Pig Party Participants

[bobm]

WANTED?????? ON my cruise they pulled a women off ship ! ( that my wife be freinded.) She started Yacking about all the Politicians she knew in Seatle! Never saw her again, so me thinks the Terra Firma be better dan da Seas. Unda da Sea, Unda Sea, Unda da Sea, Yuu Sea Nemo's .

 

[bobm]

Me meant Seattle no Spocaine .

 

[Ol Yeller]

Man I’d have to really make an effort if you guys ever drive through, my folks drove to the Arctic Circle with my dad‘s siblings a few years ago…it’s on my bucket list too.

 

[YukonCruisers]

If you want to test your metal, literally, every other year one of the Rocky Mountain Land Cruiser club guys organizes a winter northern run from Calgary north though Yellowknife and beyond - gotta be able to start at minus 30 or so (and it doesn't matter if you read Celsius or Fahrenheit).

For a warmer summer run, with Calgary as a start, it's two long days to Whitehorse (21-23hrs), but you feel like you hit a different part of the world once you get to Muncho Lake, from there, you are in the mountains, driving past long (cold) lakes, wildlife abounds, including a herd of bison that hang out around the highway near the Yukon BC border. Once in Whitehorse, you have options to head south to Skagway at the top of the Lynn Canal fjord (about 2 hours away), Kluane National park, 3 hours west and on the way to Haines AK (5 hours), Valdez, Anchorage, Kenai peninsula, Denali Mountain (Anchorage is 11-13 hours) or Dawson City Yukon, about 6.5 hours - or even Tuktoyaktuk up the Dempster Highway (20 hrs from WH). Best time of year is June/July, long days, warmer, pre-blackfly season.

This is 10 min behind my house:

 

[scrapdaddy]

Well Yukon and I found out how stupid shipping is to the north, more than what he could buy one up there for. So, if anyone else in the lower 48 could use it, let me know.

 

[bobm]

Can you have it scanned and email ?????

 

[scrapdaddy]

Can you have it scanned and email ?????

Who you talking to?

 

[bobm]

Can you have 1 of ya kids or Grandkids scan and email . Get rid of dat Flip Rotary phone

 

[DTC72]

I thought the PP was against radios? I like them and would be great to use when on the trail.

Ron this is all you need to know about the Baufeng radios. You don’t have to program them although that may be easier once you figure out the hard part!

BaoFeng UV-5R dual band
Triband = GMRS/FRS/HAM

VFO/MR orange button
Frequency Mode / Channel Mode
VFO allows you to manually enter the frequency

A/B blue button
Switches upper to lower frequencies in the two little me display. You can listen to both but only transmit on the one selected as indicated with the triangle.

Lock Key w/ # and blue key picture
Press and hold to lock keypad and is shown in upper right display by battery indicator

Low Power vs High Power
Tap the # button. Will see a L in the display on the left indicating Low power mode for use when close. L = 1 watt and High = 4 watts. Battery will last longer on L

FRS/GMRS Channel Conversion
01 462.5625
02 462.5875
03 462.6125
04 462.6375
05 462.6625
06 462.6875
07 462.7125
08 467.5625
09 467.5875
10 467.6125
11 467.6375
12 467.6625
13 467.6875
14 467.7125
15 462.5500
16 462.5750
17 462.6000
18 462.6250
19 462.6500
20 462.6750
21 462.7000
22 462.7250

 

[scrapdaddy]

I'm glad that's all I need to know. At most of the parties we like to at the least have a radio up front and the tail gunner. It's easier to poke fun at someone who's having trouble on the trails.

 

[DTC72]

I keep the conversion chart in a Notes page on my iPhone so I can look up what is needed. That way if someone has a FRMS only radio and says they are on channel 15 I look up my chart and enter 462,550 in my radio. Then I press the lock button so I don’t accidentally change the channel.

 

[scrapdaddy]

I keep the conversion chart in a Notes page on my iPhone so I can look up what is needed.

So, you're saying I can tape a paper note to my dash board with the chart on it. I need to just practice with them more. Thanks for helping me!

 

[J Mack]

Thanks for helping me!

Now that we have your radio sorted lets figure out how you can bring your pets on the camping trips with you too!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Only J Mack could find something like that! I've seen some crazy things people do to goats, but never hung one on the side of a vehicle.

 

[riderjgs]

Now that we have your radio sorted lets figure out how you can bring your pets on the camping trips with you too!

Or you could just let ‘em drive…

 

[scrapdaddy]

One old goat driving is enough!

 

[Megadoomer]

man, all of those channels are set to the frequencies surveyors use on our GPS bases. Probably why there is always so much radio noise when we try to work.

 

[bobm]

Like my idea better

 

[PabloCruise]

We have a the space, all are welcome. Sometimes see the odd LC up the Alaska highway, often Europeans in 70 series, no pigs yet that I have seen to date. We could plan an Alaskan Swine Soiree... think of the t-shirts

@Mark W used to organize the Alaska Cruiser Trek - it seems like he knows all the cool places.
We would have to at least swing by and say "Hi!"

 

[PabloCruise]

If we take the boat and avoid Canada count me in!

Pretty sure you can hop a ferry in Seattle area.
Not sure what that would cost...