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Two miscreants knocking rocks off a cliff in a federally protected area. If they get caught, I wonder what they will tell the judge? Video

This video is not for the faint at heart. It's a sad day when innocent people get hurt or killed by a totally unexpected accident. I wonder if the driver of the class A fell asleep?

I was riding my bike on Bingham Hill Road and stopped at this plaque to see what it said. The name "Cache la Poudre" which around here people will tell you it means "hide the powder", but it's not proper French. The actual phrase in proper French is "Cache a la Poudre" which means "cache of...

I snapped this picture of my EGTs while pulling this weekend. The truck is a Chevy 2021 L5P Duramax. This is the sequence of sensors: Manifold => EGT => Turbo => EGT1 => DOC => EGT2 => SCR => EGT3 => EGT4 => DPF => EGT 1/5 The EGT of the stream almost always loses 200+ degrees while passing...

Today I towed this small trailer 800 miles from Iowa to Colorado. In these gusty headwinds: I averaged about 10.5 MPG over 800 miles. When we tow our 5th wheel in little to no wind we get 9.6 MPG. I towed either 65 or 70 the entire distance because I was trying to keep the ETGs below...

I was heading east the other day with the sun almost to my back and kept getting this really bright reflection into my eyes. This isn't the first time and frankly it's really annoying. I thought about putting black electrical tape over it, but I want something more permanent, but doesn't get...

I was driving near Waverly Iowa today and saw this mushroom cloud. Definitely one of the stranger things I've seen in a while. Likely someone was burning grass off fence lines. There was zero wind and the smoke and moisture from combustion rose straight up and cooled. The water vapor...

We started discussing the Mudflap fuel discount app in another thread. I did some reading and downloaded the app to see what their fuel discounts are compared to my OOIDA and TSD fuel cards. I am surprised to see that Mudflap often offers a considerably, like $0.20/gal, better discount than...

Can someone tell me what this device is good for? I don't know of any black tanks that don't have a flush connector on the outside of the trailer. This looks like a solution looking for a problem. https://a.co/d/e39ABOF

I saw this in Buc-ees today, it made me chuckle.

There are plenty of pictures of melted and burn RV plugs out there on the internet. Thankfully I don't have one to show you. I believe the primarily cause of burned plugs is poor contact in the plug leading to resistance and heat. I just took a look at my almost three year old 50 amp cord...

I just read about this today that the NPS has been sued over refusal to take cash as entry fee payment. I think it's wrong for a federally run agency to refuse to take the good old American dollar as a form of payment...

An electrician installed the conductor for 50 amp service to this 14-50 outlet today. It's ready to use, but I need a 50' extension cord that will be here soon. Now I can run the A/Cs in the trailer whenever I want without starting the generator. And I can just leave it plugged in to keep...

We have three of these totes that were last used about 4 years ago. I put a splash of bleach in them, because I knew they wouldn't be used for a while. A while became a lot longer than a while. They don't smell bad, more like old bleach. I wonder if they can or should be used for drinking...

Good article about all US states ranked by beauty. I'm afraid I disagree on Iowa's rank. Yeah, I may be biased, because I grew up there, but when you look out over endless corn fields, it's a thing of beauty. https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/most-beautiful-states-in-america

We were walking in the neighborhood a couple days ago and saw these picture-worthy lines of snow. It's amazing how snow falls in lines here. :cool:

I just had to stop to see what Buc-ees is about. It's about scale. 116 pumps and a large store with food, clothes, junk food, goofy hats, dog toys, and even pewter. It opened Monday morning at 6:00, never to close, as they are open 24x7x365. The gas is about 15-20 cents cheaper than any...

I pulled the rod out of our home water heater, just to see what kind of condition it's in after nine years. This rod is 48" long and it still in really good shape. It certainly has sacrificed some of the metal, but I'd say 80% of it is still there. The soft water here and the fact that the...

It does snow here, but it rarely lasts long. Friday morning: Saturday morning: