HappieGrrrl CountDown to Winter Migration Launch

Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis. It is the most common form of migration in ecology. It is found in all major animal groups, including birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and crustaceans. The trigger for the migration may be local climate, local availability of food, the season of the year or for mating reasons. To be counted as a true migration, and not just a local dispersal or irruption, the movement of the animals should be an annual or seasonal occurrence

Yes, take off time is coming. Today is raining, and the only thing I plan to do is scrub out my cooler.

Launch

As for supplementing my seasonal work - that's backwards. It's my seasonal work that supplements my craft. Though it probably doesn't seem that way from the outside looking in. I know someone who did the Amazon gig, FWIW.... Thanks for the suggestion.

Happi a small tip for windshield deicing in a snow storm - don't let it get iced to begin with.

Seriously. Once it starts icing your goose is, froze.

You have to keep the windshield clear of snow. Keep your heater on the warmest setting and keep the defroster blowing full blast the entire time you're driving when it's snowing. If you get to warm crack your window for some fresh air. But keep that windshield warm!

The idea is to never let any snow or ice accumulate anywhere on the windshield (not just the wiper blade path), at all. Once it does start to accumulate, wiper-ice is inevitable.

Its a version of keep your powder dry.

DMT

Federal SUPPORT for the rebuilding of our historic, and not so historic towns,

If ever there was a more poignant metaphor for the futility of existence, I haven't seen it.

The Anasazi came and went, too.

I know I am supposed to smile and say thank you when people make suggestions as to what I could do to make a better living(not just in the chalkbags but in my other ventures too).

And WTF is wrong with answering a simple question?

David D · 17 hours ago · Da South · Joined Aug 2018 · Points: 0
Not sure if this is the right forum but didn't know where else it would go. favorite climbing partner just bought her first house. Need ideas for a clever, climbing themed housewarming gift. Any help is appreciated.

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/116537981/housewarming-gift-for-climber#ForumMessage-116540215

The van needs framework, and fast. I've made an appointment and trying not to use the van until the issue is resolved. I heard metal on metal about a week ago, and hoped there was just a pebble in there, since I'd had all brakes done either in 16 or 17. Seems soon, to me, to have this issue but what do I know.

A tip for making brakes last longer: Many people don't manually downshift their automatic transmissions, or even know how/when to do that. Save your brake wear by downshifting on grades. You probably have the 4-speed automatic with an overdive (4th gear) on and off button on the end of the shifter knob. Turning off the overdrive puts it in 3rd gear for descending grades on highways steep enough to have to apply brakes. Slower speed grades (maybe 35 to 40 mph) select 2nd gear. On a typical roundtrip up and over the mountains, I might manually shift my heavy E350 van 20+ times, almost never touching the brakes. If you already know this info, sorry.
Hope this info helps.

but don’t drive like a Subaru either.

tradmanclimbs:
For normal hills I would agree to save the tranny and let er roll.

Another guy said that even if disc brakes are overheated, they'll still stop you. Is that accurate?

I assume I should just not be in Overdrive on the mountains.

I tried using the low gear for about 30 seconds on the rest on that downhill last year. The rpms(?) were very quickly too high. It was clearly not the right thing to do.

...vintage 23 Silver streak trailer... Towed it down a pretty good pass...Keep hearing about trailer stabilizers as the ticket . She did pretty good without one but ...I'm a gonna check in with that logic too.

Interestingly, my Toyota dealer (where I bought the Sienna, new.) tells me I should just run cruise control. The "Master Mechanic" who works on her said. . . and I quote, "Let that highly technological machine think for itself - that's why you bought a Toyota!"
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So far, so good.
When the cruise control seems to shift too often, on hills, I turn it off and control it myself.