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It looks attractive and functional! Nice work.

My thought would be that I-90 is better if you are in a hurry to just "get there," and US-2 is better if you want to be more leisurely. If you do take US-2, consider at least a detour at Duluth MN on Hwy 61 along the "north shore" (lake Superior) as far as Grand Marais. An escarpment parallels...

Thanks, camp4528. That's the sort of thing I was hoping for... having folks say, "Here's what I liked about such-and-such place," or, "I enjoyed the scenery more over here than over there"... that type of stuff. I usually can only take one big trip during the summer, so I'm trying to decide...

Randy, thanks. Donna, summers are only so long. Can't do it all at once. Selkirk, thanks, that sounds like a nice route. I did get taken to Lake Louise when I was a kid; fond memories of seeing the mountains get bigger and bigger as we approached from Calgary. Ron, it's a topic of...

I like to see views of mountains, lakes (& ocean), and waterfalls. Sunny summer days with temps in the mid 60s to mid 80s. The scents of the flora. And camping under the pines and/or with nice views (preferably without hordes of mosquitos, but nature doesn't provide guarantees). Escaping...

Yes, we husbands get treated like chopped liver. :p

I'm an ambassador too, but mainly because I think highly of the trailer and want to share what I've discovered with folks who've never seen one in person. If I make a couple bucks along the way, I won't refuse it, but I'd be an ambassador if there were no stipends. (Shhh... don't tell ETI) :LOL:

The challenge for me, if I had a solar disconnect switch, would be remembering to switch it back on when circumstances had changed. :frusty:

Sounds like you'll have time for a day trip on the ferry to Mackinac Island. If you do that trip and if you have bicycles, consider taking them on the ferry so you can ride around the island. Zero motor vehicles, and one can literally ride all the way around it. Do you like lighthouses...

A 17 will track just fine also. I've towed both tandem and single axle trailers in this general size range for decades, probably more than 400,000 miles. As long as the tongue carries 10%-15% of the total trailer weight, they are plenty stable. The one time when I had dangerous sway was with...

I don't have a zamp port for my portable panel (to which I've wired a waterproof controller), and I feel no motivation to install one. It's easy enough to attach it to the battery with alligator clips; that way it feeds the battery directly and doesn't have to pass through a bunch of other...

I find myself wishing that I had room in my Escape for a La-z-boy recliner. That's the only negative I can think of right now. But I wouldn't trade my Escape for some other brand that has room for a recliner, no way!

Let's see... the choices are a quiet drive through sparsely populated areas with lots of woods and dotted with lakes, or a much busier highway drive through the populated areas with less scenery and wildlife. Hmm, let me think... :LOL: actually, for me it would be a no-brainer because I like the...

Sounds like the NOCO has some happy users. I had a lithium ion jump starter made by "Lion Energy" and the dumb thing would go from full to dead in 4 months. I noticed this while it was under warranty and contacted the company; they replied that this was normal and they would not replace it or...

This is a powerful thread. Very high energy content. I can tell how wired some of you guys are. ;)

Oooh, tricksy! I'll try to remember that, because it's bound to come up again. Thanks!

Lovely photos. Looks very tolerable, to say the least! I'm curious, what portion of the time spent there was sunny like that, versus overcast?

If water could migrate upward, it would have nowhere to go but back down. However, do what makes you feel comfortable.

Hopefully the OP is finished winterizing by now, and that pesky anode rod is back in where it belongs. Y'all be careful out there in this weather...

Ah. I see. The mention of "provincial parks" threw my thinking off of Alaska and onto Canada. Carry on!

A shot of bourbon would work more quickly on the nerves. Chase with the beer.

Um, did you mean to type "July 1" instead of 4? Canada Day.

Laziness is sometimes an additional side effect of retirement! ;)

Hopefully you flipped the valves to isolate the water heater before filling with pink antifreeze. Otherwise you'll be smelling sweet every time you shower next year. Don't ask me how I know this.... :rolleyes:

You got me looking around out of curiosity. Accu-Gage brand claims to calibrate theirs. I see one on Amazon (US) for $10. Now I probably have to watch a Project Farm video, heh. But I have to take his results with a grain of salt, since testing even two samples of each gauge doesn't prove...