What did YOU do today?

[JoshT]

Today... Well yesterday was opening weekend of firearms season for deer in my state, so I went and wasted my time. Weather, moon, etc had them moving at the wrong times for hunting. Hooked up the generator and tested out the window unit in the hunting cabin, and stayed the night. Since deer are moving late right now, I slept in. Per usual when "camping" it started raining about 9 am so glad I didn't waste my time going into hunt. Everyone else was packed up and gone by the time I left, so guess they had the same idea.

Kind of need the weather to cool off a little more, it's about too warm to be sitting out there in the woods hunting right now. Mornings are good, but afternoon is sweating just sitting there.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Today was a rainy rest day

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Today was a rainy rest day

Me too. Without the rain.

 

[cmcolfax]

Mission Objective: Survive.

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That's I nice little setup.
Mo' details!

 

[racsan]

Wet & windy here. camped out with pets all day.

 

[scotts90ranger]

I attempted to find deer today, saw none... used 3/4 tank of gas in the explorer, was a nice day for a drive though . I did find several pounds of Chanterelle mushrooms though so I didn't leave empty handed...

 

[Rick W]

My new neighbor, not from around here, just planted pansies all around his front yard. Baited field!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Yet another reason I like some form of camper (even if it's a tent on wheels) over tent camping. More often than not, my camping trips have turned into that. It's going to rain, and there will be a puddle in the tent or right outside the door to track in. Doesn't seem matter if the forcast is calling for clear and sunny skies, if you find and pitch your tent on the high ground, or if you use the best ground tarp known to man, it's going to happen.

Honestly if it wasn't for trying to keep a baby warm we would have had our ground tent and we would have been just as dry, it never actually flooded where the camper actually was sitting, just in front of the door.

That's I nice little setup.
Mo' details!

Here is the thread for what we were doing:

Thread 'Kansas Rocks Creepy Crawl'

Sep 5, 2025

We are planning on heading down there if anyone else wants to join in. We went in 2022 and it was a really good time.

Creepy Crawl | Kansas Rocks Recreation Park

KRocks famous Annual Creepy Crawl October 17th-18th, 2025. Bring your family and friends to find haunted novelties and brave the blackout haunted trail ride!

www.ksrockspark.com

• 85_Ranger4x4
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And here is the thread on the camper:

Thread '1965 Apache Silver Buffalo'

Jun 1, 2024

We have been discussing getting a trailer of some sort for our adventures. Mainly when we just take the Bronco, we run out of room very fast. On the flipside with only a 3500 tow rating it can't to a whole lot either.

For like 5 years a former customer and good friend of mine has been trying to get me to buy his old Apache camper. It was sitting in a machine shed and I was skeptical how good of shape it would be in when it was opened up. I was picturing it full of mouse cities and maybe a raccoon condo. Well he retired from farming recently, built a new shed on his property and had...

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[JoshT]

Honestly if it wasn't for trying to keep a baby warm we would have had our ground tent and we would have been just as dry, it never actually flooded where the camper actually was sitting, just in front of the door.

I guess mother nature likes you better than me. I could be on the high ground with a standing puddle under my tent, while guys set up in the ditch are bone dry.

15-20 years of scouting and family tent camping experience tells me that the less chance there is for rain on a camping trip, the more likely it is to rain and I'll end up soaked and/or laying in it.

I swear "lets go camping" is a better ritual chant, and the actual trip a better rain dance, than anything any culture came up with. At least in my part of the country.

 

[sgtsandman]

I got the fiberglass cap back on the 2019. I need to wire the cap harness into the truck yet. Since I had to modify the original so that it would plug into the harness for the RTT and the softopper third brake light, the original setup won't work. I have the pigtail to do the job. I just ran out of time to get it done today.

Oh, and I took the 7 gallons of used oil from the three vehicles to the auto parts store for recycling. The 2011 will have it's turn next year for axles, transfer case, and transmission. So, I guess there will be another 7 gallons to turn in at that point as well.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I got the fiberglass cap back on the 2019. I need to wire the cap harness into the truck yet. Since I had to modify the original so that it would plug into the harness for the RTT and the softopper third brake light, the original setup won't work. I have the pigtail to do the job. I just ran out of time to get it done today.

Oh, and I took the 7 gallons of used oil from the three vehicles to the auto parts store for recycling. The 2011 will have it's turn next year for axles, transfer case, and transmission. So, I guess there will be another 7 gallons to turn in at that point as well.

Food for thought for ya to reduce your oil recycling.

Old timers used to cycle their oil thru things depending on age and importance. The new tractor got new oil, the old tractor got the oil from the new tractor, truck got the oil from the old tractor and the wife's car got the oil from the truck.

If you did that you would only have one vehicle's worth of oil to recycle!

 

[SenorNoob]

That's a bit much. But I do tend to use old oil as bar oil for the chainsaw. It just goes FAST. Like 3 cuts and refill.