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RE: Summer in the Yukon - snow forecast for tonight
The webcam at the White Pass & Yukon Route office in downtown Whitehorse ...
http://www.wpyr.com/webcam/whitehorsedepot.jpg width=640
Note: this image will update every 10 minutes.
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sue.t
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05/16/12 07:55am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Can not post in Travel Trailers
The RV.net logged me out and would not let me log back in.
Got back in via Woodalls.
Very rude ... :)
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sue.t
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05/16/12 07:53am |
Forum Technical Support
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RE: hauling canoes while pulling my fifth wheel
The front rack bolts to the the truck's frame, sharing the same bolt holes as the bumper. So both bumper and rack are attached through the same holes in the truck's frame. The existing bolts were long enough to accommodate the additional thickness of the aluminum rack.
Aftermarket racks required removal of the factory fog lamps, if I recall correctly. Another reason we weren't keen on those.
The top of this rack unbolts from the lower portion of the rack too. So the lower portion stays on the truck all the time and we remove the top part when it isn't needed. Takes about 5 minutes.
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sue.t
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05/15/12 08:27am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: hauling canoes while pulling my fifth wheel
I recently saw a 350 with something almost identical to what you have. It looked professionally made, but I did not inspect it for a mfgrs. mark. However, it looked very sturdy, and they always seemed to have two big kayaks on it.
I've shared the plans with numerous people and most indicated they were going to construct something similar. Maybe you saw one of those!
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sue.t
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05/13/12 07:59pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: hauling canoes while pulling my fifth wheel
The front racks by Yakima & Thule were too wobbly for our liking. We travel a LOT of gravel backroads so a wobbly rack just wasn't feasible. Most folks we saw with them had them tied off to their bump and when we chatted they indicated the rack still wobbled around more than they liked. Thus, DH built his own rack which has endured numerous years of rough roads now.
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sue.t
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05/13/12 11:15am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Mama got scammed
Not to mention the oldie but goodie ... when we were selling our previous fifth wheel, someone offered to buy it but they had only a cashier's cheque for $10,000 and we were selling for $6,000. So he wanted us to deposit the cheque to our bank and give him the $4,000 in return. Apparently he had someone who was ready to come get the fifth wheel then and there and that person could take the cash back.
Yeah, right ... we likely would have learned a couple of weeks later that their cheque did not clear and we would have been out $4,000.
I did have some fun though ...started to get technical about what truck did he have, what kind of hitch, etc. The emails from him stopped soon thereafter!
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sue.t
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05/13/12 08:55am |
Technology Corner
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RE: hauling canoes while pulling my fifth wheel
Our solution -- custom made rack for the front bumper and Yakima roof rack.
http://suethomas.ca/images/Alaska/20100822_DeadmanLk-Nabesna_1292.jpg width=640
http://suethomas.ca/images/Alaska/20100824_RichardsonHwy_1502.jpg width=640
http://suethomas.ca/images/Alaska/20100830_Kenai_2192.jpg width=640
Scenic backdrops courtesy of the State of Alaska!
Also use it with the canoe ...
http://suethomas.ca/images/CanoeRack0003.JPG width=640
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sue.t
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05/13/12 08:48am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Easy-to-digest calories??
Kodi enjoys cottage cheese in his kibble. Some dogs don't do well with the dairy product but he's fine with it.
Also enjoys cooked ground pork (higher fat content than ground beef) mixed in with it.
This with a bison/sweet potato dry food has stabilized his output (small pile of solid log poo). Before it seemed things just went right through him and came out a runny mess.
He now keeps weight on too. Although he ingests more food than our other dog who is twice his size (45 lb vs 90 lb).
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sue.t
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05/10/12 08:20am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Cat peeing everywhere
Susan comments remind me ... we did switch Fang to those blue Rubbermaid bins, the low sided ones (about 6" high). She could easily hop in and seemed to prefer the higher sides. She'd back herself up against the side; it seemed to keep her propped up. Maybe arthritis was catching up with her and the higher sides made it easier to squat and hold balance. I don't know.
