To help remotivate myself to get outdoors again and, hopefully, lose some of the “Covid 19”, I’ve signed up for the Conditioning Hiking Series with the Mountaineers. This involves two hikes from April to August, a “graduation” hike of >15 miles in September, and a stewardship project. There are two tracks: CHS 1 — pace […]
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To honor the fifth month since putting down a deposit on a new furnace and A/C add-on, our existing furnace started acting up this weekend by sleeping in. (This is how it should behave.) I, of course, did not notice the house was 61F, but my spouse certainly did. Having more than casual familiarity with
This is a nice, easy meal for when I’m craving mushrooms and don’t have a lot of time to make something complicated. Recipe is from the Mixed Mushroom Gnocchi from Sheela Prakash. Ingredients: 1 package shelf-stable potato gnocchi 2 medium shallots, chopped 1 1/4 pounds mushrooms*, chopped or sliced 4T olive oil Kosher salt and
Newer update here. With my KX3, using N1MM+ to manage CW sending was accomplished via an indirect set of KX3 macros and keyboard sequences. Thus, we had this awfulness: Bob (N6TV) presented at the Spokane DX Association and mentioned this on slides 52, 62, and 63 of his presentation. There is a lot of good
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After a year, my new Elecraft K4D has arrived. To any new owner, I’d highly recommend grabbing Bob (N6TV’s) general setup checklist. There are also some great presentations on Bob’s QRZ page. 2022-08-13: This guide is intentionally detailed to ensure that you have everything you need to be successful. Nearly all of the issues that
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The second half of my geocation was in Colorado. With some potentially dicey weather en route (midwest Thunderstorms), my plan was to drive from Mt Sunflower all the way to Tarryall (GC18), the oldest cache in Colorado, then pick up caches (as weather permitted) on the way back to my motel. This part of Western
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For our kids’ college expenses, we invested in a standard 529 rather than the state program. Market tanked midway but eventually recovered thanks the long horizon.
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I took the early flight from Seattle to Denver, not checking a bag to hasten my departure from the airport in hopes of grabbing Mingo (GC30) — the oldest active geocache — and Arikaree (GC31), nearly as old. I soon ended up on a very lonely road, headed east to Nebraska. The first stop was