My redwood tree is bigger than yours… Ralph claimed the record for the largest Redwood tree in Oregon but I thought maybe one I had seen might give him a run for his money. We organized a trip to Curry County near Brookings to settle the challenge. Normally the term …
Snow is falling, partially obscuring some of the high country… at our level just above 4,000 feet we didn’t get enough to measure. Even though we were just a few days into May we saw air temperatures as …
Gadgets are my hobby. With an interest in the outdoors including photography and roaming around in wild country I need a support group of gadgets in addition to camera gear. In the photo, starting on the lower left, is an Iridium Extreme 9575 Satellite phone. With GPS enabled I can …
The FedEx Home Delivery van rolled up our driveway four days after we ordered our Iridium Extreme 9575 satellite phone from Globalcom, a company located in Dallas, Texas. After purchasing the Iridium phone online we eagerly followed progress of the FedEx shipment west. It arrived in our vicinity three days …
Do you wander in the back country, out of cell phone contact with the rest of the world? Do you wonder what you would do in case of incapacitating injury or perhaps a catastrophic breakdown of your vehicle? If your vehicle breaks down you may be able to walk towards …