Fang was skin and bones the last 3-4 years of her life. Active. Ate well. Healthy. Really enjoyed camping and snoozing in a sunny spot. She was just thin. Can't complain about living almost 20 years!
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sue.t
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05/09/12 02:12pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Cat peeing everywhere
As our dearly-departed Fang aged, she became very particular about her litter box. She graduated to having two ... one for poo and one for pee -- that's just how she chose to have them. She was also skin & bones, just 5 lbs in her senior years. Spiteful and energetic though.
Both litter boxes needed to be cleaned several times a day, or she would go on the floor beside the box. So we cleaned them each morning before we left for work, then when we came home from work, then at bedtime. The litter needed to be changed frequently too.
One day we didn't do it so well though, and she peed on the concrete floor beside the downstairs litter box. There was blood in her urine. A trip to the vet detected nothing. She was 19 years old then.
A few months later she had problems going pee ... she would squat and nothing would come out. Another trip to the vet determined her body had failed her just a few weeks short of her 20th birthday.
BTW, we camped with Fang too ... her last big trip was when she was 19. She travelled for a couple of months with us to Yukon. We needed two litter boxes then too ... one in the truck and one in the fifth wheel. She needed to go pee every hour so the one in the truck got regular use while we drove.
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sue.t
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05/09/12 10:29am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Arrrrrrrrrrrrg! Count down is over!
The first time I fretted crazy. Second time, not so much.
Now, we just go and don't fret.
Hope your trip goes well, Diann! It is a grand adventure!
Hope you can post some pictures as you go ...
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sue.t
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05/09/12 08:46am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Personal Satellite Locator
We travel with a SPOT. In addition to the SOS button, we like being able to send a custom message to friends/family to let them know we are okay when we're in the bush for a long while.
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sue.t
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05/08/12 09:03am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Where to stay on the Kenai Penninsula.
Whittier is also worthy of a visit, if only to drive through the rail tunnel.
As well, Valdez is a nice stop, at the south end of the Richardson Highway. It isn't on the peninsula, but it offers great salmon fishing and amazing scenery.
For us, the Kenai was much too busy. An impatient driver in a pickup truck coming towards us almost front-ended us at 60 mph on our way in and on the way out we passed an accident scene where the motorcyclist died and another was injured seriously. The combination of locals in a hurry and RV tourists who aren't makes it an interesting drive.
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sue.t
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05/07/12 10:00am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: DSLR, Live View and RAW question
Most RAW editors will enable one to save to various formats, including jpeg or tiff. Many will do batch processing too ... so if you like all the shots 'as is' then just let the system process RAW to jpeg. Once you have your jpegs, then you may wish to delete the RAW files.
BUT ... there are continual improvements made to RAW editors. For instance, Canon introduced new sharpening options in its Digital Photo Professional. I re-visited some of my older RAW files, images of birds, and liked the better result with the newer sharpening options. So, re-dickered with the images and re-saved them to jpeg.
As well, as one gets more experienced, or maybe one finds a processing method that they like more via experimentation, then being able to re-visit old RAW files -- perhaps images that are those once in a lifetime shots -- then it is nice to have the RAW data to work with. There are also trends with images, for instance the images some are now processing to look like those faded yellowish shots we all have from the 1970s ... and working with the RAW file gives one more options for a wide variety of results. As wonderful as PhotoShop is, it in no way has the flexibility offered by working with RAW data.
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sue.t
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05/04/12 01:53pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Alcan trip completed
Tok groceries have always been reasonable, but the one that's ALWAYS a pleasant surprise is Delta Junction. I've bought produce there for less than Anchorage or Fairbanks.
The grocery store in Delta Junction is the best we visited in Alaska! After a couple of weeks of shopping in other stores, I felt I had entered an oasis! Wonderful spot!
