I responded to an e-mail from an anonymous person who expressed interest in the Buckeye/ North Country Trail in Far SE Ohio. But with their being anonymous, I have reservations regarding adding them to the registry of Adventurer's Project's supporters. I might do it, but it seems incomplete? I should probably ask if they wanted to be on the list because I'm going to have to add an unsubscribe method to email communications anyways.
How long will it take until Adventurer's Project completes it's current mission? I'm anticipating that question because I just believe that it will come up somewhere and sometime? The answer is that Adventurer's Project's objectives are not time based. That's because there's too many unknowns right now. The effort is more achievement and evolution based. Our current volunteer procurement ratio is 100 days to 1 volunteer. And I think that we need to halve that. But that's the sort of thing that you learn from year one. Right now, the more time that I dedicate to trail promotion diverts from maintenance. And we have to be real careful about that ratio.
I'm somewhat mathematic about the way that I do things. I think that it confuses some in the hiking community? But I'm not sure what to do about it. Somethings about Adventurer's Project are very well considered. You have to factor in the objectives of the Buckeye Trail Association and weigh them with the conditions surrounding the local area.
There is somewhat of a road map for this kind of thing. Let's just say that I've seen and heard of a few good examples. And I know more about some of the nuances of getting a BTA chapter started than my counterparts were probably aware of.
I'd like Adventurer's Project to have a more moderate collective disposition. And this is one thing that I think my training of others in the months and years to come will be essential?
I worked on Adventurer's Project's website today. We've been having problems with it and the e-mail systems recently. I found some parts of it internally that were incomplete. I just hope with them being fixed now that in the months to come that we get a better reception from the outside world.
A couple days ago, I made a post on the Buckeye Trail Association's Facebook group regarding deer hunting hours and how we could miss the hunters if we hiked at night. That gave me an idea where I posted on something about that topic. At that point I realized that I've been one of the most prolific night hikers on the BT and it gave me the idea that I should try some soon for content on Adventurer's Project's Facebook page.
I'm trying to keep what audience we have interested through out the winter. It's not an easy task because there's less going on in the cold days of the year. At the moment, I have 965 photos available, but I'm not sure that I'll be able to use all of them? Just for guesses, I believe that I'll only need about 90 of them?
It's like someone gathering firewood for their one and only heat source in the winter. During the warm days, instead of firewood, it's pictures and video. Right now, I'm contemplating starting a YouTube Channel for Adventurer's Project. Our pictures are hosted on the Facebook page, which is can be seen by those who don't have a profile. But Facebook will "nag" them to get one. I'm contemplating having another host for them, but it's got to integrate into the Facebook page to avoid redundancy on the volunteer end for us? For that, we might need an Instagram account?
Showing posts with label method. Show all posts
Showing posts with label method. Show all posts
2018/11/18
2013/07/26
Log 2013072501
Today, I took The Cramper down so I could drive to Walmart and get some supplies in Mentor and drop off a few unnecessary items. After that, I still forgot to drop off some items, such as a towel from my former apartment back into storage. But I might still use it (come to think of it) because I'm using a small, 15" square, super absorbant towel that I use tent during times when multi-day hiking when The Cramper isn't available. I'm still set up to hikes like I use to. There may come a day when it is more efficent in time, money and fuel to do a hike like this.
The typical strategy for The Cramper is to dissemble it, drive to route's Point B and park the bicycle. Then drive back to Point A, hike to Point B and ride the bicycle back. Because the bike's drive train distributes force better than just my muscular system, it is more efficent. On flat land, physical exertion (in miles) of my muscles to hiking to riding the bike is about 1:4. County roads are more improved than township roads. And state roads are usually more improved than county roads. Even though the direct course may be shorter, sometimes it's worth a extra few miles to parallel the trail back on a state highway.
But on an extended trip, the bike would be parked about 60 miles from the car for a 3 day hike. The 4th day after would be comitted to riding back to the car all day. But because off road trail is more "undomesticated," it usually turns more. So, if I were to bike from pt. B, it might only be a 35, or 40mi ride back on easier terrain.
Today, I picked up a 96" sheet of 3/8" plywood out of storage for the redesign of the heating and air conditioning unit. I also picked up some dry sacks there to help me organize my storage bins. At the store, I picked up more roof straps, dry sacks and a compass to help me draw angles on wood.
I was looking for a method to quickly connect and disconnect the deep cycle battery that I'm mounting to my trailer for boon docking to and from the car's battery, located in the rear. The problem is that the deep cycle can produce up to 850 amps if the car was started on it. But typical AC connections at Lowe's only handle 50 amps.
The associate told me that I could get electrical bullets that could do the trick, but they didn't have them for 6 guage wire, which is just about like a battery cable. The idea is to charge both batteries from the alternator when the car is hitched. Another thing is that the deep cycle batter might come in handy if the temeratures get real fridgid this winter.
Today, I started working on a luxury item. I had a 3 port USB hub that was not power assisted. So, when I plugged my bluetooth headset and my smartphone, the phone would loose and regain power every 15 seconds. So, I got my AC conversion to DC powered unit with 6 USB ports and it's working great.
In The Cramper, my ceiling is only as high as the interior my tailgate. And still, I can't sit all the way up in it. Anyways, the door frame is lower, the car's ceiling isn't much higher. So, crawling around to change my Star Trek epidsode can be a bit of a hassel. So, months ago, I purchased a small keyboard and attached trackball. It's like my remote control. And I had to get the hub to power it because my laptop's USB ports are all occupied and I needed something more reliable.
