Long beach?

JBLM traffic can be just as bad or worse, but you'll be missing that too ;)

Toakeland, just outside of Westport. Backed the camper right up to the berm and had the waves lulling us to sleep at night.
woke up to this guy outside my window Saturday morning, about 20 yards away.

and this is flat and level, with 3 links. 4 links has at least 5 leftover and is the way I ran it coming home. what say you?

So not just me then either. And the CIEMR is the EXACT place for this.  I might have even taken it a little further considering I hablo, but hey you didn't hit any one with lineman's pliers or throw their saw in the street, so I'd call this a justified win. 

Nice commentary Don.  At the boy scout camp I worked at in high school they still have losers so there is at least one place for now, or at least until newlyweds Harry and Jerry decide it needs more compassion and understanding. 

Taking the wife and kids to the Pacific down by Oregon.

Good lookin shoes there Kyle. Are those from Uncle Les?

NICE!

Ok, you can play with the C4 but you can't have a detonator. Ok, you can have the detonator but you can't put them together. Ok, you can put them together, but no pushing the button... What?? you pushed the button? I never saw that coming! "Hey everybody, I told them not to push the button so it's not my fault."

Ugh, no good JR. send some pics of the offending lines/area of concern. I'll see what I can come up with here. I have our old head tech back working for us and he's got an lbz as well and is well versed in her.

Nice work on that steal of a deal! The axles are seriously stout, seem to last forever, and were much more prevalent than other dana axles so parts are everywhere including aftermarket. would love to get my hands on a ready welder; last time I had to weld on the trail it involved some jumper cables, my two optima batteries and some coat hanger. Let's just say I was not that confident in my steering drag link after that, but it got us down off the mountain and home after some pretty intense snow wheeling in the cascades. Any update on the state of the transmission?

It's amazing how fast that is coming along through the camera lens. Looks great!

And clearly a good one otherwise he would say "go ahead and point them at the overhead aircraft". Do tell.

That is a pretty hard pill to swallow. I'm saddened to hear this news for everyone involved. Lord, please bless this family and their friends when they need you and your comfort the most and help them to understand. Bless and keep Andrea and bless her children. Amen.

I think the spark shower and slag would be enough to mess up your avg dewalt pretty badly. Not saying it couldn't be done but last summer I was working for a stage lighting company and building shipping crates with steel banding. Cut over 4 tons of steel with the composite blades and whoa are they messy. had to occasionally hammer and chisel the slag off the saw base.

Yes He is. Good to hear!

And the Eagle has a look on it's face like it would put a serious a$$ whoopin' on you too. Great stuff Kyle.

Really sorry to hear about your lousy set of events here. Mine turned out to be sucking air through a broken bleeder screw, and I know you've gone through all that, but sucking air or physical blockage in the tank like Ken was talking about make the most sense to me. Sad to hear you're parting with Daisy, but not sad that the smoker will soon be within driving distance.

Check!

A little preface:

I took my wife and the Tater tots camping this weekend over in Leavenworth, WA. From the west side of the cascade mtn range to the east side is a pretty steep climb, 4,062' in about 39 miles. Now the trailer is only 5600lbs and I don't carry water, so with full load I'm estimating around 6700 on a heavy trip.

Without running AC, and only cruising at 50 MPH, I overheated, badly... trans temp didn't get too high but I got all the way up to 260 before cresting, and as soon as I started down the other side it quickly dropped back down to 210, then a few minutes later it would seem that the thermostat finally opened up and it dropped down to around 180-190. Bear in mind it was in the high 90's during this trip, but there were other '06 and older duramax trucks passing me with toy haulers and 5th wheels like I was standing still.

I plan on following Nate's DIY and taking the stack apart to clean this week; it was an OH truck and I imagine there is some grime in there, but I also want to address any other issues that could be contributing here. I'm thinking thermostat based on the way it was behaving, but also radiator cap in case it was bleeding off pressure. Any thoughts here? Ken and Nate and Ash I know you guys are in the heat and towing heavy too. Daily driving NEVER replicates this scenario btw, even in heat with traffic.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Go ahead, muck it up, I can take it! Sure glad I got that timer on the way... got home to nobody en casa and ran out to give it the afternoon watering. Then I left and forgot to turn it off. Lake Hudson is nice this time of year. Good thing we just planted yesterday and I wasn't drowning out starts. Doesn't look like anything floated away but only time will tell lol. And for pest repellent, I've got a 90lb black lab that loves chasing dear, rabbit, birds, squirrels, cats, dogs, moles, (effective killer on those) etc. He roams the property with a boundary collar which takes him right to the edge of the garden.

WILCO, thanks buddy. I have the same broken fender at the mounting bolt on my passenger side. is this a common GM thing, or just a early 2000's GM thing?

So Cyndie took the kids to the country store in town, (sort of like a co-op) and got some seeds. Came home last night and she tells me, "well honey, we're going to do the garden you wanted finally, but we have to get it done tonight since we're going camping this weekend and you're working the next two nights". So from 5:30 to 7:00 me and Sam, (my oldest) and his buddy Kegan dug through the dry dusty rocks and dead grass out by our fire pit and came up with this little starter garden. Sophie and her little neighbor buddy Landon planted pumpkins, sunflowers, zucchini, carrots and radishes. They had a blast and will be maintaining this patch on their own. didn't get any "before" pics to show how desolate it was before but just look around the sides there and you'll get a good idea.

Or one of my other favorites

"I can't take him, he's not dead yet its against the regulations"
"isnt there something you can do?"
THUNK
"Oh thank you very much" 

"Well can't you just hit him in the head?"

My favorite is in the background of that scene where the peasant is smacking a live cat against the side of the house repeatedly while watching the goings on.

"King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well, I didn't vote for you.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you."

Sam has been "my" son since 2003. His Dad is coming to visit tonight, after about 6 years of no contact. Sam's going to be 18 in Feb, and while apprehensive, he realizes that he really doesn't even know him, so he's at least willing to give him a shot. He knows who his real Father is and even asked if I was OK with him coming up. Don't give up on it Nate; she may not even know you've been reaching out until you get past the gatekeeper.

Just added the Jeep JK 07+ application guide an manual for you wheelers out there with $50k to throw at toys! 8)

At your side brother.