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Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. Take a moment to remember and say thanks to those who sacrificed so that we can all enjoy America. Special note that the last Doolittle Raiders surviving members had their last get together (3 out of 4 attending) last week. What started as 80 aviators on take off...

Update 11-7-13

I’ve had a great time with my 560 Ultra since I got it last year. But between my photography gear and multi-rotor helicopter equipment I just don’t have enough room for ‘stuff’. So need to move to a classic trailer and since the CI is the best of the best in teardrops I’m looking at...

Haynes 2

Ok so another lesson learned. While I had the side tent staked down the wind got pretty heavy last night and the tent came off the tent pegs and started moving around. Before I get it taken down the roof fibreglass pole broke and shredded. Looks like it is a 7mm diameter. Other than the...

Take a moment tomorrow and remember all of the women and men that have supported our country for more than 200 years. Without them we might not be here today. Deep thank you.

Another case of cabin fever and I decided to try an overnite up in the mountains. First thought was to try the town of Lyons. They have a nice park and it would have been fun to wander around in town this morning. But the park was locked up tight. So fall back was to head up into Rocky...

So got a bit of cabin fever and decided to take the Ci out last night to the Colorado State Campground about 30 minutes north. St Vrain State Park is located in a bunch of man made lakes from old gravel mining, probably when they were building I25. The sites are HUGE. probably a good 50 feet...

So lessons learned from my first couple of trips. One of those woulda, coulda, shoulda moments. As I was doing my dreaming after ordering my 560 last year and reading all of the posts I read about the Rock Tamer mud flaps. Had them on my list of things I should buy but they slipped my mind...

I found that I had lost one of the rubber coverings on my rear table leg. It had fallen off in my garage at home. I had the same issue happen with the side tent poles when I removed them from pockets on tear down. The black rubber covering stayed in the pocket. So I did a quick fix. There...

Map Update 10-22-12

Part 2 – The Second Week After re-grouping at home base I decided to head towards Wyoming and South Dakota. A few weeks ago I did my first single overnight not far from home at a campground that is next to a cold war Atlas missle base that has tours. Took the tour and was amazed at the...

On September 15th I picked up my 560 and over two days drove home. This is the story of my first shakedown trips. Each year I drive down into southwest Colorado to shoot fall colors for potential images that I will use the following year on the art show circuit. (see images from past years...

So just got done watching my first movie from the iPad. Easy hook up. HDMI cable to the HDMI iPad adapter and you are off and running. Even better when the movie is done you can use the TV as an external monitor.

Lots of dirt roads out here in back country Colorado. Other than I now have a dust ball for a 560 how do I keep the dust out of the inside. Found fine dust on the ledges and when I tapped the cover by the heater vents got a puff of dust. Those that hit back roads or did the Alaska road trip...

So last night on my first long trip shooting fall colors in the Colorado mountains I ran the furnace for the first time. Outside temp was low 20's. best it would was was get the cabin to about 50 degrees. Kept shutting off after about a 5-10 minute run time. From other posts sounded like the...

Love the side tent but what are others doing when you can't stake it into the ground? Ran into that tonight at a Colorado state campground. Totally on pavement.

I noticed in one of the photos that someone is using the Philips HDTV antenna. This is the one that is a slim grey unit, model SDV2940/27. My question has to do with the power inserter module. It comes with an AD/DC unit. The power adapter I have says 6V out as does the input on the...

First night after leaving the nest. Location is the town of Jewell, IA. Located on a lake was a very nice park. Night # 1 The lake

I have seen that a number of folks roll out the welcome mat/carpet behind their CI. Lots of variety of styles in the photos but for those who do this can you answer a couple of questions? What are you using? How and where do you store it while traveling?