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Be forewarned. They never leave. I have been Dads Moving and Storage since the end of this PSU semester. North country trail would put you at the beginning of the bourbon trail. WPA where the whiskey rebellion started was rye country until the city people taxed the country people who started the second civil war. When they "lost" they were given Kentucky and started making bourbon. (also why the PA longrifle is called the Kentucky long rifle, they brought them along into the wilderness) So if you get from there to the Appalachian trail headed south.... So you could start with a Tempelton or Basil Hayden (dont leave out Wild Turkey rye, very good at its price point) and work your way down to a Woodfords reserve. ... View more

If you can figure out how to hike to Islay, I could be talked in to it.  😁 ... View more

I grew up on a blacktop crew, literally. I have been outside since in the University of Science Music and Culture, and as a lineman. Drink before you are thirsty. If your pee is orange, its way past time. Leave the ice at the poles. Cool yes if you can, not cold. Ice water makes you thirsty, can give you a headache and mess up your guts and shock your system. Sports drinks as a supplement, not the primary liquid. Coffee is actually OK. You do NOT get rid of more than you take in, that is a fallacy. You only go more because you drank more. Hats that breathe, sunglasses, sunscreen. I use SPF Scottish (100). Quick dry light color pants. Light color T shirts.   ... View more

Got a min so.... I disagree with the non use of training wheels. Contrary to current views, kids are different. Some need them, some dont, some get dependent. That doesnt mean you leave them on until the kid is 16, in fact as soon as mine started to lean into them, I raised them. Then when they started to become dependent on them, I bent them to increase the lean for one of the girls without letting her know. The son took to it like everything else. He went from crawl to run, jumped in any pool without worrying about the whole breathing thing, and was pedaling around his older sister. Zero to sixty in all things physical. The girls learned more methodically and incrementally. Which is why IMHO it is a lot easier to teach a woman to shoot. They mine the gold, not jump into every available stream with a pan. The training wheels are for the kid to learn to pedal and brake. To get them to put time in the saddle before they have to put it all together. If they are stuck on them, then you raise them, or bend them, or both over time. As an aside, we didnt have new stuff when I was a kid. There was a little red bike that came from somewhere. My sister decided I needed to ride. So she put me on it and shoved me over a hill steep enough that when my mother caught us she was "vexed". After about 10 runs or so I got it so my son comes by it naturally. ... View more

Learn to run hunched over with a hand on the back of a seat while the pilot hammers the brakes and lets go of the handlebars arbitrarily. Repeat, a lot. ... View more

Yes. OP said a few days 2 weeks ago. I was curious how you made out with the kids. ... View more

Wondering how you made out? ... View more

I never really had a use for bars until the SO got a Rav4. I thought the same thing about them being "loose". It appears they are not. Best guess is there is a little give for expansion and the general twisting of the car body. With a kayak, you need straps at each J hook, AND tie it fore and aft. The straps at the J hooks are the main securing location. The ropes front and back are only for if the straps give up to keep the boat near the car and not across 2 lanes of traffic. With the straps on the thinner parts of the boat, the fat part of the boat wont pass through the smaller loops at the J hook. Use good cam buckle straps. You can use ratchet straps, as long as you know when to stop cranking because there is enough ooomph to mess up your boat. Your boats are kind of chunky and have a lot of things to catch air. They are going to feel the wind. Another option would be a set of boat saddles. That would make the boats sit more level, strapping would be the same. ... View more

Look into getting it repaired, then decide how much you like the tent. ... View more

Wash it. Or not. It isnt like you were forced to live in ships where asbestos was loose and falling off for years as you were blowing it back on in the hold. As long as its sealed, its good to go. If it isnt sealed, and you leave it alone, you are good to go. The amount you would get on your pack isnt even going to cause a problem in Cali lab rats who seen to succumb to all ailments. Soap and water take off lead dust. Again, if you ate a sandwich, you will be OK. ... View more