camper van guys try to level their...

I carry a .1 micron backcountry water filter just in case we run out of potable water and need to use say river water. Sorry about the separate posts - mouse issue :)

Hi Steve, You are correct, I only use potable water in the TD. I am careful about sanitizing the tank and we have always used the water for drinking. The filter is a .5 micron carbon block type and handles PFAS, PFOA/PFOS, rust, some chlorine... but not pathogens. I carry a .

Looked to see if there was a thread on this yet and couldn't find one. This is my second installation - the supplier for my first changed the way their filters all hooked to the water lines and only had the vertical mounts available now. So I switched to this configuration. Basically I only...

I have used a couple over the years including one with a portion of old snow tire chains to keep it from unraveling. This latest one has spring tensioners on each side which keeps it from unraveling (in high winds I expect to have to add a bungle). Amazon.com - Swaitee Paper Towel Holder, One...

Got that one on our East coast trip (unfortunately without the TD) Great spot and if you can stay for a few days - do a raft trip down the gorge!

We do a lot of dry camping and like Steve and Karen we head out with a full fresh tank but carry an extra 6 gallon jug of water as a backup. I also use that same jug to refill at campsites that have water but not at the campsite itself. 6 gallons of water is pretty heavy even if I only put 4...

Not sure - I haven't heard back from them on my latest submittal. Maybe they are out on a longhaul:)

I know it probably has something to do with mileage, but not too long ago - wheels were 14 and 15 in. I think Goodyear and Firestone had a conversation something like this - "how can we grow our revenues - I know - lets force people to buy bigger tires, OK - you call GM - I'll call Ford lets...

Kevin - I agree - Wind Cave is the coolest National Park you never heard of! I love the story of when it was found.... a pioneer rancher heard a whistling sound - finding the source - he leaned down to the hole in the ground and the wind blew his hat off. Next day he returned with a bunch of...

Funny the only picture I could find was this one of a walking stick - but I did post one I found on the web too.

The parks are such a diverse group of places. Some very focus on human history and events - some on geologic wonders. Its been fun seeing them for sure. Just finished a 3500 mile trip into California to finish off the parks there. Big surprise there was the amount of fire damage. Mt Lassen...

Ramble Inn's Second Long Haul The Midwest National Parks. I have been very negligent in submitting for this award as our trip was in 2019 the same year as our first Long Haul to the southwest and Texas. This trip was part of our quest to visit all the National Parks and was targeted at all...

Welcome as well! and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays too... Every time Linda and I hit the road with our CampInn we are so happy we chose that path. All the little details that make a difference - so much in a little package. We define camping as living, cooking and eating outside. So...

Welcome. You are going to love your 550! Sleeping indoors - Cooking outdoors - doesn't get any better than that.