Even got to see some fresh meat in the parking lot, although I'm pretty sure the hunter (the woman pictured) wasn't wanting to share her catch!
http://suethomas.ca/images/Alaska/20100909_Fairbanks-Tok_S5_0012.jpg width=640
Full story at http://suethomas.ca/20100909_Fairbanks-Tok.html
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sue.t
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05/04/12 09:06am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Spare tire for diesel pusher?
If you don't mind waiting up to a week for a tire to arrive should you need one, then no worries.
This past fall I had difficulty getting snow tires for my Honda Fit car in Whitehorse ... most outlets needed to order them in and wanted a week for that.
A relative of mine visiting Whitehorse had to wait for five days for a replacement car tire of the needed size to arrive when her tire was ruined.
If you should ruin your tire along the highway, it might up to 200 miles to the nearest major centre. That is a long-distance tow.
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sue.t
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05/04/12 08:58am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: TRAVELING TO ALASKA FROM SPOKANE
Joe, you're right. I was thinking of Coal River and wrote Iron Creek. Coal River lodge is undergoing various changes each year, also for sale last I saw, but is usually open each summer. Fuel prices are usually extremely high there but it is a decent stopover.
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sue.t
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05/03/12 07:05pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: DSLR, Live View and RAW question
RAW is pretty much just that ... raw data. No image. Shooting RAW has numerous advantages. One example is the day we were leaving a campground in Yukon, in the pouring rain and dark overcast. My DSLR was sitting on the truck seat, I had not yet reset the settings from the sunny day before. Then, we spotted a picture worthy subject! I grabbed the camera and starting shooting without checking settings, there wasn't time! Of course, all my shots were underexposed to the point of appearing almost all black on the jpeg version (I shoot both RAW and jpeg with my Canon DSLR).
This is the "before" jpeg:
http://suethomas.ca/images/Misc/20100820_KluaneGriz_0997.jpg width=640
This is "after", with the RAW data manipulated and a bit of dickering in Photoshop:
http://suethomas.ca/images/AlaskaHwy_YT/20100820_KluaneGriz_0997HDR.jpg width=640
If I had been shooting jpeg only, there is no way I would have this image to show. Because I like to review photos each evening, and often post to my facebook or website, I shoot a small jpeg version, but also shoot RAW so I have the option of tweaking more/better.
Another big difference is file size ... RAW files from my DSLR are usually more than 20MB, whereas the jpeg are significantly smaller (4-5MB.
Here's another of the underexposed shots brought back to life from the RAW data:
http://suethomas.ca/images/AlaskaHwy_YT/20100820_KluaneGriz_1000.jpg width=640
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sue.t
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05/03/12 09:23am |
Technology Corner
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RE: TRAVELING TO ALASKA FROM SPOKANE
Muncho Lake to Whitehorse ...
Watson Lake has several commercial campgrounds.
Teslin has a nice one too.
Toad River has a commercial campground at their lodge.
As does Liard Hot Springs.
Iron Creek too, I believe.
Muncho Lake ... hmmmm ... the Northern Rockies Lodge can be VERY expensive. Careful if you book there. The two provincial park campgrounds are VERY nice.
We usually camp in the provincial or territorial parks ... quieter and private, and cheaper. No wi-fi or hook-up though, but we get along fine without. Our fifth wheel is 25'.
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sue.t
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05/02/12 08:55pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Spring has sprung - Yukon River ice breakup at Dawson City
Sue - I'm sure you've been told this before - but I'm gonna say it again .... your contribution to this forum has been remarkable - the advice, the information and the pictures are nothing less than outstanding - always bang on - I can tell you that your posts were central to helping us plan and enjoy our own once-in-a-lifetime Alaska trip that took place last year.
Thanks,
Jay
Thanx! I always appreciate a pat on the back! I'm hoping this summer we have more time to explore Yukon backroads now that we live there! Last summer was a bit hectic with buying property and fixing an old cabin for winter-living!
Photography MUST become a priority again ... I'm pretty sure DH won't complain about more camping!
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sue.t
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05/02/12 06:18pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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