Stuck on Squirrels… or is it a… Gopher?

I come from South-Western Ontario.  We have ground hogs, which are big fat rodents burrowing holes in the ground and driving farmers up the wall by destroying crops and farm land.  Then we have squirrels.  Black ones, grey ones and the occasional red one. Most call them rats with furry…

How to: Jeep Satellite Receiver Relocation

This modification was done back in 2013. I knew there could have been issues with satellite radio reception and the Gobi roof rack on my Jeep Wrangler. Sure enough, I had absolutely no reception on my SiriusXM radio. Even the stock head unit had issues when it came to using…

Jeep Side Marker Lights

Today, I had a plan to replace the stock side marker filament bulbs with LED replacements. Above left is the stock filament bulb… above right is the new LED bulb. As you can likely guess from the lack of improvement, I’m sticking with the OEM filament bulb for now. The…

Exploding Hail Stone

I finally managed to get around to creating a trip report to the Sugar Bowl Grizzly Den in British Columbia, and in doing so, was reviewing some photographs to include. One particular photo really wasn’t all that exciting. I came into a bit of rain storm and pulled off on…

Sugar Bowl Grizzly Den

THE DESTINATION: In a quest for photographing wildlife I figured that the Sugar Bowl Grizzly Den in British Columbia would be a sure winner for spotting bears. I set out on a weekend road trip in June of 2013. MAP/ROUTE: DAY 1: I had no idea the trip would be…