Recent content by Steve Sanford

I would not take it backpacking! I have a version 1 and a version 2 and it is no bigger than any other camp chair folded up. I do not know the size of the newest version but I do not think it will be much different in size folded up. One of my complaints is the bag could be a little bigger so it...

I was hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1998 and there was a fire tower open in Vermont or Massachusetts. It was getting late so I spent the night in it. It had stairs until the last flight which was a steep ladder. I was hiking with a dog and she went up no problem and then we went down after...

We have 2 stargazer chairs. One chair had a hub break and it was replaced. Hopefully the new design is easier to put the back support rods in. My wife gets frustrated every time she tries to setup the chairs. Most comfortable camp chairs, especially with a stool for my feet...

They are calling for 16 to 24 inches of snow Saturday night thru Monday in northeast PA. I have seen bare ground one day since Thanksgiving. It has been a cold and snowy winter. I added a G-scale train to our backyard last summer and I was hoping to be able to to run a train this winter but I...

We went to Assateague Island in Maryland for Thanksgiving years ago. Last minute trip when the weather was unseasonably warm. It was beautiful and I would do it again. They allow deer hunting on the island so the deer hunters came in the day after but I still think it was one of our better...

I do not do dairy so the paleo diet has worked for me. I am not strict with the diet as I do some whole grains. My sugar level, triglycerides, and blood pressure were all high before I started last January and now all are normal so I do not need to take any medications. I have lost 30 pounds and...

I worked in construction for many years and worked with union and non union steam fitters and electricians and I always preferred union companies. Their training and supervision were always better. A non union company would take their best electrician (or steamfitter) and make him the forman -...

I am not sure Onstar will shut off the car if the key is in the car. It does give you your car's location, I was traveling overseas and got a notice that my oil life reached 20%. I left my truck in the long term lot so I was not sure what triggered the alert but I did check the location and it...

Onstar gives unlimited data and you can add and drop the plan as needed. They usually have some incentive to keep the plan longer than I need and I forget to cancel and pay an extra month. It works but we rarely camp with good cell service and the vehicle battery has to be on to use it. If I...

I have used Onstar when traveling because it offers more data cheaper than my phone plan. I also found that it was not much better than my phone when cell service is weak. Starlink will give you better connectivity in remote areas you have a view of the sky. Onstar uses AT&T so it depends on...

We have had ours for about 15 years and it used to be we could not stop without having to give a tour and answer questions. I think because teardrops are more common we still get questions but not as near as many as we used to get. It seems there are always other teardrops in camp grounds where...

Before retirement, I used to fly thru Charles De Gaulle airport regularly. It was pre-covid but the last time I changed planes in Paris and I was in a terminal that was being remodeled. They were in the process of making the restrooms gender neutral with a sign on the wall with both sexes by the...

We put a trex deck on last year. Advice we got was go with a light color because it will be very hot when in full sun. We got a light grey and it gets very warm but not burning hot and I can walk on it barefoot. If you have 16 inch joists it will be bouncy when you walk on it. We were replacing...

We tried going from a 2800 sq ft home (outside DC) to 850 sq ft apartment over my in-laws garage (northeast PA) 9 years ago. I do not know how couples can live in a tiny home; it did not work for us. We moved so my father in law could continue to live in his house. We now live in the house with...

I mounted a grill attachment bracket to the table leg and what I found was you could not tighten the clamp too tight or the table leg will not extend. Probably does not have to be tight for paper towels but I did not want a propane grill to be loose so went back to setting it up on a picnic table.