How Our Honda Quiet Generators Saved Us (product review)

Camper Upgrades,

Last week was hot at home.

The temperature wasn’t bad for us desert dwellers. Then a large wildfire starting burning in Idyllwild. Although the fire was on the other side of the San Jacinto Mountains, it was less than 15 miles from our house as the crow flies. No danger of fire at home, but the air quality was poor.

So we decided to leave. Given the local mountains were out of the question and the Southern Sierra further and crowded, we headed to Lake Mead.

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Up (and down) in the Trinity Alps

Backpack Trip Report

A couple weeks ago I joined a group of friends for a backpacking trip in Northern California in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. It has been quite a while since I wrote about a backpacking trip here on PopUpBackpacker, mostly because I find trip reports to be time consuming to put together and the entire process is somewhat boring for me. However, this is a special case.

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Easy Trailer Stabilizer Upgrade!

Backpacking

The stabilizers on our trailer have been irritating me for almost 5 years. They’re too short and they’re welded to the frame. Typical replacement requires:

  1. Welding new ones means grinding off the old ones and welding the replacements. And I’m not an accomplished welder.
  2. Bolting on new ones still means grinding off the old ones, drilling holes in the frame, and then bolting the replacements to the frame.

Or is there another option that is easier? Yes, there is.  Continue reading Easy Trailer Stabilizer Upgrade! →