Well, the computer recognized the new hardware quickly. But the keyboard fails to respond. I switched it's stock alkaline batteries with some NiMH rechargable batteries that I charged about 60 days ago. The batteries in my bicycle rear illumination units still work and they were charged then. I do have spare AAA alkaline batteries on board, I might check to see if they work.
Otherwise, I found some of the USB transceivers on the floorboad as they pulled must have away from the old hub. It may be possible that one is floating around down there? Otherwise, I did cram this little keyboard in a bag with my laptop and tablet. Maybe it took too much abuse in there? Before the roof bag was weatherproofed, every bag took on some water. Maybe that did it. I remember the manufacturer having some troubleshooing tip, if I get the booster up, I might try them.
The back canvas and awning went up better than before today. It was the sequence in which I did the side folds. The back cooking area was really stubborn and it needs to be plained out. It rocked the bottom beam out of position and had to get jacked up again. There's been problems with the securing foot pins. Apparently, the foot and the main floor aren't matching up like they use to and need to be bored out. Right now, one will insert and the other will go half way with some coaxing. I prefer to do this back home in port if I can. In Star Trek, they like to go back to starbase for structural things... so do I.
For the first time, I put the sheets on the mattress. They're light blue. I sure wish that it came with two pillow cases. Oh well, it's a twin mattress. I have one pillow with a sheet, and one without. If I have time, I might introduce The Cramper over video to the Buckeye Trail's Facebook group.
The typical strategy for The Cramper is to dissemble it, drive to route's Point B and park the bicycle. Then drive back to Point A, hike to Point B and ride the bicycle back. Because the bike's drive train distributes force better than just my muscular system, it is more efficent. On flat land, physical exertion (in miles) of my muscles to hiking to riding the bike is about 1:4. County roads are more improved than township roads. And state roads are usually more improved than county roads. Even though the direct course may be shorter, sometimes it's worth a extra few miles to parallel the trail back on a state highway.
But on an extended trip, the bike would be parked about 60 miles from the car for a 3 day hike. The 4th day after would be comitted to riding back to the car all day. But because off road trail is more "undomesticated," it usually turns more. So, if I were to bike from pt. B, it might only be a 35, or 40mi ride back on easier terrain.
Today, I picked up a 96" sheet of 3/8" plywood out of storage for the redesign of the heating and air conditioning unit. I also picked up some dry sacks there to help me organize my storage bins. At the store, I picked up more roof straps, dry sacks and a compass to help me draw angles on wood.
I was looking for a method to quickly connect and disconnect the deep cycle battery that I'm mounting to my trailer for boon docking to and from the car's battery, located in the rear. The problem is that the deep cycle can produce up to 850 amps if the car was started on it. But typical AC connections at Lowe's only handle 50 amps.
The associate told me that I could get electrical bullets that could do the trick, but they didn't have them for 6 guage wire, which is just about like a battery cable. The idea is to charge both batteries from the alternator when the car is hitched. Another thing is that the deep cycle batter might come in handy if the temeratures get real fridgid this winter.
Today, I started working on a luxury item. I had a 3 port USB hub that was not power assisted. So, when I plugged my bluetooth headset and my smartphone, the phone would loose and regain power every 15 seconds. So, I got my AC conversion to DC powered unit with 6 USB ports and it's working great.
In The Cramper, my ceiling is only as high as the interior my tailgate. And still, I can't sit all the way up in it. Anyways, the door frame is lower, the car's ceiling isn't much higher. So, crawling around to change my Star Trek epidsode can be a bit of a hassel. So, months ago, I purchased a small keyboard and attached trackball. It's like my remote control. And I had to get the hub to power it because my laptop's USB ports are all occupied and I needed something more reliable.
Well, the computer recognized the new hardware quickly. But the keyboard fails to respond. I switched it's stock alkaline batteries with some NiMH rechargable batteries that I charged about 60 days ago. The batteries in my bicycle rear illumination units still work and they were charged then. I do have spare AAA alkaline batteries on board, I might check to see if they work.
Otherwise, I found some of the USB transceivers on the floorboad as they pulled must have away from the old hub. It may be possible that one is floating around down there? Otherwise, I did cram this little keyboard in a bag with my laptop and tablet. Maybe it took too much abuse in there? Before the roof bag was weatherproofed, every bag took on some water. Maybe that did it. I remember the manufacturer having some troubleshooing tip, if I get the booster up, I might try them.
The back canvas and awning went up better than before today. It was the sequence in which I did the side folds. The back cooking area was really stubborn and it needs to be plained out. It rocked the bottom beam out of position and had to get jacked up again. There's been problems with the securing foot pins. Apparently, the foot and the main floor aren't matching up like they use to and need to be bored out. Right now, one will insert and the other will go half way with some coaxing. I prefer to do this back home in port if I can. In Star Trek, they like to go back to starbase for structural things... so do I.
For the first time, I put the sheets on the mattress. They're light blue. I sure wish that it came with two pillow cases. Oh well, it's a twin mattress. I have one pillow with a sheet, and one without. If I have time, I might introduce The Cramper over video to the Buckeye Trail's Facebook group.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)